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Honda Spills Beans on Future Product, Shows Civic Hybrid

The Truth About Cars

While we’re sure they’ve still a few things up their sleeve (after all, the phrase “We can’t comment on future product” is a PR mainstay), the news does give us a good idea as to what’s in store – plus a shot of the 2025 Civic Hybrid.

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Stellantis/UAW Deal Spills Tea on Future Product

The Truth About Cars

One of the most common refrains from automaker PR departments is “we cannot comment on future product.” A document detailing a slew of finer points about the agreement has been posted to the Web, diving into deep detail about everything from finances to product plans. And, as the above screencap shows, there’s plenty to observe.

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International collaboration develops progressive vision for urban production at the BMW Group; OMA and 3XN

Green Car Congress

Urban Production is an international architecture competition organized by the BMW Group in close cooperation with the City of Munich. The aim is to realize outstanding, future-ready production in the urban setting of the company’s home plant in Munich. BMW Group Plant Munich future Vision Urban Production with neighborhood.

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Volkswagen using AR to design new production lines in Chattanooga

Green Car Congress

As the Volkswagen Chattanooga factory ramps up production of the new Atlas Cross Sport, and lays groundwork for assembling the next generation of Volkswagen electric vehicles planned to begin in 2022, engineers are using augmented reality (AR) goggles to design production lines and help spot potential issues. —Frantisek Zapletal.

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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

Cars That Think

So while researchers and companies large and small invest in the zero-carbon future of the field, others are beginning to study what supplies and infrastructure on the ground would also be needed to make hydrogen aviation a reality. The first challenge is hydrogen production. Well, so it turns out, it’s tricky to do that,” he said.

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Toyota Ventures opens 2022 Call for Innovation focused on the factory of the future

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Toyota Ventures launched its third global “call for innovation” today to search for early-stage companies that can help make the factory of the future a reality sooner. With the 2022 call for innovation, we are looking to support talented startup teams that are developing smarter and more sustainable factories of the future.

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An Idea For A Crazy EV Trek, & What It Shows Us About The Future

CleanTechnica EVs

As Aptera gets closer to production, I’ve been thinking a lot about where I’m going to take mine to push it to its limits. I think this is an important part of telling the story of the first 1,000-mile rated EV, and it gives us a preview of what’s going to be possible as battery […].

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