Abbreviations
| AGV | Automated Guided Vehicle |
| COLA | Cost-of-Living-Adjustment |
| DAF | Deutsche Arbetisfront (German Labor Front) |
| DQP | Diversity Quality Production |
| EV | Electric Vehicle |
| FDI | Foreign Direct Investment |
| GAW | Guaranteed Annual Wage |
| GM | General Motors |
| GMAD | General Motors Assembly Division |
| HPV | Hours per Vehicle |
| IC | Internal Combustion |
| IMVP | International Motor Vehicle Program |
| IRA | Inflation Reduction Act |
| JV | Joint Venture |
| LP | Lean Production |
| MIT | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| NAFTA | North American Free Trade Agreement |
| NLRB | National Labor Relations Board |
| NPC | New Production Concepts |
| NUMMI | New United Motor Manufacturing Incorporated |
| SAIC | Shanghai Automobile Industry Corporation |
| UAW | United Automobile Workers |
| VER | Voluntary Export Restraints |
| VW | Volkswagen |