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ABB Robotics sees a bigger shift to robots and automation
The No. 1 challenge for building electric autos is cost, said Joerg Reger, managing director of ABB Robotics. The Swiss production innovator is addressing that by making its robots more adaptable and more autonomous. Reger, 56, told Automotive News Europe Correspondent Nick Gibbs why ABB is seeing a surge in auto plant investment during an
UAW spokesman’s messages reveal effort to keep automakers ‘wounded for months’
The UAW’s strategy of having targeted strikes against the Detroit 3 aims to damage the companies’ reputations and “keep them wounded for months,” according to private messages written by a top aide to the union’s president. The messages, obtained Thursday by Automotive News, indicate that the union’s goal is to extract gains from the automakers
Suppliers urge price concessions from automakers as UAW strike hits finances
The UAW’s strike against the Detroit 3 has made an already precarious financial situation for suppliers even more fraught — and the automakers themselves might be in part to blame, industry experts said. Dating back to the union’s 2019 strike against General Motors, suppliers have been under intense financial pressure stemming from uneven automaker production
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The shift to EVs is a crucial component in the auto strike drama
If the future of driving is plugged into the electric vehicle, than the future of the industry—the car makers who design and shape the cars, the people who build them—is teetering on the eventual outcome of a “once-in-a-century” technology shift. That’s the argument put forth by veteran New York Times reporter Jack Ewing in a
UAW, automakers to resume bargaining Saturday, as Ford and GM cut back
UAW member Tasha Johnson leads a chant at a union rally in Detroit on Friday. (AP) DETROIT — The United Auto Workers said it plans to resume bargaining on Saturday after the union launched simultaneous strikes at three factories owned by General Motors, Ford Motor and Chrysler parent Stellantis on Friday. The walkouts at the
How Cox Automotive Makes Inroads with Diesel Tech Training
Terry Rivers, senior manager of vehicle services training for Cox Automotive Mobility Fleet Services, runs the FleeTec Academy that trains diesel technicians on an intense curriculum and apprenticeship program tailored to the more complicated engines of today. Photo: Martin Romjue / Bobit The diesel technician trade in the era of higher-tech vehicles and the advent
Historical UAW Strike Begins with Walkouts Involving 12,700 Workers at Detroit 3 Auto Plants
On a fateful Friday, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union embarked on a landmark labor action, initiating simultaneous strikes at three prominent auto manufacturing plants owned by General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis, the parent company of Chrysler, in what marked the most significant industrial labor movement in the United States in decades. The collective action
At a glance: Where the UAW, Detroit automakers stand as of this afternoon
Jim Farley, Ford president and CEO, speaks to reporters at the Detroit Auto Show on Wednesday about the UAW contract talks. (AP) With a deadline looming just before midnight Thursday, the United Auto Workers union and Detroit’s three automakers, General Motors, Ford and Stellantis, remain far apart in contract talks and the union is preparing