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☆ With big new EV motor investment, GM aims to cut reliance on China
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-08 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In electric vehicle motors, rapidly shifting magnetic fields spin a rotor made with magnets that contain “rare Earth minerals” such as terbium and dysprosium. China accounts for a large percentage of the world’s rare Earth minerals supply, according to the United States Geological Survey. And among those minerals used for EV motor magnets, China is responsible for about 90%, according to Niron. The technology could also make EV motors less expensive, he said, but declined to say by what percentage. Daniels would not say when GM expects to begin manufacturing EV motors using the new magnet technology.

Persons: Niron, Niron Magnetics, Jonathan Rowntree, GM EVs, ”, Kai Daniels, Stellantis, Rowntree, Daniels Organizations: New, New York CNN —, Motors, United States Geological Survey, GM, GM Ventures, Stellantis Ventures, Volvo Car Tech Fund, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Sioux Community, University of Minnesota Locations: New York, Wisconsin, China, dysprosium, Minnesota, Sioux

☆ GM-UAW agreement expected to include more affordable Bolt EUV
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-06 | by ( Paul Lienert | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

General Motors assembly workers connect a battery pack underneath a partially assembled 2018 Chevrolet Bolt EV vehicle on the assembly line at Orion Assembly in Lake Orion, Michigan, U.S., March 19, 2018. GM said on Monday it would not comment on the tentative agreement pending ratification by the UAW. The UAW summary did not specify products or timing for GM's Fairfax and Lansing plants. GM currently builds the Chevrolet Malibu and Cadillac XT at Fairfax and the Cadillac CT4 and CT5 and Chevrolet Camaro in Lansing. Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra has said the current Bolt will be phased out of production at the end of this year.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, GM's Fairfax, Mary Barra, Ford, ”, Bill Rinna, “ BEV, Sam Fiorani, Stellantis, Paul Lienert, Matthew Lewis Organizations: Motors, Bolt, Orion Assembly, REUTERS, Rights DETROIT, General Motors, Chevrolet, Cadillac, Reuters, UAW, GM, Chevrolet Malibu, Fairfax, Ford, AutoForecast Solutions, Thomson Locations: Lake Orion , Michigan, U.S, Kansas, Michigan, Lansing, Fairfax , Kansas, Fairfax, Lansing ., Detroit

Ford envisions at least three new electric vehicles that will preserve jobs at several factories. Those and other closely held production plans by Detroit's automakers have emerged in details of the tentative contract agreements that ended the six-week strikes by the United Auto Workers union. The UAW's success in gaining commitments from the companies to build new electric vehicles at several factories represented a particular achievement. The automakers have all embraced the transition to electric vehicles as a large-scale and long-term commitment. And not all the companies’ production plans under the contract, of course, involve electric vehicles.

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DETROIT (AP) — Pressure in rising on General Motors as the lone holdout in a strike targeting all three big Detroit automakers after a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis was reached with the United Auto Workers union over the weekend. The Ford agreement revives cost-of-living adjustments that the UAW agreed to suspend in 2009 during the Great Recession. At Stellantis, workers get cost-of-living pay that would bring raises to a compounded 33%, with top assembly plant workers making more than $42 per hour. Overnight, 8,200 Stellantis workers in Canada represented by a different union, Unifor, walked off the job. At the peak, about 46,000 UAW workers were on strike — about one-third of the union’s 146,000 members at all three companies.

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☆ UAW strike: GM and union reach tentative labor agreement
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-30 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Neither the union nor GM would confirm the tentative deal. Most recently that happened at Mack Trucks, where nearly 4,000 UAW members went on strike on October 8 after voting no on their own tentative agreement. There are a total of more than 18,000 UAW members at GM now on strike, though they could be returning to work within days. The strike had a total of nearly 50,000 UAW members on strike at one point or another, although not all at the same time. During the UAW strike, a coalition of unions at Kaiser Permanente had 75,000 workers walk out in the largest US health care strike in history.

Persons: Stellantis, Mack Trucks, Fain, Ford, Joe Biden, Biden, Betsy Klein Organizations: New, New York CNN —, Motors, United Auto Workers, America’s, Ford, GM, UAW, Mack, EV, Air Force, Kaiser Permanente Locations: New York, Spring Hill , Tennessee, Arlington , Texas, Fargo, Michigan, Delaware

GM said it was disappointed by the UAW strike at Spring Hill and that it still seeks "to reach an agreement as quickly as possible." Spring Hill Manufacturing, an assembly and propulsion plant, is the largest GM facility in North America with nearly 4,000 total employees. A lengthy Spring Hill strike could greatly increase the financial pain for GM, which said in a filing earlier this week that strike costs had risen to $400 million a week. Moments before employees walked out in Tennessee, the UAW said it reached a tentative labor agreement with Chrysler parent Stellantis (STLAM.MI). The UAW previously struck GM assembly plants in Missouri and Michigan as well as 18 parts distribution warehouses.

Persons: Rebecca Cook, Shawn Fain, Stellantis, ” Fain, David Shepardson, Joseph White, Cynthia Osterman Organizations: General Motors, REUTERS, United Auto Workers, UAW, GM, Ford, Manufacturing, Chrysler, Ford Motor, Thomson Locations: Detroit , Michigan, U.S, Spring Hill , Tennessee, Spring, North America, Fort Wayne , Indiana, Silao, Mexico, Bowling Green , Kentucky, Ramos Arizpe, Fairfax , Kansas, Arlington , Texas, Wentzville , Missouri, Tennessee, Missouri, Michigan

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union has widened its strike against General Motors, the lone holdout among the three Detroit automakers, after reaching a tentative contract agreement with Jeep maker Stellantis. About 14,000 UAW workers had been on strike at two Stellantis assembly plants in Michigan and Ohio, and several parts distribution centers across the country. Workers also will get cost-of-living pay that would bring the raises to a compounded 33%, with top assembly plant workers making more than $42 per hour. Like the Ford contract, the Stellantis deal would run through April 30, 2028. Negotiations between the UAW and Stellantis had intensified Thursday, the day after the Ford deal was announced.

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The United Auto Workers union said it reached a tentative deal with Stellantis on Saturday, six weeks after workers went on strike. Earlier in the week, Ford also reached a tentative agreement with the UAW. Photos: Emily Elconin/Bloomberg NewsThe United Auto Workers called a fresh strike at a General Motors factory in Tennessee, a surprise walkout after negotiators had been working nearly around the clock to finalize a new contract this weekend. Workers at GM’s factory in Spring Hill, Tenn., were ordered to go on strike Saturday evening, according to people with knowledge of the union’s plans. The strike came just as the UAW confirmed that it reached a tentative agreement with Chrysler parent Stellantis on a new labor contract.

Persons: Stellantis, Ford, Emily Elconin Organizations: United Auto Workers, UAW, Bloomberg, General Motors, Workers, Chrysler Locations: Tennessee, GM’s, Spring Hill, Tenn

☆ Ford’s Cost Problem Isn’t Just About EVs
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Stephen Wilmot | ) www.wsj.com time to read: +1 min

The United Auto Workers union said it reached a new tentative deal with Ford that could bring an end to a six-week strike at one automaker while negotiations continue at General Motors and Chrysler-parent Stellantis. Photo: Michael Swensen/Getty ImagesFord Motor lost about $37,000 on each electric vehicle it sold last quarter. It doesn’t help that the company’s gas-engine business also costs more than it should—a difference from crosstown rival General Motors that investors are ignoring at their peril. The third-quarter results Ford reported after hours on Thursday weren’t great, with an adjusted operating profit of $2.2 billion. By way of comparison, GM’s operating profit in the third quarter was $3.6 billion.

Persons: Michael Swensen Organizations: United Auto Workers, Ford, General Motors, Chrysler

☆ GM’s Cruise Pauses All Driverless Operations After California Crackdown
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Will Feuer | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

GM’s Cruise started offering a commercial driverless car service in June 2022, after years of testing the technology in California. Photo: ELIJAH NOUVELAGE/REUTERSCruise, the self-driving car unit of General Motors , is suspending all of its driverless operations across the U.S., after regulators in California said the vehicles aren’t safe in public and pulled the company’s self-driving permit. “The most important thing for us right now is to take steps to rebuild public trust,” Cruise said late Thursday in an online post. “Part of this involves taking a hard look inwards and at how we do work at Cruise.”

Persons: GM’s Cruise, ELIJAH NOUVELAGE, ” Cruise, ” Organizations: REUTERS, General Motors, Cruise Locations: California, U.S

☆ How the UAW and Ford struck a historic deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

On Wednesday, after 41 days on strike, the UAW and Ford reached a tentative agreement. The Rouge plant in Dearborn, Michigan is where Ford Chairman and fourth generation controlling family member Bill Ford spoke about negotiations for the first-time last week. That speech perturbed UAW President Shawn Fain, who responded with a threat. What comes nextGetting the deal done with Ford was a big hurdle, according to a third source with knowledge. The Ford CEO said the deal the UAW was looking for would bankrupt the company.

Persons: Ford, Bill Ford, Shawn Fain, Jim Farley, ”, Fain, Benjamin Dictor, Dictor, Chuck Browning, “ Ford, “ We’re, Browning, Taylor Glascock, Farley, John Lawler, CNN’s Chris Isidore Organizations: CNN, United Auto Workers, Kentucky, Plant, UAW, Ford, General Motors, Arlington Assembly, UAW Ford Department, Ford UAW, GM, Ford Motor Co, Chicago Assembly Plant, General Motors Co, Stellantis, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Louisville, GM’s, Arlington, Texas, Michigan, Rouge, Dearborn , Michigan, Dearborn, Chicago , Illinois

☆ GM halting robotaxi services nationwide after California ban
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-27 | by ( Chris Isidore | Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —General Motors announced Thursday that it is putting the brakes on its driverless cars, halting a service that provides driverless rides in multiple cities. The move comes days after California revoked GM’s permits to test and operate fully driverless vehicles on the state’s roads. GM said the driverless vehicles are safer than human-driven cars. But there have been numerous problems with the vehicles’ operations. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has announced it has launched an investigation into the safety of its driverless vehicles around pedestrians.

Persons: ” Cruise, Cruise, “ Organizations: New, New York CNN — General Motors, California DMV, GM, Traffic, Administration, driverless Locations: New York, California, Cruise, San Francisco, Houston, Dallas, Austin , Texas, Phoenix, Miami, San Fransciso

☆ What’s next for the auto strikes
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-26 | by ( Chris Isidore | Vanessa Yurkevich | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

But the strike at the company isn’t quite over, and there’s no immediate end in sight for the strikes at General Motors and Stellantis. And pay increases will be even greater for some workers who were being paid at a lower pay tier. Generally union members do not return to work when a tentative agreement is reached until after a ratification vote is concluded. The Mack Trucks deal also had double-digit pay hikes of 10% immediately and 20% over the four-year life of that contract. But it didn’t have the COLA or some of the other gains the union achieved in the deal at Ford.

Persons: “, Ford, Isaiah Goddard, He’s, ”, Chuck Browning, Shawn Fain, “ We’re, John Deere, Mack Trucks, Fain, John Lawler Organizations: New, New York CNN, Ford, General Motors, United Auto Workers, Chrysler, CNN, UAW, Stellantis, GM, Management, Fortune, EV Locations: New York, Ypsilanti , Michigan, Ford

☆ General Motors Finds Itself in a Jam
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-25 | by ( Stephen Wilmot | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

UAW union members have been striking over job security and pay as automakers push forward in developing EV’s, which require fewer workers and cost more in raw materials. So what does that mean for the future of auto workers and the union? Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street JournalGeneral Motors is still churning out healthy profit—just not on the electric vehicles or potentially autonomous ones that investors care most about. GM’s third-quarter results on Tuesday came in better than expected. Net income of roughly $3.1 billion was down 7% from a very strong quarter last year, but higher than the $2.5 billion consensus that analysts had penciled in, according to FactSet.

Persons: George Downs Organizations: Street, Motors

But if the UAW can reach a tentative agreement with Ford, it would be used as a model to seek similar contract settlements with GM and Stellantis. Typically, during past auto strikes, a UAW deal with one automaker has led the other companies to match it with their own settlements. About 32% of the union’s 146,000 members at the automakers are now on strike and getting by on $500 per week in strike pay. The UAW also wants traditional defined-benefit pension plans restored for workers who were hired after 2007, an end to varying tiers of wages for UAW workers, pension increases for retirees and other benefits. One key issue is whether to extend the national UAW contract to 11 U.S. electric vehicle battery factories.

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☆ UAW Calls Strike on One of GM’s Largest and Most-Profitable Factories
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Mike Colias | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

UAW union members have been striking over job security and pay as automakers push forward in developing EV’s, which require fewer workers and cost more in raw materials. So what does that mean for the future of auto workers and the union? Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street JournalThe United Auto Workers expanded its strike against Detroit’s automakers with a walkout at one of General Motors ’ largest and most profitable factories, marking the second straight day of escalation by the union. About 5,000 unionized workers walked out of GM’s Arlington, Texas, assembly plant Tuesday morning, the union said. The plant makes several large sport-utility vehicles, including the Chevrolet Suburban and Tahoe, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade, which are GM’s highest-profit-margin vehicles globally.

Persons: George Downs Organizations: Street, United Auto Workers, Detroit’s, General Motors, Chevrolet, Tahoe, GMC Yukon, Cadillac Locations: GM’s Arlington , Texas

☆ GM Reports $3.1 Billion Profit, Despite UAW Strike Hit
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Mike Colias | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

GM’s results beat analysts’ estimates. Photo: rebecca cook/ReutersGeneral Motors posted a strong third-quarter profit despite a hit from the United Auto Workers strike, which now is draining about $200 million a week from its bottom line. GM also scrapped a self-imposed target for the number of electric vehicles it will produce through the middle of next year due to slackening demand for the technology, a surprising move for a company that had been an early mover in the space.

Persons: rebecca, Reuters General Motors Organizations: Reuters General, United Auto Workers, GM

DETROIT (AP) — The United Auto Workers union turned up the heat on General Motors as 5,000 workers walked off their jobs Tuesday at a highly profitable SUV factory in Arlington, Texas. The additional plants further escalate a labor dispute that's in its sixth week and now has about 46,000 union workers off the job. “It’s time GM workers, and the whole working class, get their fair share,” Fain said. Barra said GM’s record offer rewards employees but doesn’t put the company or UAW jobs at risk. Last week GM made an offer that increased its previous offer by about 25% in total value, the company said.

Persons: Cadillac Escalade, Shawn Fain, “, ” Fain, Mary Barra, Fain, GM’s, Barra, doesn’t, ”, it's, walkouts, haven't, Thomas Kochan, ” Kochan Organizations: DETROIT, United Auto Workers, General Motors, GMC Yukon, Cadillac, GM, Ford, Arlington, General Motors Co, Massachusetts Institute of Technology Locations: Arlington , Texas, Sterling Heights , Michigan, Detroit, Arlington

☆ California suspends GM Cruise self-driving vehicles as 'not safe' for public
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

Cruise's AVs posed an "an unreasonable risk to public safety," and "are not safe for the public's operation" California's Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) said in a statement. The suspension, which came after a series of accidents involving Cruise vehicles, is a major setback to GM's self-driving technology unit and to the nascent autonomous vehicle (AV) industry. That month, a Cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with an emergency vehicle in San Francisco. Barra said the Cruise robotaxis have better safety records than human drivers. This month, U.S. auto safety regulators opened a probe into whether Cruise was taking sufficient precautions with its autonomous robotaxis to safeguard pedestrians.

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☆ GM earnings rise despite strike
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Chris Isidore | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The company’s earnings per share rose to $2.28, up from $2.25, in the past quarter. The company said that the strike cost it $200 million in its first two weeks of the quarter. The UAW has been on strike against GM as well as rivals Ford and Stellantis since September 15. The targeted strike started with work stoppages at one assembly plant for each of the automakers and 12,700 on strike but has grown since then. There are now more than 40,000 autoworkers on strike, with 9,200 members on strike at GM alone.

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CNN —The United Auto Workers union took its most serious shot yet at General Motors in its five-week old strike as 5,000 members walked off the job at a plant in Texas. Arlington Assembly builds GM’s very profitable full-size SUVs, the Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon and Cadillac Escalade. The targeted strike at GM’s largest plant comes just hours after the company reported third quarter earnings, which grew last quarter despite the strike. It’s time GM workers, and the whole working class, get their fair share,” said UAW President Shawn Fain. “GM’s latest offer fails to reward UAW members for the profits they’ve generated,” said the union’s statement.

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☆ GM earnings give its restive workers an inch
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-24 | by ( Jonathan Guilford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +4 min

On Tuesday, GM reported strong earnings that will embolden staff who have walked out at all three of the big Detroit firms. GM beat analysts’ expectations for third-quarter profit despite a $200 million hit from the strikes that started in September. That said, the firm run by Mary Barra also ditched its official forecast as it wrestles with the $200 million weekly costs from labor disruptions. Fortunately for GM, talks with its union seem to have narrowed in from earlier demands that would have vaporized the industry’s operating profit. Ongoing strikes by the United Auto Workers union, which represents GM employees, cost the company $200 million in the third quarter.

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☆ CMA CGM’s Saadé Urges Calm as Ocean Carrier Profits Plummet
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-20 | by ( Paul Berger | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Shipping billionaire Rodolphe Saadé said carriers should accept that the industry is returning to normal cycles that include long periods when profits are tight. Photo: benoit tessier/ReutersRodolphe Saadé, the billionaire chief executive of French container line CMA CGM, says the shipping industry shouldn’t panic over a sharp retreat in earnings. The head of the world’s third-largest liner company said in an interview that he expects the weak growth in global trade to continue through 2024. But Saadé said the tumbling profits from record highs during the Covid-19 pandemic essentially bring the business back to prepandemic levels.

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☆ GM and Honda team up on autonomous ride service for Japan
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —General Motors and Honda, along with Cruise — GM’s autonomous driving subsidiary — have agreed to create a driverless ride-hailing company in Japan. The company will use the Cruise Origin autonomous vehicle to give rides in Tokyo, Japan’s largest city. The Cruise Origin, an electric vehicle GM builds at a factory in Detroit, has no steering wheel, pedals or space for a driver. GM said it plans to build 500 of the vehicles for the Tokyo ride-hailing service, which is expected to be the first autonomous ride-hailing service in Japan, according to the companies. “The range of situations our [autonomous vehicles] have encountered is quite broad,” Voigt said, noting obstacles such as jugglers on the streets of San Francisco and donkeys in Austin.

Persons: Cruise, Honda, General Motors Cruise, Kyle Voigt, Voigt, ” Voigt Organizations: CNN —, Motors, Honda, —, Cruise, GM, General Motors, Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, Traffic, Administration Locations: Japan, Tokyo, Japan’s, Detroit, California, San Francisco, Phoenix, Austin, United States

☆ Feds probing safety of GM’s robotaxis around pedestrians
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-17 | by ( ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Reuters —The US auto safety regulator has opened a probe into whether General Motors’ self-driving unit Cruise has taken sufficient precautions with its autonomous vehicles to safeguard pedestrians, it said on Tuesday. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) said its Office of Defects Investigation has received two reports from Cruise of incidents in which pedestrians were injured, and has identified two further incidents via videos posted to public websites. NHTSA said the reports include Cruise autonomous vehicles “encroaching on pedestrians present in or entering roadways, including pedestrian crosswalks, in the proximity of the intended path of the vehicles”. In August the California Department of Motor Vehicles said it was investigating incidents involving Cruise in San Francisco, after a Cruise robotaxi was involved in a crash with an emergency vehicle. The California Public Utilities Commission voted in August to allow robotaxis from Cruise and Alphabet’s Waymo to operate around the clock, despite strong opposition from residents and city agencies.

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