Many of the plans will continue the manufacture of vehicles that the automakers already build. But the agreements also provide a blueprint for which cars and trucks they intend to build in the coming years and where they will do so. Under the new agreements, the three companies will significantly boost pay and benefits and improve job security.
Those and other closely held production plans by Detroit's automakers have emerged in details of the tentative contract agreements that ended the six-week strikes by the United Auto Workers union. General Motors plans to build at least six new electric vehicles, including a full-size SUV. Stellantis plans to build a new midsize pickup truck, along with battery-run versions of six Jeep, Ram and Dodge vehicles.įord envisions at least three new electric vehicles that will preserve jobs at several factories. Industry experts discuss latest on UAW's tentative agreements with the Big Three 05:48
