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Two recipients of the Assembly Plant of the Year award (Ford and Kenworth) are using state-of-the-art tools and technology to produce electric vehicles.

CUPERTINO, CA—Apple has decided to pull the plug on its much anticipated electric car project.

WESSLING, Germany—Lilium has started to install state-of-the-art production equipment to assemble the propulsion units of its electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

NURTINGEN, Germany—A new three-year R&D project is attempting to improve the safety of plastic battery housings used in electric vehicles.

LINCOLN, NE—Engineers at the University of Nebraska recently conducted research to determine if currently used guardrails are prepared to handle the growing number of electric vehicles on America’s roads and highways.

BROWNSTOWN, MI—Fuel Cell System Manufacturing LLC has begun assembling products at its 70,000-square-foot facility here.

BYHALIA, MS—Accelera by Cummins, a joint-venture between Cummins Inc., Daimler Truck North America and Paccar Inc., plans to build a battery factory here.

WASHINGTON—A recent analysis claims that the United States has enough planned battery production capacity to supply all the electric vehicles expected to be sold in 2030.

ZURICH—Volvo Cars is acquiring more than 1,300 robots from ABB to assemble its next generation of electric vehicles.

LONDON—A recent study by GlobalData predicts that wire harness demand will grow over the next decade.