Episode 853 - GM Faces Battle in Europe, Freightliner's Revolution Innovation, UAW Targets VW

Published: March 23, 2012, 3 p.m.

General Motors is set to announce details of its turn-around plan in Europe which is reported to include closing one or two plants. Freightliner is trying to reinvent the long-haul truck with a new concept called the Revolution Innovation. Earlier this month the UAW began soliciting signatures from workers at VW’s Chattanooga, Tennessee plant to organize the facility. All that and more, plus a preview of Autoline This Week about Bryce Hoffman’s new book, “American Icon,” which is all about the turnaround that happened at Ford under Alan Mulally.