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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.

PARIS—Safran Electrical & Power and Saft have developed a high-voltage lithium-ion battery for use in next-generation electric aviation applications.

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

SEOUL—Engineers at the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have developed an electric motor that does not use traditional copper coils.

DETROIT—Kurt Kelty, GM vice president of battery, propulsion and sustainability, recently tried his hand at assembling EV battery packs.

GOTHENBURG, Sweden—Engineers at Volvo Cars have developed a next-generation seat belt system that will be used on the automaker’s EX60 electric vehicle.

STUTTGART—Mercedes-Benz AG has ramped up production of its new CLA Series sedan at its state-of-the-art factory in Rastatt, Germany.

Earlier this year, Hyundai Motor Group opened a new, state-of-the-art assembly plant in Ellabell, Georgia. We take you inside.

FRANKFURT—Continental Automotive has developed a sensor that measures the temperature inside permanently excited synchronous motors in electric vehicles.

CHANGZHOU, China—Global systems integrator Comau has designed and built an automated line to assemble small “range extender” engines for EV manufacturer Li Auto Inc.