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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

The postponement was announced as part of GM’s earnings report, with CEO Mary Barra citing improvements the company would like to make to the product as well as some market challenges. Conversely, the relevant earnings call does seem to have directly influenced the UAW to call for a walkout at GM's Arlington Assembly plant.

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

Teslarati

Prominent officials and members of the general public expressed support for Tesla stores in the regions of Charlottesville, Arlington, and Norfolk. The three stores have not had their locations finalized, the company said. Holcomb decided to grant Tesla permission to open the stores based on public opinion.

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Heat Pumps Take on Cold Climates

Cars That Think

The companies’ task is to demonstrate a high-efficiency, residential, air-source heat pump that can perform at 100 percent capacity at -15 °C. Companies can choose to further test their machines down to -26 °C. Companies that complete the challenge won’t receive a cash prize. 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. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Santa Barbara, CA., Irvine, CA.,

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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). California Los Angeles, Ford Motor Company). Company-Global. Company-Global. If successful in this high-risk, high-reward research. effort, the ultimate goal of this project is to develop a. subsequently scalable process that demonstrates magnetic. properties for bulk magnets from this alloy. Baldor Electric.

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