MCG Executive Briefing for July 25, 2022

Cadillac has released photos of the 2025 Celestiq, its $300,000 ultra-luxury electric sedan. Get all the latest auto industry news in the Executive Briefing. 

 

Today’s headlines: 

+   A Hyundai subsidiary in Enterprise, Alabama that makes metal stampings for the automaker allegedly used child labor, hiring as many as 50 minors as young as 12. More at Motor Trend. 

 Amazon is set to begin using the custom-designed Rivian electric delivery vans produced in partnership by the two companies in nine major cities across the United States. More at Autoweek. 

+   Porsche Chief Executive Oliver Blume will take over from Herbert Diess as CEO of Volkswagen after a supervisory board vote forced the embattled Diess to step down. More at Reuters.  

 Legendary Irish driver Paddy Hopkirk, who drove a Mini Cooper to victory at Monte Carlo in 1964 and also raced at Le Mans and in the Targa Florio, has passed away at 89. More at the UK Guardian. 

 United Auto Workers members in Michigan urged Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi to press forward with the CHIPS Act to support domestic microchip production. More at the Detroit News. 

+   The Federal Communications Commission announced that it is cracking down on the companies responsible for the endless robocalls selling extended vehicle warranties. More at Car and Driver.

+   Daimler Truck has started production of its second electric model, an inner-city waste-disposal truck named the eEconic, with the first deliveries headed for a Danish firm. More at World Auto Forum. 

+  Cadillac has released photos of the 2025 Celestiq, the $300,000 electric flagship sedan that will be hand-built in limited quantities at the GM Technical Center in Warren, Michigan. More at CNET. 

 An uncompleted series of artworks by Andy Warhol for Mercedes-Benz are part of a special exhibit called Andy Warhol: Cars at the Petersen Automotive Museum in Los Angeles. More at Autoblog. 

 NASCAR Cup driver Kurt Busch, 43, who has hinted he will retire at the end of the 2023 season, was sidelined by a concussion for this weekend’s race at Pocono Raceway. More at Motorsport.com. 

Photo courtesy of General Motors. 

Review the previous Executive Briefing from July 22 here.