EV platform and five electric SUVs Mahindra to cease SsangYong Motor Company as subsidiary of company Mahindra & Mahindra plans to launch 2-door/4-door small pickup trucks equipped with a diesel engine compliant with the emission standards of California, USA, in early 2010. The automaker established Global Vehicles USA to develop marketing activities in the USA. The company will establish a sales netwo...

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plant for EV powertrain Mahindra rolls out 1 millionth vehicle from 3 manufacturing plants Mahindra Group to observe no production days Airtel, India partners Tech Mahindra to deploy 5G at Mahinda's Chakan Plant Mahindra launches Scorpio-N in South Africa Mahindra, India Scorpio SUV crosses 900 thousand units production milestone Mahindra & Mahindra, India launches XEV 9S, a new all-electric 7 seater SUV Mahindra starts o...

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15, Volkswagen informed that the plants of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand are to successively restart production. First, production is to be resumed at the plants in Zwickau and Bratislava (Slovakia) in the week from April 20. The other plants in Germany and in Portugal, Spain, Russia and the USA are to restart production in the week from April 27. Subsequently, in the course of May, production will be resumed successively in South Africa, ...

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tainablilty's page in the HP of Daimler Truck Group, Daimler Truck is setting the course for "green" production: All European plants aim to be CO2-neutral by 2022, in India and the U.S. by 2025, and other countries by 2039. Renewable electricity is one approach to get there. In Europe and Portland, USA, for example, the company plans to purchase all electricity from renewable energy sources by 2022. The company already have installed photovoltaic...

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the end of the year. Out of 3,900 plant workers, 750 will be laid off during the two months, and additional 500 during the period from January to June 2009. Audi AG announced that the new "Q3" compact SUV will be produced at SEAT site in Martorell, Spain beginning 2011, instead of assembling in the USA. Total investment in the Martorell plant will amount to 300 million euros. Annual production capacity will be up to 80,000 units. It was reported ...

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nd the body component manufacturing site in Olofström, Sweden will continue to plan their production on a weekly basis and adapt according to needs in the other plants. On September 19, Volvo Cars announced the end of production of all its diesel-powered models by early 2024, at Climate Week NYC, USA. The company plans to sell only fully electric cars by 2030, with an aim to be a climate-neutral company by 2040. The announcement follows the dec...

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ll also roll off the assembly line at the Wolfsburg site in autumn. It will invest around EUR 460 million in the transformation of the main plant by the beginning of 2025. The plants in Zwickau and Dresden have already been fully converted, and production of the ID.4 began last year in Chattanooga, USA. On September 26, multiple sources reported that Volkswagen is temporarily halting production of its electric cars, ID.3 and Cupra Born, at its Zw...

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h and Innovation Centre (FIZ). It has already completed an intensive program of testing under demanding conditions during the development phase and will now be used as a technology demonstrator for locally carbon-free mobility in selected regions from spring 2023. BMW Group Plant Spartanburg in the USA supplies the base vehicles for the hydrogen model, which has been developed on the platform of the BMW X5. The fuel cell systems located have been...

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es per 100 kilometres and CO2 emissions to 224 grams per kilometre. BMW will exhibit the first electric vehicle of BMW brand, the ActiveE at the Geneva Motor Show. Following field tests using 600 MINI E cars, BMW will produce a test fleet of 1,000 units of ActiveE for large-scale field tests in the USA, Europe and China. Then, BMW will promote development of Megacity Vehicle (MCV) for urban traffic scheduled for launch in 2013. Drive components a...

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duced at the Maubeuge factory in northern France. It will be sold throughout Europe as of spring 2022. The electric motor and charging units for the all-new Kangoo Van E-Tech Electric are all manufactured at Renault's Cleon factory in Normandy. Thanks to its new lithium-ion battery with a fully usable capacity of 45 kWh, the all-new Kangoo Van E-Tech Electric boasts a range of up to 300 km in WLTP cycle. It comes equipped with a 90 kW motor b...

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acity of 15.6 kWh - comes from Mercedes-Benz's wholly owned subsidiary Accumotive in Kamenz. On December 14, Mercedes-Benz announced that in 2022 a total of eight Mercedes-EQ electric vehicles will be produced at seven locations on three continents. EQS: Sindelfingen (Germany) in 2021, Tuscaloosa (USA) in 2022 (SUV) EQA: Rastatt (Germany) in 2020, Beijing Benz (China) in 2021 EQB: Kecskemét (Hungary) in 2021, Beijing Benz (China) in 2021 EQC: B...

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ercedes‑Benz Vans production network. In the future, the large vans (closed model/panel van) based on VAN. EA basis will be produced here. On February 7, Mercedes-Benz Vans presented the new eSprinter, which will be produced in Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde, Germany and Charleston, South Carolina, USA, in two body styles and lengths. The market launch of the new eSprinter will begin in the U.S. and Canada in the second half of 2023 with a long p...

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ercedes-Benz Vans is investing EUR 350 million in the all-new eSprinter from 2021 to 2024 with EUR 150 million invested at the three plants. On February 7, Mercedes-Benz Vans presented the new eSprinter, which will be produced in Düsseldorf and Ludwigsfelde, Germany and Charleston, South Carolina, USA, in two body styles and lengths. The market launch of the new eSprinter will begin in the U.S. and Canada in the second half of 2023 with a long p...

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on the MMA platform from 2024 onwards. Beijing Benz Automotive Co. Ltd. (BBAC) has been producing Mercedes-Benz vehicles locally for the Chinese market since 2005. A few weeks ago, production of the all-electric EQE business sedan started at the Shunyi plant. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, USA, will soon start production of the EQS SUV, with the EQE SUV to follow later this year. Both models are produced on the same line together with th...

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on the MMA platform from 2024 onwards. Beijing Benz Automotive Co. Ltd. (BBAC) has been producing Mercedes-Benz vehicles locally for the Chinese market since 2005. A few weeks ago, production of the all-electric EQE business sedan started at the Shunyi plant. The Mercedes-Benz plant in Tuscaloosa, USA, will soon start production of the EQS SUV, with the EQE SUV to follow later this year. Both models are produced on the same line together with th...

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y brand EQ will roll off the production line at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Bremen. Production of the EQC, an all-electric SUV, will start in 2019. The EQC will also roll off the production line at BBAC, Daimler's joint venture with BAIC. Mercedes-Benz plants in Rastatt, Sindelfingen and Tuscaloosa (USA), where the model range is extended to include electric vehicles of the compact, upper and luxury class as well as the SUV segment. Daimler announ...

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sources as part of its ‘Way To Zero’ strategy. The supply of wind energy in Volkswagen’s processes during the last four and a half years has saved a total of 692,296 tons of CO2 from being emitted into the environment. On September 1, it was reported that Volkswagen de México achieved 93.6% usage of renewable energy across its Puebla and Silao plants while reducing energy consumption per unit by 22% through digitalization. The automaker h...

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constructed and the plant is scheduled to start operation in the begining of 2014. Mazda announced on January 7 that it started the production at its new Salamanca plant in Guanajuato, Mexico. The new plant has an annual capacity of 140,000 units. The first production model is Mazda 3 destined for USA, and later the second production model, Mazda 2, will be added. Mazda announced on February 28 that it held an opening ceremony for their producti...

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om space, a computer lab, simulation rooms, and a simulated production line. The Lafayette plant currently employs 5,700 people. Subaru will add approximately 100 people to the plant for the production launch of the 2020 Legacy sedan and 2020 Outback crossover scheduled for July. On July 16, Subaru USA announced the availability of an optional 2.4-liter turbocharged engine, under its XT designation, on its redesigned 2020 Legacy midsize sedan and...

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the Honda Transmission Plant in Georgia. The new 2026 Honda Passport and Passport TrailSport continue to be built on the same line as the Honda Pilot and Pilot TrailSport. Honda Motor has revealed the commercial model of its Odyssey for the 2011 model year, which will go on sale in fall 2010 in the USA. The new Odyssey for the North American market is slightly larger than the Japanese version, 5,121mm in length, 1,994mm in width and 1,735mm in he...

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