General Motors Co. will lay off up to 1,500 workers from a small-car factory in Ohio, the latest symptom of sluggish U.S. demand for cars amid the rising popularity of sport-utility vehicles. GM said Friday it would eliminate one of the two shifts at its Lordstown, Ohio, plant, where workers assemble the Chevrolet Cruze compact sedan. The company cited “lower customer demand” for smaller cars.

Source: Wall Street Journal April 13, 2018 20:37 UTC