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Ford drastically cuts workforce at F-150 Lightning EV plant amid ‘much slower’ demand

Baua Electric

Starting April 1, one-third of the workforce will remain on-site at Ford’s Rouge EV plant in Michigan. Enoch told The Detroit Free Press that 700 workers will be transferred to its Michigan Assembly plant to help build the Bronco and Ranger. New electric SUVs like the Honda Prologue and Acura ZDX are joining the market.

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Honda demonstrates advanced vehicle-to-pedestrian and vehicle-to-motorcycle connected vehicle safety technologies

Green Car Congress

Honda also has been conducting advanced research into Vehicle-to-Vehicle (V2V) and Vehicle-to-Infrastructure (V2I) systems and is a partner in the Connected Vehicle Safety Pilot Program conducted by the US Department of Transportation, including the Department’s Safety Pilot Model Deployment test program, currently underway in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

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

Green Car Congress

GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda. GM will launch its third-generation HYDROTEC fuel cells with even greater power density and lower costs by mid-decade.

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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 & In case you were curious, in 1996 Guidestar worked in California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia.

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General Motors increases EV investment by 75% through 2025

Teslarati

GM manufactures its fuel cells in Brownstown Charter Township, Michigan, in a joint venture with Honda. Today, GM is confirming plans to launch its third-generation HYDROTEC fuel cells with even greater power density and lower costs by mid-decade.

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ArcelorMittal opens tailored blanks operation in Detroit

Green Car Congress

Together, ArcelorMittal and Honda co-engineered the industry’s first hot-stamped, laser-welded door ring found in the 2014 Acura MDX. The technology is being implemented in additional Honda and Acura vehicles. The blanks are then sent to a hot-stamper to be stamped into the final part required by the automaker.

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Cadillac’s ambitious move to an all-electric luxury brand by 2030

Charged EVs

Meanwhile, cells for the small number of Ultium-based EVs GM builds this year, including not only the Cadillac Lyriq but the GMC Hummer EV, will come from a low-volume pilot production line set up at GM’s Tech Center in Warren, Michigan. The US Department of Energy will loan the company $2.5 Celestiq: a true Standard of the World?