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Honda of Canada Mfg. to invest $492M in Ontario manufacturing plants; $83.6M in government grants

Green Car Congress

will invest $492 million over the next three years to allow the company to modernize its Ontario manufacturing facilities and to improve its manufacturing carbon footprint significantly—part of Honda’s global initiatives. Both the federal and Ontario governments will provide conditional grants up to $41.8 Honda Canada Inc.

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Record number of EV chargers installed in the UK last quarter

Baua Electric

This is thanks, in part, to local governments gradually taking advantage of central government grants to put more EV chargers in the ground. “I Let that serve as your gentle reminder that EV sales are down, except at Ford , Cadillac, GMC, Kia, Hyundai, Toyota, Nissan, Honda, Acura, Volvo , Chrysler , etc. …

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Consumer Reports Lists Least/Most Expensive Car Brands to Maintain

The Truth About Cars

The data comes by way of CR’s 2023 Annual Auto Survey, where members were asked as part of a much broader survey how much they had spent in total maintenance over the previous 12 months. Granted, a battery replacement would likely eclipse what you’d see in terms of normal repairs.

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ArcelorMittal opens tailored blanks operation in Detroit

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Once combined, the part can be hot or cold stamped to form the final shape. By combining different steels, or using different thicknesses, engineers can finely tune the performance of the part to meet different load case criteria. The technology is being implemented in additional Honda and Acura vehicles.

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