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New Mazda bio-based engineering plastic features high-quality finish without paint; suitable for exterior parts

Green Car Congress

Mazda Motor Corporation, in conjunction with Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, has developed a new bio-based engineering plastic that can be used for exterior design parts for automobiles. The new plastic will help Mazda to reduce its impact on the environment in a number of ways.

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Mazda beginning road trials of advanced safety vehicle; streetcar-to-vehicle communication system

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Mazda Motor Corporation will begin testing its advanced safety vehicle, the Mazda Atenza ASV-5, on public roads from September 2013. The vehicle will be used to test a driving safety support system which utilizes intelligent transport systems (ITS) jointly developed by industrial, academic and government organizations.

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Mazda Demios To Be Base Architecture for Electric Vehicle Test Project

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Mazda Demio. Mazda Motor Corporation will provide three Mazda Demios (Mazda2s) for conversion to EVs for a project in collaboration with Itochu Corporation and other companies in conjunction with Tsukuba City to test a low-carbon transport system which uses clean energy. Mazda Motor Corporation: Electric vehicles).

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AutoAlliance Thailand Inaugurates New Mazda-Ford Passenger Car Plant

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Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company inaugurated their new joint venture manufacturing passenger car plant at AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT). AAT already exports Mazda and Ford pickup trucks to more than 130 markets around the world.

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Majority of workers at Mercedes-Benz plant sign up for UAW

Teslarati

The news comes as the UAW has continued to try organizing at facilities owned by Volkswagen , Toyota, Tesla and many others that have non-unionized U.S. “It’s autoworkers everywhere against corporate greed. Most workers have signed up for the union at the company’s Mercedes-Benz U.S. manufacturing plants.

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Mazda Launches New Low VOC Aqua-tech Paint System in Japan

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Mazda Motor Corporation launched the newly developed Aqua-tech Paint System for vehicle body painting at its Ujina Plant No. Mazda has solved this problem with the introduction of this new, innovative coating technology. 1 in Japan. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The new system also delivers improved paint quality.

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Driving Dystopia: Eight Automakers Accused of Lying About Customer Data Protections

The Truth About Cars

While there are actually very few data protections on the federal level as they pertain to corporations, misrepresenting your business is something the FTC would be very interested in. Corporations go back on their word all the time and automakers have been among the worst offenders in recent years.

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