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The United Auto Workers union on Friday night said it had ratified a contract with Ford Motor.The UAW-Ford deal comes after a resurgence in car sales and profits. That's one of the issues workers have raised -- many hadn't received a raise in over a decade despite economic strength within the industry.The four-year deal with Ford barely passed with a 51.4-percent majority. The Blue Oval's production workers voted 51.3 percent in favor of the contract, and 52.4 percent of those from skilled trades accepted it."This agreement provides a good foundation for Ford Motor Company, ou...
The Electric Vehicle Charging Association has released “The State of the Charge,” a report documenting the charging industry’s rapid growth in California and the economic opportunity it presents.According to the report, there are now more than 9,000 workplace charging outlets in California and in its residences – more than 20,000. The number of public charging outlets in California has grown by 652% since 2011. With 150,000 EVs on its highways, the report adds, California has 40% of the U.S. electric car market, and the industry is expected to generate roughly $4.5 bill...
Boss Ralf Speth plans to grow in business and to have a steady place in automotive industry, rather than enjoying the sales volumes as their German competitors do. “We won’t sell millions, or be high street,” he said about Jaguar Land Rover, which has multiplied its annual car sales to almost half a million since Tata took over the company in 2008. Speth pointed out that BMW sold more in the last period than JLR will in the whole year of 2015. So they still had to compete on a global basis.Speth takes as a target the CO2 vehicles. But before this JLR expands its products...
The leadership of Nissan Motor Co., CEO Carlos Ghosn continues to develop the Nissan company. He plans to boost Nissan's profitability to 8% from 6.7%. He targets to sell autonomous vehicles in showrooms in five years, despite of the slow sales. Nissan's outlook has a very positive view about the U.S. They're not foreseeing significant growth in the U.S., but it's a very healthy market at more than 17 million vehicles annually. The growth of car sales is forecasted in January at the Detroit auto show."I'm not seeing any stress. I'm not seeing signs that we are...
The Cambridge University proposes to use a new type of batteries - Lithium-oxygen. Cambridge University scientists are working on creating a new type of batteries - Lithium-oxygen. New batteries will significantly increase the cruising range of electric vehicles, and thus will be more profitable to their lithium-ion analogues, according to Financial Times.It is not a secret that the power-reserve is a key for electric vehicles. And, despite of this fact most motorists prefer to buy a car that runs on traditional fuels - gasoline and diesel. However, the invention of scientists from Cambri...
