olvo Trucks starts series production of heavy electric trucks Volvo Trucks to begin customer testing of fuel cell trucks in 2025 Volvo Trucks delivers first electric truck with fossil-free steel Volvo delivers first heavy electric truck to Africa Volvo Trucks starts selling electric trucks in South Korea Volvo Trucks reports good sales of electric trucks, to ramp up production Volvo Trucks tests hydrogen-powered electric trucks on public roads V...

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production Volvo Cars to reduce energy consumption and emissions with new multi-billion kronor paint shop at Torslanda plant Volvo upgrades XC90 luxury SUV with new mild-hybrid powertrain Volvo Cars Torslanda becomes company’s first climate neutral car plant Polestar, and SK Inc, South Korea partner for high-performance electric cars On November 10, Valmet Automotive started assembly of high-voltage batteri...

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brand new battery assembly line at its Belgian manufacturing plant in Ghent, where it will start building its first fully electric car, the XC40 Recharge P8, later this year. Volvo Cars signed long-term supply agreements with two leading global battery suppliers, CATL of China and LG Chem of South Korea. The agreements cover the supply of batteries over the coming decade for next generation Volvo and Polestar models, including the XC40 Recharge ...

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ortswagon and three-door pro_cee'd. Kia Motors held a media briefing for the new Sportage on August 17 at its Namyang Research Institute in Hwaseong, Gyeonggi. The new Sportage will make its global debut at the Frankfurt International Motor Show in September, and will officially go on sale in South Korea in the same month. The new Sportage is fitted with the R2.0 turbocharged diesel engine mounted on the predecessor or the downsized U2 1.7-liter ...

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tfolio, prioritizing investments in five battery-electric architectures. Plants that will be unallocated in 2019 include Oshawa Assembly, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, Lordstown Assembly, Warren Transmission Operations and Baltimore Operations plants. In addition to the closure of the Gunsan plant in Korea, GM will cease operations at two additional plants outside North America by the end of 2019. The Detroit-Hamtramck plant will end production of...

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tfolio, prioritizing investments in five battery-electric architectures. Plants that will be unallocated in 2019 include Oshawa Assembly, Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, Lordstown Assembly, Warren Transmission Operations and Baltimore Operations plants. In addition to the closure of the Gunsan plant in Korea, GM will cease operations at two additional plants outside North America by the end of 2019. The Detroit-Hamtramck plant will end production of...

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ansmission. Sales prices in Mumbai are 1,967,000 rupees for the automatic transmission model and 1,767,000 for the manual transmission. The "Rexton" is built at the Chakan plant in the suburbs of Pune, Maharashtra. The components are not only procured locally in India, but also imported partly from Korea. Mahindra South Africa, a fully-owned subsidiary of the Mahindra Group, has added another variant to its range of one-tonne Genio pick-ups that ...

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d SGMW promotes application of green packaging SGMW launched its new medal BaoJun RS-3 which started production SGMW launches all-new SUV New Baojun RS-3 SAIC-GM-Wuling announces 2020 market plan The factory operation status in China as a result of the effects of the coronavirus (European, U.S. and Korean) SAIC GM’s Wuling brand releases new energy logistics vehicle and plans launch in mid-to-late April SAIC GM’s Wuling brand launches Ronggua...

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es of 4.5 percent. In its eleventh five-year plan from 2006 through 2010 the Group aimed at selling 1.35 million passenger cars in 2010, including 700,000 units of its own brand model. It was revealed that Dongfeng Motor will import and sell its own Dongfeng brand light commercial vehicles in South Korea through its sales subsidiary Dongfeng Motor Korea (DFMK) beginning April 2010. At the initial stage the automaker will sell 1-ton light duty tru...

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e Group would be building the USD 5.6 billion Blue Oval City project in Stanton, Tennessee, which will produce EVs, including a next-gen electric Ford F-Series model on its own dedicated platform, as well as batteries, while also housing suppliers. Ford's share for the plants is USD 7 billion while Korea-based SK Innovation is spending USD 4.4 billion for a total USD 11.4 billion investment. On July 13, Ford Motor Co. and SK On Co. officially es...

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nder nine passenger vehicle sub-brands at Auto Guangzhou 2019 Dongfeng Motor’s Peugeot brand to launch 508L PHV in first half of 2020 Dongfeng Motor’s Peugeot brand announces 2020 launch plan The factory operation status in China as a result of the effects of the coronavirus (European, U.S. and Korean) The factory operation status in China, Hubei as a result of the effects of the coronavirus Dongfeng Citroen announces new product plan Dongfen...

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future after internal reorganization BYD and Hino will partner in development of commercial BEVs BYD begins construction of IGBT project in Changsha BYD releases new strategy for its DM hybrid technology platform BYD Semiconductor attracts investments from 30 companies including SK Group of South Korea and Xiaomi BYD realizes production at its special-purpose NEV manufacturing site in Jiangsu Province BYD releases new fuel power brand “Xiaoyu...

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China Tesla to begin public delivery of China-made Model 3s on January 7 Tesla plans to add more than 4,000 new Superchargers in Chinese Mainland in 2020 Tesla launches China-made Model Y project The factory operation status in China as a result of the effects of the coronavirus (European, U.S. and Korean) Tesla delivers first 15 cars built at Shanghai gigafactory Tesla announces record fourth quarter, full-year 2019 production and deliveries T...

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January 15 that the first new Meriva rolled off the assembly line in the Figueruela plant in Zaragoza, Spain. Opel celebrated the official start of production of subcompact SUV Mokka at the Zaragoza plant in Spain on September 12. Up until now, the Mokka was produced solely at the Bupyeong in South Korea. To make the Zaragoza plant ready for the Mokka production, Opel invested 80 million in the initial phase. Manufacturing will start with CKD (Co...

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Afzal Motors Pvt Ltd, Karachi Plant Daewoo Bus, Daewoo Truck; King Long Van; JAC Truck, JAC Bus; Producing Daewoo Bus, Tata Daewoo Trucks, King Long and JAC models - Established in October 2008. - Initial plant investment over INR 500 million; ongoing technical tie-ups with Tata Daewoo (Korea) and formerly Daewoo Bus Korea ...

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struction in the first half of 2023 and mass production in the second half of 2025 (production capacity will be 100,000 to 150,000) -Company name changed from Kia Motors Corporation to Kia Corporation in January of 2021 -Established in 1989. Kia launches K5 PHEV Kia launches new K7 Hybrid in South Korea Kia add gasoline turbo variant of Sorento SUV in Korea Kia’s all-new Niro EV makes North American debut at 2018 Los Angeles Auto Show Kia lau...

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o Kia’s West Point plant and Hyundai's Montgomery, Alabama plant. On November 20, Genesis announced the unveiling of the newly redesigned 2026 GV70 and Electrified GV70 SUVs at an exclusive event in Los Angeles. Dual-sourced at the brand’s production facilities in Montgomery, Alabama and Ulsan, Korea, the newly redesigned 2026 GV70 and Electrified GV70 will arrive at North American dealerships in the first half of 2025. On January 22, Hyundai...

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open date undetermined Kia Motors resumes operations at plant in Pesqueria, Mexico on May 26 Kia Motors México operates at a 30% capacity at Pesquería plant Kia Motors Mexico reaches one million unit production milestone Kia Motors officially opens its USD 3 billion plant in Mexico Kia, other Korean companies to continue investment in Nuevo Leon, Mexico Kia starts production of the new Rio in Mexico Kia to export Pesqueria plant output to 6...

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s the trial export to Russia in fall 2005 and the full-scale export in Spring 2006. When the export volume increases it would consider to set up a local CKD plant. Released compact car "Savvy" (1.2 liter, 5 door hatchback), the successor model of Tiara. The new model is jointly designed with LG (Korea), Rotus (United Kingdom) and Renault (France). Plans to produce 2,000 units per month. In November 2005, the Company will add AMT models, with w...

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ing to start truck assembly in Russia in September 2014. The company is now negotiating with Avtotor regarding the production launch at Avtotor’s plant in Kaliningrad with an initial production target of 2,000 units. In the first stage, main components will be imported from Gungsan plant in South Korea. Later as the demand for the products grows and the production increases, some components are planned to be localized in Russia. Avtotor is in t...

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