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The president demanded in all capital letters on Friday that automakers General Motors and Ford get into the health equipment business to fight the coronavirus.
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Boosters for the Youngstown-area economy have ever more frequently dubbed the Mahoning Valley as “Voltage Valley,” hoping technology will give far Northeast Ohio a needed jolt. A big piece of this transformation is the new life supporters are trying to breathe into a shuttered GM plant in Lordstown. An electric truck company named Lordstown Motors could be a tent pole for this future tech strategy. ideastream’s Glenn Forbes joined Tony Ganzer on All Things Considered to talk about Lordstown Motors.
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A delegation of Korean executives from LG Chem met in Washington, D.C., Wednesday with state and federal officials to lay the groundwork for a new…
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Working on the factory floor is hard, hot and dangerous, says Steven Bognar. He and Julia Reichert made a documentary — just nominated for an Oscar — about a GM plant reopened by a Chinese company.
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Eight kids sit at the conference table pitching their projects: smart phones that expand, fold, fit around their wrists.But the inaugural logistics class…
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There’s a lot up in the air for the new joint venture to build a $2.3 billion electric battery production plant in Lordstown. But companies at least have nailed down a location. General Motors plans to hold public hearings with the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in March on their proposed battery plant with LG Chem in Lordstown, breaking ground by the spring if permits are secured.
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General Motors has picked a site to build a new electric battery cell factory in Lordstown, Ohio, next to the site of a former car assembly plant it shut…
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General Motors announced on Thursday a joint venture with LG Chem, a subsidiary of LG Corporation, to create a new manufacturing plant in Lordstown to…
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The impeachment inquiry is drawing a big line between Republicans and Democrats, but lawmakers are still working together on some legislation.Sen. Rob…
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The company that bought Lordstown’s former General Motors plant expects to start producing an electric pickup truck there within the next year.Steve…