Dongfeng Forthing: T5, T5 EVO, MPV M4 YACHT crossovers (2024-); Jetour: Dashing (2024-); AMBERAUTO (AvtoTOR): Compact EV A5 (2024-), A1 (2025-Planning); AMBERTRUCK (AvtoTOR) Ambertruck JL (light duty truck) (2024-); EONYX M2, Profi Pickup, Profi Cargo (2025-Planning); KGM Models (2025-Planning); Cast parts and machining (2023-); Drive Motors (2024-), Drive battery assembly (2025-planning); Brock trucks (based on Foton trucks): EV Brock 75 (20...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/19

uarters. Nissan is not announcing launch dates, however engineering prototype trucks powered by the Cummins engine are currently undergoing extensive on-public-highway performance and durability testing. Titan will be built at Nissan’s Canton, Miss. vehicle assembly plant and its gasoline engines cast, forged and assembled at Nissan’s Decherd, Tenn. powertrain plant. Nissan North America announced on August 26, it projects its U.S. plants wil...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/14

livered by the plant. On April 16, XPeng unveiled the SEPA 2.0 all-domain intelligent evolving architecture, a high-end intelligent ultimate technical architecture for electric vehicles, before unmanned driving is realized. With SEPA 2.0, the only mass-produced front and rear one-piece aluminum die-cast vehicle body in China, which reduces overall weight by 17%, was built. SEPA 2.0 features the CIB (Cell Integrated Body) technology and is compati...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/13

livered by the plant. On April 16, XPeng unveiled the SEPA 2.0 all-domain intelligent evolving architecture, a high-end intelligent ultimate technical architecture for electric vehicles, before unmanned driving is realized. With SEPA 2.0, the only mass-produced front and rear one-piece aluminum die-cast vehicle body in China, which reduces overall weight by 17%, was built. SEPA 2.0 features the CIB (Cell Integrated Body) technology and is compati...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/13

missions produced at the plant will be delivered to assembly plants in Indiana and Ontario Canada. Honda announced an investment of $50 million in the transmission plant in Ohio for construction of aluminum transmission cases. The plant will be expanded by 75,000 square feet to install new aluminum casting equipment and melting furnaces for in-house production of high pressure die cast parts. The plant started construction of a third transmission...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

s for EV production at both MAP and East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP). The Anna Engine Plant (AEP) will now build the IPU case that will contain the EV battery module and serve as the main frame structure for the floor of Honda and Acura EVs. AEP is preparing to install six, 6,000-ton high-pressure die cast machines that will mega cast the IPU case in two pieces that will be welded together seamlessly using Friction Stir Welding. In 2023, AEP transfe...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

in addition to a new heritage center in Marysville to showcase the Japanese automaker’s history in Ohio and North America. The move will add about 60 new jobs. Honda is investing approximately $180 million at the Honda of America Mfg., Inc. Anna Engine Plant to expand capabilities in aluminum die casting and engine parts production related to the new Honda Earth Dreams Technology engines and transmissions. This brings total investment at the An...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

iver assistance system. On November 17, at the Auto Guangzhou 2023, Zeekr made the global debut of and officially started accepting pre-orders for the 007, its first luxury battery electric sedan. Based on a full-stack 800V architecture, the 007 is the first Chinese sedan to adopt an integrated die cast rear-end aluminum body. It is equipped with a ternary lithium battery pack, delivering a 0 to 100km/h acceleration time of only 2.84 seconds (5.4...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/11

rkets. The Components factory in Kassel delivers the electric drives and platform parts for the ID.4 and other MEB vehicles for Europe and North America. The core elements – rotor and stator – are delivered by the components factory in Salzgitter. Motors, gearboxes and intermediate housings are cast at the sites in Hannover, Poznań and Kassel. All of the components belonging to an electric drive, including the 1-gear transmission from Kassel...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/08

rkets. The Components factory in Kassel delivers the electric drives and platform parts for the ID.4 and other MEB vehicles for Europe and North America. The core elements – rotor and stator – are delivered by the components factory in Salzgitter. Motors, gearboxes and intermediate housings are cast at the sites in Hannover, Poznań and Kassel. All of the components belonging to an electric drive, including the 1-gear transmission from Kassel...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/07

On July 10, PJSC Sollers started serial production of diesel engines at the Sollers plant in the Alabuga SEZ. The maximum capacity of the enterprise is 50 thousand engines per year. The production lines of the plant are 95% automated. In the next two years, it is planned to master the production of cast iron castings, crankshafts, and a piston group. On July 31, Kama JSC opened pre-orders for the electric car "Atom". The car will be launched in 2...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/07

l build a plant to manufacture new energy vehicles and related parts in Zhongshan Torch Development Zone, Guangdong Province, which will cost 1.2 billion yuan. The plant will be capable of producing 20,000 vehicles. Beiqi Foton Motor announced on June 1 that it will establish a plant to manufacture cast components in Chengde City, Hebei Prov., which will be capitalized at 500 million yuan. Beiqi Foton Motor will have a 51% stake in the plant, inv...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/05

rkets. The Components factory in Kassel delivers the electric drives and platform parts for the ID.4 and other MEB vehicles for Europe and North America. The core elements – rotor and stator – are delivered by the components factory in Salzgitter. Motors, gearboxes and intermediate housings are cast at the sites in Hannover, Poznań and Kassel. All of the components belonging to an electric drive, including the 1-gear transmission from Kassel...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/04

s for EV production at both MAP and East Liberty Auto Plant (ELP). The Anna Engine Plant (AEP) will now build the IPU case that will contain the EV battery module and serve as the main frame structure for the floor of Honda and Acura EVs. AEP is preparing to install six, 6,000-ton high-pressure die cast machines that will mega cast the IPU case in two pieces that will be welded together seamlessly using Friction Stir Welding. In 2023, AEP transfe...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/31

oduction Line #2 due to COVID-19 Toyota suspends operations at 14 plants in Japan on March 1 Toyota's global production plan for April is approximately 750,000 units Toyota global production in May to be around 750,000 units Toyota to add to plant suspensions in Japan in June; global production forecast down to 800,000 units Toyota expects global production volume to be approx. 700,000 units in August Toyota holds world premiere of all-new Crown ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/25

to increase production of LADA cars in Russia AvtoVAZ resumes production after corporate holiday AvtoVAZ restarts production of LADA Largus family AvtoVAZ, Russia to resume production of vehicles with Euro-5 standard Avtovaz increases production of new cars AvtoVAZ Russia lowers car production forecast AvtoVAZ, Russia to produce e-Largus from Q2, 2024 AvtoVAZ plans to produce more than 500,000 cars in 2025 AvtoVAZ starts production of pilot batc...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/25

ficiency. The company will also significantly reduce emissions of exhaust gas pollutants to protect the environment. The 1.5T EVO engine uses the Miller cycle to reduce engine fuel consumption and improve thermal efficiency. In addition, atmospheric plasma coating is used to replace the traditional cast iron cylinder liner to achieve weight reduction and friction reduction at the same time, with better heat dissipation and improved knock resistan...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/24

off the production line at the Changsha plant. The eBUS-12 uses the new aluminum body supplied by Alcoa, a major aluminum maker in the U.S., which reduces the body weight by 40 percent (1 ton) compared with the conventional steel body. The electric-powered bus also uses other Alcoa products such as cast wheel and fasteners, which contribute to a total weight reduction of 1.2 tons. As a result, the range on a single charge has been extended to 300...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

n Győr, where it is being installed in drives designed for the purely electric Porsche Macan and Audi Q6 models. Volkswagen has invested EUR 46 million in the production of the PPE differential in recent years. The investment also introduced new technologies. One of these is laser welding steel to cast iron without using a protective atmosphere or filler material. The other is vacuum hardening. On July 10, Volkswagen Slovakia announced that it w...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

Nissan Motor, Yokohama Plant Engine units (e.g. VR type, KR type), Motor units for electric vehicles and hybrid vehicles (e-POWER vehicles) (e.g. EM57 type, EM47 type), Suspension parts, aluminum cast parts, machined axle parts, catalyst parts, forged parts, All-solid-state batteries (A pilot line established in FY2024) Nissan's engine and motor assembly plant - 2017: Production of VC-Turbo, a variable compression ratio engine (KR type) started...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17