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UAW reaches tentative agreement with Ultium Cells – ET Auto

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The United Auto Workers union said on Monday it reached a tentative contract agreement with Ultium Cells in Lordstown, Ohio, where workers build electric vehicle batteries for General Motors. As automakers pivot to producing electric vehicles (EVs), their battery plants have become a battleground for the union.

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Major automakers may be using Chinese aluminum produced with Uyghur forced labor, rights group says – ET Auto

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Volkswagen operates a plant in Xinjiang as part of a joint venture with Chinese state-owned carmaker SAIC Motor. Automakers including Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and Toyota are failing to ensure they are not using forced labor as part of their China supply chains, a report released Thursday by Human Rights Watch says.

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Chrysler's first electric car to be two-seat sports car - Apr. 15, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Chryslers first electric car, set to be introduced late next year around the same time as General Motors Chevrolet Volt, will be a sports car with a zero-to-60 time of under five seconds and a top speed of 120 miles per hour. "The whole idea is that this is technology you can adapt to any existing niche," he said.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. General Motors Chevy Volt series PHEV, which it calls "extended range electric vehicle" (EREV), part of "E-Flex" multi-fuel platform. Newsweek ). This is unusual.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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So when Buffetts friend and longtime partner in Berkshire Hathaway ( BRKB ), Charlie Munger, suggested early last year that they invest in BYD, an obscure Chinese battery, mobile phone, and electric car company, one might have predicted Buffett would cite rule No. tech industry during the 1990s. "Too many new roads."

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