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General Motors announced Thursday that it aspires to stop selling new light-duty passenger cars and sports utility vehicles powered by gasoline and diesel by 2035.
The move comes after the company s October announcement that it would invest $2 billion to convert its Spring Hill, Tennessee assembly plant to build electric vehicles. The retooled Spring Hill plant will be the company s third electric vehicle plant in the United States.
GM also plans to be carbon neutral in its products and operations by 2040, chief executive Mary Barra stated on LinkedIn. Aspire is a great word because it helps us work toward our vision, Dane Parker, GM s chief sustainability officer, told the Detroit Free Press. We re taking action to have our vehicles be zero- emission by 2035. This is going to take the effort of a lot of people and a lot of governments to get there. So we have a vision, we have a plan and we re taking action today to get there.
By Editor | January 14, 2021 |
Weakley County farmers and their equipment lined the funeral procession of former Commissioner of Agriculture and Dresden native Terry Oliver after the “friend to agriculture” died July 4, 2020.
BY DAVID FISHER
david@dresdenenterprise.com
While the global health pandemic, COVID-19, continues to make headlines in the new year after it emerged in the area in March 2020, Weakley County saw its share of good news, as well as losses for the final six months of the year.
The local, state and federal elections saw new faces as local governments welcomed candidates making history in their cities. The county mourned the passing of agricultural advocate Terry Oliver. Mask mandates were issued in Weakley County last year as businesses, schools and families continue to be impacted by the novel coronavirus.
Woods Air Movement Brings U.S. Headquarters, Manufacturing Facility to Murfreesboro Jan 11, 2021 at 09:50 am by WGNS
MURFREESBORO - Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Bob Rolfe and Woods Air Movement officials announced today that the ventilation and fan company will establish a U.S. facility in Murfreesboro.
Woods Air Movement will re-establish its North American presence in the U.S. market by investing $3.6 million and creating 27 jobs in Rutherford County.
The company is constructing a new, purpose-built 25,000-square-foot facility, which will be its North American headquarters and manufacturing facility for industrial ventilation products used in road and rail tunnels, non-residential buildings and underground parking garages. The facility in Murfreesboro will also function as a product testing center, which will be accessible to customers.