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LG to Expand Capacity for EV Batteries in Michigan

LG Energy Solution will invest $1.7 billion to increase the capacity at its Holland, MI electric vehicle (EV) battery factory five-fold.

The factory will produce long cell design batteries to give EVs a longer driving range. The expansion includes a two-story building housing a warehouse, control room, cell test building, administrative offices, utility, and safety facilities.

The LG batteries will be installed in EVs manufactured by Tesla, VW, and GM.

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Korean electronics giant LG plans $2.8 […]

By Anita Lee-Post, Ph.D.|2022-05-01T17:51:35+00:00May 1, 2022|Tags: capacity, capacity planning, product design, technology|

Jaguar Land Rover Partners with Nvidia on Autonomous Vehicles

Jaguar Land Rover is in collaboration with Nvidia to develop vehicles that can drive themselves, park autonomously, and provide drivers with more information and software-powered features. These driving technologies will be deployed in all Jaguar and Land Rover models in 2025, positioning Jaguar Land Rover to better compete with Tesla.

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Jaguar Land Rover Has Formed A Partnership With NVIDIA (Feb 16, 2022, DPCcars)

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By Anita Lee-Post, Ph.D.|2022-04-26T02:19:16+00:00April 25, 2022|Tags: automation, competitiveness, process strategy, product design, technology|

Amazon’s Just Walk Out

Amazon is expanding its Just Walk Out technology into Amazon Fresh stores, including one in the Chicago area, and to the Houston Astros’ Stadium.

For several years, Amazon has used its Just Walk Out technology to let customers pay with their hands in Amazon One stores, as shared in a previous OM in the News post. The technology allows a customer to scan in as they enter the store using one of three methods—their hand, a QR code […]

By Ross L. Fink, Ph.D.|2022-04-14T07:55:36+00:00April 14, 2022|Tags: biometrics, contactless payment, service processes, technology, waiting lines|

Ottobots, Assemble! And Deliver.

Passengers at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport can now use their phones to order food and/or retail items and have their purchases delivered to their airport location by a fleet of fully autonomous robots called Ottobots.

Purchases are retrieved by customers from the robot’s secure compartment with a unique QR code that can be scanned by the robot’s camera. Contactless delivery, fueled by the pandemic, is made possible with Ottonomy’s proprietary Contextual Mobility technology. It enables Ottobots to navigate through crowds […]

By Anita Lee-Post, Ph.D.|2022-02-07T04:47:45+00:00February 7, 2022|Tags: automation, delivery, last mile delivery, order fulfillment, robots, service processes, technology|