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SAN LUIS POTOSÍ, Mexico—Workers at General Motors’ assembly plant here have begun voting this week on whether to join the National Auto Workers Union (SINTTIA) labor union. 

HAYWARD, CA—Amazon subsidiary Zoox Inc. has opened a new assembly plant here to produce robotaxis. 

Waymo is partnering with automotive supplier Magna International to double its fleet of robotaxis over the next year.

CHICAGO—Tesla Inc. produces the “most American” vehicle, according to a recent study by Cars.com that analyzed where cars were assembled.

PRINCETON, IN—The landmark unit—a 2025 Toyota Sienna Platinum—was completed earlier this month at the Princeton facility, underscoring the plant’s role in Toyota’s commitment to vehicle electrification.

MUNICH—MAN Truck & Bus has officially launched a series of production of its battery-electric trucks at the company’s main manufacturing facility in Munich. For the first time, electric and diesel trucks will be assembled on the same production line in a fully integrated, flexible process.

Xaba is on a mission to change automation from simple mechanization to a connected, intelligent ecosystem, enabling factory machines to self-program, self-optimize, and run without a single line of code

COLOGNE, Germany—Ford has launched mass production of electric vehicle battery packs at its new, state-of-the-art assembly facility in Cologne.

MUNICH—The BMW Group is expanding the use of its Virtual Factory. One major application is the automated collision check, a critical step before launching new vehicle models.

KANSAS CITY, KS—General Motors has announced a sweeping $4 billion investment across its U.S. manufacturing facilities over the next two years, aimed at increasing domestic production of both internal combustion and electric vehicles.