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UAW President: Tesla workers are union “members of the future”

Teslarati

I still believe the automobile industry is a major force for good in our country. Workers at Tesla, Toyota, Honda, and others are not the enemy—they’re the UAW members of the future,” Fain said. . “We need to come together to bring an end to this acrimonious round of talks.

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Series production of next-generation Acura NSX hybrid supercar begins in April at new Performance Manufacturing Center

Green Car Congress

The multi-material space frame is created with 100% robotic Metal Inert Gas (MIG) welding, an automobile industry first. In earlier design stages, Honda engineers had specified small cast aluminum joints in the space frame—but outside of the crash zones. First 100% robotic MIG welding. Hand built engine. : the NSX’s 3.5-liter

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Southeast Asia market will become a competitive place for Chinese and Japanese car companies

Setec Powerr

Europe, the birthplace of the automobile industry, to North America across the Pacific Ocean, has always been the top stage that Chinese car companies hope to step on. And there is also a 150,000 baht (equal to more than 27,000 yuan) subsidy for each pure electric vehicle purchase. What is the mystery behind it?.

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Green Hydrogen Cars: How They are Different?

Get Electric Vehicle

Fuel cells, like stem cells in medical science, are a new technology in the automobile industry. High cost: renewable energy, which is essential for creating green hydrogen via electrolysis, is more expensive to produce, making hydrogen more expensive to purchase. What exactly is an FCEV? The Popular FCEVs.

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China puts its electric vehicles on center stage - China automotive news

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

As a subscriber, you can receive our free weekly China Auto News, which keeps you informed the latest developments of Chinas automobile industry. Most Chinese buyers also are purchasing cars for the first time and have not developed particular preferences. You can unsubscribe this Newsletter any time you want!

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. Honda has probably sold more Civics in a year than the combined total of all 18 of those GM models. If the EV1 was viable (or even close) we would see Ford, Toyota, Honda, etc all with 80 mile cars right now.do you see that?

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