Industry News
Uber is cutting around 3,300 jobs as it reshapes the company for a rapidly changing ride-hailing market increasingly threatened by robotaxis. The layoffs, representing roughly 10% of Uber’s workforce, are the company’s largest since the...
By DCB Editorial
September 3, 2026
The possible closure of four German factories is not simply another corporate restructuring. It is a warning about what happens when an industrial society sacrifices its workers to the demands of global corporations. Volkswagen once...
By Anthony Henson
September 2, 2026
Toyota is preparing to build its next-generation battery-electric vehicle (BEV) in China before launching production elsewhere, signalling a significant shift in the Japanese automaker’s manufacturing and development strategy. The Lexus-badged model is scheduled to enter...
By Adam Ferraresi
September 1, 2026
Honda is reconsidering plans for an eighth assembly plant in North America, with uncertainty over the future of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) threatening to influence the Japanese automaker’s next major investment. Honda Executive Vice...
By Chris Ward
August 26, 2026
Volkswagen workers are confronting a new wave of uncertainty as management prepares to impose sweeping cost cuts on one of Germany’s most important industrial employers. CEO Oliver Blume has warned employees that Volkswagen’s position is...
By DCB Editorial
August 24, 2026
The collapse of the latest U.S.-Canada trade talks is not merely another dispute over tariffs. It is a warning about what happens when economic policy becomes an instrument of political intimidation. On Aug. 22, the...
By Anthony Henson
August 24, 2026