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Sony and Honda sign MOU to create JV to develop and sell EVs and mobility services; first model on sale in 2025

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Sony Group Corporation and Honda Motor signed a memorandum of understanding that outlines their intent to establish a joint venture through which they plan to engage in the joint development and sales of high value-added battery electric vehicles (EVs) and commercialize them in conjunction with providing mobility services.

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LGES & Honda battery plant in Ohio starts construction on $3.5 billion facility

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“There are many beginnings when you form a new company to build a new facility, but today is an important milestone for the LGES-Honda team, for the local community, and everyone working at the site to create our new EV battery facility,” said Bob Lee, CEO of the new LGES-Honda joint venture.

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Honda, Sony agree to electric vehicle development partnership, first deliveries in 2025

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Today, Honda Motor Co, Ltd. ” Honda and Sony will continue to negotiate toward various binding agreements, including a joint development agreement and joint venture agreement, the statement said. Honda’s 31 global automotive plants will be responsible for the production of the EV model. CEO Kenichiro Yoshida said.

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UAW President: Tesla workers are union “members of the future”

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I still believe in a bright future — one that we can build together. I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. Workers at Tesla, Toyota, Honda, and others are not the enemy—they’re the UAW members of the future,” Fain said.

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Series production of next-generation Acura NSX hybrid supercar begins in April at new Performance Manufacturing Center

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The multi-material space frame is created with 100% robotic Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding, an automobile industry first. In earlier design stages, Honda engineers had specified small cast aluminum joints in the space frame—but outside of the crash zones. First 100% robotic MIG welding. Hand built engine. : the NSX’s 3.5-liter

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

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Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. However, the Southeast Asian market at home has recently become a new target for many car companies. What is the mystery behind it?.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

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Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. It aims to produce five million metric tonnes per annum (MMTPA) of green hydrogen by 2030, as well as build renewable energy capacity in the process. What exactly is an FCEV? It operates in the same way as the electrolysis process.