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<font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">oddly? blank 11/18</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><header style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 165px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; position: relative; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><div class="article--header" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><h2 style="margin: 0px 0px 12px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 20px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; text-rendering: optimizelegibility; color: rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; line-height: 1em;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/driverless-cars-are-going-to-disrupt-the-airline-industry-118380" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">Driverless cars are going to disrupt the airline industry</a></h2><p class="byline" style="margin: 0px 0px 5px; padding: 2px 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 11px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; line-height: 1.2; color: rgb(136, 136, 136); clear: both;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/stephen-rice-706826" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">Stephen Rice</a>, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University</em> and <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/scott-winter-707091" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; outline: none;">Scott Winter</a>, <em style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University</em></span></p></div></header><div class="content" data-raw="" style="margin: 0px 0px 0px 165px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; font-size: 13px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; color: rgb(56, 56, 56); font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; border: 0px; outline: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;">Skipping the hassle of flying – and the different headache of driving – gives self-driving cars a leg up when people are choosing how to travel.</span></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">kpfa sez restructure for autonomous and electric?</font></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">=</font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); text-decoration-line: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://ecowatch.us7.list-manage.com/track/click?u=214ab5fbb3f6015d74ffab4ec&id=0e5951a989&e=c2e8fdabfa" style="color: rgb(0, 124, 137); text-decoration-line: none; font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 20px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">How Self-Driving Cars Could Harm Marginalized Communities</a> ew</span></div><div><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><a href="https://www.alternet.org/general-motors-laying-thousands-workers-and-closing-two-us-plants-michigan-and-ohio">https://www.alternet.org/general-motors-laying-thousands-workers-and-closing-two-us-plants-michigan-and-ohio</a></font></p><p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">G<span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">eneral Motors has made an announcement that is going to bring considerable pain in the Rust Belt. The automotive giant will be slashing 14,700 jobs, many of them in Michigan and Ohio—and a</span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><a href="https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gm-restructuring/gm-to-slash-jobs-and-production-cancel-some-car-models-sources-idUSKCN1NV1NB" style="text-decoration-line: none;">plant closing</a><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> </span><span style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">is expected in Ontario, Canada as well. </span></font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">This is the biggest restructuring at GM in a decade, with <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/26/business/gm-oshawa-plant/index.html" style="text-decoration-line: none;">15% of its workforce</a> being eliminated in North America. According to GM CEO Mary Barra, these job cuts reflect changing tastes in the automotive market and will bring a greater emphasis on electric and autonomous vehicles. Models expected to be discontinued include the Cadillac CT6, the Chevrolet Cruze and the Buick LaCrosse.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">According to GM, tariffs on imported steel—which were imposed by the Trump Administration earlier this year—have cost the company $1 billion. And in late October, GM offered buyouts to 50,000 salaried workers in North America.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">The decline of traditional passenger cars in favor of larger SUVs and pickup trucks has been a major factor in GM’s evolution. In 2012, traditional passenger cars comprised over 50% of vehicle sales in the U.S., but during the first nine months of 2018, that number decreased to 31%. This year, SUV and pickup truck sales have increased by about 31%.</font></p><font size="4" face="Times New Roman"><interaction data-token="5b96855f8198b4e625350260" data-context="true" data-tags="" data-fallback="true" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" /></font><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">GM announced that it will also be closing two plants outside of North America by the end of 2019.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">Ohio politicians, including Rep. Tim Ryan and Sen. Sherrod Brown ripped the company's decision.</font></p><p style="margin: 0px 0px 22px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: 32px !important;"><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">...</font></p><div><font face="Times New Roman" size="4">=</font></div></div><div><font size="4" face="Times New Roman">==</font></div>