Manufacturing
Fiat Chrysler to focus on hybrids, not full EVs
Production plans detailed in the automaker’s contract with the UAW show several hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles in the works.
Category: Electric vehicles
Manufacturing
GM, LG to build $2.3 billion battery plant in Lordstown, Ohio
Joint venture construction begins next year, will employ more than 1,100 near recently closed GM Chevy Cruze site.
Manufacturing
Tesla, Ford share visions of electric futures
Mustang Mach-E is a small electric crossover take on the iconic pony car, and the Cybertruck is an origami exercise in sharp angles
Manufacturing
Electric vehicle (EV) news roundup: Karma, Audi, BMW
Automakers show off new vehicles, celebrate awards, announce production plans.
Manufacturing
UAW workers ratify contracts with Ford, Detroit Axle, General Dynamics
With GM and Ford deals completed, the union will begin bargaining with Fiat Chrysler.
Manufacturing
Volkswagen begins electric vehicle production site prep in Tennessee
Chattanooga plant to build EVs, battery packs starting in 2022.
Manufacturing
Hardinge subsidiary buys lightweighting workholding technology
Soft-Touch chucking systems for die-cast aluminum and thin-walled automotive and aerospace parts hold workpieces without deforming them.
Manufacturing
GM completes sale of Lorsdtown plant to electric truck maker
Lordstown Motors Corp. hopes to make electric commercial pickups at site; deal terms not disclosed.
Manufacturing
Ford UAW contract includes investments (mostly for EVs) in Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky
Detroit-area Romeo Engine Plant would close, but workers could transfer 16 miles south to Van Dyke Transmission Plant.
Manufacturing
Fiat Chrysler, Peugeot considering merger
Complex foreign ownership, subsidiary spinoffs could complicate the potential pairing.
Manufacturing
GM workers agree to UAW contract, ending six-week strike
Union to bargain with Ford next, urging similar terms to the General Motors deal.
Fleets
Eaton testing EV transmission for commercial trucks
4-speed system for electric commercial vehicles could be in regular use by 2022.