Lordstown GM Plant
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Topic: Lordstown GM Plant
Posted By: steve(ill)
Subject: Lordstown GM Plant
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2019 at 7:40pm
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It's the end of an era for Ohio's Mahoning Valley. After years of uneasy feelings inside the Lordstown plant about its future with https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/make/gmc/" rel="nofollow - , the automaker said Thursday it had https://www.cnet.com/news/gm-lordstown-workhorse-sale-new-jobs/" rel="nofollow - Financials of the deal weren't disclosed, but LMC says it hopes to put its first electric pickup, called the Endurance, into production next year. GM said in its statement the automaker is "committed to future investment and job growth in Ohio," and said, "We believe LMC's plan to launch the Endurance electric pickup has the potential to create a significant number of jobs and help the Lordstown area grow into a manufacturing hub for electrification."  GM still plans to potentially build a battery-cell production facility in the area that will create new UAW-represented jobs, though it will hardly replace the thousands who once built cars at the Lordstown facility. The plant remained a sticking point throughout https://www.cnet.com/news/uaw-gm-union-agreement-strike/" rel="nofollow - https://www.cnet.com/news/uaw-gm-tentative-agreement-lordstown-detroit-hamtramck/" rel="nofollow - - Bloomberg in an interview Thursday (the link was down at the time this article was published). The electric systems are a tad pie-in-the-sky, however.  Burns said the Endurance electric pickup will feature four https://www.cnet.com/news/lexus-lf-30-electrified-concept-debut/" rel="nofollow - https://www.cnet.com/news/workhorse-n-gen-electric-van-features-optional-delivery-drone/" rel="nofollow - |
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Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 07 Nov 2019 at 9:04pm
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Zero emissions... yea right.... where did they get the raw material to make it, what did they use to smelt the metal and create the plastics??? Will the batteries run forever? or will they need replacing in 6 years... at the cost of what the vehicle sold for new the first time????? and what will the fuel be that is required to charge the batteries.... and in cold weather, will the 60% effective charge be enough to propel that vehicle down the road to where it has to go without needing a recharge every hundred miles? And what will the cost be to decommission said vehicle? and be smelted down again. ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2019 at 4:45am
Beginnin of another gm debacle... Doubtless we, the taxpayer will have to bail 'em out agin... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Tbone95
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2019 at 6:31am
There ya go looking at the big picture JC!!! 
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Posted By: steve(ill)
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2019 at 8:10am
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JC... I think it comes with its own WIND MILL to recharge the batteries... so it is FREE !! ------------- Like them all, but love the "B"s. |
Posted By: jaybmiller
Date Posted: 08 Nov 2019 at 9:26am
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The writing's on the wall GM IS closing Oshawa down.... ------------- 3 D-14s,A-C forklift, B-112 Kubota BX23S lil' TOOT( The Other Orange Tractor) Never burn your bridges, unless you can walk on water |