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VolvoCars

Volvo EX30 receives the distinguished Red Dot ‘Best of the Best’ Design Award

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The Volvo EX30 small SUV has been honored with the distinguished Red Dot award: Best of the Best Product Design 2024. 

The award recognises excellence in design primarily based on 4 fundamental rules of fine design: the standard of perform, the standard of seduction, the standard of use, and the standard of duty. The jury of 39 consultants from all around the world chosen the EX30 because the winner in a aggressive area with a complete rating of 93/100.

“The Volvo EX30 embodies Volvo Cars’ design values in a smaller format and is a showcase in premium Scandinavian design where form follows function,” says Jim Rowan, CEO at Volvo Cars. “The EX30 shows the lowest carbon footprint of any fully electric Volvo car to date and is designed to be as safe as you’d expect from a Volvo car. It is packed with cutting-edge technology and is a perfect fit for today’s market as a growing number of car buyers switch to electric cars.”  
 

The EX30 contains a lengthy wheelbase, massive wheels and equal overhangs, bringing steadiness and refinement to the outside. The use of pure and recycled supplies within the automotive serves as a step in the direction of our sustainability targets. Additionally, we utilised the area within the absolutely electrical EX30 and created a centralised theme for every thing from storage to controls and the touchscreen, leading to a versatile area with premium proportions.

A multi-awarded automotive 

The EX30 was revealed final summer season and has already gained greater than 20 main awards, together with the distinguished Car Design award 2024, established in 1984 by Auto & Design journal. It has additionally been awarded The Sun Car of the Year, World Urban Car from the World Car Awards, the Small SUV/Crossover of the Year from The Sunday Times, and the Eco Warrior of the Year award from Top Gear.  

Mazda

More Mazda Models Earn 2023 IIHS TOP SAFETY PICK+ Awards

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — Mazda North American Operations (MNAO) is honored to announce that the 2024 Mazda3 sedan, Mazda3 hatchback and Mazda CX-30 have earned TOP SAFETY PICK+ awards from the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS).

2023 Mazda CX-30.

“Mazda is proud to add to our list of top award winners,” mentioned Tom Donnelly, president and CEO of Mazda North America Operations. “We do so out of our constant pursuit of advanced safety, always aiming to provide our customers with the highest level of support and protection.”

Earlier this 12 months, the 2023 Mazda 3 sedan, Mazda3 hatchback and Mazda CX-30 earned IIHS’s lower-tier TOP SAFETY PICK award. System enhancements have been made to those fashions for the 2024 mannequin 12 months, permitting them to earn the highest, superior rankings in IIHS’s pedestrian crash avoidance rankings, together with their new nighttime assessments.

To qualify for TOP SAFETY PICK+ in 2023, a automobile should earn ranking within the driver-side small overlap entrance, passenger-side small overlap entrance, unique reasonable overlap entrance and up to date aspect assessments. Acceptable or good headlights have to be normal throughout all trims, and a entrance crash prevention system that earns superior or superior rankings in each the daytime and nighttime vehicle-to-pedestrian evaluations have to be accessible.

In distinction, for the lower-tier TOP SAFETY PICK award, an appropriate ranking within the up to date aspect take a look at is sufficient, and solely a sophisticated or superior ranking within the daytime vehicle-to-pedestrian take a look at is important.

The 2024 Mazda3 and CX-30 fashions now be part of 2024 Mazda CX-90 as recipients of the 2023 TOP SAFETY PICK+, the best award in security, whereas the 2024 Mazda CX-5 and CX-50 at the moment maintain the distinguishment of being 2023 TOP SAFETY PICK award winners. These awards have been received with security options that Mazda is happy to supply as normal tools on all fashions.

Mazda North American Operations is headquartered in Irvine, California, and oversees the gross sales, advertising and marketing, elements and customer support help of Mazda autos in the United States, Canada, Mexico and Colombia by way of roughly 795 sellers. Operations in Canada are managed by Mazda Canada Inc. in Richmond Hill, Ontario; operations in Mexico are managed by Mazda Motor de Mexico in Mexico City; and operations in Colombia are managed by Mazda de Colombia in Bogota, Colombia. For extra info on Mazda autos, together with pictures and B-roll, please go to the net Mazda media heart at information.mazdausa.com.

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ToyotaUk

Proven Manufacturing Leader Named to Industry Hall of Fame

Janette Hostettler Honored for Leadership in Manufacturing, Named VP of Manufacturing at Toyota Kentucky

GEORGETOWN, KY (Oct. 4, 2023) – Janette Hostettler has been recognized for her expertise and leadership in the manufacturing industry. She was recently inducted into the Women in Manufacturing Hall of Fame along with nine other women. The induction ceremony took place on September 26, 2023, in San Diego, California.

In addition to this honor, Hostettler has been appointed as the vice president of manufacturing at Toyota Kentucky, the largest manufacturing facility of the company worldwide. This comes after her role as the senior vice president of manufacturing at Mazda Toyota Manufacturing, U.S.A, Inc. (MTMUS) in Alabama.

Hostettler expressed her excitement, stating, “I am thrilled by the news of my selection as an inductee in the WiM Hall of Fame and by the opportunity to join Toyota Kentucky as its vice president of manufacturing. My career at Toyota has been an incredible journey, offering me opportunities I never thought possible. I am excited about sharing my expertise and empowering other women while helping lead Toyota Kentucky into the future of automotive manufacturing.”

Hostettler began her career at Toyota in July 2000 as a paint quality engineer at the Princeton, Indiana plant. Over the years, she has been promoted to various positions within the company, gaining experience in quality control, paint, plastics, and plant engineering. In 2014, she became the general manager of assembly before being assigned to MTMUS.

In her new role at Toyota Kentucky, Hostettler will lead a team of 9,500 members and support the plant’s transformation to its operations and capabilities. Toyota Kentucky is set to become the first Toyota plant in North America to produce a battery electric vehicle (BEV) starting in 2025.

Kerry Creech, president of Toyota Kentucky, expressed confidence in Hostettler’s capabilities, stating, “Janette brings a wealth of knowledge to our team. We look forward to how she will help Toyota Kentucky deliver on its promise to transform our operations as we continue producing quality products, including future electrified options.”

The Women in Manufacturing Association (WiM) established the Hall of Fame in 2019 to honor women who have made significant contributions to the manufacturing industry. Inductees are recognized for their efforts in supporting, promoting, and inspiring other women in manufacturing.

Hostettler joins three other Toyota professionals who have been inducted into the WiM Hall of Fame – Leah Curry, president of Toyota Indiana (2022); Susan Elkington, senior vice president of electric vehicle supply at Toyota North America (2019); and Millie Marshall, retired president of Toyota Indiana (2021).