MARYSVILLE, OH—Honda Motor Co.’s flagship factory here will be the automaker’s first U.S. facility to transition to making electric vehicles.

ROVANIEMI, Finland—Mercedes-Benz engineers are testing heavy-duty eActros trucks here in extreme weather conditions at temperatures down to – 13 F.

YOKOHAMA, Japan—Nissan Motor Corp. has unveiled a new approach to electrified power train development and manufacturing.

ZURICH—According to a study commissioned by ABB Robotics, more than half (59 percent) of respondents believe the shift to pure electric vehicle production is not achievable within current legislative timelines.

AUSTIN, TX—Tesla Inc. claims that it has developed a new assembly process that can reduce EV production costs by 50 percent, while reducing factory space by 40 percent.

NEW YORK—The road to future electric vehicle dominance faces many road bumps during the decade ahead, warns ABI Research.

KUPPENHIEM, Germany—Mercedes-Benz is constructing a state-of-the-art factory here to recycle electric vehicle batteries.

BLYTHEWOOD, SC—Scout Motors Inc., a new subsidiary of Volkswagen AG, plans to build an assembly plant here, with production starting in 2026.

The future of the automotive industry involves autonomous, connected, zero-emission vehicles. 

TOKYO, JP—Toyota's new CEO, Koji Sato, has pledged to "drastically" accelerate the rollout of new electric vehicles as part of his goal to reinvent the world's largest automaker as a mobility company.