About this episode

The episode discusses the UAW's strike vote at Stellantis and Honda's extended vehicle life cycles amidst challenges in the EV market.

The UAW plans a strike authorization vote at Stellantis’ Ram truck plant over contractor disputes. Honda is stretching vehicle life cycles after taking a $15.8 billion hit backing away from its electric vehicle plans. Plus, Alex Oyler of SBD Automotive discusses whether traditional automakers can keep up with EV makers on software-defined vehicles.

People in this episode

Guest: Alex Oyler

Topics covered

• UAW strike
• Stellantis Ram plant
• Honda model life cycles
• electric vehicles
• software-defined vehicles
• automakers vs EV makers

Keywords

• UAW
• Stellantis
• Honda
• electric vehicles
• strike vote
• model life cycles
• software-defined vehicles

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: UAW, Stellantis, Honda

Products: electric vehicle

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