AAH #665 – Why the UAW Strike Is About to Get a Lot Worse

September 21st, 2023 at 2:57pm

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TOPICS:
- Why Shawn Fain won’t take yes for an answer
- Could the strike last until Christmas?
- How the automakers will retaliate

PANEL:
Laurie Harbour, CEO, Harbour Results
Kalea Hall, Reporter, The Detroit News
Sam Fiorani, VP, AutoForecast Solutions
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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AD #3653 – UAW Cripples Mercedes-Benz Production; Could UAW Target Tesla?; EV Sales Up 102% in Europe

September 21st, 2023 at 11:51am

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Runtime: 10:28

0:00 UAW Cripples Mercedes-Benz Production in the U.S.
1:20 More Plants Could Strike by Noon Tomorrow
1:47 A Flaw in the UAW’s Strike Strategy?
3:29 EV Batteries Can Last the Life of a Car
4:31 NIO 1st Car Maker with Its Own Smartphone
5:15 EV Sales Up 102% in Europe
5:54 Marelli Closes ICE Plant Due to EV Growth
6:15 Geely Helps Launch China’s 1st Auto-Grade 7NM Chip
7:01 Continental & Ethernovia Developing 7NM Chip
7:35 Mercedes Turns to Tech to Improve Manufacturing

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AD #3652 – UK to Delay ICE Sales Ban; Lexus Details Future Lineup Plans; Toyota Claims Breakthrough in Teaching Robots

September 20th, 2023 at 11:53am

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Runtime: 9:05

0:00 Ford Reaches Tentative Agreement with Unifor
1:04 UK to Delay ICE Sales Ban
1:45 UK Auto Industry Not on Board with ICE Ban Delay
2:15 Lexus Details Future Lineup Plans
4:05 Volvo Ditches Diesel Engines
4:31 IIHS Says Minivans Need Better 2nd Row Protection
5:27 Toyota Claims Breakthrough in Teaching Robots New Tasks
6:26 Russia Bans Government Foreign Car Purchases
7:17 Fiat Topolino On Sale Now in Italy

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AD #3651 – UAW Threatens to Expand Strike; Toyota’s Factory Ideas to Battle Tesla; Ford Fires Back at Fain

September 19th, 2023 at 11:55am

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Runtime: 11:03

0:00 UAW Threatens to Expand Strike This Friday
0:47 Laid Off Workers Get UAW Strike Money
1:48 Ford Fires Back at Fain
2:58 Turkey Wants a Tesla Gigafactory
3:58 Toyota’s Factory Ideas to Battle Tesla
6:14 Shell Opens Its Biggest Charging Station Ever
7:01 Honda Recycling Plastic Intake Manifolds
7:43 New Tiguan PHEV Gets 100 KM of Range
8:45 Ford Reveals Ranger PHEV

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AD #3650 – Ford, GM Lay Off UAW Workers; Tesla Cybertruck Hits 2 Million Reservations; Lambo & Ducati Demonstrate V2V Technology

September 18th, 2023 at 12:11pm

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Runtime: 10:43

0:00 Ford, GM Lay Off UAW Workers
1:27 Fitch Says D3 Have Liquidity to Ride Out Long Strike
2:14 GM Compensation for UAW Workers
4:12 NIO Opens 1,800th Swap Station & Launches New EC6
5:52 Tesla Installed 50,000th Supercharger
6:11 Tesla Cybertruck Hits 2 Million Reservations
6:51 Chevy Equinox EV To Launch Soon in China
7:31 GM Halts Electric Van Production Until Next Spring
8:04 Lambo & Ducati Demonstrate V2V Technology
8:49 Mercedes Museum Helps Color Blind People View Exhibits

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AD #3649 – OEMs Likely to Retaliate Against UAW; Tesla Makes It Harder for Legacies to Compete; Mercedes Faces Defeat Devices Accusation

September 15th, 2023 at 12:05pm

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Runtime: 11:34

0:00 UAW Shuts Down Three D3 Assembly Plants
1:00 OEMs Likely to Retaliate Against the UAW
2:34 Biden Admin Could Prep SBA Loans for Suppliers
3:40 Tesla Makes It Harder for Legacies to Compete
4:53 Bosch Signs Fuel Cell Buy-Back Plan
5:36 Hyundai Takes Elantra to the Nth Degree
6:40 Rivian Outshines Other EV Startups
7:54 Mercedes Faces Defeat Devices Accusation
8:47 Renault Has Electric Van in All Size Segments

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A Pathway Out of Battery Production Hell – The Battery Show 2023

September 14th, 2023 at 5:00pm

Everyone in the US seems to be struggling to ramp up new battery plants. What the US needs to do, says Mark Willey, is put more R&D effort into battery process technology, not just battery chemistry. He says there are good lessons from the semiconductor industry that points the way out of production hell. Mark is the Senior VP of Customer Success at Voltaiq, and he explains how their technology can help improve production yields at battery plants.

Slashing EV Battery Weight In Half – The Battery Show 2023

September 14th, 2023 at 4:33pm

EV batteries are heavy. Too heavy. But Factorial Energy says that it’s semi-solid state batteries are so energy dense that automakers can use batteries that are half as big and half as heavy. Better still, they can be made with 80-85% of the existing manufacturing equipment to make today’s lithium batteries. JJ Livingston, VP of sales for Factorial, talks about the progress they’re making and when they’ll be ready for mass production.

Breakthrough Process Converts Wood Waste to Graphite – The Battery Show 2023

September 14th, 2023 at 4:27pm

What if you could make all the graphite needed for batteries from waste wood products? NanoTerraTech is making battery-grade graphite using raw materials that normally get burned or used for mulch. So not only does it have a cost advantage, it has a zero net carbon process. Scott Farnham, the CTO of the company, talks about why automakers are so interested in their technology.

AAH #664 – D-Day: The UAW Strike Is On!

September 14th, 2023 at 2:57pm

Listen to “AAH #664 – D-Day: The UAW Strike Is On!” on Spreaker.

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TOPICS:
- UAW’s strike strategy
- What both sides want
- Does the UAW see the Big Picture?
- How GM, Ford And Stellantis will respond

PANEL:
Marick Masters, Professor, Wayne State University
Jeff Gilbert, Reporter, WWJ Newsradio 950
Gary Vasilash, on Automotive
John McElroy, Autoline.tv

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