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Energy News Roundup: More energy transition ups and downs

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Energy News Roundup: More energy transition ups and downs

Ford is suspending production of the F-150 Lightning electric pickup truck at its plant in Dearborn, Michigan, from mid-November until early 2025 as EV sales continue to lag behind expectations. Since the electric pickup’s launch a couple of years ago, when Ford fielded more demand than it was able to meet, momentum has slowed, and the automaker has this year halved production of the Lightning and reduced its hourly workforce at the Dearborn plant by two-thirds.

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London Free Press

Friends speak out after death of man, 33, found unresponsive in London jail

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The man who died after he was found unresponsive in his cell at London’s troubled provincial jail faced previous trauma and abuse in the justice system, but never stopped trying to improve his life, his friends say.   Friends have identified the man found unresponsive at the Elgin-Middlesex Detention Centre on Thursday as Matthew Bouvier, 33, […]