While the five-week shutdown of the F-150 Lightning plant in Dearborn has dominated headlines, workers at the Ford Rawsonville Components Plant in Ypsilanti who assemble the Lightning battery packs have been directly impacted, too. In early February, a battery fire in a Lightning parked in a holding lot in Dearborn led to the factory shutdown… Continue reading Ford preps restart of F-150 Lightning: When Rouge, Rawsonville workers will return
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UAW statement on $2B VW plant highlights right of workers to organize
The UAW appears to be setting its sights on the possibility that a $2 billion electric vehicle plant that a U.S.-based Volkswagen subsidiary is building in South Carolina could become a union auto shop. The United Auto Workers, which has struggled to organize at plants in the South owned by foreign automakers, issued a news… Continue reading UAW statement on $2B VW plant highlights right of workers to organize
Ford F-150 Lightning owners aren’t like traditional pickup buyers: What they do differently
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Fast facts about GM Milford Proving Ground, from top secrets to 150 mph test drives
Many Michiganders have heard of it, but few have seen it and even fewer ever will. I’m talking about General Motors Milford Proving Ground. The site straddles Oakland and Livingston counties and sits tucked away about 4 miles from the tiny village of Milford and a good 45-minute drive west from the big city of… Continue reading Fast facts about GM Milford Proving Ground, from top secrets to 150 mph test drives
Fain leads, but ballot questions delay decision in UAW presidential election
The fate of the UAW presidency hinges on 1,608 challenged ballots, according to an email Saturday night from one of the two presidential campaigns in the union’s runoff election. Shawn Fain, who is challenging incumbent Ray Curry for the presidency in the union’s first direct election of top leaders, was leading Saturday but not by… Continue reading Fain leads, but ballot questions delay decision in UAW presidential election
GM Proving Ground in Milford is full of secrets — and few employees get to see it
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Renewable electricity, EVs could get boost from giant battery made in Van Buren Township
Batteries to make electricity from renewable “green” sources reliably available 24 hours a day will start rolling out of a Michigan factory in 2025. A smaller version of the batteries to power electric commercial vehicles goes into production in March. Two utilities have committed to buying massive 6-megawatt-hours batteries, said Mujeeb Ijaz, CEO and founder of… Continue reading Renewable electricity, EVs could get boost from giant battery made in Van Buren Township
Classic Meyers Manx dune buggy is in for major changes this year
One of the world’s most iconic and recognizable vehicles gets big changes in 2023, as the do-it-yourself Meyers Manx dune buggy kit car adds new features for the first time since 1970 and prepares to launch an all-new electric model later this year. No details on the electric Meyers Manx 2.0 are available, but when… Continue reading Classic Meyers Manx dune buggy is in for major changes this year
Dissident wins seat on UAW executive board, spurred by disgust of convention vote
At the UAW convention in Detroit in July, Daniel Vicente wasn’t shy about expressing frustration. Delegates in the convention’s closing hours, after many others had already left, had reversed a vote to boost strike pay, a key push by many reformers, taken only a day before. Vicente used words like disgust to describe his feelings… Continue reading Dissident wins seat on UAW executive board, spurred by disgust of convention vote
F-150 Lightning production shutdown to last 5 weeks, Ford says
Ford Motor Co. said Thursday it plans to restart production of the all-electric F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn on March 13 — ending what will be a five-week disruption. Ford stopped factory operations on the Lightning immediately following a Feb. 4 battery fire in a holding lot in Dearborn that… Continue reading F-150 Lightning production shutdown to last 5 weeks, Ford says