es global production volume for October to be about 800,000 units Toyota announces global production volume for November to be approximately 800,000 units Toyota releases upgraded Corolla series Toyota holds world premiere of all-new Prius Toyota develops airless painting equipment with coating efficiency of 95% or more Toyota suspends Tsutsumi Plant lines No. 1 and 2, as a result of reduced overseas demand due to new coronavirus Toyo...

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sedan, built in Blue Springs, new Huntsville plant in 2021 Toyota launches all-new RAV4 Toyota launches the new Corolla and the new Corolla Touring Toyota suspends operations at Takaoka Plant No. 1 Line, secondary infection on site Toyota develops airless painting equipment with coating efficiency of 95% or more Toyota suspends Takaoka Plant line No. 1, as a result of reduced overseas demand due to new coronavirus Toyota adjus...

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anual mode. Ford announced that it will build a new plant of Changan Ford Mazda in Chongqing city, investing 3.34 billion yuan (approx. US$490 mil.) The one-million-square-meter plant will have an annual production capacity of 150,000 units, mainly Ford models, introducing a stamping, body welding, coating, interior and assembly lines. While establishing a flexible production system able to manufacture multiple models at the same time, the plant ...

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ger car units. On June 6 Shanghai GM held a groundbreaking ceremony for its fourth manufacturing plant, Shanghai GM Wuhan Branch, in Jiangxia District, Wuhan City, Hubei Province. The seven-billion-yuan plant has an area of 2.32 square kilometers and has facilities for stamping, body manufacturing, coating and assembly together with auxiliary facilities. The plant is capable of producing 300,000 new cars including midsize and compact cars, SUVs a...

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hs, more than 80 employees will be working here on around 15,000 square meters. In the first ramp-up phase, the systems for electrode production will be installed and run in. Raw materials such as graphite or nickel oxides for the battery electrodes are dosed and mixed here. This is followed by the coating of the metal foils and the final compression. In the second phase, the systems for the subsequent cell assembly and formation will be installe...

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2012 with a price tag of 80,000 to 100,000 yuan. The company said it will utilize the Bestern brand's sales network for car sales and provision of after-sales services. On August 8 FAW Car announced that it will invest 4.3 billion yuan in its new energy plant. Construction of the stamping, welding, coating and assembly lines, as well as the factory building and auxiliary facilities, will take 22 months. When completed, the plant will have an annu...

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ine mated to a six-speed DSG. From the Audi brand, the Q3 compact SUV released early April, A3 sedan and the S3 sedan will be displayed. This will be the first time that the R8 Coupe, RS 5 Cabriolet, SQ5 and A6 hybrid will be exhibited in Asia. On April 28, FAW- Volkswagen Automotive launched a new coating line of of its Changchun first plant. The line is for coating Audi C-class models. On May 15, FAW-Volkswagen Automotive broke ground of a new ...

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term actions to reduce energy and carbon dioxide reduction. One of the major evolutions is a reduction in the number of baking operations during the painting process. Moving to a four-wet (compact) painting process away from the traditional two-wet painting process enables paint shops to apply four coatings with only two curing ovens. By contrast, the two-wet painting process requires four energy-consuming ovens to heat and dry each coating, redu...

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pleted research on 15 types of low-carbon and lightweight technologies, including recycled aluminum, bio-based nylon, and variable stiffness thermoforming. Furthermore, Changan has been developing low-carbon process technologies to improve resource utilization, such as using the industrial chain of coating cleaning solvents for recycling, water reuse and sludge drying. On February 9, Changan Auto released the Dubhe Plan 2.0 in Chongqing. The Dubh...

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. Its Ultium Cells battery plants in Warren, Ohio, and Spring Hill, Tennessee are producing enough cells to power one new EV every minute. Using AI-powered cameras and robotics only 250 workers at the Ultium Cells facility in Tennessee, overseeing a highly automated system spanning chemical mixing, coating, curing, and cell stacking. Finished cells are shipped to vehicle assembly lines to power the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, Chevrolet Blazer EV a...

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or Stellantis light utility vehicle made in Hordain Plant.   2021: EUR 13 million to increase the production capacity of brake discs. - Start of production: 1921 Stellantis plans for 1 million EV production capacity by 2024 in France Comau and Prima Additive, Italy unveils automated brake disc coating system for Stellantis Stellantis partners with Prosolia Energy to decarbonize factories in France and Germany Paris Motor Show: Stellantis ann...

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his was unveiled in the environmental assessment information of the joint venture disclosed by Hubei Environmental Protection Bureau. The two companies will build a plant capable of producing 150,000 passenger vehicles a year in Huangjinkou, Hanyang District, Wuhan City, having a stamping, welding, coating and assembly lines, plastic processing facilities, engine production facilities and a research and development center. When it will be operati...

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onal emission standards and improve fuel efficiency. 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 h...

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d alkaline degreasing cleaner developed by PPG Asian Paints. The degreasing pre-treatment chemical would lead to a CO2 reduction of 787 tons/annum. Apart from the ULTRAX degreaser, MG Motor India conserves energy through Low-Temperature Phosphate (VERSABOND) and High Throw Low Cure Cathodic Electro Coating Paint, leading to a CO2 reduction of 325 tons/annum and approximately 388 tons/annum, respectively. These new technologies will enable the com...

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rts citing people familiar with the matter. While research on battery electrodes continues at the German site, all equipment for the remaining production steps of winding, assembling and formatting the cells is being moved to Gigafactory Texas. Tesla wants to focus on successfully deploying its dry coating of the electrodes in the U.S. and begin volume production at Gigafactory Texas by the end of 2022 before starting German production. When Giga...

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omobile Co., Ltd. (Hozon) completed construction of its plant in Tongxiang City, Zhejiang Province. The plant resides on a site of around 270,000 square meters with a built-up area of 96,762 square meters, with a first-phase investment amount of CNY 1.156 billion. The plant will carry out stamping, coating, welding, and assembly operations and has an annual production capacity of 80,000 units (first phase). The plant has started operationd. The p...

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IC-Iveco Hongyan Axle Company, an axle plant in Chongqing City on July 6. The plant is located in the Chongqing Shuangqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone. The first phase of construction has begun in September 2013, and completed installation of a machining line, an assembly line and a coating line. The plant's production capacity of axles for commercial vehicles is 175,000 units a year. The final (third) phase will be completed by 2...

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ains such as the body shop for the PPE into existing structures at the Ingolstadt plant. An automation rate of 87% enables efficient assembly of body components for the Q6 e-tron series. The paint shop for the new fully electric series has been upgraded with an extended dryer post-CDC (cathodic dip coating) and automated hole-sealing. Robots now seal about 70 holes in the bodies after CDC, a task previously done manually, ensuring all parts reach...

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. Its Ultium Cells battery plants in Warren, Ohio, and Spring Hill, Tennessee are producing enough cells to power one new EV every minute. Using AI-powered cameras and robotics only 250 workers at the Ultium Cells facility in Tennessee, overseeing a highly automated system spanning chemical mixing, coating, curing, and cell stacking. Finished cells are shipped to vehicle assembly lines to power the Cadillac Lyriq and Vistiq, Chevrolet Blazer EV a...

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toward mass production, without damaging battery materials. Toyota is also working on product development and production methods for bipolar lithium-ion battery, which will be the next generation battery (popularization version), with a view to commercialization in 2026-2027. At this workshop, the coating process was unveiled....

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