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Alpine says Andretti F1 engine option has now expired

Andretti has been putting in place plans to enter F1 for a while now and, as part of an original push, it had an agreement with Alpine for a partnership for power units as well as possible customer car parts.

Autosport

Autoworkers escalate strike as 8,700 workers walk out at a Ford Kentucky plant

The surprise move took down the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world. The sprawling factory makes pricey heavy-duty F-Series pickup trucks and large Ford and Lincoln SUVs.

WEKU

Auto workers escalate strike as 8,700 workers walk out at Ford Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville

On Wednesday evening, the UAW shut down the largest and most profitable Ford plant in the world, where profitable large pickups and SUVs are built.

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Detroit automakers and union leaders spar over 4,800 layoffs at non-striking factories

Detroit’s three automakers have laid off roughly 4,800 workers at factories that are not among the plants that have been hit by the United Auto Workers strikes, which have lasted for nearly four weeks

The Independent UK

Canadian autoworkers and General Motors reach a tentative contract agreement

The deal recognizes employee contributions with significant pay and benefit increases and additional job security, the automaker said.

WEKU

Chevrolet Silverado Production Resumes In Canada After Short Strike At GM

The union targeted three facilities, including one that makes V8 engines.

Motor1

Auto workers begin strike at GM plants in Canada

Auto workers have launched strikes at three General Motors facilities in Canada

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UAW Workers At Mack Trucks Go On Strike Amid Progress At Detroit Automakers

4,000 workers of the trucking company owned by Volvo Group are on picket lines in three states.

Motor1

UAW President Shawn Fain lambasts auto execs while wearing 'EAT THE RICH' T-shirt

The union's strike against the Detroit Three continues, but the UAW's president says that GM has now committed for future battery plant workers to be covered by the same contract as other workers.

WEKU

US auto workers halt strike expansion after concessions on EV battery plant

UAW President Fain praises breakthrough, with implications for labour arrangements undergirding green transition.

Al Jazeera

Biden pledges to work with next House speaker as Jim Jordan welcomes Trump endorsement – as it happened

President declines to comment on Trump-endorsed Jordan speakership bid but adds ‘some … could be easier to work with than others’

The Guardian - US

UAW pauses strike expansion after GM makes battery plant concession

General Motors agreed to bring electric vehicle battery plants into the United Auto Workers’ national contract, essentially assuring that they will be unionized.

Chicago Sun-Times

GM's Battery Plants Will Be Covered By UAW Agreement In "Major Breakthrough"

The move to unionize battery workers also averted a strike on GM's lucrative Arlington truck factory.

InsideEVs

‘Our strike is working’: UAW announces progress in talks with car giants

Shawn Fain says General Motors has made key concession on battery manufacture and does not announce additional strikes

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Autosport

Horner: F1 teams waiting for Liberty proposal on Andretti entry

Andretti’s plans took a step closer to becoming a reality when the team was approved by the FIA, and it now falls to the F1 organisation and its owner Liberty to assess the commercial position of the potential new entrant.

Autosport

Williams against Andretti entry but would welcome General Motors into F1

The FIA has approved Andretti’s new team bid meaning the American entry, working with General Motors firm Cadillac, must now seek approval from series rights holder FOM.

Motor1

Toyota Designs Baby Lunar Rover Concept With FJ40 Land Cruiser Design Cues

It has airless tires, augmented reality, and in-wheel motors.

The Independent UK

The US government seems ready to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators for safety concerns

The U.S. government appears poised to order a recall of millions of air bag inflators due to a manufacturing flaw that could send metal shrapnel rocketing through a car interior

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WEKU

Why the UAW strike could last a long time

The United Auto Workers' targeted strike against the Big Three automakers is about gradually ramping up pressure on the automakers while also stretching out the union's strike fund.

InsideEVs

GM’s Return To Europe Starts With $90,000 Cadillac Lyriq EV

The maker of Ultium-based EVs all but disappeared from Europe in 2017, when it sold the Opel and Vauxhall brands to France’s PSA Group, which is now part of Stellantis.

Fortune

GM’s Mary Barra is charging ahead on EVs and navigating the UAW auto strike. It’s a valuable lesson in playing the long game

Barra is an example of an executive who has found success by sticking to her mission.

The Independent UK

Auto worker strike highlights disparities between temporary and permanent employees

Among the many changes being sought by striking United Auto Workers is an end to a system that pays workers much different wages for doing the same job

InsideEVs

US: Ford Sold Record 20,962 BEVs In Q3, Only A Bit More Than GM

In September, sales of Ford BEVs in the United States increased to 7,742 units, which allowed to achieve a record third quarter (20,962 sales).

Autosport

How the FIA went from seven F1 new team bids to Andretti

And while there remain some big challenges ahead, because Andretti still needs to agree a commercial deal with FOM to be allowed to race, it is the closest F1 has had to a new team entrant for a while.

WEKU

Why this fight is so personal for the UAW workers on strike

Third-generation UAW worker Eric Mullins can see what the union is fighting for, up close and personal, including the same pay as longer-tenured coworkers — and the same retirement his dad will have.

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