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“Let’s not reinvent the ocean.” One Ford executive spent over a decade documenting the mixed metaphors and verbal flubs uttered in meetings. Mike Colias chronicles his efforts in this classic workplace ahed in today’s The Wall Street Journal:
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Carmakers Are Reinventing the Gear Shifter and Drivers Are Lost w/ @ryanfelton wsj.com/lifestyle/cars/autos…
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The Cybertruck was designed to feel like the truck of the future. To some buyers, their new pickups instead feel like they haven’t been cleaned. wsj.com/business/autos/cyber… via @WSJ
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Welcome aboard!!
News about me: It's my last day at @WDRBNews. Next week, I'm joining @WSJ as a reporter in the autos bureau (remotely at first, moving to Detroit later). A dream fulfilled for me, but also incredibly hard to leave Louisville. +280 character version here: linkedin.com/posts/chris-ott…
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Please share! Today marks one year of Evan Gershkovich's wrongful detainment by Russian authorities. The WSJ journalist has spent the last 12 months in prison on a false charge. Let's keep him in our hearts and minds and continue the push for his release.
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UAW Leaders Trash-Talk Carmakers—Literally…A fabulous ahed by @NoraEckert! wsj.com/business/autos/uaw-s…
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As negotiations continue between the UAW and Detroit’s automakers, one union demand that workers embraced has gotten little focus in the talks: a 32-hour workweek for 40 hours of pay. wsj.com/tech/uaws-demand-for… via @WSJ @NoraEckert
Justice Department Probe Scrutinizes Elon Musk Perks at Tesla Going Back Years wsj.com/tech/justice-departm…
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It all started around a 30-foot table on the third floor of Solidarity House, the UAW’s Detroit HQ; There, the union crafted a strike plan to throw the car companies in disarray @NoraEckert @MikeColias @ryanfelton wsj.com/business/autos/uaw-s…
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And in case you missed this yesterday…reposting here.
EXCLUSIVE: Federal prosecutors are seeking information about Tesla's secret "Project 42", which has been described internally as a house for CEO Elon Musk
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An auto-factory building boom is underway, and it is transforming the American South. “It’s tremendously overwhelming, just everything that has to be done” said the mayor of one Tennessee town. A fabulous piece by @NoraEckert wsj.com/business/autos/ev-pl…
EXCLUSIVE: Federal prosecutors are seeking information about Tesla's secret "Project 42", which has been described internally as a house for CEO Elon Musk
wsj.com/politics/policy/tesl… via @WSJ @rfelliott @davidamichaels
Ford F-150 drivers are puzzled by a sudden and earsplitting noise emitted by the vehicle’s speakers. Ford says it has a software fix wsj.com/business/autos/ford-… via @WSJ
Tesla board members investigated whether company resources were misused in a secret project to build a glass house for Elon Musk wsj.com/articles/a-glass-hou… via @WSJ
Heard on the Street: Rivian is having a moment. It needs to seize it. wsj.com/articles/rivians-ral… via @WSJ
Lordstown, the electric-truck startup once cheered by investors during the SPAC boom, filed for bankruptcy wsj.com/articles/lordstown-m… via @WSJ
NYSE-listed NIO is among the Chinese startups burning more cash to compete in world’s largest electric-vehicle market wsj.com/articles/chinas-tesl… via @WSJ
The billionaire bout: Zuckerberg v. Musk. What's behind this latest clash of the Silicon Valley titans, @timkhiggins explains:
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Who knows if the cage fight will actually happen. But the simmering tensions between Musk and Zuckerberg have been there for some time. @timkhiggins explains why wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-m…
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