article thumbnail

Acura introduces three new vehicles at Detroit show; two hybrid powertrains

Green Car Congress

Acura also announced that the next-generation NSX will feature Acura’s new Sport Hybrid SH-AWD technology, is expected to debut in the next three years, and will be developed by an engineering team led by Honda R&D Americas, Inc., and manufactured in Ohio, at a yet-to-be-named facility. Acura ILX Concept. ILX concept.

Acura 246
article thumbnail

ArcelorMittal and partner Honda unveil first inner and outer door ring system; applied on 2019 Acura RDX

Green Car Congress

The partners co-engineered the system for the 2019 Acura RDX. The various Usibor steels are blanked at a blanking company then shipped to the newly opened ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks facility in Detroit where the enabling technology— laser ablation —takes place.

Acura 170
article thumbnail

GM to boost EV and AV investments 75% to $35B through 2025; new battery plants

Green Car Congress

GM’s additional investments and new collaborations include: Accelerating Ultium battery cell production in the United States: GM is accelerating plans to build two new battery cell manufacturing plants in the United States by mid-decade to complement the Ultium Cells LLC plants under construction in Tennessee and Ohio.

GM 186
article thumbnail

General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

Teslarati

The Detroit-based GM entered the EV sector with the EV1 in 1996, which used a 16.5-18.7 GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda. kWh lead-acid battery in its earliest versions. Further details about these new U.S.

article thumbnail

ArcelorMittal opens tailored blanks operation in Detroit

Green Car Congress

ArcelorMittal Tailored Blanks, a subsidiary of ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, selected the city of Detroit as the company’s first wholly-owned manufacturing operation in the state due to its proximity to leading automakers, access to talent and support from local and state governments.

Detroit 199
article thumbnail

Abandoned History: Oldsmobile's Guidestar Navigation System and Other Cartography (Part VI)

The Truth About Cars

Acura followed with hard drive navigation in the 1996 3.5 This cringy clip shows an Eighty Eight with Guidestar navigating the tony Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, and arriving at a suitably contemporary mansion. Given Aurora’s center console layout, a floor mounted metal post was not an option.&

Parts 95
article thumbnail

Consumer Reports: Tesla and other domestic brands take big steps backwards in reliability rankings

Green Car Congress

Cadillac is the worst-rated domestic manufacturer and ranks near the very bottom at 28. Just as we’ve seen with many other manufacturers, major changes and updates can cause reliability to slide. But reliability for some key models from Detroit has risen over the past year, allowing CR to “Recommend” them.

Dodge 207