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Ford and General Motors have said they would give the same amount, as well as providing vehicles, for festivities.
During one test drive, the car’s software reportedly recognized a child-sized dummy but still ran into it at 28 miles per hour.
It comes two days after UAW expanded the strike at General Motors to a fourth assembly plant.
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If the deal is approved it will leave General Motors (GM) as the only company left that has not yet reached an agreement with the union.
This comes a day before Donald Trump will deliver a speech in Detroit at a non-union automotive parts manufacturer.
“We will shut down parts distribution centers until those two companies come to their senses and come to the bargaining table.”
Among them, General Motors is stopping production at an assembly plant in Fairfax, Kansas—and laying off roughly 2,000 people.
The move comes as a blow to those looking for electric vehicles on a budget.
Just last week, GM also cut an unspecified number of white-collar employees following their “most recent performance calibration.”
The famed writer is “shilling” for a private company, critics say, potentially running afoul of journalistic ethics. But Gladwell defends the ad as backing a brand he believes in.
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