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Automakers Want US Taxpayer Subsidies for Aluminum
The letter was published on a website and in full page ads in five newspapers: The Albany Times-Union, The St. Louis Post-Dispatch, The Louisville Courier-Journal, the South Carolina Post and Courier, and the Indianapolis Star. Not coincidentally each newspaper is in a market with one of the remaining six primary aluminum smelters. The letter was also accompanied by a digital ad campaign and mobile takeover on Politico. The power of big special interest money is once again in play, and at least this time subject to public scrutiny and challenges by some as socialism or woke-ism for the one-percenters. Continue reading
UAW on Strike at Select Ford, GM, Stellantis Plants
At all of the US Big Three companies – as of now – their new or slightly revised offers when made public are so far short of the UAW requests that they might as well be non-existent. We will have to wait as things unfold. Big Three executives appear to have thought that business as usual would allow them to continue to do business. Well, not today,,,
Moreover there are signs that a resurgent labor movement in other sectors will support the UAW with selective strikes. Teamsters General President Sean M. O’Brien said today “The International Brotherhood of Teamsters, including our members in the carhaul industry, stand in solidarity with the United Auto Workers to get the best contract possible from America’s biggest automakers. Just as the Teamsters saw at UPS, record profits at any company must result in record contracts for the workers who make those profits possible…. All UAW members deserve respect at work and dignity in retirement. They deserve strong wages in a new contract that rewards them for everything they do for the Big Three and to keep this country moving. You can be sure there is no division in America’s labor movement today. And you are urged to remember that Teamsters don’t cross picket lines.” Continue reading
UAW Blasts Biden and Inflation Reduction Act
“The so called 45X program alone will cost taxpayers more than $200 billion in the next decade, far more than the $31 billion estimated by Congress’s Joint Committee on Taxation. On top of 45X and other federal incentives, factories manufacturing electric vehicles and batteries have also been promised well over $13 billion in state and local economic development incentives in just the past 18 months,” the UAW said. Continue reading
Posted in electric vehicles, labor issues, manufacturing, people
Tagged Advanced Manufacturing Production Credit, auto industry commentary, autoinformed.com, batteries, Biden Administration, electric car batteries, ford motor, GM Ultium, Inflation Reduction Act, irs code 45x, Ken Zino, uaw
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Ford Pickup Truck Sales Best Q3 in 15 Years. Cars Dead
Ford’s overall pickup sales of combined F-Series and Ranger totaled 249,997 pickups. This was Ford’s best Q3 pickup sales since 2005, with combined sales up 4.0% over a year ago. F-Series Q3 retail sales were up 10.1% over a year ago and are back above pre-corona virus sales levels. Total F-Series sales of 221,647 for the quarter were up 3.5%. Continue reading
Posted in economy, sales
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, ford motor, Jim Farley, Ken Zino
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Ford Motor in Corktown and Newlab Working on – What Else – Vehicle Connectivity, Autonomy and Electrification
Two years ago, pre-Covid, but nevertheless financially challenged Ford bought 1.2 million square feet in Corktown, Detroit’s oldest neighborhood, including the historic Michigan Central Station, with plans to establish a new mobility innovation district dubbed Michigan Central. Mostly press releases have followed since then. Continue reading
Alexandra Ford English to Join Rivian’s Board of Directors
The announcement comes at crucial point for Ford Motor as analysts are speculating that future of a challenged Ford – operational competence, liquidity, as well as quality and warranty issues – will require a merger with another global automaker, perhaps Volkswagen. (Bill Ford has been quoted – second hand – by insiders as saying “No.” Then after a pause “Hell No.”) Continue reading
California, Automakers Defying Trump Agree on Emissions
On April 13, 2018, however, the Trump Administration took the first step toward dismantling the national program when it issued a revised final determination that alleged the federal greenhouse gas standards for model year 2022-2025 vehicles were no longer appropriate.kxhw@aol.com Continue reading
IndustriALL Endorses Global Agreements to Fight and Shape Policy on the Growing Number of Auto Plant Closures
So whither auto plants with their well-paid, highly skilled and heavily unionized work? Plant closures and retrenchments in several countries is worrying for unions. Continue reading
Ford Invests $1 Billion in Chicago Plants for Explorer, Police Interceptor, Lincoln Aviator
Ford was the No. 1 producer of vehicles in the U.S. and the leading exporter of vehicles from the U.S., building nearly 2.4 million in 2018, Ford says it employs the most hourly U.S. autoworkers. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, manufacturing, new vehicle, news analysis
Tagged 2020 Lincoln Aviator, auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, Chicago Assembly, chicago auto show, Chicago Stamping, connected vehicles, Explorer ST, ford explorer, ford motor, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Police Interceptor Utility
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Ford Manufacturing Executives from General Pacheco Plant Sentenced for Crimes Against Humanity in Argentina
Müller was the plant’s manager and Sibilla was security manager at the time the crimes were committed. According to Spain’s El País newspaper, the judges ruled that Müller and Sibilla were actively involved in the dictatorship’s plan to repress union leaders at large companies. Continue reading
Posted in labor issues, litigation, people
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive blog, connected vehicles, ford motor, Ford's General Pacheco, Héctor Sibilla, Ken Zino, new vehicle reviews, Pedro Müller, Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, Sindicato de Mecánicos y fines del transporte automotor de la República Argentina
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ClimaCell Raises $45 Million to Map the World’s Microweather
ClimaCell is the first microweather technology company, finding and forecasting location-specific, short-term weather that others can’t see. While traditional weather companies forecast at the city level, ClimaCell forecasts at the street level. Continue reading
Posted in auto news, autonomous vehicles, electronics, environment, marketing, safety
Tagged auto industry commentary, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive commentary automotive blog, autonomous vehicles, ClimaCell, ford motor, JetBlue Technology Ventures, Ken Zino, weather forecasting
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Ford, Uber And Lyft Announce Agreement to Share Data
Ford Motor Company, Uber and Lyft today announced a pledge to SharedStreets, a new data platform designed – it’s claimed – to make it easier for the private sector to work with cities around the world to use your driving data to improve urban mobility. No mention of privacy or legal issues arising from the personnel data were addressed. Continue reading
Versata, Not Ford, Owns Trade Secrets says Federal Judge
Versata declared publicly that the jury verdict could result in hundreds of millions of dollars of damages to Ford and could result in an injunction from using the “copycat” substitute software Ford secretly created behind closed doors that infringes on Versata’s property rights. Continue reading
Ford Reorganizes Again Under Product Line Management Flag
Ford Motor is traveling well-worn pothole ridden roads. The move comes as Ford stock continue to languish below $10 a share of common as Wall Street remains skeptical of it future earnings potential. Continue reading
Bill Ford Asks UAW to Choose His View of the Right Path
“We can stop this now and I call on my great UAW colleagues, some of whom I’ve known for decades, many are close personal friends. We need to come together to bring an end to this acrimonious round of talks. I still believe in a bright future, one that we can build together. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country and we will continue to be there when America needs us most. Continue reading →