Austin Weber

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia—Porsche AG is assembling its new Cayenne Electric at a flexible factory here.

FREMONT, CA—Tesla Inc. plans to stop making electric vehicles at its flagship factory here and scale up production of humanoid robots instead.

MOLINE, IL—Deere & Co. plans to build a new assembly plant in Kernersville, NC, to produce next-generation excavators.

REDONDO BEACH, CA—Senra Systems has opened a new production facility in Cypress, CA.

Engineers at Audi AG recently concluded a three-year R&D project that focused on new ways to automate wire harness assembly.

SEOUL—Hyundai Motor Group's union here is upset over plans to deploy humanoid robots on the automaker's assembly lines.

HONG KONG—Airbus has signed a deal with UBTech to supply machines for use in aircraft manufacturing applications.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands—Lockheed Martin Corp. is investing in composite automation systems made by Airborne BV.

DAMMAM, Saudi Arabia—Rockwell Automation is supplying Lucid's new EV assembly plant here.

GAYDON, England—Engineers at JLR are using drones to inspect production machinery and equipment.