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New designs and sustainability issues challenge automotive engineers.

Automated line assembles multi-material enclosures for EV batteries.

LOUISVILLE—Ford Motor Co. plans to build a midsized electric pick-up truck at its assembly plant here using a new production system.

VERNON, BC—The new space will consolidate SC’s operations, design, fabrication, assembly, quality control, and fulfillment, under one roof, enhancing efficiency and quality control while reducing production lead times.

STEYR, Austria—BMW has ramped up electric traction motor production at its power train assembly plant here.

BREMEN, Germany—Engineers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Technology and Advanced Materials have developed a process for optimizing battery management systems in electric vehicles.

SAN FRANCISCO— Lucid, Nuro and Uber have formed a strategic partnership that will create a robotaxi ride-hailing system.

SANTA CRUZ, CA— Joby Aviation has announced the expansion of its manufacturing facility in Marina, California, doubling its aircraft production capacity across a newly scaled 435,500-square-foot site.

DE SOTO, KS—Panasonic Energy Co. has opened a state-of-the-art lithium-ion battery factory here.

DEBRECEN, Hungary—When BMW's new assembly plant here ramps up production later this year, it will feature a cutting-edge quality management system.