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Ford leverages EV production head start against rivals in latest ramp

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Ford has announced a massive EV production ramp for this year, leveraging its head start compared to its traditional rivals. Now Ford has announced its newest EV production ram, hoping to ensure its lead remains as more competitors enter the market in the coming years.

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UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With All Detroit Automakers, Striking Ends

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But General Motors wasn’t far behind and managed to settle things with the union early Monday morning. It was apparently too much for the company to endure and news broke early on Monday that General Motors (now standing alone against the UAW) had likewise reached a tentative contract agreement with the union.

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Ford announces $3.7bn investment into EV and ICE projects, 6,200 new UAW jobs

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Ford Motor Company announced today it would invest $3.7 Missouri: $95 million investment and 1,100 union jobs for a third shift at Kansas City Assembly Plant to increase production of the Transit, America’s best-selling commercial van, and the all-new E-Transit electric van. Ford announced that a portion of the $3.7

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President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

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billion in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce batteries and their components and to expand battery recycling capacity; $500 million in grants to US-based manufacturers to produce electric drive components for vehicles, including electric motors, power electronics, and other drive train components; and. General Motors Corporation.

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