The best way to understand the Mezzo Panel is to think of it as a “large-format lens” that integrates lighting technologies, sensors and cameras using in-mold film, Magna executive Mark Pilette says.
The strategy spelled out by CEO Luca de Meo also commits the group’s brands to a shift away from traditional manufacturing and toward becoming a service provider in the areas of energy, technology/data and mobility.
Associates trained for new tasks in a virtual environment using touchscreens that allowed them to practice on virtual elements before handling physical parts to install, says Acura training director Joey Sippel.
The factory already builds the XC40 Recharge BEV, as well as plug-in hybrid versions of the XC40, and will launch production of a second BEV model later this year.
Brian Deese, a former Obama Admin. adviser who played a key role in the 2009 auto industry bailout, says Biden intends to make good on his “Build Back Better” campaign theme by addressing the structural challenges that have held back economic...