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Fujitsu, Toyota Systems leverage Fujitsu’s quantum-inspired Digital Annealer to streamline automobile production sequence

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Fujitsu Limited and Toyota Systems Corporation launched a new automobile production instruction system at Toyota Motor Corporation’s Tsutsumi plant leveraging Fujitsu’s Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer technology.

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Six Japan-based companies establish Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels

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Toyota Motor Corporation , and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels (Research Association) to study ways to optimize the process of producing fuel. Specific research areas are as follows: Research on Efficient Ethanol Production Systems.

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Honda Anna Engine Plant produces 30-millionth engine; retooling to add battery module casings production

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Honda celebrated production of the 30-millionth engine built at the company’s Anna Engine Plant in Ohio with the production of the newly refined 2.0-liter While Honda initially indicated production would start in 2026, in April, Honda announced that it will pull forward EV production in Ohio to 2025. Earlier post.)

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Honda hits 100M worldwide automobile production milestone

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announced that the company has reached the 100 million-unit milestone in cumulative global automobile production. Honda began automobile production in 1963 with the production of the T360 mini-truck, Honda’s first mass-production model, at Saitama Factory. Honda Motor Co.,

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Car design legend dubs Tesla Cybertruck as “Picasso of automobiles”

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And this, as per Italian design legend Giorgetto Giugiaro, effectively makes the Cybertruck the “Picasso of automobiles.” The post Car design legend dubs Tesla Cybertruck as “Picasso of automobiles” appeared first on TESLARATI. “He was the artist of decomposition of reality,” he said.

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Mitsubishi Chemical strengthens production capacity of graphite anode materials in China; possible production in Europe and US

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Mitsubishi Chemical Holdings Group (MCHG) will increase the production capacity of natural graphite anode material from 2,000 tons/year to 12,000 tons/year at its Chinese subsidiary Qingdao Anode Kasei and affiliated company Qingdao Lingda Kasei. The production line is scheduled to start operation in the first half of fiscal 2023.

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GAC Honda begins construction of new EV production plant; 120,000 units per year

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a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, a{announced} that GAC Honda Automobile Co., GAC Honda’s dedicated EV production plant will be newly constructed on a 400,000 m 2 lot within the Guangzhou Economic and Technological Development District, Guangzhou City, Guangdong Province, China. Honda Motor (China) Investment Co., 240,000.

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