Honda Motor and Hitachi Automotive Systems have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a joint venture company for developing, manufacturing and selling electric vehicle motors. The two companies now will conduct formal ...
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General Motors (GM) and Honda are investing $85m each into a joint venture (JV) that intends to start mass production of hydrogen fuel cells by 2020. The JV, Fuel Cell System Manufacturing, will operate within GM's existing battery pack ...
Alpine 4 Technologies is providing Elio Motors its 6th Sense Auto and BrakeActive products, as well as related manufacturing, data sharing and engineering resources. Elio Motors, based in Phoenix, is a high-profile startup vehicle ...
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Toyota said it will boost SUV production at an Indiana factory with a $600m investment, which could add 400 jobs. The investment is part of the company’s strategy of localisation to build vehicles where they are sold. It will be ...
Demax Graphic Arts Group in Bulgaria has invested in a fully-automated Edale FL5 single-pass flexographic press to print sophisticated lottery scratch cards. The press, the first of its kind in Europe, has been installed at the Demax ...
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Rockwell Automation OEM partner AFA Systems has developed a new HD-CMA continuous motion autoload cartoner for potato chip producers. HD-CMA machine holds capacity to run 320 products per minute, cartoning one bag of chips per carton. ...
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WiTricity is working with General Motors (GM) to test an advanced wireless charging system prototype for electric vehicles. The companies are working together to test WiTricity's Drive 11 park and charge system, designed for maximum ...
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Those hoping for another peep under the hood of Apple's mysterious car project are in luck. It's only a peep though. In a November letter to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, a US government agency that sets and enforces ...
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Lucid Motors has selected Casa Grande for its electric car manufacturing operation. The facility will bring over 2,000 projected new jobs and more than $700m in capital investment to the region by 2022. Governor Ducey said: “Lucid ...
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GAC Motor has released the first concept car EnLight at the 14th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition. EnLight is an unprecedented smart electric supercar that applies the latest cutting-edge technologies, most futuristic ...
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Govt incentives remain the primary driver of the industry, rather than organic demand or products' competitiveness Electric cars are widely believed to be the future of the automotive industry, but experts say even in the world's largest ...
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To demonstrate the superior performance of its fully automatic transmissions in difficult conditions and terrain, Allison Transmission hosted a test driving event at The Transportation Science Research Institute in Shibetsu, Hokkaido ...
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In a somewhat ironic twist as we’re seeing the importation of some of the first China-built models from Buick and Volvo to the U.S. market comes a report from Automotive News that General Motors is planning on selling a limited number ...
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Taiwanese automotive LED module manufacturer Laster Tech will be listed on the local bourse in mid-December 2016, reported Now News. Laster Tech invested in R&D for many years, and accumulated years of experience in implementation, ...
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Chinese-backed electric vehicle developer BYD America has launched the industry’s first all-electric, long-range electric garbage truck, a project jointly developed with Wayne Engineering, the Iowa-based refuse industry equipment ...
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