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Hyundai Wins Big at 2026 What Car? Awards

Hyundai Wins Big at 2026 What Car? Awards

Hyundai Motor Company has further solidified its position as a global automotive leader, earning two major accolades at the 2026 What Car? Awards.  What Car? named Hyundai SANTA FE its Seven-seat SUV of the Year and Hyundai IONIQ 6 N its Best Electric Performance Car, applauding both for their standout design, innovation, performance and everyday usability. What Are […]

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2026 Hyundai Tucson is photographed in California City, Calif., on July 16, 2025.

Two Hyundai Models On Best Cars for the Money List

The Hyundai Elantra Hybrid and Tucson have made the 2026 Best Cars for the Money list by U.S. News and World Report. The Elantra Hybrid received Best Compact Hybrid for the second year in a row, while the Tucson earned Best Compact SUV for the third consecutive year and the fifth time overall. These awards […]

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"Frankfurt, Germany - October 7, 2012: VW Logo on the Grille of a Volkswagen UP displayed in row in front of a car dealership.  The  Volkswagen up! is a new city car model launched at the 2011. VW is a brand of the Volkswagen Group, which is a German automobile manufacturing group based in Wolfsburg, Germany and founded in 1937."

Chattanooga VW Workers: “We have no voice.”

Volkswagen employees Angelo Robinson and Darrell Belcher have worked at the company’s Chattanooga manufacturing facility for 15 years. In a story by Local 3 News, they said they’ve been a part of the plant’s greatest achievements and, more recently, worst setbacks, as a bitter labor dispute divides the work force […]

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Chattanooga VW Workers May Break With UAW

Chattanooga VW Workers May Break With UAW

Chattanooga’s Local 3 News is reporting that Volkswagen workers have begun an effort to decertify the United Auto Workers union there. The petition to break with the UAW needs the signatures of 30% of workers at the facility in order to trigger an election by the National Labor Relations Board. […]

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Hyundai Named a World’s Best Company 2025

Hyundai Named a World’s Best Company 2025

Hyundai Motor Company has been named as one of the best companies to work for globally, ranking 33rd out of 1,000 organizations in TIME and Statista’s ‘World’s Best Companies 2025’ list – a rise of 159 positions over its 2024 ranking of 192nd. Hyundai Motor was the only Korean company […]

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Strike Authorized at Tennessee VW Plant

Strike Authorized at Tennessee VW Plant

The Chattanooga Times Free Press is reporting that United Auto Workers members have authorized a strike at the city’s Volkswagen facility. A strike can be authorized by a two-thirds majority of those who cast a vote. The UAW did not disclose how many plant workers voted, nor what the margin […]

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Six UAW Locals Have Now Charged Fain

Six UAW Locals Have Now Charged Fain

The number of UAW locals adopting charges against the union’s president, Shawn Fain, has risen to six, according to Bloomberg Law News. Bloomberg reports workers at a Detroit-area truck factory and a southeast Michigan engine plant have voted to adopt the charges against Fain that were previously approved by four […]

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Team Members Donate Supplies to Selma Schools

Team Members Donate Supplies to Selma Schools

Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA) and its team members donated more than $7,500 worth of school supplies and uniform items for Selma City School System students. The uniforms and supplies will help students be dressed for success and ready to learn throughout the upcoming school year. During the months of […]

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Union Local Adopts Charges Against Fain

Union Local Adopts Charges Against Fain

The Detroit Free Press and other news outlets are reporting that UAW Local 140 has voted unanimously to adopt a set of charges against UAW President Shawn Fain. The newspaper reports that–in an 80-0 vote–the Warren, Michigan local became the fourth UAW local to adopt the charges. Six locals are […]

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Hyundai Tops 2025 J.D. Power Quality Study

Hyundai Tops 2025 J.D. Power Quality Study

Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has been ranked as the top corporation in the J.D. Power 2025 U.S. Initial Quality Study (IQS) for the second consecutive year, underscoring its continued leadership in product quality and customer satisfaction across its Hyundai Motor, Kia and Genesis brands. In the 2025 IQS, Hyundai […]

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