CEO of VW Argentina, Marcellus Puig, commented that the country's plants are going through a very difficult time. During a press conference, the OEM manager also mentioned that future investments in the Córdoba and Pacheco plants depend on improvements in the country's economic situation. "Today I cannot say whether the next (investment) program will exceed USD 300 million or not, because we are still deciding what to do. However, I can say that...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/29

ack to work, but the communities they live in refused to cooperate. In consequence, only a small number of workers returned to the posts. Those workers who have entered the factories are also required to live onsite for “closed-loop production”. Currently, logistics can only enter Shanghai, but cannot return in time. Therefore, it is hard for auto companies to achieve continuous production. On May 5, according to the official website of the I...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/27

AP12 and AP13, respectively, in 2011. SAIC Motor's MG6 has been designated as the official car of the UK Pavilion at the Expo 2010 Shanghai. The automaker has received more than 10,000 orders for about a month from the announcement of its retail price in December 2009. Second shift production still cannot keep up with the demand. SAIC Motor will launch the first SUV of its own Roewe brand by June 2011. SAIC Group's technical development center la...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/26

ack to work, but the communities they live in refused to cooperate. In consequence, only a small number of workers returned to the posts. Those workers who have entered the factories are also required to live onsite for “closed-loop production”. Currently, logistics can only enter Shanghai, but cannot return in time. Therefore, it is hard for auto companies to achieve continuous production. On May 5, according to the official website of the I...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/26

ws the U.S. launch in December 2018. While a 2.5-liter I4 LCV engine serves as the base motor in the U.S. market, in Mexico the 2019 Blazer will be offered exclusively with the 3.6-liter V6 LGX engine, as well as 20-inch wheels. The 3.6-liter V6 engine features an engine auto Stop-Start system that cannot be disabled and is mated to the new GM 9-speed automatic transmission, producing 308 hp and 270 lb-ft of torque....

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/26

ack to work, but the communities they live in refused to cooperate. In consequence, only a small number of workers returned to the posts. Those workers who have entered the factories are also required to live onsite for “closed-loop production”. Currently, logistics can only enter Shanghai, but cannot return in time. Therefore, it is hard for auto companies to achieve continuous production. On May 5, according to the official website of the I...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/23

etre rooftop solar system, the largest in Europe, and by switching to renewable electricity. The second pillar was the use of Earth’s energy: more than 70 percent of the company’s heat energy use is sourced from renewable geothermal energy. Audi Hungaria offsets any CO2 emissions that currently cannot be avoided, such as in the case of engine test benches, through internationally recognized and validated certificates, the so-called carbon cre...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/20

ine will be available across all Juke grades excluding the NISMO. On June 7, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it started to offer the battery capacity warranty for the owners of the LEAF electric vehicle, starting May 31. The carmaker will repair or replace the battery for free, if the battery cannot retain a capacity of at least 9 out of the 12 bars as displayed on the gauge even after a full charge, for 5 years or 100,000 kms, whichever co...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/20

Donghee Auto) as it needs to secure an alternative production site for its existing internal combustion engine-powered models in line with its 2023 plans to convert the AutoLand Gwangmyeong No. 2 Plant into a dedicated electric vehicle (EV) plant. In response, the Kia labor union has stated that it cannot agree to this, as the Stonic does not fall under the category of light vehicles that are eligible for outsourced production. The Stonic was rel...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/19

gdu Motor Show Great Wall Motor appears at Chengdu Motor Show with five of its brands; reveals Haval Shenshou and Tank 500 Great Wall Tank 500 off-road SUV available for preorders at Auto Guangzhou 2021 Great Wall Motor launches Tank 500 large luxury off-road SUV Great Wall Motor launches King Kong Cannon commercial pickup GWM to introduce TANK300 and TANK500 in Saudi Arabia 2022 Chengdu Motor Show: GWM to showcase its NEV lineup 2022 Chengdu Mo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/15

ssive supply gaps for truck wiring harnesses at MAN Truck & Bus. As a result, since March 14, 2022, there has been a standstill in the truck plants in Munich and Krakow as well as significant production downtimes at the Nuremberg, Salzgitter, and Wittlich plants. Suppliers of truck wiring harnesses cannot produce at their Ukrainian sites or can only produce to a very limited extent. This threatens a loss of truck production for several weeks and ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/14

meeting Nissan North America told suppliers it expects a 20% average reduction in the cost of parts for the fourth-generation Rogue, scheduled to begin production in late 2026. Nissan said it is considering moving U.S. production of the next-gen Rogue from Smyrna, Tennessee to Kyushu to Japan if it cannot lower its purchasing costs. Nissan asked suppliers to submit price quotes by January 19, while it presents its manufacturing cost plan to Nissa...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/14

own Royal luxury sedan on October 1. The ITS Connect, a world-first safety package for a mass-market model, is available using a dedicated frequency of 760 MHz. ITS Connect uses vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communication to provide driver with the kind of safety information that cannot be picked up by onboard sensors. This includes information about the presence of other vehicles and pedestrians in the blind spots and traffic ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/09

ey SXT customers can also opt for the Pentastar V-6 engine, which delivers 283 hp and 25 mpg on the highway. MSRP of the SXT is $22,995 before destination charges. Chrysler is no longer accepting orders from U.S. dealers for the 2012 "Fiat 500 Abarth" that was launched at the end of April. Chrysler cannot build vehicles enough to meet a surge in sales. It already turned out 3,000 vehicles at its plant in Toluca in Mexico. Outstanding orders will ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/03

6 - 2016). The company's misconduct included measuring resistance values in a manner different from that proscribed by the law, inputting false values in reports of results (load setting records), and tampering with resistance value data. The company plans to set up an organization where misconduct cannot occur along with supplementing and strengthening education for engineers in order to prevent recurrence. The company will pay JPY 100,000 per v...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/01

6 - 2016). The company's misconduct included measuring resistance values in a manner different from that proscribed by the law, inputting false values in reports of results (load setting records), and tampering with resistance value data. The company plans to set up an organization where misconduct cannot occur along with supplementing and strengthening education for engineers in order to prevent recurrence. The company will pay JPY 100,000 per v...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/01

production line construction. General Motors is expected to discontinue the Chevrolet Trax and the Buick Encore in August. While GM did not confirm the discontinued models, it did say that Chevrolet will continue to sell five crossovers, and Buick will continue to sell four, saying "Beyond that, we cannot confirm future product plans at this time." The Chevrolet Trax and Buick Encore are built at GM’s Bupyeoung plant in Korea. On April 3, GM an...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/16

ns and says it has not violated the commitments made in the Investment Letter included in the 2023 UAW Collective Bargaining Agreement. Stellantis says that the UAW had, in fact, agreed to language that expressly allows the company to modify product investments and employment levels, and therefore, cannot legally strike over a violation of this letter at this time. On August 19, the UAW said that Stellantis informed them that "it will not launch ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/15

o export the LEAF to the U.S. in November and Europe in December. On June 7, Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. announced that it started to offer the battery capacity warranty for the owners of the LEAF electric vehicle, starting May 31. The carmaker will repair or replace the battery for free, if the battery cannot retain a capacity of at least 9 out of the 12 bars as displayed on the gauge even after a full charge, for 5 years or 100,000 kms, whichever co...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/14

n the future of work. This includes physical and behavioral ergonomic support systems which are firmly anchored in corporate strategy in connection with the topic of demographics and ergonomics. Ergonomically unfavorable workplaces are being continually reduced. Where the ergonomics of an operation cannot be improved, devices such as “exoskeletons” can provide support for production workers. These external supporting structures, which are wor...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/04/08