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Ford Reaches Tentative Deal With UAW, Workers Return

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Striking Ford employees are heading back to the assembly line today after the United Auto Workers (UAW) union reached a tentative labor deal with the company late on Wednesday. Say whatever you want about Ford. But this makes the brand look exceptionally good to the general public. We’ll see how things play out for Ford.

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Lithium-ion battery recycler ABTC expands operations and capacity with newly purchased facility

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Most recently in November 2022, ABTC was selected for a competitive US DOE grant for a $20-million project to develop and commercialize a set of next-generation battery recycling technologies to even further enhance the recovery of recycled products and reduce the cost of operations.

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GM and Ford want to deploy self-driving vehicles without steering wheels.

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Ford and General Motors want to be able to deploy self-driving vehicles without steering wheels and brake pedals according to a report from Reuters. The two automakers have asked the National Highway Transportation Safety Administration (NHTSA) to grant exemptions to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles.

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32.5M hours of supercomputer time to aid GM, Ford engine projects with Oak Ridge Lab

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As part of its 2014 ASCR Leadership Computing Challenge ( ALCC ) awards of processor time (totaling more than 3 billion processor hours), the US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Science has awarded 15 million hours on Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s (ORNL) Titan supercomputer to a project led by General Motors, and 17.5

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UAW Reaches Tentative Deal With All Detroit Automakers, Striking Ends

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Ford was the first to strike a deal, followed by Stellantis. But General Motors wasn’t far behind and managed to settle things with the union early Monday morning. The deal with Stellantis was announced on Saturday and is said to mimic the terms the union already had negotiated with Ford.

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Tecnomatic S.p.A. sues Remy, claiming false statements in DOE grant application over HVH stator winding technology

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was improperly secured by Remy and referenced in Remy’s application for $60 million in taxpayer grants from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) in October 2008. Tecnomatic charges that this material was instrumental in successfully securing a $60-million grant as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

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GM confirms next all-electric pickup truck after Hummer EV and Silverado EV

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While Ford has the F-150 Lightning and Tesla has the Cybertruck, General Motors is taking a multi-pronged approach in its electric pickup truck strategy. Ford also recently confirmed that it had received more than 100,000 reservations for the F-150 Lightning.

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