welcome to the newscast I’m Jennifer Fong coming up Chevy’s global marketingboss on the Canadian dream in Moore first here’s what’s topping our newsyeah Chrysler is closing the Detroit Factory where a small group of workershand-built the Dodge Viper the automaker informing the state ofMichigan that the Connor Avenue plant will permanently close on August 31stthe notice lists 87 affected positions the automaker says it expects to be ableto offer all the employees jobs and other facilities this is the lastproduction year for the $90,000 fifth-generation sports car thetwo-seater cannot meet new safety regulations that go into effect onSeptember 1st the Connor Abdo factory has built the Viper since1995 the UAW in its Canadian counterpart unifor have joined forces to urge thegovernments of Canada Mexico and the u. s. to make significant changes to theNorth American Free Trade Agreement the two unions issuing a joint statementTuesday outlining four priorities they want to trust during the renegotiationof the 23 year old trade deal they are the strengthening of labor standards andraising wages balance trade real made in North America rules and a fair share ofbenefits for workers in each country together the two unions represent morethan two hundred forty five thousand Auto Workers in North American assemblyplants in their joint statement the unions say NAFTA has failed in all threecountries they add quote while overall trade volumes and corporate profits areup wages in all three countries have remained largely stagnant too oftenworkers are not compensated fairly for their work in other news USEnvironmental Protection Agency Chief Scott Pruitt says the agency must ensurethat Volkswagen AG’s diesel emissions violationsare not repeated Pruitt telling Reuters that the EPA will treat improperbehavior by automakers quote very aggressively uber tried to calminvestors concerns Tuesday that ongoing scandals were taking a toll on thebusiness the ride hailing company telling investors in a conference callto expect improved bookings narrower losses and a possible settlement withway Moe that could resolve one of the company’s biggest legal hurdles duringthe 15-minute call uber did not release full financial results saying thosewould be ready in the coming weeks that story comes our way from Bloomberg ourdesire is to attract the best talent and the best ideas from everywhere aroundthe globe and Toyota Research Institute is investing a hundred million dollarsto create a venture capital fund for technology startups the automaker saysthe investment arm named Toyota AI ventures will focus on artificialintelligence robotics autonomous driving and data and cloud technologies JimAdler vice president of data and business development at TR I will serveas managing director we’re looking for start-up entrepreneurs that have thevision the grit and integrity to help us answer the questions that we don’t knowthe answers to the new unit will assume responsibility for three existing TR Ifunded ventures Chevrolet’s global chief marketing officer since 2013 Tim Mahoneyhas seen his geographic responsibilities shrinkthat’s because General Motors has been pushing to focus on fewer moreprofitable markets he recently spoke with our affiliate to Advertising Ageabout his role under GM’s new strategy some highlightsMahoney is planning a new campaign in China focused and the idea that anythingis possible but his challenge will be carving out a place for Chevy in amarket where aggressive local brands are getting strongerin Canada meantime Chevy is running its new Canadian dream campaign that playson a theme of opportunity traditionally associated with the American Dream andwhen it comes to an overall slowing auto market Mahoney’s approach is to leaninto more emotional reasons to buy rather than rational reasons such aspricing he says quote you have to start the conversation at a human level and Ithink that also helps you connect with people a little bit better and get youthrough proper time and we thank you for your time todayremember auto news now comes your way this afternoontake care
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