By David Shepardson WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said on Monday it was upgrading and expanding its investigation into 708,000 Ford Motor sport utility vehicles and trucks over catastrophic engine failures tied to a faulty valve. The agency says under normal driving conditions vehicles without warning may experience a loss of … Read more
Everyone involved in the strike should be calculating what’s at stake to figure out what sort of offers they’d be willing to accept or make—in other words, to resolve the whole dispute. “Absent calculating the pie, I would be negotiating with my eyes closed,” Nalebuff says. Perhaps that sounds too abstract to be much help … Read more
DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union will expand strikes against General Motors and Ford Motor to two U.S. assembly plants at noon ET, UAW President Shawn Fain said Friday. The additional strikes will target Ford’s Chicago Assembly Plant in Illinois, which produces the Ford Explorer and Lincoln Aviator SUVs, and GM’s Lansing Delta Township … Read more
Members of the United Auto Workers union picket outside the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne, Michigan, on Sept. 26, 2023. Matthew Hatcher | AFP | Getty Images DETROIT – The United Auto Workers union is holding up negotiations with Ford Motor over future EV battery plants, Ford CEO Jim Farley said Friday. “I believe we … Read more
Ford confirmed Monday it has immediately stopped work at a $3.5 billion factory in Michigan that was supposed to make cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries using tech from China’s CATL. “We’re pausing work and limiting spending on construction on the Marshall project until we’re confident about our ability to competitively operate the plant,” Ford spokesperson … Read more
Text size Lazer brazing at Ford plant in Oakville, Ontario. Hourly workers at the plant have a new labor deal. Courtesy Ford Labor deals in the car business are possible. A deal between the United Auto Workers and the Detroit-Three auto makers might be closer than investors expect. Just look north. Ford Motor (ticker: F) … Read more
(Reuters) -Ford late on Tuesday reached a tentative take care of a Canadian union to keep away from a walkout, even because the Detroit Three automakers face the potential escalation of separate coordinated U.S. strikes by the United Auto Staff union. Unifor, which represents about 5,600 Canadian auto staff, have been threatening to go on … Read more
Members of the United Auto Employees union maintain a rally and apply picket close to a Stellantis plant in Detroit, Aug. 23, 2023. Michael Wayland / CNBC DETROIT – 1000’s of members of the United Auto Employees went on strike at three U.S. meeting vegetation of Basic Motors, Ford Motor and Stellantis, after the union and the automakers failed … Read more
This will not be nice information for the local weather. An individual who swaps a fuel truck for a hybrid one will cut back their emissions. An evaluation of 2020 pickup vans discovered {that a} hybrid truck emits nearly 30 p.c much less greenhouse fuel over its lifetime than a solely gas-powered counterpart. However world … Read more
DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co mentioned about 8,000 U.S. employees represented by the United Auto Employees union will get a mean $4.33 an hour in extra pay beneath provisions of the present contract agreed in 2019. Ford introduced the pay will increase as talks with the UAW for a brand new contract are headed … Read more