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Ford Will Build 4 Factories in a Big Electric Vehicle Push

The top wage for a Ford assembly line worker represented by the United Auto Workers is $32 an hour under a contract the company and union reached in 2019. Unionized workers at parts factories typically make less than those assembling cars. Other big automakers are also pouring billions into battery and electric car plants. G.M., […]

Future EV Ford F-Series to Come from Huge New Factory in Tennessee

Ford will create Blue Oval City, a $5.6 billion, 3600-acre campus outside Memphis, Tennessee, that includes a battery plant and will build an expanded lineup of electric F-series trucks starting in 2025. Ford is also building a $5.8 billion, 1500-acre battery manufacturing complex in Kentucky to produce the batteries for future Ford and Lincoln EVs […]

Schneider SpaceLogic KNX Secure System Devices. Total security. In every IP connection

smartbuildingmag.com 28 {{ “2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “MMM” }} ’21 Written on {{ “2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} Modified on {{ “2021-09-28T00:00:00+00:00” | date “longDate” }} KNX News Get complete protection via the highest data encryption standards with the comprehensive KNX Secure System range from Schneider Electric. Versatile and compatible with other devices, SpaceLogic KNX routers, interfaces, […]

Enphase Energy Expands into Brazil

Enphase Energy Inc., a California-based energy technology company and microinverter-based, solar-plus-storage systems supplier, has entered the Brazilian solar market with the introduction of its IQ 7+ microinverters. Enphase will start shipping its IQ 7+ microinverters for residential and small commercial installers across Brazil starting in October 2021. The Enphase microinverter systems will be outfitted with […]

Optus finds wage underpayments spanning six years to March 2020

In March, Optus was found to have underpaid the superannuation entitlements of 3,600 present and past workers. At the time, the telco committed to undertaking a proactive review of all staff entitlements with the help of Pricewaterhouse Coopers. A review of the telco’s retail staff has now found underpayment of wages from between 1 January 2014 to […]