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General Motors (GM) secures tentative deal with UAW, ending strike

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General Motors (GM) and the United Auto Workers (UAW) union have reached a tentative agreement, ending a six-week strike that has cost the automaker billions of dollars in lost production. The deal, which must still be ratified by UAW members, is the final one to be reached between the union and the Detroit Big Three.

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General Motors beats Q3 projections, reports progress in EVs

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General Motors ( NYSE: GM ) beat analyst expectations for the third quarter and reported what progress it made on its electric vehicle front for the three-month span. It is no secret that Q3 was rough for Detroit-based automakers, GM included. GM reported a $2.28 adjusted EPS, beating the $1.88 that Wall Street expected.

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Ford Has Paused F-150 Lightning Shipments

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Ford has stopped shipments of the 2024 F-150 Lightning, but not because there isn’t demand for the electric truck. Despite the delays, a Ford rep told The Detroit News that the automaker plans to significantly increase shipments in the coming weeks. Image: Ford] Become a TTAC insider.

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Ford begins deliveries of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup in Europe

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Ford has begun deliveries of its F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck in Europe, with the first of the units going to a couple located in Norway. As reposted with photos by Ford CEO Jim Farley on X on Saturday, the first F-150 Lightning in Europe has been delivered to Dag and Angela, who are originally from Texas and now live in Norway.

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Ford has a GMC Hummer EV at its Detroit headquarters: a hint of what’s ahead?

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General Motors’ GMC Hummer EV has been spotted outside Ford headquarters in Michigan. According to The Drive , a GMC Hummer EV pickup was spotted just outside Ford’s Detroit headquarters. But the real question is, what does this indicate for Ford’s future product offerings?

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Sales of big pickups help bankroll EV push, but they're sinking

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Sales of expensive full-size pickup trucks from the Detroit Three automakers fell in the first quarter of 2024 which, as a Bloomberg report explains, could negatively impact those automakers' EV plans.

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UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With All Detroit Automakers, Striking Ends

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The United Auto Workers have reached a tentative agreement with all three Detroit automakers. Ford was the first to strike a deal, followed by Stellantis. But General Motors wasn’t far behind and managed to settle things with the union early Monday morning.

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