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GM Backtracks on Joe Biden’s Green Energy Agenda After Investing Billions

After investing billions to adhere to President Joe Biden’s green energy agenda, General Motors (GM) is backtracking on all fronts when it comes to Electric Vehicles (EVs). Source Views: 0

Ford Motor’s Bill Ford Defends American Manufacturing Against China; Tells Striking UAW: My Company Is Not Your Enemy

Ford Motor Co. Executive Chairman Bill Ford says the United Auto Workers’ (UAW) ongoing strike should be focused on defending America’s manufacturing jobs against Chinese companies and other foreign competitors. Source Views: 0

UAW Files Complaint Against Tim Scott for Suggesting Auto Workers Be Fired

The United Auto Workers have filed a labor complaint against Sen. Tim Scott after he suggested that auto workers be fired for striking. Source Views: 0

Ford: 600 Michigan Workers Temporarily Laid Off as UAW Strikes Ramp Up

A large batch of Ford workers at the Michigan Assembly Plant in Wayne have been temporarily laid off as the company endures the United Auto Workers (UAW) strike. Source Views: 0

UAW to Strike All Big Three Automakers at the Same Time for First Time in History

The United Auto Workers (UAW) union will go on strike against all of Detroit’s big three automakers at the same time for the first time in the union’s history, after General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis failed to reach a labor agreement with the union before their contracts expired Thursday night.  Source Views: 0

UAW on strike after union negotiations with Big Three fail

Autoworkers launched a historic strike on Ford, General Motors and Stellantis early Friday morning after union negotiations failed. The United Auto Workers and the “Big Three” carmakers failed to reach an agreement before the workers’ contracts expired at midnight, triggering the first simultaneous strike by UAW workers against all three auto giants. The economic cost… […]

GM Sidesteps Economic Headwinds; Q3 Profit Jumps Nearly 37 Percent

DETROIT—General Motors’ third-quarter net profit rose 36.6 percent as vehicle sales began to rebound from persistent supply chain troubles. The Detroit automaker on Tuesday reported earnings of $3.3 billion from July through September, compared with $2.42 billion a year earlier. The increase was fueled largely by a 24 percent sales increase in the United States, GM’s […]

GM, Hertz Make Deal to Deploy up to 175,000 EVs

Rental car company Hertz Global Holdings plans to order up to 175,000 General Motors Co. electric vehicles over the next five years, its latest move toward zero-emission models. The multi-billion dollar, multi-year deal could be the first of many GM agreements to supply electric vehicles to rental car companies, said Steve Carlisle, the automaker’s North […]

GM, Hertz Make Deal to Deploy up to 175,000 EVs

Rental car company Hertz Global Holdings plans to order up to 175,000 General Motors Co. electric vehicles over the next five years, its latest move toward zero-emission models. The multi-billion dollar, multi-year deal could be the first of many GM agreements to supply electric vehicles to rental car companies, said Steve Carlisle, the automaker’s North […]

GM, Hertz Make Deal to Deploy up to 175,000 EVs

Rental car company Hertz Global Holdings plans to order up to 175,000 General Motors Co. electric vehicles over the next five years, its latest move toward zero-emission models. The multi-billion dollar, multi-year deal could be the first of many GM agreements to supply electric vehicles to rental car companies, said Steve Carlisle, the automaker’s North […]

GM, Ford Seek US OK to Deploy Self-Driving Vehicles Without Steering Wheels

General Motors and Ford Motor have asked U.S. auto safety regulators to grant exemptions to deploy a limited number of self-driving vehicles without human controls like steering wheels and brake pedals. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) on Wednesday published the separate petitions and opened them for public comment for 30 days. NHTSA has […]

Joe Biden Promotes Future of Electric Cars After Test Driving $100K Electric Hummer

President Joe Biden test drove the all-new electric Hummer during his visit to a General Motors (GM) factory in Michigan on Wednesday, promoting the future of electric vehicles in the United States. “This sucker is something else,” Biden said after he pulled up to the group of reporters who watched him drive the new electric […]

General Motors Returns To Oshawa

Above photo: Oshawa workers remember the last time, and the time before. The company is making no long-term commitments. Meme courtesy of the authors. But Offers Only Second-Tier Jobs in a ‘Pop-Up’ Plant. Canada – Unifor President Jerry Dias called it “a home run.” The media headlines were all about “reopening the Oshawa plant.” Unifor, […]

Trump: Joe Biden Threw 20K Delphi Workers Under the Bus in Auto Bailout

President Trump says the Obama-Biden administration threw 20,000 former Delphi workers “under the bus” when they bailed out the auto industry and worked to slash workers’ pensions. During a rally in Waterford Township, Michigan, Trump slammed Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden for his role in the Obama administration’s auto bailout of General Motors (GM) that […]

Joe Biden Said Delphi Workers ‘Did Fine’ After Their Pensions Were Gutted

Democrat presidential candidate Joe Biden said 20,000 non-unionized Delphi workers “did fine” after they had their earned pensions gutted via the Obama administration’s taxpayer-funded auto bailout of General Motors (GM). In 2009, as part of the Obama-Biden administration’s bailout of GM, the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) terminated the pension plans of about 20,0000 non-unionized  American workers […]

U.S. $80 Billion Taxpayer Bailout Of General Motors Now Becomes China Motors!

Obama Gives Green Light To China ~ Breaching National Security: U.S. Companies Being Forced Into 50-50 Agreements With China. General Motors is becoming China Motors. Forget the spin. The evidence is clear and convincing. Did U.S. taxpayers save GM fo…