Ford announced today that it’s partnering with 3M and GE to build respirators, ventilators and face shields for front-line healthcare workers and COVID-19 patients. TechCrunch reports: Its efforts include building Powered Air-Purifying Respirators (PAPRs) with partner 3M, including a new design that employs existing parts from both partners to deliver effectiveness and highly scalable production capacity. Ford says that it’s also…
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Analyst: Strike at GM ‘Is Really About the Switch to Electric Cars’
MarketWatch just published an interesting analysis by the head of automotive industry consulting at one of America’s top business advisory firms. It argues that a strike by the United Auto Workers (UAW) union at General Motors is really about the future of the electric car: UAW members’ anxieties and uncertainties are actually shared by General Motors (GM) and most other automakers,…