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Meet the Boomers Trying to Scupper 2,500 Jobs in Rural Michigan

The Truth About Cars

“We don’t need jobs,” said Fred Chapman, a 62-year-old toolmaker, when interviewed by Reuters about a new battery factory Ford wants to build near Marshall, Michigan. “I billion BlueOval Battery Park Michigan, announced earlier this year as a part of Ford’s push in its EV ambitions. At issue is the $3.5

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UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay

Baua Electric

The ones crops shall be run via other joint ventures, so the UAW has to have an organizing power and cut price in the neighborhood at each and every one. Stellantis will unhidden a plant in Indiana with Samsung SDI in 2025. The post UAW gears up for combat over battery assistant pay appeared first on Bauaelectric Auto News.

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Getting Wet and Wild With NASCAR in Chicago

The Truth About Cars

On a personal level, it was my first time at a NASCAR event wearing a media credential. The cars were, of course, much louder closer to the track, but except for the stretch that used Michigan Avenue, most of the course kept the cars away from residential buildings. The unofficial city motto is “Where’s Mine?”

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The Business of Plugging In: Building the Full Ecosystem for a Successful Plug-in Vehicle Industry in the US

Green Car Congress

As one of the speakers put it to the attendees, the bulk of which came from Southeast Michigan, plug-in vehicles will a major career path for most of the people in the room. The next step will be the ability to communicate with individual cars—that could address the 3 cars on the same neighborhood circuit issue. Earlier post.).

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Solar Powered Greenius Producing Massive South Bay Energy

Creative Greenius

To put that in perspective for you, if Los Angeles County were a state, it would rank ninth in population behind the states of California, New York, Texas, Florida, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Ohio, and Michigan. These are local investors who are very well capitalized and are personally known to the staff of the utility and city officials.

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Chrysler unveils new electric minivan for the US Postal Service

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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