Nov 2, 2023 | Detroit, Electric Vehicles, Featured
The tentative deals that brought an end to the 6-week strike by the United Auto Workers could bring collective bargaining power to workers at new electric battery plants jointly owned by the automakers. But the deals could also make electric vehicles even...
Oct 26, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Featured, Unions
After more than six weeks of walkouts, picketing, and fractured negotiations, the United Automobile Workers (UAW) and Ford Motor Company have reached a tentative agreement on a new labor contract. The deal, announced yesterday (Oct. 25) includes a roughly 25% pay...
Oct 26, 2023 | Autonomous Vehicles, Featured, Safety, Testing
California’s DMV is suspending Cruise’s permit to test self-driving cars in the state over concerns the vehicles pose a risk to public safety. The suspension occurs three weeks after a Cruise self-driving vehicle accidentally rolled over a pedestrian in San...
Oct 26, 2023 | Auto Industry, Detroit, Drones, Featured
Detroit’s Michigan Central Station, the once beautiful but now abandoned train station that Ford is rehabilitating into an innovation and technology hub, is about to be swarmed by drones. The Ford subsidiary that operates the train station, Michigan Central,...
Oct 26, 2023 | Featured, Robots, Work
It’s not uncommon for people to take their foot off the pedal at work if they know others will cover for them. And it turns out, the same might be true when people think robots have got their backs. While robots have been a fixture in the workplace for decades,...
Oct 19, 2023 | Aerial Vehicles, Aeronautics, China, Featured
EHang Holdings said last week that the Chinese government there issued it a certification to start actual passenger trials in the country. The company will be allowed to take passengers on aerial tours, which Bloomberg reported it will offer...
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