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ChargePoint Holdings Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on September 4.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hertz Shares Jump on Company’s Better-Than-Expected Loss]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/hertz-shares-jump-on-rental-company-s-better-than-expected-loss</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-07/hertz-shares-jump-on-rental-company-s-better-than-expected-loss</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:31:47 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiQ7OgsfwHKg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iiQ7OgsfwHKg/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Signage is displayed at a Hertz Global Holdings Inc. rental location at Louisville International Airport (SDF) in Louisville, Kentucky, U.S., on Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019. Hertz is scheduled to release earnings figures on February 25.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Signs Domestic Rare-Earth Deal to Reduce Reliance on China]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/gm-inks-domestic-rare-earth-deal-to-reduce-reliance-on-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-06/gm-inks-domestic-rare-earth-deal-to-reduce-reliance-on-china</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2025 13:48:13 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ire9Rd8f2VxU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ire9Rd8f2VxU/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Chevrolet Silverado 1500s and GMC Sierra 1500s on the assembly line at the General Motors assembly plant in Fort Wayne, Indiana, US, on Tuesday, April 9, 2024. General Motors Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on April 23.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UAW Faction Seeks to Oust President Fain in Sign of Union Unrest]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/uaw-faction-seeks-to-oust-president-fain-in-sign-of-union-unrest</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-05/uaw-faction-seeks-to-oust-president-fain-in-sign-of-union-unrest</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 05 Aug 2025 13:49:35 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXuSyVQHynEQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iXuSyVQHynEQ/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Shawn Fain, president of the United Auto Workers (UAW), speaks at the United Auto Workers conference in Washington, DC, US, on Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024. US President Joe Biden has been seeking the UAW&apos;s endorsement as a boost to his 2024 campaign, which is banking on union support to carry him to reelection in November.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Driverless Trucks Lumber Along With Safety-First Approach]]></title><description><![CDATA[While pieces are falling into place, startups like Plus know better than to rush.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-31/driverless-trucks-lumber-along-with-safety-first-approach</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-31/driverless-trucks-lumber-along-with-safety-first-approach</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:30:04 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carvana Reports Higher Quarterly Profit on Record Car Sales]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/carvana-reports-stronger-quarterly-profit-on-record-car-sales</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-30/carvana-reports-stronger-quarterly-profit-on-record-car-sales</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jul 2025 20:09:40 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuTclsngt89g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iuTclsngt89g/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A worker inside a Carvana vending machine in Uniondale, New York, US, on Tuesday, April 16, 2024. Carvana Co. is scheduled to release earnings figures on May 1.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[South Korea Weighs US Investment Pledge to Trim Auto Tariff]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/south-korea-weighs-us-investment-pledge-to-trim-auto-tariff</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-24/south-korea-weighs-us-investment-pledge-to-trim-auto-tariff</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Josh Wingrove]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2025 00:35:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imJJC96xaAQ0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/imJJC96xaAQ0/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Hyundai vehicles at a port in Ulsan, South Korea. Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Profit Falls as Trump Tariffs Add $1.1 Billion in Costs]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/gm-s-profit-falls-after-trump-tariffs-add-1-1-billion-in-costs</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-22/gm-s-profit-falls-after-trump-tariffs-add-1-1-billion-in-costs</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jul 2025 10:32:02 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRmSqKMaOels/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iRmSqKMaOels/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>GMC trucks.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Made-in-China Chevys for $17,000 Are Winning Fans in Mexico]]></title><description><![CDATA[Small cars subject to high tariffs aren’t an option for cash-strapped American buyers.]]></description><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-17/gm-lures-mexico-car-buyers-with-cheap-chevy-models-from-china</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2025-07-17/gm-lures-mexico-car-buyers-with-cheap-chevy-models-from-china</guid><category><![CDATA[world]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Stillman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jul 2025 09:00:17 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikdQWL_eLHHk/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ikdQWL_eLHHk/v3/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A Chevrolet Aveo automobile, produced by General Motors Co. (GM), in Mexico City.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Presses Ahead With New Battery Investment as EV Market Slumps]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/gm-presses-ahead-with-new-battery-investment-as-ev-market-slumps</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-14/gm-presses-ahead-with-new-battery-investment-as-ev-market-slumps</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2025 15:00:01 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iINGY6nBKj9Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iINGY6nBKj9Y/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>A lithium iron phosphate battery.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Carvana’s Top Shareholder Files to Sell $245 Million in Stock]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/carvana-s-top-shareholder-files-to-sell-245-million-in-stock</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-11/carvana-s-top-shareholder-files-to-sell-245-million-in-stock</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2025 17:19:31 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUb_0H63j3tA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iUb_0H63j3tA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Ernie Garcia III, founder and chief executive officer of Carvana Co., second left, and his father Ernest Garcia II, chairman of Carvana Co., center, stand during the company&apos;s initial public offering (IPO) on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, April 28, 2017. U.S. stocks remained near record highs, Treasuries dropped and oil closed in on $50 a barrel even after the world&apos;s biggest economy reported its slowest pace of expansion in three years.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Workers at Mexican SUV Plant Vote to Join Carlos Leone Union]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-28/gm-workers-at-mexican-suv-plant-vote-to-join-carlos-leone-union</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-28/gm-workers-at-mexican-suv-plant-vote-to-join-carlos-leone-union</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 20:12:53 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGjIDNUKVArc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iGjIDNUKVArc/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Auto workers and union members participate in a rally ahead of a unionization vote outside of the General Motors Co. (GM) assembly plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico, on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Workers in General Motors Co.&apos;s plant in San Luis Potosí in central Mexico will vote this week on joining a new union that is free of government and management influence, as independent unions in Mexico’s auto industry gain traction.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Workers at Mexican Plant to Vote on New Union in Wage Push]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/gm-workers-at-mexican-plant-to-vote-on-new-union-in-wage-push</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-25/gm-workers-at-mexican-plant-to-vote-on-new-union-in-wage-push</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Amy Stillman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2025 09:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFPIjuU_R4sQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iFPIjuU_R4sQ/v0/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>The General Motors Co. assembly plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Photographer: Susana Gonzalez/Bloomberg</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[Layoffs From Trump Tariffs Ripple Across the Auto-Parts Industry]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/trump-tariffs-spur-layoffs-spending-cuts-across-car-industry</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-24/trump-tariffs-spur-layoffs-spending-cuts-across-car-industry</guid><category><![CDATA[markets]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2025 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivnp5ZiW6pfA/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/ivnp5ZiW6pfA/v2/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>GM will begin production of gas-powered full-size SUVs and light duty pickup trucks at the Orion Assembly facility in early 2027 as part of a $4 billion investment in its US manufacturing plants.</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[UAW President Retaliated Against Union Officer in Funds Feud]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/uaw-president-retaliated-against-union-official-monitor-alleges</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-18/uaw-president-retaliated-against-union-official-monitor-alleges</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2025 15:57:43 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izGXMavSZMs8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/izGXMavSZMs8/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>President of the United Auto Workers Shawn Fain</media:description></media:content></item><item><title><![CDATA[GM Dodges Tariffs With Production Shift to US From Mexico]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-10/gm-to-invest-4-billion-in-us-factories-over-next-two-years</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-06-10/gm-to-invest-4-billion-in-us-factories-over-next-two-years</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 10 Jun 2025 21:35:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Musk Lobbies Washington to Clear Way for Self-Driving Cars]]></title><link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-30/musk-lobbies-washington-to-clear-way-for-self-driving-cars</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-05-30/musk-lobbies-washington-to-clear-way-for-self-driving-cars</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[David Welch]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 30 May 2025 19:44:11 GMT</pubDate><media:content url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_weaDlJn5sA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg" type="image/jpeg"><media:thumbnail url="https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/i_weaDlJn5sA/v1/piHJkQ_WoLj1E/-1x-1.jpg"/><media:description>Tesla CEO Elon Musk</media:description></media:content></item></channel></rss>