Nick Bunkley

Detroit

News Editor at Automotive News

@Automotive_News. Formerly @nytimes and @detroitnews. Alum of @michigandaily and @umich.

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Articles

Service customer’s vehicle stolen from dealership twice

1 week ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Michael Martinez |Vince Bond Jr. |Molly Boigon

Surveillance video from inside Stone Mountain Toyota shows a person in a mask walking through the service department before driving away in a RAV4.
Chevy Silverado buyer charged with killing bicyclist while driving off dealership lot

3 weeks ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Michael Martinez |Gail Kachadourian Howe |Larry P. Vellequette

Curb on rare earth exports could be more disruptive than microchip shortageTrade groups and automotive executives are sounding the alarm that a curb on rare earth metals from China could lead to production disruptions worse than the microchip shortage.
The Chrysler Building, Art Deco ‘monument’ to auto pioneer, is crumbling and for sale

3 weeks ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Vince Bond Jr. |John Huetter

Filosa’s ability to honestly assess where Stellantis has erred in recent years could prove vital as he works to repair relationships with dealers, suppliers and employees.
GM CEO Mary Barra tops 2025 list of Fortune's Most Powerful Women

1 month ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Pete Bigelow |Hans Greimel |Larry P. Vellequette

Mary Barra has ranked among the top five in all 12 years since becoming CEO of General Motors in January 2014.
California dealer gives $10 million for hospital expansion

1 month ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Carly Schaffner |Vince Bond Jr |John Irwin

Our 100 Leading Women for 2025 are visionaries, problem-solvers and catalysts for change. The fact that they are women matters deeply, but it is not the whole story. They are here because of what they do — and how well they do it.
Tesla fires employee who says Elon Musk’s leadership has hurt sales

1 month ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Urvaksh Karkaria |Eric Freedman

Protesters gather in front of a Tesla store in Sunnyvale, Calif., in March. A former staff program manager fired by the automaker wrote on a website he started that Tesla was emphasizing the need for salespeople to aggressively close deals because fewer customers were coming in. "People no longer want to associate with Elon," he wrote.
Rivian has an Erewhon juice that costs 37 times more than gasoline

1 month ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Hans Greimel |Urvaksh Karkaria

Nissan aims to add another 10,000 job cuts and shut down seven global assembly plants, four more than previously targeted, following a $4.5 billion annual loss.
Billionaire Norman Braman plans skyscrapers on Miami dealership campus

1 month ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley |Urvaksh Karkaria |Michael Martinez |Kurt Nagl

Automakers would also not be responsible for other tariffs on aluminum and steel, said a White House official on Monday night.
2026 Detroit Auto Show kicks off with Route 66 cross-country road trip

2 months ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley

Vintage cars will travel along historic Route 66 from California to Chicago and then Detroit ahead of the 2026 Detroit Auto Show.
Wolfgang Porsche digs up controversy over Austrian tunnel plan

2 months ago | autonews.com | Nick Bunkley

Dr. Wolfgang Porsche, chairman of the Porsche supervisory board, sits in the one millionth 911.

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