The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 16, 2023

Ford Motor Company Executive Chairman Bill Ford has asked union members to come together and end the UAW strike before it hampers the business’ ability to invest in future products and facilities. It’s the absolute lifeblood of our company. Ford has 57,000 UAW workers compared with 46,000 at GM and 43,000 at Stellantis.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Certainly, the phenomenon of scalability was well known in the automobile industry before it made a significant impact on the computing industry. Henry Ford was a notable example of the the application of this scalability law. Henry Ford’s company was perhaps the first company to apply this law at a grand scale.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2009

A new report released by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute ( UMTRI ) analyzes critical choices faced by automakers and finds that broad, deep, fast change is necessary for success in the context of the worst financial crisis in the history of the domestic automobile industry. points and Ford down 5.4

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 30, 2009

A focus on tailpipe CO2 emissions has distracted away from the impact of car production, suggests Professor Frank Figge who co-authored the ‘Sustainable Value in Automobile Manufacturing’ study. There is a mixed picture among European manufacturers. FIAT Auto consistently falls behind throughout the entire review period.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 17, 2023

President Biden says his EV policies will result in “one million new jobs in the American automobile industry. Ford, for example, recently cut 3,000 highly-paid salaried and contract workers as a down payment to help fund the transition to EVs. Ford is not alone. One million.”. Neither does the U.S.

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 28, 2022

A recent report from the Environmental Defense Fund indicates that electric vehicle sales volumes are growing at a rapid pace, signalling an epochal shift in the auto industry over the next decade. Now let us look at the companies who are ready to transform themselves from their conventional theme into a total EV culture.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 7, 2021

But over the past months, and amidst Biden’s appearances prior to the release of the Ford F-150 Lightning, one thing became clear: The administration is fond of EVs that are made in the United States — but only if they are produced through union work. . Credit: CNBC Television. And it was a reputation that was well-earned.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

But GM says it wont get the money until the Obama administration is satisfied the company is financially viable. GM killed that car because of back room deals with oil companies, and now they expect us to believe that they are just so cutting edge now? Gotta love a company that blows nearly 2 billion a year on PR and advertising!

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Baua Electric

MARCH 18, 2024

Former President Donald Trump has announced that he would apply a tariff of 100% to cars built in Mexico by Chinese companies for U.S.-market In a Saturday campaign speech in Dayton, Ohio, Trump said that over a period of 30 years Mexico has taken away 34% of the automobile manufacturing business in the U.S.

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