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Nissan is Building EV Batteries (and EVs) in Smyrna
"The LEAF is not one car. It's a vision,” Carlos Ghosn, Nissan president and CEO, said in March. It is also a tremendous investment that the company is making—it could go to as much as $1.7-billion—at its facilities in Tennessee to bring the electric vehicle to the masses.
Better Place No Longer
Earlier this week, Better Place, the company that came up with the idea that electric vehicle batteries ought to be exchanged rather than recharged (well, the driver would have the battery exchanged; Better Place would then recharge the battery so that it could then be replaced in another electric vehicle) filed a motion in court in Israel for “dissolution of the company and the appointment of a temporary liquidator.” According to a statement from the Better Place board of directors: “We stand by the original vision as formulated by Shai Agassi of creating a green alternative that would lessen our dependence on highly polluting transportation technologies.
NHTSA Asks States to Limit Autonomous Cars
States should permit self-driving vehicles on public U.S. roads only during supervised tests by vetted organizations, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration advises.
Making It in Mid-Mexico
The myriad of bilateral trade agreements between Mexico and several high-volume vehicle markets, anxious states willing to draw new investments, as well as a growing outbound shipping infrastructure has led to a massive expansion in mid-Mexico production capacity.
Dodge Journey Production to Shift to U.S. from Mexico
Chrysler Group LLC will build the next-generation Dodge Journey compact crossover at its assembly plant in Sterling Heights, Mich., according to AutomotiveCompass LLC.
India Becomes Export Base for Daimler Trucks
Daimler AG will begin shipping commercial trucks to Sri Lanka next month from its €700 million ($900 million) Oragadam assembly plant outside Chennai, India.
Daimler Sets Up Truck Export Hub in India
Daimler AG will begin shipping commercial trucks to Sri Lanka next month from its €700 million Oragadam assembly plant outside Chennai, India.
Material Transformations and Moldmaking
When you talk with people involved in a particular material technology (i.e., steel, aluminum, plastics), there seems to be consensus among the competitiveness that the future of automotive bodies, interiors and structures is not going to be dominated by any one material, but by a blend of materials.
Global Sales of Fuel Cell Vehicles Could Reach 2 Million by 2030
Posted: May 27, 2013 at 11:45 pmAnnual sales of fuel cell-powered cars, buses and scooters will reach only 1,000 units worldwide by 2015 but then surge to 2 million units by 2030, predicts Navigant Consulting Inc.The Boulder, Colo.-based firm says demand will be sharply restricted until about 2020 by a limited hydrogen refueling network.