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Majority of workers at Mercedes-Benz plant sign up for UAW

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Earlier this month, a majority of workers also signed union cards at a Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, after the UAW formally announced organizing campaigns at 13 automakers, including Tesla, Honda, Hyundai, Lucid, Mazda, Mercedes, Nissan, Rivian, Subaru, Toyota, Volkswagen and Volvo.

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University of Tennessee to head $250M advanced composites manufacturing institute; Ford, Honda and Volkswagen members

Green Car Congress

The new institute pairs leading carbon fiber producers and suppliers—such as Materials Innovation Technologies, Harper International, and Strongwell—with key end users such as TPI for wind turbines and Ford, Honda and Volkswagen for automobiles. Honda R&D Americas, Inc.; PolyOne Corporation; PPG Industries, Inc.;

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US to investigate imported thermoplastic encapsulated electric motors for potential patent violations

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of Northville, MI; Aisin World Corporation of America, of Northville, MI; Bayerische Motoren Werke AG, of Munich, Germany; BMW of North America, LLC, of Woodcliff Lake, NJ; BMW Manufacturing Co., LLC, of Greer, SC; Denso Corporation of Aichi, Japan; Denso International America, Inc., of Southfield, MI; Honda Motor Co.,

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Lithia provides Precedence Auto Workforce in Virginia

Baua Electric

The crowd lists home, import and comfort manufacturers on its website online, with a couple of Toyota, Lexus and Honda places. acquisition since December, when it entered Kentucky with the acquisition of a Stellantis dealership. billion to the corporate’s annual earnings. Precedence Auto, of Chesapeake, Va., billion. .

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UAW crash with Detroit 3 displays a extra confrontational union as collision time limit looms

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Talking extreme era to Ford employees at a plant in Louisville, Kentucky, Fain complained about one usual for the company category and some other for familiar employees. Fain reiterated Monday that each one 3 corporations stay collision objectives. “They get out-of-control salaries,” he stated.

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ARPA-E Selects 37 Projects for $106M in Funding in Second Round; Electrofuels, Better Batteries and Carbon Capture

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Of the lead recipients, 24% are small businesses, 57% are educational institutions, 11% are national labs, and 8% are large corporations. U of Kentucky). Sion Power Corporation. Honda, Applied Materials). of Kentucky-Center for Applied Energy Research. The grants will go to projects in 17 states. Penn State. (U

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