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Honda announces next steps in preparation for EV production in US

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Honda announced key next steps in the establishment of its EV Hub in Ohio. In October 2022, Honda announced that it would invest $700 million to retool several of its existing auto and powertrain plants to establish the new EV Hub in Ohio, to prepare for the production of battery electric vehicles in 2026. Marysville Auto Plant (MAP).

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Majority of workers at Mercedes-Benz plant sign up for UAW

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International (MBUSI) factory in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, according to a statement from the UAW on Tuesday. In a video announcing the news, Mercedes worker Jeremy Kimbrell notes that most of the Alabama factory’s workers have now signed union cards, adding that now is the right time to attempt to unionize the facility.

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US to investigate imported thermoplastic encapsulated electric motors for potential patent violations

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The US International Trade Commission (USITC) is instituting an investigation of certain thermoplastic encapsulated electric motors, their components, and products and vehicles containing them. LLC, of Greer, SC; Denso Corporation of Aichi, Japan; Denso International America, Inc., of Southfield, MI; Honda Motor Co.,

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

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Honda Manufacturing of Indiana, LLC (HMIN) is investing $40 million to increase annual production capacity by 50,000 units to a total of 250,000 vehicles. Early next year, HMIN will add production of the Civic Hybrid, Honda’s most popular hybrid model in the United States. Additionally, Honda’s capacity in the region will total 1.92

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Tesla sweeps Cars.com’s 2023 American-Made Index, with Model Y on top again

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The other vehicles in the rankings, such as the Honda Passport, Honda Odyssey, and Acura RDX, are still powered by the internal combustion engine. It should be noted that the Tesla quartet and the Volkswagen ID.4 4 are the only electric vehicles that made it to the Top 10 list of the 2023 American-Made Index.

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GE Aviation hits Farnborough at full throttle; $7.5B in R&D investments since 2010; ceramic matrix composites and 3D printing

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By year’s end, GE and CFM International (the 50/50 joint company of GE and Safran) will have more than 15,000 commercial engines on back order. Last month, GE broke ground on two factories in Huntsville, Alabama that will produce CMC materials.

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