The total workforce at Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas campus shrank dramatically in 2025 as the company suffered its second straight year of declining sales, according to a compliance report highlighted in local media.
Tesla employed 21,191 people at the campus in 2024, but that number dropped 22% to 16,506 workers in 202

On April 1, General Motors announced plans to invest more than USD 150 million in its Saginaw Metal Casting Operations to support the production of the sixth -generation of GM’s V8 engine blocks and heads used in its full-size pickup trucks with new equipment and tooling.
This latest commitment builds on the approxim

On March 31, Mercedes-Benz presented the new Mercedes-Benz GLE and GLS, and Mercedes-AMG GLE 53 HYBRID in their world premieres at their home plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, which is celebrating the milestone of the five millionth SUV to roll off the line over 30 years of production.
Mercedes-Benz used the event also t

On March 30, Ford announced that it was canceling summer shutdowns at its four plants that produce F-150 and Super Duty trucks to make up for volumes lost due to an aluminum shortage stemming from the Novelis plant fire in Oswego, New York in fall 2025.
Ford said that its Dearborn Truck Plant, Kentucky Truck Plant, K

On March 30, General Motors confirmed that it has temporarily laid off 1,300 workers at its Factory ZERO EV plant less than three months after a mass layoff and reduction to a single shift.
Workers at the plant were laid off March 16 and are set to return April 13 as EV demand decreases. GM in October announced plans

On March 30, Detroit News and other sources reported that GM will increase production at its heavy-duty truck plant in Flint, Michigan to six days a week starting in June, citing strong demand for the large pickups despite the rise in gas and diesel prices.
“General Motors is making strategic adjustments to Flint Ass

On March 25, Stellantis filed a lawsuit in a Michigan court against ZF Foxconn Chassis Modules, who the company alleged stopped shipments to a plant in Mexico, disrupting production of the Jeep Cherokee and Compass models.
The original dispute dates back to December 2025, when Stellantis said its U.S. affiliate paid

On March 11 at the "Abundance Summit" technology summit, Tesla CEO Elon Musk talked about the progress of AI, mass production timing of Optimus 3, and other topics.
Musk said that Tesla is in the final stages of completing Optimus 3. “We’re in the final stages of completion of Optimus 3, which is really going to be b

On March 16, on the company’s Q4 2025 earnings call, VinFast Auto Chairwoman Le Thi Thu Thuy framed 2026 priorities around scale, cost optimization, overseas capacity expansion, and greater integration of AI across vehicles and factories.
VinFast confirmed that it now expects to resume construction of its North Carol

On March 12, Honda Motor Co. announced that it expects its loss for the 2025 fiscal year ending March 2026 to be up to JPY 690 billion as a result of a number of factors, including recent changes in the business environment concerning electric vehicles.
As part of the company’s reassessment of its electrification str

On February 26, multiple sources reported that in a recent video message to employees at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin ahead of works council elections coming in March, CEO Elon Musk cautioned that the planned expansion of the plant could be at risk if it does not remain “free from external influences.”
Musk didn’t name

On January 27, multiple sources reported that GM will eliminate the third shift at its Oshawa Assembly Plant, Canada on January 30, laying off about 700 workers as trade tensions continue to force companies to change their North American production plans.
President Trump imposed up to 25% tariffs on Canadian-made veh

Tesla is looking positively toward 2026 with plans for further growth at its Gigafactory Berlin despite a 48% drop in German registrations of Tesla vehicles in the country, following steady quarterly increases throughout 2025 for other markets. The plant currently supplies over 30 global markets, with Canada recently

On December 17, production of the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair officially ended at the Louisville Assembly plant, as that facility now undergoes a USD 2 billion dollar retooling in preparation for a new mid-size all-electric pickup built on the company's Universal EV Platform scheduled to enter production in 2027

Workers at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky will get an extended holiday break this year as the facility is currently scheduled for a four-week shutdown, as opposed to the traditional two-week break. The Bowling Green plant is the exclusive production facility for the Chevrolet Corvette since 1981.
The Bowling

General Motors is planning an extended holiday shutdown at its Flint Assembly plant in Michigan, where it produces the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD, as the company prepares the plant for production of its next-generation heavy-duty pickups.
The downtime will begin on Christmas Eve, December 24, and exten

Tesla Gigafactory Berlin factory manager Andre Thierig told Deutsche Presse-Agentur that the facility has been running two shifts since September to manage a surge in global orders for the Model Y. While registrations in some countries such as Sweden have fallen sharply in 2025, the Tesla sales in other markets, such

On November 20th, Novelis announced a new fire at its aluminum plant in Oswego, New York, which was damaged in a September 16 fire and disrupted production at Ford, Nissan, and Stellantis.
According to a Novelis announcement at 15:25 on November 20, the fire, which started around 8:45 in the morning, was extinguished

On November 7, automotive supplier Avancez filed a WARN notice revealing plans to terminate 143 workers starting December 5 due to production cuts at General Motors’ all-electric Factory Zero in Detroit-Hamtramck. Following the layoffs, the remaining headcount at the facility will be around 230 team members.
Avencez

On November 18, Honda announced plans to begin a phased return to regular production at its North American plants starting next week, following a three-week disruption. The disruption began in late October due to a semiconductor supply shortage linked to Nexperia. 
A Honda spokesperson confirmed that the company has