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...Anxieties over electric vehicle manufacturing — which requires fewer workers than making internal combustion cars — have featured prominently in contract talks with the United Auto Workers union, which went...
...from General Motors, Ford and Stellantis in a six-week strike....
...Tesla, General Motors and Rivian all reported strong US sales and deliveries for EVs during the second quarter, as did BYD in China....
...At MIT, he learnt that the big car companies were very good at manufacturing at scale, very good at introducing new models and styles, and very good at rehashing the status quo....
...EM: Yes, well, this is not a forum for announcing new products, new Tesla products. The 20 million by 2030 is an aspiration, not a promise....
...The change goes beyond the motor industry. Cisco said it had put money in escrow to reserve capacity with an unidentified contract chipmaker....
...The countries are asking Taiwan to help look into the lack of chips for the auto industry, which has led to production cuts by leading carmakers such as Nissan Motor, Honda Motor, Ford Motor, Daimler and...
...A new iPhone launch has long meant a quarterly sales boost for Apple chip supplier TSMC....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on May 5 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...time the US government pumped billions of dollars into an industry to deal with an economic crisis, it effectively took over two of the nation’s largest carmakers, securing large equity stakes in General Motors...
...Person in the news Who is it? Valdis Dombrovskis, the EU’s financial regulation chief Why are they in the news?...
...Dubbed “NUMMI” — New United Motor Manufacturing Inc — the joint venture achieved defect rates and quality ratings unheard of at GM’s other plants....
...“Pix’s vision of the future, on not just autonomous vehicles but also new methods of design automation and smart manufacturing, makes them a compelling partner.”...
...The company is also obliged to compensate JAC, its manufacturing partner, for any losses it incurs in the first 36 months of production at the new factory....
...On May 3, 2018, the Company and its subsidiary Tesla Motors Netherlands B.V. entered into the Ninth Amendment (the “Ninth Amendment”) to the Credit Agreement....
...“If Elon stepped down and remained a shareholder, and if [General Motors CEO] Mary Barra stepped in would the shares go up or down?”...
...Berkshire Hathaway, sui generis, includes manufacturing businesses among its collection of investments. The era of the diversified manufacturing conglomerate is coming to an end....
...Late on Monday, Elon Musk, chief executive, also confirmed a report that he had personally taken over manufacturing responsibility as Tesla struggles with the Model 3, the car it hopes will open a door to...
...While Tesla has been grabbing all the headlines, General Motors has been quietly building mass market electric cars....
...The consolidation of an affiliated property company, United Industrial Corp, boosted the numbers....
...Honda is in talks with the Thai government to begin manufacturing hybrids in the country. Leading candidates include its Jazz hatchback, HR-V SUV and City sedan....
...companies or organisations in question (4): Former Ford Motor Company CEO Mark FieldsFormer Arconic CEO Klaus KleinfeldFormer US Steel CEO Mario LonghiFormer Caterpillar CEO Doug Oberhelman An original...
...CEO Jim KamsickasTimken Company CEO Rich KyleCorning Inc CEO Wendell WeeksNewell Brands CEO Michael PolkInternational Paper CEO Mark SuttonAFL-CIO president Richard TumkaAlliance for American Manufacturing...
...Shares in Telit, which makes ‘internet of things’ wireless systems, plunged 30 per cent to 122p on news of the investigation....
...Yet it is not certain that Tesla has the staying power of a General Motors rather than the shorter life of a Winton Motor Carriage Company or one of the other original also-rans....
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