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Ford Executive Chair Bill Ford Asks UAW to End Strike

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Last week 8,700 union members walked out at the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world , the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. The strike also could cause a fragile parts supply base to collapse, he said. “We

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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Were charging full-speed ahead before we know exactly what the investment is going to be, before we know whether we can make any money off it or not, before we know how many were going to sell," Lutz said. This is different from anything Ive ever seen in my 40 years in the automobile industry." ( Detroit Free Press ).

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