Ford Recall For Faulty Switch

Voluntary action pushes Ford's total recall due to faulty switches to 14.3 million vehicles over 10 years, capping its largest cumulative recall in history involving a single problem.

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Dead Crew Stuck on Ships; Peterbilt Fires Whistleblower; Domestic Automakers Rank Last | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 43
Also on the podcast, Samsung's new Texas chip plant, increasing CEO turnover, Apple sues hackers for hire, paying bills with high fives and nuclear reactor on the moon.
Nov 30th, 2021
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GM to Deliver Electric Hummer Truck in December
This is the fastest GM has gone “from idea/inception to engineering it and delivering it into the hands of the customer."
Nov 29th, 2021
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Boozy Stream Clocks in at 1.2% Alcohol
It smelled like a beer pub that hadn't opened its doors for days.
Nov 29th, 2021
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Georgia Proposes $3M Fine for Cargo Ship Pollution
Oil leaks continued as workers cut the boat into chunks for removal from the ocean.
Nov 28th, 2021
John Deere equipment is on display at the Farm Progress Show on Aug. 31, 2015 in Decatur, Ill. Deere & Co. said on Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021, its fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 69% on strong sales of its agricultural and construction equipment despite a monthlong strike that began near the end of the period.
Deere Q4 Profit Jumps 69% Despite Strike, Supply Problems
More than 10,000 Deere workers were on strike at plants in Iowa, Illinois and Kansas.
Nov 27th, 2021
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The Potential of Cooking Turkey with Microwaves
In the simulation, the fields propagating from the emitter reached field strengths more than 5000 V/m.
Nov 24th, 2021
People shop for frozen turkeys for Thanksgiving dinner at a grocery store in Mount Prospect, Ill., Wednesday, Nov. 17, 2021. First, the good news: There is no shortage of whole turkeys in the U.S. this Thanksgiving. But those turkeys — along with other holiday staples like cranberry sauce and pie filling — could cost more.
Consumer Spending Rebounds Despite Rising October Inflation
The jump in consumer spending last month was double the 0.6% gain in September.
Nov 26th, 2021
Richard Norte, left, and Miguel Bessa demonstrate a new type of sensor in the lab.
Spiderweb-Inspired Microchip Sensor One of the World’s Most Precise
A “holy grail” for quantum technologies and sensing.
Nov 26th, 2021
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks during a Tribal Nations Summit during Native American Heritage Month, in the South Court Auditorium on the White House campus, Nov. 15, 2021, in Washington. The Justice Department filed a lawsuit on Tuesday, Nov. 23, seeking to block a major U.S. sugar manufacturer from acquiring its rival, arguing that allowing the deal would harm competition and consumers.
U.S. Sues to Halt Sugar Merger
They say it would harm competition.
Nov 24th, 2021
In this undated combination of photos shown are CVS, Walmart and Walgreens locations. The retail pharmacy chains recklessly distributed massive amounts of pain pills in two Ohio counties, a federal jury said Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2021.
Public Nuisance Laws in Opioid Cases Give Hope to Both Sides
The industry argues public nuisance laws simply don’t apply to prescribing and distributing prescription painkillers.
Nov 25th, 2021
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Tesla Putting $1B Toward Texas Factory
It is expected to be .75 miles long.
Nov 24th, 2021
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Dead Crewmembers Stuck Aboard Cargo Ships
Unable to be offloaded, various corpses have been kept in onboard freezers for months.
Nov 23rd, 2021