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Helbiz partners with Lightning eMotors to deploy electric vans for fleet management

Green Car Congress

Following the completion of the current pilot program, Helbiz plans to deploy Lightning Electric Ford Transit 350HD vans throughout Miami and Washington DC to manage its intra-urban operations. Micro-mobility company Helbiz is exploring the electrification of its fleet with Lightning eMotors.

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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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UAW says ‘strike is working,’ as GM concessions prevent added walkouts

Teslarati

Crucially, the union expects that the concessions could put pressure on Ford and Stellantis to follow suit after GM allowed workers at its future battery plants to be covered by new contracts with the union. “Clearly, GM’s concession on the master agreement will positively be matched by Ford and Stellantis.”

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Gilchrist Car expands with 3 acquisitions

Baua Electric

” Additionally in January, Gilchrist Car purchased Stanley Ford Pilot Level, north of Dallas, from Stanley Auto Staff. a buy-sell company in Arlington, Texas, facilitated the Jan. . “We have to figure out what we have there and what we need to bring in or upgrade.” Hicks Control & Consulting Inc., 31 transaction.

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Stellantis and GM furlough more workers as UAW strike expands

Teslarati

On Tuesday morning, 5,000 UAW members walked off the job at GM’s Arlington Assembly plant in Texas, which makes some of the automaker’s most profitable vehicles, including the Chevy Tahoe, the Chevy Suburban, the GMC Yukon and the Cadillac Escalade.

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UTA study indicates air contamination near fracking sites result of operational inefficiencies, not inherent to the extraction process

Green Car Congress

A study led by chemists at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) indicates that highly variable contamination events registered in and around unconventional oil and gas developments are the result of operational inefficiencies and not inherent to the extraction process itself.

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GM workers at Flint factory voted against new UAW contract

Teslarati

As the United Auto Workers (UAW) union continues attempts to ratify new contract agreements with Big Three automakers General Motors (GM), Ford and Stellantis, one GM plant in Michigan has narrowly voted against the recently proposed deal following a historic six-week strike.

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