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Ford cutting F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds

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Ford is cutting its F-150 Lightning production workforce by two-thirds as the company continues to try and ramp manufacturing of electric vehicles and work toward profitability. This amounts to 700 production employees. “Their intentions were to build 180,000-plus units. The remaining third of workers will remain on-site.

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Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in high performance electric motor manufacturer H3X

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The investment will be used to accelerate technology development and commercialization of H3X’s HPDM family of integrated motor drives and the scale-up of their new headquarters facility in Louisville, Colorado for production. H3X currently has three base products: the HPDM-30, the HPDM-250, and the HPDM-3000.

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Ford to import next-gen Ford Focus for N. America from China; production starting 2H 2019

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Production of the next-generation Focus begins in the second half of 2019, with models coming from the company’s existing Focus plants globally. Production of the current North American Focus at the Michigan Assembly Plant continues through mid-2018. Ford is a top auto exporter in the US. This is in addition to the $1.3

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CATL’s $5B North American battery production plans land in U.S., several sites being vetted

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South Carolina would provide CATL with the quickest turnaround for battery cell production to begin, which is slated for 2026, if the Chinese battery maker chooses this location for the plant. Localizing production would be advantageous to this narrative, but it could also help ease bottlenecks in logistics and raw materials output.

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Ford to invest $400M in Kansas City Assembly Plant to support production of a new vehicle

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Ford Motor Company will build a new vehicle at its Kansas City Assembly Plant in Missouri after Ford Escape production moves to Ford’s Louisville Assembly Plant and retooling of the Kansas City facility is complete. Ford will invest $400 million in the Kansas City plant to install a new body shop, new tooling and other upgrades.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Concentric Ring Gas Atomization Die Design for Optimized Particle Production, $150,000 Praxair, Indianapolis, Ind. Louisville, Colo. Commercializing 3D Printable Feedstocks for the Advanced Manufacturing of Energy Products, $300,000 MilliporeSigma, St. Institute for Building Technology and Safety (IBTS), San Jose, Calif.

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Ford and UAW reached a tentative local agreement at Kentucky plant

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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. Last week, the UAW and Ford reached a tentative agreement to narrowly avoid the Friday strike deadline, according to a press release from the UAW. ."