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DNA helps Florida investigators ID victim 41 years later
Read full article: DNA helps Florida investigators ID victim 41 years laterHernando County Sheriffโs investigators said Wednesday that they identified the remains of Theresa Caroline Fillingim as the third of four bodies unearthed at a junkyard north of Tampa in 1981.
Gov. Ron DeSantis signs so-called โDonโt Say Gayโ bill into law
Read full article: Gov. Ron DeSantis signs so-called โDonโt Say Gayโ bill into lawGov. Ron DeSantis signed the controversial so-called โDonโt Say Gayโ bill into law Monday during a news conference at a school in Spring Hill.
GM looking to build 2nd US battery factory, Tennessee likely
Read full article: GM looking to build 2nd US battery factory, Tennessee likelyGeneral Motors says on Thursday, March 4, 2021, its looking for a site to build a second U.S. battery factory with joint venture partner LG Chem of Korea. (General Motors via AP)DETROIT โ General Motors says it's looking for a site to build a second U.S. battery factory with joint venture partner LG Chem of Korea. A joint venture between GM and LG Chem currently is building a $2 billion battery factory in Lordstown, Ohio, near Cleveland, that will employ about 1,000 people. The Wall Street Journal first reported that GM and LG Chem are pursuing a site in Tennessee to build a new battery plant. Last year full battery electric vehicles accounted for only 2% of the U.S. market of 14.6 million in new vehicle sales.
Tennessee factory to become GM's 3rd electric vehicle plant
Read full article: Tennessee factory to become GM's 3rd electric vehicle plantGeneral Motors' Cadillac brand is the latest to roll out an electric vehicle with the promise of taking sales from market leader Tesla. (GM via AP)DETROIT โ General Motors plans to spend $2 billion to convert its Spring Hill, Tennessee, assembly plant into a third U.S. site to build future electric vehicles. The company will build the Cadillac Lyriq, a small electric SUV at the Spring Hill factory. Also, the Orion Township plant will get $3.5 million and a plant in Brownstown Township, Michigan, will get $750,000, both to help build a test vehicle for the Cruise autonomous vehicle unit. Over the past 19 months, GM has announced investments of more than $4.5 billion at the three future electric vehicle factories.
GM expected to announce electric vehicle for Tennessee plant
Read full article: GM expected to announce electric vehicle for Tennessee plantDETROIT โ General Motors is expected to reveal that it will build the Cadillac Lyriq electric SUV at its factory in Spring Hill, Tennessee, when it makes a major manufacturing announcement on Tuesday. The consulting firm LMC Automotive predicted that the Lyriq, the company's first electric SUV, will be built in Spring Hill. That means Spring Hill is likely to be the company's third electric vehicle factory. LMC Senior Vice President Jeff Schuster said he expects GM to build other electric vehicles at Spring Hill as well. The Detroit News reported on Friday that the Lyriq would be built at Spring Hill.
Early UAW votes on ending GM strike mixed
Read full article: Early UAW votes on ending GM strike mixedThe Warren Technical center, in Warren, Michigan, which is made up mostly of engineers, voted 85% in favor of the deal. It also passed easily at a metal stamping plant in Saginaw, Michigan, and a transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio. The tentative deal reached last week would pay members an $11,000 signing bonus and raise hourly pay for veteran workers 6% over the life of the contract, to $32.32. The deal also will allow many temporary workers to become permanent employees, which will significantly improve their pay and benefits. And the union got GM to drop its demand that workers pay a much greater percentage of their own health care costs.