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Workers at General Motors joint venture battery plant in Tennessee unionize and will get pay raise

The Associated Press

September 4, 2024

The UAW says in a statement that GM and LG Energy Solution of Korea agreed to recognize the union after a majority of Spring Hill workers signed cards saying they wanted to join.

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Associated Press, electric vehicle, electric vehicles, General Motors, Labor unions, UAW, union, Unionization, United Auto Workers

Driving the future of electric vehicles in Middle Tennessee

Steve Haruch

February 21, 2023

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In this episode, we explore what is being done at the city and state levels to drive our electric future.

Filed Under: Programs Tagged With: electric vehicle, electric vehicles, Manufacturing

Study being done to search for gravesite at site of Ford’s Blue Oval City

Blaise Gainey

November 29, 2022

The Memphis Corps of Engineers is looking into what may be a former gravesite on part of the mega site of Ford’s Blue Oval City in West Tennessee. 

Filed Under: Business, WPLN News Tagged With: Blue Oval City, Economic Development, electric vehicle, EVs, ford megasite, memphis corps of engineers, West Tennessee

Nash In The Know: Local bicyclist asks how micromobility impacts transportation in Nashville

Ambriehl Crutchfield

November 30, 2021

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A local cyclist asked WPLN’s #NashInTheKnow about the future of micromobility in the city. That includes electric bicycles like BCycle, which recently returned to the city with 175 bikes, and electric scooters, which Nashville has multiple vendors for, that put out up to 500 scooters each on local streets.

Filed Under: Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: BCycle, bicycles, electric scooters, electric vehicle, electric vehicles

ORNL Working to Charge Cars On the Fly

Blake Farmer

September 17, 2012

Oak Ridge National Lab has been working on getting rid of power cords for all kinds of chargeable devices. Scientists are now close to commercializing wireless chargers for electric cars.

Filed Under: WPLN News Tagged With: electric vehicle, Nissan Leaf, Oak Ridge National Lab, ORNL, wireless charging

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