by Justin | Jun 30, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, General Motors
A top executive of General Motors Co (GM.N) on Tuesday expressed strong support for efforts by the United Auto Workers union to organize U.S. electric vehicle battery plants it is building with a partner, but stopped short of endorsing unionization without a formal...
by Justin | May 21, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, Ford
Ford is forming a joint venture with one of its battery suppliers that will build two North American factories to make batteries for roughly 600,000 electric vehicles per year by the middle of this decade. The deal with SK Innovation of Korea, announced Thursday, sets...
by Justin | Apr 30, 2021 | Auto News, Electric Vehicles, Organizing
The United Auto Workers union is “laying the groundwork” to organize factory workers that will build electric vehicles for startups like Rivian and Lucid Motors, president Rory Gamble told CNBC. Read the article here.
by Justin | Apr 30, 2021 | Auto News, Electric Vehicles, General Motors, Mexico
General Motors has picked a fifth plant to build its 2023 electric vehicles and it is in Mexico, which the UAW calls “a slap in the face.” GM has already declared it will make EVs at four locations in the United States and Canada.But on Thursday, GM said...
by Justin | Apr 17, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, General Motors
General Motors and its joint-venture battery partner LG Chem Ltd. will build a second battery cell manufacturing factory in the United States in Spring Hill, Tennessee. The 2.8-million-square-foot facility will create 1,300 new manufacturing jobs, GM said. Those...
by Justin | Apr 17, 2021 | Electric Vehicles, General Motors
The United Auto Workers union is calling on General Motors to pay full union wages at electric vehicle battery factories, thrusting what was a festering conflict into the spotlight because automakers want to pay less. Read the article here.
