r 18, Stellantis held its annual Factory Booster Day at the Mirafiori Complex in Turin, Italy, inviting suppliers and startups to present tech-driven solutions for global manufacturing. Key innovations include Autodesk Construction Cloud, which was first implemented at the Windsor Assembly Plant in Canada for the STLA Large installation and, following notable cost savings, was expanded to be used for the STLA Frame installation at Sterling Height...

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GM Lordstown plant ends production of Chevrolet Cruze sedan on March 8 GM Lordstown plant ends parts production, completes closure GM announces USD 700 million in Ohio investment, possible sale of Lordstown plant to EV truck maker Workhorse GM, Unifor agree to reduced operation at plant in Oshawa, Canada Newly-formed Lordstown Motors Corp. moves on plans to acquire closed GM plant GM workers strike despite last-minute offer to build electric tu...

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multi-year plan to realign manufacturing operations in North America in support of the Toyota New Global Architecture (TNGA), building a new plant in Mexico and then affecting plant in Cambridge, Ontario. Once Corolla production begins at the new plant in Mexico in 2019, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc. (TMMC) will transform its Cambridge North Plant, Ontario by switching from producing Corollas to mid-sized, higher-value vehicles. By 2019...

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assembly plants in 2017, a decrease of 6.6% from 2016. In 2017, Toyota’s Georgetown plant (TMMK) produced 420,553 vehicles, the Princeton plant (TMMI) produced 412,438 vehicles, the Blue Springs plant (TMMMS) produced 163,832 vehicles, and the San Antonio plant (TMMTX) produced 266,723 trucks. In Canada, the Cambridge and Woodstock plants (TMMC) combined produced 571,535 vehicles in 2017. In Mexico, the Tijuana plant (TMMBC) produced 104,622 tr...

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to chip shortage GM idling Lansing Grand River plant for at least 2 weeks over semiconductor shortage GM idles, restarts, extends downtime at North American plants due to chip shortage GM extends shutdown of North American plants amid microchip shortage GM idles Chevrolet Equinox production in Canada for at least 2 months due to chip shortage GM announces revised plan to restart North American plants after chip shutdown GM idles 4 North Am...

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plants in Mexico GM truck production idled at Fort Wayne, Oshawa plants GM to suspend operations at Silao plant during the week of August 29 GM temporarily lays off 6,000 workers in Silao, Mexico due to U.S. strike GM production restarts at Oshawa plant after UAW reaches tentative deal, others in Canada, Mexico wait GM lays off another 415 workers in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico as U.S. strike continues GM resumes production at Mexican plants in Ramo...

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n Saltillo, Mexico, a 14.45% increase from the 48,935 units built in 2017 and also higher than the 53,490 units built in 2015, a record year of production for the plant. Manufacturing 350,000 units since it started operations 10 years ago, the plant exports 99% of its output, mostly to the U.S. and Canada. The facility produces one unit every 4.4 minutes versus 12 minutes at plants in the U.S. On November 9, Daimler Trucks North America (DTNA) an...

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of retiring taxicab vehicles with the Nissan NV200 Taxi. Operations on the streets of New York will begin in October 2013. Price of the vehicle will be approximately $29,700. Nissan announced the NV200 at the Montreal Auto Show. The NV200 is the third commercial vehicle that Nissan has launched in Canada. The MSRP will be announced in February. The model will be sold at 44 NV dealers starting in the spring of 2013. Nissan unveiled all-new 2013 N...

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500" and a pickup truck "Star" from knockdown kits imported from Chongqing Changing Kayoed Automobile on the scale of 10,000 units a year by one-shift schedule. In the future, it plans to add the "Champ"-based derived models including a light-duty van. The company also plans to expand the market to Canada, Mexico and Latin America, in addition to the U.S. The U.S. and Chinese governments agreed on seven collaborative projects in the areas of ener...

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o work with battery supplier LG Electronics. On October 22, GM announced that Silao Assembly will be down the week of October 25, but is expected to restart November 1. San Luis Potosi Assembly in Mexico, down since July 19, will resume production with just one shift on November 1. CAMI Assembly in Canada, also down since July 19, will resume one shift on November 1. Fairfax Assembly will resume Chevrolet Malibu production, down since February 8,...

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roduction capability Acura’s next-gen RSX electric vehicle begins testing ahead of Ohio production Honda to invest additional USD 300 million in three Ohio plants Honda EV Hub in Ohio prepares for flexible production with new manufacturing means Honda not considering moving auto production out of Canada Honda’s 2026 CR-V adds more tech, new TrailSport Hybrid trim in U.S. Honda sorts out North American production of CR-V Acura MDX for 2017 la...

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th PHEV and 2.4-liter turbo powertrains, and AWD and front-wheel drive (FWD) are available on the models equipped with HEV and 2.5-liter naturally-aspirated powertrains. The all-new NX will be produced at Toyota's Tahara Plant, Toyota Motor Kyushu Inc.'s Miyata Plant, and Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada Inc.'s Cambridge Plant. The all-new NX is scheduled to be launched in Japan in the fall of 2021, and production at the Cambridge Plant is sched...

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have the potential to add additional capacity. Production of Infiniti vehicles will begin in 2017, with Mercedes-Benz vehicle production starting in 2018. Nissan announced on December 29 that the all-new three-model QX30 line is scheduled to go on sale at Infiniti retailers in the United States and Canada in mid-2016 and in Mexico and Latin America in the second half of 2016. The QX30 for the U.S. and Canada is powered by a 208hp turbocharged 2.0...

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ill occur in July to prepare for the production of 2019 models. Nissan builds four models at the Aguascalientes plants, including the Sentra and Versa which are made for the U.S. market; Kicks SUV, which will enter the U.S. market in the second half of 2018; and the March subcompact that is sold in Canada as the Micra. Production will remain uninterrupted at the COMPAS plant in Aguascalientes where production of the Infiniti QX50 has recently beg...

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ill occur in July to prepare for the production of 2019 models. Nissan builds four models at the Aguascalientes plants, including the Sentra and Versa which are made for the U.S. market; Kicks SUV, which will enter the U.S. market in the second half of 2018; and the March subcompact that is sold in Canada as the Micra. Production will remain uninterrupted at the COMPAS plant in Aguascalientes where production of the Infiniti QX50 has recently beg...

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ill occur in July to prepare for the production of 2019 models. Nissan builds four models at the Aguascalientes plants, including the Sentra and Versa which are made for the U.S. market; Kicks SUV, which will enter the U.S. market in the second half of 2018; and the March subcompact that is sold in Canada as the Micra. Production will remain uninterrupted at the COMPAS plant in Aguascalientes where production of the Infiniti QX50 has recently beg...

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yota’s Tahara plant in Japan received a Silver Plant award for Lexus IS, LS, and RC models with 15 defects per 100. Hyundai’s Ulsan plant and GM’s Dongyue plant received Bronze Plant awards for their Hyundai Tucson and Buick Envision having 17 defects each. Toyota’s Cambridge North plant in Canada, which produces the Corolla, tied with its Georgetown plant in Kentucky, which produces the Lexus ES, for the Gold Plant award in the Americas ...

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d on the quality rankings of the vehicles they build. GM’s San Luis-Potosi plant received the overall Platinum Plant Quality Award for an average 21 defects per 100 vehicles (21 PP100). The Honda Alliston plant won the Silver level award for having 24 PP100 reported defects, and GM’s Ingersoll (Canada) plant won the Bronze award for 25 PP100 defects. Toyota’s Takaoka 1 (Japan) plant and Nissan’s Tochigi 1 (Japan) plant, which produces the...

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dero, Logan, Duster, Duster Oroch, Captur, and Master LCV. On September 12, Renault announced that it has produced one million units of its Sandero model in Brazil since 2007 at its Sao Jose dos Pinhais plant, supplying the local market as well as export markets in Argentina, Uruguay, Paraguay, and Canada. Designed by engineers and designers from Renault do Brazil, the Sandero was launched in 2007 with 1.0- and 1.6-liter engines. A new platform f...

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ected production facilities in Thailand, China, Vietnam and other countries. Also, it will consider sourcing in Indonesia or exporting components to 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. Toyota's assembly pla...

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