Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #409

Explore critical shifts in the automotive industry, from leadership changes and supply chain innovations to EV advancements and labor disputes across global manufacturers.

Majority of battery makers sign #union cards: “There were originally six of us. That grew to about 15. Now there’s an organizing committee of about 70.”

https://labornotes.org/2024/11/kentucky-battery-plant-workers-launch-union-drive-uaw

#unions #kentucky #capitalism #exploitation #ClassWar #uaw #BlueOval #glendale #SKOn #Ford #EV #WorkplaceSafety #tesla #JimFarley #Ultium #DonaldTrump #ElonMusk,

Kentucky Battery Plant Workers Launch Union Drive with UAW

A majority of the 1,000 auto workers at the car battery park Blue Oval in Glendale, Kentucky, have signed union cards to join the United Auto Workers. The battery park, a joint venture between Ford and South Korea’s SK On, is expected to ramp up hiring to 5,000 hourly workers by 2030. It has twin battery plants. But the second one is on hold due low demand for electric vehicles. At the first plant, workers are testing battery module packs from facilities in Georgia, as the plant prepares to become fully operational next year.

Labor Notes
Gm stapt over op goedkopere lfp-batterijen voor elektrische voertuigen

General Motors (GM) heeft aangekondigd dat het zijn Ultium-batterijmerk gaat beëindigen en overgaat op het gebruik van lithium-ijzerfosfaat (LFP) batterijen.

Tech Nieuws

from #WorldOutlook
#Tennessee #Ultium Car Battery Workers Unionize

September 6, 2024

The press announcement below was released by the #UnitedAutoWorkers (#UAW) on September 4, 2024. It reports a union organizing victory by Ultium car battery manufacturing workers in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

https://world-outlook.com/2024/09/06/tennessee-ultium-car-battery-workers-unionize/

#WorkersRights #Workers #unions #labor #LaborMovement #WorkersRights #Workers #Unions #Labor #LaborMovement #USA #US #USPolitics #news #press

Tennessee Ultium Car Battery Workers Unionize

This is a press announcement released by the United Auto Workers on September 4, 2024. It describes a union organizing victory by the Ultium car battery manufacturing workers in Spring Hill, Tennessee.

World-Outlook
Automotive Supply Chain Risk Digest #396

Covering American Axle, ams OSRAM, BMW, BYD, Focuslight Technologies, Ford, Freeglass, General Motors, HF Opportunities, IG Metall, Lear Corp., Lithium Americas, Magna International, Mazda, Mercedes-Benz, Mubea, Nippon Steel, Nissan, Saint-Gobain, Toyota, Ultium Cells, US Steel, and Volkswagen.

De 2024 honda prologue: een eerste blik op honda's inzet voor elektrische toekomst https://www.trendingtech.news/trending-news/2024/08/27832/de-2024-honda-prologue-een-eerste-blik-op-honda-s-inzet-voor-elektrische-toekomst #2024 Honda Prologue #elektrische voertuigen #Ultium batterij #EV-markt #Honda #Trending #News #Nieuws
De 2024 honda prologue: een eerste blik op honda's inzet voor elektrische toekomst

Elektrische voertuigen (EV's) blijven de autowereld hervormen, met fabrikanten die zich haasten om hun eigen innovatieve ontwerpen te leveren. Honda, een beken

Tech Nieuws
Biggest gas automakers are so behind, they’re outsourcing their #EVs to #GM. #Acura #ZDX, #Honda #Prologue are on #GM’s #Ultium battery platform alongside its #Lyriq, #Blazer, #Equinox #EVs.
#GM skipped [testing production lines] with #Ultium, choosing to install new fully automated battery assembly lines right away rather than testing them elsewhere first’ #EV https://finance.yahoo.com/news/struggling-battery-factory-behind-gm-100026303.html
The Struggling Battery Factory Behind GM’s Electric Vehicle Problems

(Bloomberg) -- General Motors Co. is racing to fix problems in its electric vehicle business to make good on promises Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra made...

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Chevrolet не вироблятиме «маленький» Bolt EV на електроплатформі Ultium від GM, лише більший Bolt EUV https://itc.ua/ua/novini/chevrolet-ne-vyroblyatyme-malenkyj-bolt-ev-na-elektroplatformi-ultium-vid-gm-lyshe-bilshyj-bolt-euv/ #GeneralMotors #Електромобілі #Chevrolet #Новини #Ultium #Авто #Bolt #GM
Chevrolet не вироблятиме «маленький» Bolt EV на електроплатформі Ultium від GM, лише більший Bolt EUV

General Motors не переноситиме оригінальний хетчбек Bolt на платформу Ultium, лише більший Bolt

ITC.ua
With #SilveradoEV delayed, #GM should extend the life of the #ChevyBolt
Well, the Bolt is produced in the same plant, GM’s Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, that GM had planned to convert to SIlverado EV production. That’s why the Bolt is going out of production – to make room for new lines that incorporate GM’s new #Ultium #EV battery platform, which the Bolt doesn’t use as it predates that platform but it’s a fantastic deal at a base MSRP of $26k!
https://electrek.co/2023/10/19/with-silverado-ev-delayed-gm-should-extend-the-life-of-the-bolt/
With Silverado EV delayed, GM should extend the life of the Bolt

This week, GM said it’s pushing back Silverado EV production at its Orion plant by a year; which gives it...

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