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More auto plant shutdowns for COVID-19

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Joining BMW, Ford and FCA in suspension of production in the US due to COVID-19 ( earlier post ) are: Toyota is temporarily suspending production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the US, through 3 April. Tesla will suspend production at its Fremont plant on 23 March.

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Honda secures auto industry’s largest renewable energy purchase; 60% reduction in CO2 from N.A. manufacturing operations

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These VPPAs will enable Honda to fully offset the remaining carbon-intensive grid-supplied electricity being used in its Ohio, Indiana, and Alabama automobile manufacturing operations, and will help the company meet its voluntary carbon reduction goal.

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Honda targeting 100% BEV & FCEV sales in N America by 2040; new e:Architecture EVs coming in second half of this decade

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Including hybrid-electric vehicles, it will strive to electrify 100% of its automobile unit sales in Japan by 2030. Honda is formalizing its goals for achieving carbon neutrality for all products and corporate activities by 2050, as well as zero traffic collision fatalities involving Honda automobiles and motorcycles globally by 2050.

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Genesis GV70 manufacturing strikes to the U.S.

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assembled automobiles. All Alabama-built GV70s will probably be dispensed to U.S. Including an electrical automobile to the plant’s undertaking was once one problem, however the larger evolution was once introducing luxurious automobiles to Sir Bernard Law’s complexity. built fashion.

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Lithia unloads Toyota, Ford and Bentley-Lotus dealerships

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“The way we see it, it complements our Cadillac brand in a way that is fairly rare to have,” Maul advised Automobile Information. The crowd is making plans the way it desires to accommodate Lotus and anticipates receiving its first automobiles within the fall. and expanded from there. John Elway Dealerships ranks Refuse.

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Ten Honda manufacturing facilities in North America achieve Zero Waste to Landfill

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Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, in Lincoln, Ala., became the first zero-waste-to-landfill auto plant in North America at the outset of production in 2001. Waste sent to landfills has been reduced at Honda auto plants throughout North America from 62.8 kg) per automobile in the current fiscal year 2012. pounds (28.5

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Honda’s Indiana plant to boost production capacity; add Civic Hybrid

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Since late last year, Honda’s seven automobile production plants in North America have been operating at or above their full straight-time capacity, which currently totals 1.63 Last November, Honda Manufacturing of Alabama, LLC announced that it will increase capacity by 40,000 units to 340,000 light trucks per year, starting this fall.