DETROIT, Dec. 5, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Will create more than 1,100 new jobs in a new, Ohio-based facility Joint venture to drive cost per kilowatt hours to industry-leading levels New battery plant to have an annual capacity of more than 30 gigawatt hours with flexibility for expansion Companies enter joint agreement to develop advanced tech,… Continue reading General Motors and LG Chem Team Up to Advance Toward an All-Electric Future, Add Jobs in Ohio
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Share your car to make it go further
Transportation is the largest contributor to US greenhouse gas emissions — no surprise, perhaps, in the land of the freeway. Yet the biggest automotive problem for the environment is not cars zooming along the interstate, but cars sitting still in driveways and parking lots. The average car is unused 92 per cent of the time,… Continue reading Share your car to make it go further
Twenty more women sue Lyft over ‘inadequate’ response to sexual assaults
Sponsored Links d3sign via Getty Images More women have accused Lyft of failing to protect them against sexual assault. A group of twenty women has sued Lyft over claims they were sexually assaulted or raped when the ridesharing company let “known sexual predators” offer service. The firm’s response to these problems over the past four… Continue reading Twenty more women sue Lyft over ‘inadequate’ response to sexual assaults
Quarterly Plug-In EV Sales Scorecard
We’ll be reporting 2019 Q4 EV Sales beginning Thursday, January 2 and/or Friday, January 3, and continuing throughout the following week. However, it’s important to note that there will still be some missing data since many automakers refuse to report EV sales. Nonetheless, stay tuned in the coming days as we’ll be beginning to add automaker reported… Continue reading Quarterly Plug-In EV Sales Scorecard
GM lays off 800 workers during switchover to electric vehicles at Detroit plant
General Motors said Tuesday that it is laying off more than 800 workers as it converts its Detroit Hamtramck plant to an electric vehicle facility.The switch to electric vehicles means the plant won’t need as many workers.FOX Business’ Jason Racki, Grady Trimble and Jonathan Garber contributed to this report.
Ex-UAW boss pleads guilty to corruption, rigged $4M watch deal
CLOSE UAW VP for GM Joe Ashton answers a question from the media at the GM Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant in Detroit on Wednesday, July 27, 2011. (Photo: Patricia Beck, Detroit Free Press) A retired powerful union boss and onetime General Motors board member pleaded guilty Wednesday to corruption, admitting he rigged a $4 million contract for 58,000… Continue reading Ex-UAW boss pleads guilty to corruption, rigged $4M watch deal
GM to lay off 814 workers at Detroit-Hamtramck plant – Crain’s Detroit Business
December 04, 2019 07:51 AM Hannah Lutz Automotive News Jeff Kowalsky/AFP/Getty Images General Motors Co. had planned to halt production at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant in January, but is instead investing in it for electric vehicles. General Motors Co. will lay off 814 workers as it begins retooling its Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant for electric vehicle production… Continue reading GM to lay off 814 workers at Detroit-Hamtramck plant – Crain’s Detroit Business
@GM: Introducing Terra, Cruise’s Data Processing Platform
Written by Emmanuel Turlay in collaboration with James Luo, Guozhen La, Brian Calvert, Jai Chopra, Lei Xu and Markus Mar-Liu. In modern companies, data is the basis that many products and decisions are made on. As a Machine Learning-first company, Cruise is no exception in that regard. Cruise has petabytes of heterogeneous data: time series of sensor… Continue reading @GM: Introducing Terra, Cruise’s Data Processing Platform
@GM: GM CCA furthers growth for my GM Partner Perks, continues upward trend
GM CCA furthers growth for my GM Partner Perks, continues upward trend 2019-12-04 GRAND BLANC, Mich. — General Motors Customer Care and Aftersales announced today milestone growth, as well as a new enhancement to my GM Partner Perks. GM continues to build strong and robust programs to support business partners and customers. Launched earlier this… Continue reading @GM: GM CCA furthers growth for my GM Partner Perks, continues upward trend
UAW union leaders recommend approval of Fiat Chrysler labor deal
DETROIT (Reuters) – United Auto Workers leaders from Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s (FCHA.MI) (FCAU.N) U.S. plants on Wednesday recommended approval of a tentative labor agreement that would allow the Italian-American automaker to avoid a strike as it works to merge with France’s Groupe PSA. (PEUP.PA) FILE PHOTO: A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) sign is seen… Continue reading UAW union leaders recommend approval of Fiat Chrysler labor deal