Chris Isidore - Senior Writer, CNN Business
Chris Isidore
Senior Writer, CNN Business
Chris Isidore is a senior writer for CNN Business, where he covers the auto industry, airlines, labor and all other manner of breaking financial news. Over the last 30 years, he has covered most major US bankruptcies, including GM, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, most US airlines and Sears, as well as the city of Detroit.
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Safety regulator probing whether Tesla’s recall of 2 million vehicles with Autopilot was adequate to fix safety threat
Apr 26, 2024
Federal safety regulators said they are investigating whether Tesla’s massive recall in December of essentially all of its vehicles on US roads was sufficient to fix the safety threat of its “Autopilot” feature.
Ford just reported a massive loss on every electric vehicle it sold
Apr 25, 2024
Ford’s electric vehicle unit reported that losses soared in the first quarter to $1.3 billion, or $132,000 for each of the 10,000 vehicles it sold in the first three months of the year, helping to drag down earnings for the company overall.
Southwest to stop service to 4 airports in wake of rising losses and more Boeing delivery problems
Apr 25, 2024
Southwest Airlines announced Thursday it will stop serving four airports after reporting increased losses in the first quarter and more delays in the delivery of promised jets from Boeing.
Boeing to pay $443 million to airlines for Max 9 grounding as losses and problems mount
Apr 24, 2024
Boeing reported a slight smaller loss in the first quarter compared to the same time a year ago and warned investors and employees it will have to cut back production further to deal with quality and safety issues on its production line.
Tesla’s earnings plunge, but the company promises cheaper car model
Apr 23, 2024
Tesla reported its first quarter adjusted earnings plunged 48%, falling short of lowered Wall Street forecasts, but it assured investors that it plans to move ahead with a cheaper model due out next year.
Federal labor board has been much more pro-worker under Biden. Employers want courts to end that
Apr 23, 2024
Starbucks and the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency charged with protecting workers’ rights, will be battling each other before the Supreme Court Tuesday, in one of numerous cases now pending in which major employers are questioning the NLRB’s powers, and even its right to exist.
GM earnings top forecasts despite headwinds
Apr 23, 2024
General Motors said Tuesday the company made more money than expected so far this year, even as a new labor contract meant higher costs for workers and its electric vehicles still aren’t turning a profit – yet.
Volkswagen workers vote overwhelmingly to join the UAW, giving the union a groundbreaking win
Apr 20, 2024
Hourly workers at Volkswagen’s plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee overwhelming voted to join the United Auto Workers late Friday, a major breakthrough in the union’s effort to organize workers at plants nationwide.
Volkswagen workers are voting on whether to join the UAW. The results could be felt nationwide
Apr 19, 2024
Renee Berry has been working at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee since 2010, shortly after it opened, long enough to see the majority of her co-workers twice vote against joining the United Auto Workers union. She thinks the third vote taking place this week will be different.
Tesla recalls Cybertruck due to accelerator pedal that can stick
Apr 19, 2024
Tesla has been ordered to recall nearly 4,000 of its Cybertrucks due to an accelerator pedal that can stick in place when pressed down.
Tesla discloses it spent $200,000 advertising on X
Apr 18, 2024
Here’s one advertiser that social media platform X doesn’t have to worry about losing because it’s turned off by Elon Musk’s comments: Tesla. The car company that famously shuns spending money on advertising spent $200,000 advertising on X through February of this year, it disclosed in an SEC filing this week.
Boeing whistleblower: ‘They are putting out defective airplanes’
Apr 17, 2024
Boeing’s already battered reputation took another hit at two Senate committee hearings Wednesday on Capitol Hill, with witnesses questioning how the company builds airplanes and the safety of those planes.
Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Goofy file for union vote at Disneyland
Apr 17, 2024
Disneyland employees who perform as many of the theme park’s beloved characters have filed to have a vote on whether to join the Actors’ Equity Association, which represents live performers all over the country, from actors on Broadway to strippers in Los Angeles.
Boeing’s problems just cost United $200 million
Apr 17, 2024
United Airlines was pushed into the red by Boeing and its ongoing quality issues, the airline said Tuesday. The company took a $200 million hit in the first quarter after the Boeing 737 Max 9 was grounded following the door plug incident aboard an Alaska Airlines flight.
About
Chris Isidore is a senior writer for CNN Business, where he covers the auto industry, airlines, labor and all other manner of breaking financial news. Over the last 30 years, he has covered most major US bankruptcies, including GM, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, most US airlines and Sears, as well as the city of Detroit.
Isidore joined CNN in 1999, and has covered business and economic news since. Prior to CNN, he was a business reporter for the Journal of Commerce and Crain’s New York Business. He started his career as a journalist in 1983 at the Gary Post-Tribune where he covered political beats such as county government, the Indiana statehouse and Gary City Hall before switching to business coverage in 1988.
Isidore grew up in suburban New York and attended the University of Chicago, majoring in political science. Isidore left without a degree in 1983 to take his first job. He received his degree from there in 2018.
