Helpful Automotive Resources
May 28, 2020Volkswagen in Hot Water for Controversial AdThe ad, meant to promote the automaker’s upcoming Golf 8 model, showed an outsized white hand pushing a black man away from the parked car. The hand then flicked the man into a restaurant named Petit Colon, a French phrase that translates to Little Colonist or Little Settler.
May 14, 2020Volkswagen to Recall Over 370,000 VehiclesThe NHTSA earlier announced that it will not order the recall of 56,000,000 inflators from the controversial brand, except for certain vehicles from the Volkswagen lineup. According to the agency, the Volkswagen vehicles have an increased risk of airbags not working properly years after they were built.
December 03, 2020GM No Longer Fighting California’s Emissions Laws“We believe the ambitious electrification goals of the president-elect, California, and General Motors are aligned to address climate change by drastically reducing automobile emissions,” GM CEO Mary Barra said in a letter addressed to environmental groups. “We are confident that the Biden administration, California, and the U.S. auto industry, which April 13, 2020Subaru Sends U.S. Employees on FurloughSeveral other companies have temporarily closed their facilities and halted operations in a bid to protect their employees from the virus and direct their efforts into producing much-needed medical equipment.