The model will have a design motif of the new "Note" scheduled to be launched in Japan in 2013. On August 27, Nissan announced that its plant in Smyrna, Tennessee will remain idled for an additional two weeks, now through September 12, due to a COVID-19 outbreak at a semiconductor supplier plant in Malaysia. Nissan expects U.S. production to be cut by about 36% in September. In addition, Nissan's plants in Aguascalientes, Mexico will be idled thr...

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gan in 2010. The plant currently produces 89,000 units of them a year. The engine powers Volkswagen's Polo and its fourth-generation model, the Polo Vivo. The plant has a plan to produce 175,000 engines in 2014, while 77% out of this are targeted for export to car production plants in China, India, Malaysia, Taiwan and Mexico. It was reported that VW is retooling production equipment and enhancing production capacity to boost production of right-...

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enger car Chevrolet "Aveo" with a displacement of 1,400 cc for sales in the Thai domestic market, as well as export to ASEAN. The Aveo is an Asian strategic car developed and produced by GM Daewoo (Korea). The location of its production will be switched to Thailand in the future. HICOM-Chevrolet in Malaysia plans to start import and sales of the "Aveo" and the "Optra" made in Thailand in 2008. General Motors (Thailand) unveiled its compact SUV "C...

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the announcement by the company on April 28, 2016. The plant began producing complete knockdown (CKD) parts kits for truck assembly abroad back in 1966. More than 700,000 CKD parts kits have been packaged in Woerth and shipped to Mercedes-Benz's truck assembly plants in South Africa, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Taiwan, Brazil and Russia and other countries throughout the world to date. Specialists in the Woerth plant play an important role for ensur...

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eeking to reduce costs by starting production in China and to boost its presence in the Chinese market. In the business plan from 2009 through 2018, the two companies project sales of 942,000 vehicles, including 250,000 hybrids, and of 223,620 million yuan. Beiqi Foton Motor and Deroide Ventures of Malaysia have signed an import agency agreement through a local affiliate Asian Auto International Indonesia to import and market Chinese-made buses i...

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vember 5, in consideration of a possible impact on their operations of the flooding in Thailand. On November 4, Toyota announced it is going to adjust operation levels during the week of November 7 at vehicle assembly plants in the U,S., Canada, South Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia due to shortages of parts from a flood-stricken Thailand. All vehicle assembly plants in North America will continue to cancel overtime and S...

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s do not involve any change in the quantity and proportion of shares held by the controlling shareholder. The changes will not affect Changan Auto’s governance, production, and operating activities, nor will they trigger any change in the company’s controlling shareholder and actual controller. Malaysia's sales agency "Changan Berjaya Auto" located in Johor announced two small car models for the market in Southeast Asia in January 2009. One i...

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sedan is redesigned in 2018. And Mercedes GLA can be another candidate for Mexican production. On August 27, Nissan announced that its plant in Smyrna, Tennessee will remain idled for an additional two weeks, now through September 12, due to a COVID-19 outbreak at a semiconductor supplier plant in Malaysia. Nissan expects U.S. production to be cut by about 36% in September. In addition, Nissan's plants in Aguascalientes, Mexico will be idled thr...

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ction activities on August 2, while a second shift was granted another 10 days of holidays. Reported on August 17, the Volkswagen plant will suspend production at its plant in Taubaté, Brazil for ten days starting August 30. Volkswagen said the production halt was caused by worsening conditions in Malaysia due to the coronavirus, which caused a subsequent decline in semiconductor production. The Taubaté plant had previously halted production fr...

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les goal of its own brand passenger cars at 240,000 units, which can be broken down to 160,000 Roewe brand cars and 80,000 MG brand cars. SAIC Motor plans to export 10,000 MGs. During 2012, SAIC Motor sold 200,000 cars. It was revealed in February 2009 that SAIC was negotiating with Proton based in Malaysia on using the platform for SAIC's own brand "Roewe750" and "MG7" for Proton's premier cars. They are also talking about common use of other pl...

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rations on November 7 and 8 will be halted. Regular hour operations without overtime will be conducted from November 9 through 11 and holiday operations on November 12 will be cancelled. Toyota said on November 10 that its car assembly plants in South Africa, Indonesia, the Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia will continue to adjust production hours for the week starting November 14 due to parts shortages caused by the flooding in Thailand. Toyota ...

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ompanies expressed their opinions on what impacts the chip shortage may have on auto production and sales. Sources from FAW-Volkswagen said that their production has been halved in the past four months, and one of the reasons was the shortage of Bosch ESP chips. Hampered by the COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia, Bosch ESP/IPB, VCU, TCU and other mainstream automotive chips will be hit directly. It is expected that their supply will be basically cut o...

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us 70 to 100-120. The former production line on which the MPV "Target" has been assembled will be utilized for an increase in production with employees boosted by 10% to 400. Starting with exports of 100 to 150 vehicles to Thailand in July, PT Hyundai plans to expand exports to ASEAN countries like Malaysia, Singapore and the Philippines. The local procurement rate of components, which initially stands at 20%, is planned ‚”o be raised to 30% ...

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will raise annual production capacity in Xian to 700 thousand, combined with 300 thousand of an existing plant. Together with the production at Shenzhen, Guangdong Province and Changsha, Hunan Province, yearly production of BYD will reach a million to 1.2 million mark. Berjaya Corporation Berhad of Malaysia and BYD Auto have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to build a passenger car assembly plant. BYD's right-hand drive F0 1.0 lit...

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able pricing ahead of U.S. launch Polestar to showcase lineup of performance SUVs at New York Auto Show Polestar 3 cuts carbon footprint by reducing aluminum, battery related emissions Polestar announces 7,200 global deliveries for Q1 2024 Volvo Cars secures supply of climate-neutral electricity in Malaysia and US Volvo Cars starts production of EX90, SUV at Ridgeville plant, USA Volvo ending S60 sedan production in Ridgeville, South Carolina Vol...

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Chery Corporate Malaysia Sdn. Bhd. (CCMSB), Shah Alam plant Jaecoo: J7 (2024-), J7 PHV (2024-), J8 (2025-); Omoda: C9 (2024-); Chery's plant in Malaysia, focusing on the manufacturing of Jaecoo models (CKD). Production started in 2024 - Production started in 2024 Chery Malaysia opens new plant in Shah Alam industrial zone; first in ASEAN to produce Jaecoo J7 SUV Chery Malaysia launches C9 by Jaecoo SUV; locally assembled Jaecoo J7 PHEV rolls off...

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th for the whole nation. According to a report from the World Bank in 2012, the economic loss caused by air pollution in Colombia was over 570 million pesos every year. BYD Automobile Co., Ltd. has won the bid to supply 15 new battery electric large transit buses to Prasarana, a national company in Malaysia. This is the first largest electric bus public bidding project in Southeastern Asia. The 15 large electric buses will be operated by Rapid KL...

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launch of production Chery will set up a distribution network of 10 to 15 dealers in the south and southeastern part of Brazil to import and sell five models. As of May 2009 Chery Automobile has eight overseas production sites including Russia, Ukraine, Iran, Egypt, Indonesia, Uruguay, Thailand and Malaysia. The automaker plans to add seven more sites in the future. Chery launches the 9th generation Eastar Cross in Shanghai. The automaker also un...

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E are replacing the Volvo B7R and B7RLE, which saw a production run exceeding 40,000 units and sales in 65 countries. The Volvo B8R and B8RLE have been marketed in Europe since 2013, and buses on the Volvo B8R chassis are currently being produced in India. In summer 2017, the chassis will launch in Malaysia, Thailand, Australia, the Middle East, Africa and South America. The chassis will be built in the Volvo Buses factories in Borås, Sweden and...

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cility has since produced over 2.5 million vehicles for both domestic and export markets. Nissan announced on April 28 the opening of the Nissan Motor Asia Pacific (NMAP) R&D Test Center in Thailand. NMAP R&D test center will primarily service the five ASEAN countries of Indonesia, the Philippines, Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. The facility also will provide testing of export models for more than 90 countries around the world. An additional inv...

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