Vietnamese automaker Vinfast is bringing two electric SUVs to the USA for 2024, the VF6 and VF7. Get all the latest automotive news in the Executive Briefing.
Today’s headlines:
+ Major product rollouts at the 2022 Los Angeles Auto Show included the Genesis X Convertible Concept, 2023 Porsche 911 Dakar, 2024 Chevy Trax, and 2024 Kia Seltos. More at Autoblog.
+ General Motors is investing $45 million at its Bedford, Indiana aluminum die casting foundry to support future electric vehicle production, the automaker announced. More at The Detroit News.
+ Hollywood is tooling up a remake of the classic 1968 car-chase movie Bullitt with Steven Spielberg signed as director and Bradley Cooper cast in the Steve McQueen role. More at The Drive.
+ Formula 1 will launch a junior category called the F1 Academy in 2023, which is designed to give female drivers better opportunities to advance up the formula series ladder. More at Racer.
+ Troubled used-car retail chain Carvana is laying off around 1,500 employees, approximately 8 percent of its workforce, following a free fall in the company’s share price. More at CNBC.
+ Hyundai is considering the development of additional pickups for the U.S. market, including a “lifestyle” truck, according to Jose Munoz, the Korean automaker’s global president. More at Reuters.
+ One of the five candidates for president of the United Auto Workers has filed a federal lawsuit in Detroit requesting at least an additional month to have ballots returned. More at the Detroit Free Press.
+ Vietnamese automaker startup Vinfast will bring two electric SUVs, the VF6 and the all-wheel drive VF7, to the U.S. market in 2024, with production scheduled to begin in late 2023. More at Car and Driver.
+ Mercedes-Benz and Robert Bosch LLC have agreed to pay a total of about $6 million to settle a lawsuit over diesel advertising claims, the Arizona Attorney General announced. More at LocalToday.
+ NASCAR will seek an additional 10 to 15 percent in revenue ine its next long-term media deal, with negotiations set to begin early next year with Fox Sports and NBC. More at Front Office Sports.
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They should leave Bullitt alone. Except for the chase scenes it was a weak movie.
After seeing how Hollyweird “adjusts” classic movies to fit current trends, will Lt Bullitt be a transgender driving an electric car, pursuing evil right wing parents of “repressed” kids?