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1:45

LISTEN: Customized Bentleys Now Come in 46 Billion...

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2025/03/14

Of course we all love to buy products that are tailored to our specific wants and needs, but the idea of a truly one-of-a-kind vehicle seems almost impossible. But British automaker Bentley is going bespoke to the point of excess, and the automaker has recently announced that it can now offer enough configurations to create a uniquely custom Bentley for every person on earth. And then, every person on earth again. Then, again.

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2:06

LISTEN: VW Bringing Back Physical Buttons in All Models

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2025/03/13

Volkswagen in recent years has been shifting in-vehicle controls to touchscreen and haptic feedback, which sounds very futuristic, but in reality can be annoying in the best-case scenario and a safety hazard in the worst. The automaker has obviously heard the complaints about turning its products into smartphones on wheels and it’s doing something about it. Autocar recently spoke with Andreas Mindt, VW’s design chief, and he said the company is bringing back physical buttons for the five mos...

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1:36

LISTEN: Lawsuit Targets Ford Mach-E’s Unconventional...

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2025/03/12

A California court announced a lawsuit that targets a “material safety defect” in tens of thousands of Ford’s Mustang Mach-E. The vehicles mentioned in the lawsuit all contain electronically latched doors called E-Latch, which Ford markets as a feature. However, the complaint argues they are actually a defect because battery failure or loss of power forces owners to jump-start the vehicle and battery to open the doors from the outside. A Mach-E does not have traditional door handles or ...

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1:46

LISTEN: Canadian Brewery Selling ‘Presidential Pack’...

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2025/03/11

The trade war between the U.S. and Canada is heating up as leaders from both countries trade 25% tariffs and other regulatory threats. At the center of the tariff tiff is booze, with Canadian stores stripping shelves of all U.S. alcohol in an act of patriotic solidarity. Brown-Forman, the producer of Jack Daniel’s, said such boycotts will be “worse than a tariff,” when it comes to the impact on the bottom line.

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1:39

LISTEN: Aptera Tests Exotic Solar Car in Mojave Desert

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2025/03/10

Automotive startup Aptera Motors announced that it conducted tests on its first production-intent validation solar electric vehicle in the Mojave Desert to evaluate its aerodynamics and energy efficiency. The development marks a significant milestone for the company, which has about 50,000 pre-order reservation holders.

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1:55

LISTEN: Fancy Luxury Seats Are Holding Up Airplane...

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2025/03/07

CNBC says that increasingly luxurious first-class seats are holding up airplane deliveries. The “big 2” in commercial airliners held earnings calls in late February and both illustrated similar issues.

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1:53

LISTEN: Honda Moving Civic Production to Indiana Due...

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2025/03/06

Honda has scrapped production plans for its Civic Hybrid in Mexico, shifting production to an Indiana facility. Japan’s second-largest automaker makes the shift with tariffs and trade wars in mind—President Donald Trump has imposed 25% tariffs on Mexican-made products. About 80% of Honda’s Mexican exports wind up in the United States, selling 1.4 million cars and trucks in the U.S. last year. Furthermore, about 40% of Honda’s U.S. sales are imported from Mexico and Canada. Honda may still fac...

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2:07

LISTEN: Ford Mustangs Recalled to Fix Issue Caused by...

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2025/03/05

The automaker just recalled vehicles that were recalled last year to fix a problem that occurred during the previous recall.

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2:00

LISTEN: Boeing Closes First Shadow Factory

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2025/03/04

One down, one to go. A little more than two weeks ago, reports surfaced regarding Boeing’s refocused effort on closing the plane maker’s shadow factories, sites where some of the company’s top talent fix, maintain, and update planes instead of building new ones. The company had two sites still working on some 115 aircraft, one that services 737 MAX jets in Moses Lake and one that was working on 787 Dreamliners in Everett, Washington. On Friday, The Seattle Times reported that Boeing is ...

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2:01

Volvo Buyers Claim New Vehicles Came with Counterfeit...

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2025/03/03

Volvo buyers in China got an unwelcome surprise recently when they discovered some irregularities in a standard component. According to Chinese media outlet Sohu, as reported by Carscoops, several owners posted concerns on social media about the speakers installed in their S60 sedans. One customer reported that his upgraded, premium quality speakers from the brand Bowers & Wilkins weren’t there – instead, was a set labeled “Bowers & VVilkins” – with the second word starting with two c...

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2:40

Micro-Factories Could Build a New Home Every 12 Hours

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2025/02/28

ABB Robotics recently partnered with UK construction technology company Automated Architecture (AUAR) to build ConstrucThor, a new research facility in Belgium, to showcase the future of sustainable construction.

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2:53

Fatal Fire Traced to Incorrect Valve

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2025/02/27

On January 8, 2024, a fire broke out in the engine room aboard the 598-foot-long Stride cargo vessel while it was refueling at the Barbours Cut Marine Terminal in La Porte, Texas, about 25 miles east of Houston. Crewmembers cut all ventilation to the engine room to extinguish the fire, but not before two crewmembers, a chief engineer and a third engineer, lost their lives. Another worker was seriously injured in the incident as well. The vessel was declared a total loss valued at $12 million...

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1:53

LISTEN: Ford Will Pay You If Your F-150 Gets Stolen

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2025/02/26

While no vehicle is entirely theft-proof, Ford is so confident in its ability to prevent your F-150 from being stolen that it’s willing to put its money where its mouth is.

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19:30

LISTEN: Gen Z in Manufacturing: Ditch Authority and...

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2025/02/25

Welcome to another episode of Gen Z in Manufacturing, a podcast that asks young people about their journeys in manufacturing, how they intend to influence the industry and what they are looking for from an employer. This episode welcomes Emily Molstad, a 27-year-old CEO and co-founder at VALIS Insights, a startup and member of Manufacturing USA Institute REMADE that develops AI-powered software designed to close the loop on a circular economy for metal fabrication. Molstad co-founded VALIS af...

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1:31

LISTEN: Industrial Gas Giant’s Clean Hydrogen...

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2025/02/25

The company was slated to receive $7 billion in funding to help develop six U.S. hydrogen hubs.

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3:42

RBW Opening U.S. Factory to Make Handmade Sports Cars...

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2025/02/24

RBW EV is a UK-based manufacturer of hand-crafted electric sports cars. It's a nearly eight-year-old family business, and family is important to founder Peter Swain. For example, the company's name, RBW, actually represents the first letter of each name of Swain's children, Rose, Becky and Wesley. The EV, well, you know what that means. For years, RBW has hand built its GT and Roadster models overseas, including a little more than a year in its state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in...

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1:37

LISTEN: Startup Co-Founder Pledges $15M for...

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2025/02/21

Bloomberg reported that the co-founder of modular home manufacturer Samara plans to donate $15 million to an initiative that aims to provide prefabricated homes to victims of the wildfires that struck Los Angeles. The donation will come from Joe Gebbia [Jebbia], who also co-founded Airbnb and serves as a board member of Tesla

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2:09

LISTEN: Will Ram Resurrect the Hood Ornament?

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2025/02/20

Motor Authority has pointed out a Stellantis patent published in January by the United States Patent and Trademark Office that takes the form of the iconic Ram’s head hood ornament, originally featured on the Dodge brand trucks, though notably modernized.

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1:54

LISTEN: Boeing Aims to Shut Down ‘Shadow Factories’

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2025/02/18

Boeing admitted that its production cannot keep up with its aircraft sales. However, the aircraft manufacturer aims to restore jet production to the pre-crisis levels it achieved before deadly crashes in 2018 and 2019 and last year’s midflight door plug detachment. To accomplish this, the Wall Street Journal reported that Boeing wants to empty the aircraft stored in its shadow factories. The company defines a shadow factory as a production line where mechanics and engineers fix, maintain, and...

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2:20

LISTEN: 100,000 Recalled Toyota Trucks Have a Mud...

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2025/02/17

Toyota has issued a fairly substantial recall for its Tacoma pickup truck and the problem is a particularly dirty one. According to the recall filed with the NHTSA, the affected 4-wheel drive vehicles are equipped with 16-inch brake systems with hoses that transfer brake fluid under hydraulic pressure to the calipers for braking. The positioning of the components, paired with 17-inch wheels, means that mud and dirt can build up on the interior of the wheels and possibly come into contact with...

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