A proposed contract with GM that more than 46,000 UAW members are voting on this week contains lucrative bonuses and wage gains, but it doesn't bring any production from Mexico to the U.S. or save three plants that shut down this year.

The automaker wants to make plugging in easier ahead of the 2020 launch of its first long-range EV, a Mustang-inspired crossover.

For as contentious as negotiations appeared amid the longest national strike against GM since 1970, union leaders face an even more daunting challenge in selling the deal to the rank and file.

The UAW said its GM national council voted to keep workers on the picket lines while rank-and-file members vote on a four-year deal covering wages and benefits. Ratification votes are expected to be completed by next Friday, Oct. 25. 

Ford laid out its charging infrastructure plans for the first time, roughly a month ahead of the planned introduction of a long-range EV crossover, expected to be called the Mach E.

The union’s national GM council will gather in Detroit Thursday morning to discuss the deal and vote on whether to end the walkout or continue it until the tentative agreement is ratified by members.

By the end of last week, some 150,000 workers either had been laid off or had their pay reduced, a consulting firm said. Most of those affected don't even work for GM.

From disaster in Daytona to glory at Le Mans, Ford's racing director said the latest incarnation of its legendary supercar "absolutely" accomplished what officials intended: win

LMC Automotive says that even if the strike ended today, production of the midengine Chevrolet Corvette will be delayed by two or three weeks, while production of large SUVs will be set back at least a month.

If there were a limit to solidarity, you might expect to find it in the chilled faces of third-shift workers picketing in the early-morning dark, when the UAW's national walkout at General Motors is the least glamorous.

Ford said the app has more than 1.5 million active members. This year, it launched FordPass Rewards, a free customer loyalty program that allows buyers to accumulate points to spend at Ford dealerships.

Terry Dittes, vice president of the UAW-GM department, said Sunday in a letter to members that GM turned down an "extensive package" that addressed all of the union's demands, from wages to profit-sharing. There were no updates from either side as of mid-afternoon on Monday. 

The latest UAW update to GM workers was decidedly more optimistic in tone than a letter sent on Tuesday saying that GM was still demanding concessions from the union.

In a letter to members, UAW Vice President Rory Gamble said talks with Ford are "progressing very well" and that the two sides have agreed in principle on 18 of 20 subcommittees.