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Hyundai Motor Group starts building lunar exploration rover development model

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Hyundai Motor Group (the Group) has started building an initial development model of a lunar exploration mobility rover in tandem with aerospace partners. Hyundai Motor Group has consistently stated its goal is to contribute to expanding human reach and the scope of human mobility experiences.

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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to become Toyota’s first European plant to produce plug-in-hybrid vehicles and batteries

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The second-generation Toyota C-HR will be produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya—about 150 km east of Istanbul. Alongside the vehicle production line, TMMT will build a new plug-in battery assembly line with a capacity of 75,000 units per year within its facility.

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Lockheed Martin Ventures invests in high performance electric motor manufacturer H3X

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H3X designs and manufactures advanced electric motors to enable sustainable aviation and other high-performance applications. These areas include electromagnetics, material science, power electronics, additive manufacturing, motor control, and thermals. This latest funding brings the total raised by H3X to $9 million.

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Hyundai Motor and Unity partner to build meta-factory accelerating intelligent manufacturing innovation; digital twin

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Hyundai Motor Company and Unity, a platform for creating and operating real-time 3D (RT3D) content, announced a partnership to design and build jointly a new “metaverse roadmap” and platform for Meta-Factory. The MOU pertains to the fields of smart manufacturing, AI training and study as well as autonomous driving simulation.

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Mercedes-Benz to manufacture YASA axial-flux electric motors in Berlin

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Mercedes-Benz will build ultra-high-performance axial-flux electric motors at its Berlin site, as the world’s pre-eminent luxury car brand prepares to go all electric by 2030, where market conditions allow. Production of the motors will begin next year. A series of state-of-the-art pilot lines will go into operation next year.

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Ford to invest C$1.8 billion in Oakville complex for EV manufacturing in Canada

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Ford Motor Company is investing C$1.8 billion) in its Oakville Assembly Complex to transform it into a high-volume hub of electric vehicle manufacturing in Canada. The investment allows Ford to repurpose and transform existing buildings into a state-of-the-art facility that leverages Ford of Canada’s skilled and experienced workforce.

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Bollinger Motors building design validation pilots of its B4 all-electric chassis cabs

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Bollinger Motors has begun building design validation pilots of its B4 all-electric Class 4 chassis cabs for testing and demonstration. Manufacturing of the pilot vehicles has kicked off in partnership with Roush Industries, Inc. Founded in 2015 by Robert Bollinger, Bollinger Motors, Inc.