General Motors has initiated a recall for approximately 1 million of its sports utility vehicles due to faulty airbag inflators that have the potential to explode in the event of a collision. On Friday, the automobile manufacturer filed a safety recall report with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for …
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General Motors To Launch Rental Car Service For Transportation On The Moon
General Motors is about to launch a car rental service to facilitate transportation on the Moon. It looks like General Motors is on a new level — above gravity, to be exact. The company is set to develop a line of Lunar Mobility Vehicles through a collaborative partnership with Lockheed …
Read More »General Motors Pledges To Put More Ad Dollars Into Black-Owned Media
General Motors announced on Thursday that the company plans to quadruple the percentage of its advertising dollars that go to Black-owned media outlets from now to 2025. According to Variety, their new effort is a result of the scrutiny and pressure that corporate giants are facing to spread their corporate …
Read More »Robinhood Will Restrict Trading On Fifty Stocks Including Starbucks, GameStop And General Motors After GameStop Controversy
The popular trading app Robinhood has now restricted the purchase of 50 different stocks, including blue-chip stocks like Starbucks and General Motors. After the disastrous fallout from last week’s GameStop stock debacle. According to the Daily Mail, the move is an apparent act of desperation after the company’s cash reserves …
Read More »Several Black Employees File Lawsuit After Being Racially Harassed And Bullied In Ohio General Motors Plant: “I Used To Have To Pray. Literally, ‘Lord Protect Me’”
Several Black employees at an Ohio General Motors have filed a lawsuit after the motor company refused to respond to several complaints of racism, harassment, and racial bullying. #MarcusBoyd and Derick Brooks are former supervisors at the Toledo Powertrain, and in a recent CNN interview, the two said their co-workers …
Read More »President Joe Biden To Join The UAW Strikers In Detroit
President Joe Biden is set to make a special visit to Michigan, where he will stand in solidarity with the United Auto Workers by joining them on the picket line. Biden’s visit follows an invitation extended by UAW President Shawn Fain during his remarks on Friday. This invitation coincides with …
Read More »The Famed Cadillac Escalade Is Going All-Electric
It’s official! The Cadillac Escalade is the latest mega SUV to be getting an all-electric makeover. On Monday, General Motors announced this latest update to the bestselling vehicle. The new version has been dubbed “Escalade IQ.” The luxury SUV will join Cadillac’s growing lineup of electric automobiles. As of now, …
Read More »Bernie Mac’s Daughter Tells TikTokers What Comedian Was Like as a Father, Described Him as “Emotionally Volatile” and Much Like His TV Character [Video]
Bernie Mac’s daughter, Je’Niece McCullough, is detailing what the late comedian was like as a father. While answering fans’ questions on her TikTok account, appropriately named @berniesdaughter, McCullough shared moments and memories while describing her dad’s parenting style. “What kind of father was my dad,” she says in a video …
Read More »That’s Baller: Cadillac Reveals New $300,000 Electric Sedan
Cadillac is upping its game and joining the electric car chat. General Motors just previewed what’s in store for the new modern luxury car that will have you riding in style for a hefty price. The Cadillac Celestiq, which is expected to reach over $300,000 by late 2023, comes with “five …
Read More »Hertz Orders 100K Teslas in New Strategy to Electrify Rental Car Fleet
Just four months out of bankruptcy and Hertz Global Holdings Inc. has placed an order for 100,000 Teslas in order to electrify its rental car fleet. Cars will be delivered to the company within the next 14 months, but as early as next month, Tesla Inc.’s Model 3 sedan will …
Read More »Hundreds of Companies Unite to Oppose Voting Limits, But Others Decline
Hundreds of corporations and executives, including Amazon, BlackRock, Google, Warren Buffett, and others, signed on to a new statement condemning “any oppressive legislation” that would make it harder for people to vote. It was the business community’s biggest display of unity so far as businesses around the country continue to …
Read More »Volvo Will Stop Selling Cars That Run On Fossil Fuel By 2030
By 2030, Volvo plans to stop selling cars that run on fossil fuels. The company wants to only sell electric vehicles that can only be purchased online. “There is no long-term future for cars with an internal combustion engine,” Henrick Green, Volvo Chief Technology Officer, said. The carmaker wants electric …
Read More »Unemployment Offices Overwhelmed After Mass Layoffs Amid Coronavirus Outbreak, Motor Companies Temporarily Shut Down Production
Unemployment offices are overwhelmed with new clients as companies and businesses shut down and layoff their employees amid the coronavirus outbreak. The country’s economy is taking a major hit as the rise of the #coronavirus COVID-19 travels the globe, knocking the scale of unemployment to a point that hasn’t been …
Read More »LeBron James Lands Multiyear Endorsement Deal With AT&T
LeBron James not only dominates on the basketball court as one of the greatest players in the league, but he continues to make financially savvy business moves and strategic partnerships. His latest multiyear endorsement deal comes from one of the world’s largest communication companies, AT&T. In conjunction with the launch …
Read More »Kid Rock Cut Ties With Detroit Restaurant After “Racist” Backlash And Calls Out Al Sharpton
Kid Rock is seemingly cutting ties with the city of Detroit following the closure announcement of a Detroit restaurant, and now, he’s blaming Al Sharpton. Rock is a native of Michigan, hailing specifically from the city of Romeo. On Wednesday morning, Rock posted to Facebook, stating that he will not …
Read More »Nearly 50,000 United Automobile Workers Walk Out Over Wages And Idled Plants, Makes First U.S. Auto Union Strike Since 2007
Nearly 50,000 members of the United Automobile Workers union went on strike at General Motors for better wages and idled plants. Thousands of union workers took to the streets across the Midwest Monday morning after regional leaders in Detroit unanimously voted to authorize the strike this past Sunday. This is …
Read More »Trump Announces Tariffs on All Mexican Imports to Crack Down on Migrants
Trump announced that he is placing a 5% tariff on all Mexican imports to pressure the country to do more to curb immigration into the US. Trump said the tariff would gradually increase “until the illegal immigration problem is remedied.” He made the announcement via his Twitter page after telling …
Read More »4 Household Products That Will Cost More With Trump’s New Tariffs
International trade is very sticky across lots of borders, but one thing that the United States has been able to hold together, even amidst wars, is a decent trade relationship with most countries. Majority of the goods we enjoy and love on a regular basis come from another country, and …
Read More »Adidas Rewards Some NFL Combine Participants With $100,000 -blogged by @theAlexisDanielle_
The NFL Draft isn’t set to happen for a few more weeks, but thanks to Adidas, some NFL prospects are seeing a nice payout before they sign their contracts. A 100,000 dollar payout, that is. After initially promising to hand out Porsches but being halted given the fact that the NFL has …
Read More »Baller Behind The Scene – Kimatni Rawlins
Kimatni D. Rawlins is the founder of Automotive Rhythms Communications, LLC, an urban automotive media and marketing portal consisting of print, internet, radio, network TV and internet TV properties. In the six years of its existence, Kimatni and Automotive Rhythms have positively educated urban auto buyers on how they view …
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