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Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signs
Read full article: Some striking UAW members carry family legacies, Black middle-class future along with picket signsBritney Johnson is among the thousands of Ford Motor Co. workers who went on strike to force the automaker to improve pay for all.
Ford will split electric vehicles, legacy autos into separate units as it works to boost electric business
Read full article: Ford will split electric vehicles, legacy autos into separate units as it works to boost electric businessFord Motor Company announced on Wednesday (March 2) that it is changing the way it does business and electric vehicles will lead the way.
Meet the woman behind Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning: ‘Pursue what you love’
Read full article: Meet the woman behind Ford’s all-electric F-150 Lightning: ‘Pursue what you love’The all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning might be one of the most anticipated new vehicles in a very long time.
Ford created a ‘hangover suit’ to help people understand the dangers of driving hungover
Read full article: Ford created a ‘hangover suit’ to help people understand the dangers of driving hungoverFord Motor Company has spent a lot of time on helping young drivers understand the dangers behind the wheel.
Auto industry faces major shift as President Biden makes push for more electric vehicles
Read full article: Auto industry faces major shift as President Biden makes push for more electric vehiclesA major shift is happening in an auto industry that has been fighting higher fuel efficiency standards and electrification for years.
Ford partners with U-M on robotics research, new building
Read full article: Ford partners with U-M on robotics research, new buildingIn a frame grab from video, robots walk across the floor of the University of Michigan's Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, March 12, 2021 in Ann Arbor, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Digit marches on two legs across the floor of the University of Michigan’s Ford Motor Co. Robotics Building, while Mini-Cheetah — staccato-like — does the same on four and the yellow-legged Cassie steps deliberately side-to-side. Three floors house classrooms and research labs for robots that fly, walk, roll and augment the human body. On the top floor are Ford researchers and engineers and the automaker's first robotics and mobility research lab on a university campus. Researchers working together in the building are designing robots for people, said Alec Gallimore, dean of Engineering at the University of Michigan.
Ford gives salaried employees several work options amid COVID-19 pandemic
Read full article: Ford gives salaried employees several work options amid COVID-19 pandemicDEARBORN, Mich. Ford Motor Company has laid out several options for its white-collar employees in terms of where to do their work for the rest of the year amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. If Ford employees choose to return to their offices theyre going to find a far different return to their offices. Theyre going to find a different workplace. Ford is asking employees in a survey how they want to work beyond September. Ford is offering office workers, that if they want to keep working from home -- they can through the new year.