DETROIT — Edward Robinson, a top aide to former UAW President Gary Jones, was sentenced Wednesday to one year in prison for his role in the UAW corruption scandal even after prosecutors lobbied for

LOS ANGELES — Hyundai Motor America’s chief legal officer, Jerry Flannery, is retiring after 34 years with the automaker. He joined just two years after it established U.S. operations. Flannery

Federal court officials were caught unaware when a key Volkswagen executive who was sentenced in Detroit to seven years in prison for his role in the automaker’s diesel emissions scandal was set

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Executives from PSA Group make up a slight majority of the Stellantis leadership team announced last week, though Fiat Chrysler Automobiles executives are in charge of the company’s finances, marketing

TURIN – Stellantis CEO Carlos Tavares will have 38 top executives reporting directly to him at the new automotive group – more than twice as many than at PSA Group, and considerably more than the

Departing President Donald Trump pardoned Anthony Levandowski, saving the engineer from more than a year in prison for stealing trade secrets from his former employer, Alphabet’s Waymo. The pardon

Former Volkswagen Group executive Oliver Schmidt, whose 2017 arrest at the Miami airport made global headlines, was released from prison after serving about half his sentence on charges related to the

One question that has hung over the merger is whether Peugeot would return to the U.S., a market it abandoned in 1991. Peugeot CEO Jean-Philippe Imparato told British journalists last week that the idea

With production of Rivian’s first saleable units less than six months away and the startup EV maker pivoting to becoming a revenue-generating enterprise, CEO RJ Scaringe has recruited an industry

LOS ANGELES — The first week of January saw Kia Motors America celebrating sales numbers that were down just 4.8 percent during the 2020 pandemic as the brand prepared a fresh product offensive for

More than two years after the arrest of auto titan Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial crimes, the Nissan Motor Co. executive said to be key to the downfall of the automaker’s former chairman is set

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More than two years after the arrest of auto titan Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial crimes, the Nissan Motor Co. executive said to be key to the downfall of the carmaker’s former chairman has broken

Editor’s note: Kia achieved its best U.S. sales year in 2016. An earlier version of this story misstated the year. Bill Peffer, who spent just one week as COO and executive vice president at Kia

Former Audi CEO Rupert Stadler, on trial over charges related to Volkswagen Group’s diesel scandal, blamed engineers for his failure to uncover widespread cheating on emissions tests. Stadler,

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DETROIT — In April 2018, Richard Bazzy, who owns Ford and Lincoln stores in the Pittsburgh area, placed a frantic call to Mark LaNeve, Ford Motor Co.’s head of U.S. marketing, sales and service. The

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LOS ANGELES — One week after starting a new position as chief operating officer and executive vice president at Kia Motors America, Bill Peffer has resigned “in conjunction with his pursuit of

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