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      Welcome to Normal: The town that holds the keys to Rivian’s future

      news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Monday, 8 May, 2023 - 14:57

    Rivian assembly line

    Enlarge / Rivian pick-up trucks on the assembly line in Normal, Illinois. (credit: Bloomberg )

    Spotting an electric truck on the road remains a novelty in most of the US, but not Normal, Illinois.

    The town in the Midwestern corn belt is home to the manufacturing operations of Rivian, the battery-powered vehicle start-up worth more than Ford or Volkswagen soon after it listed 18 months ago.

    Rivian’s market capitalization has since crumbled from a peak of $162 billion to $12.5 billion in the face of production shortfalls and intensifying competition from carmakers both established and new. It is expected to report a $1.7 billion operating loss on $654 million in revenue in first-quarter results due on Tuesday, according to a compilation of analysts’ estimates.

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      Ex-Apple employees say company ignored China labor-law violations

      Samuel Axon · news.movim.eu / ArsTechnica · Thursday, 10 December, 2020 - 20:52

    An iPhone assembly worker works with Apple supplier Pegatron in an image distributed by Apple.

    Enlarge / An iPhone assembly worker works with Apple supplier Pegatron in an image distributed by Apple. (credit: Apple )

    A new report in The Information cites both former Apple employees and internal presentations and data to make the case that Apple has failed to keep its manufacturing partners in China accountable after the Chinese government passed a new law limiting the use of temporary workers at factories.

    The former Apple employees included three from Apple's supplier responsibility team, and one who was "a senior manager familiar with its operations in China."

    In the mid-2010s, China introduced a new labor law that required factories to limit the portion of their workforces made up of temporary workers (also called dispatch workers) to 10 percent.

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