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620 MPH FluxJet; Ford's Price Hike; Tesla's Dress Code | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 83

Also on the podcast, electric boat shatters speed record, First Solar's billion dollar panel factory, rail unions reach deal and Bridgestone commercializes desert shrub rubber.

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First Solar Announces $1B Panel Factory in U.S. (@3:16)

First Solar is the largest U.S. developer of solar panels. Now, the company will spend $1 billion to build a panel manufacturing facility in the American Southeast.

Labor Board Rules Tesla Can't Require Black Shirts (@11:14)

Tesla recently received bad news from the National Labor Relations Board.

Electric Boat Shatters Speed Record (@22:39)

Last weekend, Vision Marine brought the V32 to an event on Lake of the Ozarks. At the event, the 32-foot catamaran shattered the speed record for an electric boat.

Ford's Battery Costs Prompt $8K Price Hike on Popular EV (@32:48)

Demand for Ford’s Mustang Mach-E surprised a lot of people. The industry, the company, this panel, but now Ford has pulled a surprise of its own. Ford announced a new markup.

TransPod’s FluxJet Can Eclipse 620 mph (@43:00)

In July, Canadian startup, TransPod, unveiled a new ultra-high-speed ground transportation vehicle. The FluxJet promises to transport passengers and cargo at more than 620 mph.

In Case You Missed It

Who is Mary Kay? (@58:00)

Mary Kay Ash started her cosmetics company, Beauty by Mary Kay in 1963 as a small Dallas storefront. In six years, her company earned $6.3 million in sales with 4,000 "beauty consultants" from 15 different states as its sales force.

Rail Unions Announce Tentative Deal (1:05:59)

Some of the unions negotiating with the nation's biggest freight railroads have reached a tentative deal

Bridgestone to Commercialize Natural Rubber from Desert Shrubs by 2030 (1:09:23)

Bridgestone Americas is taking the next step towards commercializing guayule as a domestic source of natural rubber.

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