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UAW Expands Strike Again, Targeting GM's Largest Plant

The Truth About Cars

Just one day after the UAW went on strike at Stellantis’ pickup factory in Sterling Heights , roughly 5,000 union members walked off the line at General Motors’ plant in Arlington, Texas. Arlington Assembly is responsible for profitable models like the Chevrolet Tahoe, Chevy Suburban, GMC Yukon, and Cadillac Escalade.

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Chevrolet Equinox EV and GM Electrified Pickups Delayed

The Truth About Cars

Conversely, the relevant earnings call does seem to have directly influenced the UAW to call for a walkout at GM's Arlington Assembly plant. Demand seems to be plateauing on electrified models and their above-average price tags have not helped remedy this. “And then also. the transition to EVs, that will have ups and downs.”

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Tesla’s war against direct sales wages on with big win in Virginia

Teslarati

Tesla’s war with laws that prohibit the direct sale of cars to consumers continues to wage on, but the automaker is making progress across the United States. The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles has approved Tesla to sell its cars and will open three new locations in the State. Holcomb also granted Tesla this license.

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GM workaround for transport snags: Broker pickup from the manufacturing unit

Baua Electric

“One unit is one more spot on a rail [car], it’s one more spot on a truck. It does help the overall capacity,” Bell informed Car Information. Sellers discovered that the method incessantly compelled them to pay one of the vital incremental prices out of patch. Fortress Wayne, Ind.; and Oshawa, Ont. .”

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Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

Cars That Think

For natural gas, the savings are less and depend on the price of natural gas in the local area. heat pumps outsold furnaces for a second year in a row in 2023, according to data released 9 February by the Air-Conditioning, Heating, and Refrigeration Institute in Arlington, Virginia. In the U.S., Europe is making a similar push.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. Afterward several members of Congress went outside for test drives in a plug-in hybrid brought to Washington by Cal-Cars. Keene, N.H.,

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

Arlington). deliver high power to a car or truck. The project will enable “personalized” price signals to be. . $2,319,474. Pacific Northwest. National Laboratory. Ames Laboratory, Electron Energy Corp, United Technologies. Research Center, University of Maryland, University of Texas at. This project will focus on improving.

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