General Motors is investing $40 million at its Pontiac Stamping plant and creating 20 new job positions in the process. GM will renovate the existing plant and install new, highly flexible fabrication machinery and presses to support future electric vehicle production and the production of traditional gasoline vehicles that the automaker currently produces. GM declined to offer more specific details… Continue reading GM invests in Pontiac Stamping to support EV production, creates new job positions
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Alexandra Ford English, Henry Ford III win election to Ford Motor Company board
The great-great grandchildren of Henry Ford, founder of Ford Motor Co., won seats on the company’s influential board of directors. Henry Ford III and Alexandra Ford English had been nominated by the company at ages 40 and 33 to stand for election to the board at its virtual annual shareholder meeting on Thursday, the company announced on March 12. English, the daughter… Continue reading Alexandra Ford English, Henry Ford III win election to Ford Motor Company board
UAW willing to fight GM to unionize 2 new battery plants
The UAW wants to organize new GM factories and the outcome could affect workers at future battery cell plants as the industry moves to an EV future. Go to Source
Ford plans to sell popular 26-acre site in Dearborn: What we know
The latest project in Dearborn is part of bigger plans to sell Ford property. Go to Source
NHTSA asks Ford to recall 620K Explorer, Police Interceptor SUVS in U.S.
Ford Motor Co. has confirmed a recall of more than 620,000 Explorer and Police Interceptor SUVs in the U.S. and its territories, one year after the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration raised concern about roof rail covers that could potentially create a road hazard. At issue is the problem of pins that loosen and allow the roof rail covers to detach.… Continue reading NHTSA asks Ford to recall 620K Explorer, Police Interceptor SUVS in U.S.
New detail confirmed on mystery project at Ford in Dearborn
(Update: Since this story published, Ford has released new information that solves the mystery. Sort of. See this link.) Something is happening outside Ford World Headquarters in Dearborn. The 12-story building built between 1953-56 is undergoing change. Are the tinted, heat-absorbing glass windows being replaced? “Nothing to share today. Details coming soon,” T.R. Reid told the Free Press late… Continue reading New detail confirmed on mystery project at Ford in Dearborn
GM build-shy strategy has tens of thousands of vehicles parked awaiting chip parts
In late January, retired General Motors employee Joseph Jones bought a 2021 GMC Sierra full-size pickup after having driven his 2004 Sierra for 17 years. Jones, 68, tracked the production of the new light-duty pickup in cherry red from his home in Franklin, Tennessee. He saw that it was built on Feb. 15 at GM’s Silao Assembly Plant in Mexico,… Continue reading GM build-shy strategy has tens of thousands of vehicles parked awaiting chip parts
‘Slap in the face’ UAW says of GM’s move to build EVs in Mexico
General Motors has picked a fifth plant to build its 2023 electric vehicles and it is in Mexico, which the UAW calls “a slap in the face.” GM has already declared it will make EVs at four locations in the United States and Canada. But on Thursday, GM said it will invest more than $1 billion at its manufacturing complex… Continue reading ‘Slap in the face’ UAW says of GM’s move to build EVs in Mexico
Worker at Stellantis stamping plant in Sterling Heights dies after machine falls on him
A worker at Stellantis’ Sterling Stamping Plant in Sterling Heights died this week after a machine fell on him. The worker was lifting a press machine with a crane Wednesday night in order to work on it, according to an initial Sterling Heights Police investigation, and the machine shifted, falling on the man and crushing… Continue reading Worker at Stellantis stamping plant in Sterling Heights dies after machine falls on him
GM reveals plans for employees, offices post-COVID-19
General Motors’ white-collar workforce will see markedly different culture post-pandemic as employees adopt a new initiative of how and where they will work. GM on Tuesday introduced what it calls “Work Appropriately” to its global workforce of 155,000 employees. Work Appropriately is not a policy, GM insists. It is a mindset, a culture shift that gives many salaried workers more… Continue reading GM reveals plans for employees, offices post-COVID-19