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Ford and UAW reached a tentative local agreement at Kentucky plant

Teslarati

The union said that Ford had failed to come to an agreement with the UAW Local 862 chapter at the Louisville factory, even after five months had passed since the last contract deadline. “Maybe it needs to recommit to American workers and find a CEO who’s interested in the future of this country’s auto industry.”

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Kentucky-Argonne Partnership to Help Build US Advanced Battery Industry

Green Car Congress

The Commonwealth of Kentucky, the University of Kentucky (UK) and University of Louisville (U of L) are partnering with the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory to establish a national Battery Manufacturing R&D Center to help develop and deploy a domestic supply of advanced battery technologies for vehicle applications.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Louisville Courier-Journal ) 10/25/06 "Plug-ins, [David Hermance] said, "have been put forward as the silver bullet solution for almost everything." That has to be looked at." ( Reuters ) 3/28/07 "Batteries are not yet an economic or efficient way of storing power.we He expects all hybrids to be lithium-based within 10 years.

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