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Volkswagen workers at Tennessee plant file to hold UAW election

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Volkswagen workers at the automaker’s Tennessee factory have filed to hold a union election, as the United Auto Workers (UAW) continues its drive at multiple U.S. The UAW announced last month that a majority of workers at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee, signed union cards. facilities.

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Ford investing $3.5B to build LFP battery plant in Michigan; partnering with CATL

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This all-new battery production facility in Michigan will add approximately 35 gigawatt hours per year of new battery capacity for Ford in the US initially—capable of powering approximately 400,000 future Ford EVs. Limited (CATL), the world’s leading battery manufacturer. With this $3.5-billion

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GM investing $2B in Spring Hill plant to build EVs, starting with Cadillac LYRIQ

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announced today that its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant will begin the transition to become the company’s third vehicle manufacturing site to produce electric vehicles, joining Factory ZERO in Detroit and Hamtramck, Michigan, and Orion Assembly in Orion Township, Michigan. General Motors Co.

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DOE, General Motors and MathWorks launch EcoCAR Mobility Challenge

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EcoCAR is a collegiate automotive competition aimed at developing a highly skilled, domestic workforce by providing hands-on experience designing and building next-generation mobility solutions to meet our nation’s future energy and mobility challenges. University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The Ohio State University. Virginia Tech.

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LG Energy Solution hires Nvidia data expert to improve global battery production

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From 2016 to 2019, Dr. Pyun was a Principal Solutions Architect at Nvidia. Pyun has gained global perspective and experience in operating and developing solutions for AI-based monitoring in smart manufacturing. billion in GM’s third Ultium Cell manufacturing plant late last month. Both companies invested $2.6

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Unifor goals to unionize Volkswagen’s EV battery plant in Ontario

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Volkswagen’s in-house battery subsidiary PowerCo introduced plans to manufacture the $7 billion electrical automobile battery plant within the town halfway between Toronto and Windsor on April 21. The United Auto Employees have two times tried and two times failed to arrange staff on the Volkswagen Chattanooga Meeting Plant in Tennessee.

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CALSTART white paper shows nationwide tech supplier industry ready to support more efficient heavy-duty trucks and buses

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A new high-level white-paper from clean transportation industry group CALSTART shows that US companies that develop and manufacture high-efficiency, low-carbon technologies for heavy-duty vehicles are ready to support more efficient trucks and buses. The white paper’s mapping function also shows clusters of activity.