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

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LG Energy Solution (LGES) and Honda’s joint electric vehicle (EV) battery plant started construction on the facility, installing the first steel beam on the site in Jeffersonville, Ohio. LGES and Honda expect to complete construction on their new battery cell facility by the end of 2024.

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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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Complementary production of the Acura NSX’s bespoke, 75-degree, twin turbocharged V-6 engine takes place at the company’s nearby Anna, Ohio engine plant and is undertaken by a small group of master engine builders. The multi-material space frame is created with 100% robotic Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding, an automobile industry first.

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Acura provides more technical detail on NSX sports hybrid AWD powertrain, body

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The structure is similar to those found in some Honda racing engines. Instead, engineers have applied an innovative new technology called “ablation” casting, an all-new material application and a world-first in the automobile industry. With the newly designed twin-turbocharged 3.5-liter

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