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United Auto Workers Open Contract Talks in Detroit

The U.A.W., with a more confrontational leader, aims to win back wage and benefit concessions and insulate jobs from the rise of electric vehicles.

The automaker saw a big jump in deliveries of pickup trucks as demand from consumers and businesses remained strong.

The biggest U.S. automaker sold more trucks and sport-utility vehicles as supply chain problems eased and demand remained strong.

The company bought a shuttered General Motors plant in Ohio but struggled to produce its pickup truck.

The automakers paid the federal government for falling short of efficiency standards for cars and trucks in recent years.

Passenger cars dominate the electric vehicle market, but light delivery trucks could benefit from the cost savings and range E.V.s offer.

Sales increased from a year earlier, when the automaker was hampered by parts shortages.

The decline over the first three months of 2022 was primarily the result of the short-term costs of job cuts and slower sales in China.

New federal rules are expected to speed the transition to E.V.s, a shift that car companies have embraced but will be challenged to carry out.

The maker of electric trucks said it expected to double production in 2023 as the supply of parts became more reliable.