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Honda breaks ground on its $4.4 billion Gigafactory in the US

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Honda and its partner LG Energy Solutions have broken ground on their first joint venture battery production location in the United States. Honda is far from a leader in the electric vehicles market, but with a series of investments , they hope to change that over the next decade. Lee, CEO of the Honda/LG joint venture.

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Honda to step up its game with new electric motorcycles and EVs

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Honda appears ready to go full electric and dive into the increasing competition in the EV industry. At the same time, Honda plans to increase its annual sales of electric motorcycles to 3.5 Now, Honda is setting ambitious goals for its electrification business. million units by 2025. Its 2030 goal is to sell 3.5

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More auto plant shutdowns for COVID-19

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Honda will suspend production for six days beginning 23 March, with current plans to return to production on 31 March. Honda transmission and engine plants in North America that serve Honda auto plants also will suspend production for the same time period. jobs supported in the US economy for every job at GM.

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Tesla US Sales Up 104% While US Auto Industry Down 22%

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Comparing the 3rd quarter of 2021 to the 3rd quarter of 2020, US Tesla sales were up 67% while overall US auto sales were down 13%. Compared to 2019, the difference was even more stark — Tesla sales were up 104% and US auto sales were down 22%.

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Thomson Reuters report finds established auto industry companies, not Silicon Valley, leading development of autonomous driving tech

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Toyota (Japan) is the overall global leader in autonomous automotive innovation, followed by Bosch (Germany), Denso (Japan), Hyundai (South Korea) and GM (US). GM is the top innovator in Telematics, followed by Hyundai, Marvell (US), LG and Denso. To the contrary, automotive bellwethers are the ones in the driver’s seat.

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UAW officially launches union drive at Tesla, other automakers

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Following a successful six-week strike against Ford, General Motors (GM) and Stellantis, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union has announced a campaign to organize 13 non-unionized automakers in the U.S. manufacturing plants in the industry. including Tesla. It's time.

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Elon Musk highlights that Tesla employees make more than GM’s union workers

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Musk’s update was shared as a response to a post about GM CEO Mary Barra on Twitter. GM CEO Mary Barra has attracted a lot of attention recently due to US President Joe Biden declaring that the executive changed the automotive industry by leading the electric vehicle revolution. “This is true.

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