Articles tagged as: electric vehicles
October 6, 2023
GM concedes to add EV battery plants, like one being built near South Bend, to UAW national contract
General Motors long argued its battery plants have no legal or practical path to be made part of the same United Auto Workers union contract as the rest of its manufacturing workers. On Friday, the UAW announced the company has now agreed to do just that in a last-ditch effort to avoid a potentially devastating strike.
Read MoreSeptember 13, 2023
EV anxiety drives tension in UAW-automaker contract talks as Indiana prepares for new battery plants
Amid tense negotiations between the United Auto Workers union and the big three automakers Ford, General Motors and Stellantis union workers have growing concerns about the transition from internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs).
Read MoreJune 12, 2023
General Motors announces $632 million investment in Fort Wayne Assembly plant
General Motors is preparing the Fort Wayne Assembly plant for the future with a $632 million investment designed to further EV truck production.
Read MoreMay 23, 2023
Electric vehicle stakeholders discuss access, state of EV infrastructure
Leaders in the electric vehicle industry discussed the future of clean energy and transportation at a conference on Tuesday. Stakeholders shared statistics about the current state of EV infrastructure including charging stations and electric vehicle production and discussed equity concerns, and cooperation between utilities and electric companies.
Read MoreOctober 31, 2022
Indiana school districts get $5 million for clean buses, but more polluted areas largely left out
Six school districts in Indiana will get money from the federal government to buy 13 electric buses and six propane buses.
Read MoreOctober 24, 2022
Transportation planning grants announced
Local transportation networks will receive added money to plan from the Indianapolis Metropolitan Planning Organization.
Read MoreOctober 13, 2022
Evansville's electric vehicle cruise is a different kind of car show
EVs for EVV electric vehicle show featured up to 40 EVs cars, trucks, motorcycles and bicycles alongside Evansville Road Knights Classic Car Show
Read MoreSeptember 15, 2022
Marion GM plant to see $500M upgrade to help make electric vehicles
The Marion General Motors plant has been making car parts since 1956. It began by making the 1957 Chevrolet Bel Air. And, it was once the sole provider of head rests for all GM vehicles nationwide.
Read MoreSeptember 1, 2022
Alliance to Buttigieg: Reject Indiana's inequitable electric vehicle plan
Last month, the state released a map of where it hopes to place EV chargers using the money from the federal infrastructure law — with more than half in "disadvantaged communities." But the Indiana Alliance for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for Electric Vehicle Infrastructure and Economic Opportunities said few of those communities were racially or ethnically diverse.
Read MoreAugust 18, 2022
A multibillion-dollar EV battery plant may be coming to St. Joseph County
Ultium Cells a joint venture between LG Energy Solutions and General Motors has submitted a county tax abatement application for the proposed plant, which would be built near New Carlisle.
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