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Trump Considers Pausing Auto Tariffs as World Economy Endures Whiplash

1 week ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Josh Boak |Michael Liedtke

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Monday suggested that he might temporarily exempt the auto industry from tariffs he previously imposed on the sector, to give carmakers time to adjust their supply chains. "I'm looking at something to help some of the car companies with it," Trump told reporters gathered in the Oval Office.
New Mexico Legislators OK Increase On Future Oil Royalty Rates For Prime Land

1 month ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Morgan Lee

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — The state Legislature has endorsed a bill that would raise royalty rates for new petroleum development on prime pieces of land in New Mexico, on one of the world's most prolific oil production areas. A 37-31 vote on Thursday sent the bill from the Statehouse to Democratic Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham for consideration.
Fuel Savings of 7% After Company Literally Reinvents the Wheel

1 month ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Anna Wells

One bearing company has found a way to optimize the design of a time-tested product that’s used single every day: the wheel. The results are in after a yearlong trial of Spanish company Fersa’s take on the wheel hub, and they say they’ve proven their new and efficient design. This fuel efficient wheel hub has been designed to reduce both friction and rolling resistance.
Canadian Manufacturer Closes Plant, Moves Production to North Carolina

1 month ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Andy Szal

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Handmade Car Factory; Lifesaving Jet Design; Ford F-150 Security | Today in Manufacturing Ep. 209

1 month ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Jeff Reinke |Anna Wells |David Mantey

Editor's note: Download and listen to the audio version below and click here to subscribe to the Today in Manufacturing podcast. The Today in Manufacturing Podcast is brought to you by the editors of Manufacturing.net and Industrial Equipment News (IEN). This week's episode is brought to you by ShopVue, a CAI Solution. Managers and engineers face a wide variety of obstacles on the plant floor that weaken productivity. The root of these problems can often be tied to reliance on outdated data.
Glock Sued Over Handguns That Can Easily Be Converted to Automatic Weapons

2 months ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Lea Skene

BALTIMORE (AP) β Baltimore is suing gunmaker Glock over design features that allow its handguns to be easily modified to become fully automatic weapons, which enables criminals to inflict more damage and makes the city more dangerous, attorneys argue in a complaint filed Wednesday. The lawsuit follows similar cases brought against Glock in Chicago, Minnesota and New Jersey.
India Wants to Embrace Nuclear Power, But Will Need a Lot of Time and Money To Do It

2 months ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Sibi Arasu

BENGALURU, India (AP) â€” India wants more nuclear power, has pledged over $2 billion toward research and will change laws to boost investment to do it. The pledges were made by India's finance minister earlier this month as part of a plan to expand electricity generation and reduce emissions. Nuclear power is a way to make electricity that doesn't emit planet-warming gases, although it does create radioactive waste.
Spirit Airlines Rejects Takeover Bid from Rival Frontier, Again

2 months ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Michelle Chapman

Spirit Airlines has again rejected a third takeover bid from budget rival Frontier, saying that it would focus on its own plan to emerge from bankruptcy and stabilize its finances. The offer this week, like the last bid, offers Spirit shareholders $400 million in debt and a 19% stake in Frontier Group Holdings Inc., the parent company of Frontier.
Battery Firm Abandons Plan for a $2.6 Billion Plant in Georgia

2 months ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Jeff Amy

ATLANTA (AP) — A clean energy company is abandoning a plan to build a giant electric battery factory in Atlanta's suburbs after it shifted to buy a solar panel plant in Texas. Freyr Battery told officials in Newnan on Thursday that it wouldn't build a $2.6 billion plant that was supposed to hire more than 700 people, after sending a Jan. 21 letter to the Coweta County Development Authority announcing its plans to end the project.
Japanese Court Upholds Conviction of American Who Helped Former Nissan Chief Hide Pay

2 months ago | designdevelopmenttoday.com | Yuri Kageyama

TOKYO (AP) — The conviction of a former American Nissan executive on charges of helping fugitive former Chairman Carlos Ghosn hide income was upheld by a Japanese appeals court Tuesday, which also rejected prosecutors' bid to overturn his acquittals on other counts. Greg Kelly, a lawyer and former executive vice president at Nissan Motor Corp, was convicted in 2022 of charges related to only one of eight years during which prosecutors said he under-reported Ghosn's income.