Manufacturing
GM to build EVs for Honda
Honda to customize GM EV platform, use GM’s recently unveiled battery technology; GM to build Honda vehicles.
Category: Vehicle Tech
Software, electronics, propulsion, batteries, safety, and connectivity.
Manufacturing
Updates: Auto sales fall, Nissan, Volkswagen extend shutdowns
With potential car buyers being told to shelter in place, the retail market shuts down.
Engineering
Compact taillight LEDs
Dedicated to covering the latest manufacturing technology and components related to the motor vehicle industry.Compact taillight LEDs
Vehicle Tech
Autonomous animal detection
Dedicated to covering the latest manufacturing technology and components related to the motor vehicle industry.Autonomous animal detection
Vehicle Tech
BAE to provide up to 600 EV bus powertrains to Ireland
Dedicated to covering the latest manufacturing technology and components related to the motor vehicle industry.BAE to provide up to 600 EV bus powertrains to Ireland
Vehicle Tech
Detroit’s North American International Auto Show cancelled
City’s TCF Center to be converted into COVID-19 field hospital, Chicago’s McCormick Center, New York’s Javits Center as well.
Manufacturing
Trump orders GM to make ventilators hours after automaker announced plans to do so
Automaker is moving from supporting existing medical device production to making ventilators in Indiana.
Vehicle Tech
StradVision animal detection system, Rolls-Royce autonomous mining equipment, Waymo updates
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Vehicle Tech
Compact taillight LEDs, wear-resistant powertrain valve material, Indycar windscreen
Auto sales finally got back above pre-recession levels in 2014 with August sales reaching a seven-year high. After six long years, sales levels have matched 2007’s pace. More importantly, several research groups expect 2015 continue to grow. Today’s Motor Vehicles allows marketers direct access to this healthy industry with continued growth.
Manufacturing
Fiat Chrysler, Ford, Honda, Volkswagen, Toyota shutdowns extended
Companies that had planned to restart production by the end of March are now waiting until early or mid April.
Manufacturing
Two Fiat Chrysler workers die, Honda expands shutdowns to powersports plants, Kia stopping production in Georgia
COVID-19 closures expand as automakers face strict limits from state governments.
Fleets
COVID-19 roundup: Paccar shutting down production, Ford extends shutdowns, GM maxes out its credit cards
Automakers, commercial truck companies take steps to protect workers, shore up financial health as the global economy hits pause as novel coronavirus spreads.