ownship Assembly will add 800 employees for a third shift to support production of its popular Chevrolet Traverse and Buick Enclave. Both shift additions will be operational in the second quarter of 2020. On May 18, GM plants restarting with one-shift operation, include Bay City Powertrain, Bedford Casting Operations, CAMI Assembly, Defiance Casting Operations, Flint Assembly, Flint Engine, Fort Wayne Assembly, GM Components Grand Rapids, GM Comp...

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avy-duty trucks. Flint Assembly will receive USD 788 million to prepare the plant to assemble GM’s next-gen ICE HD trucks, including a body shop building expansion, general assembly conveyor expansion, and new tooling and equipment. Flint Metal Center will receive USD 233 million for new stamping dies to support production of GM’s next-generation ICE HD trucks, as well as press refurbishments and new equipment. GM previously announced USD 579...

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HD ZR2, the brand’s flagship heavy-duty off-roader, as well as the 2024 Silverado HD ZR2 Bison. Production of the two models will start later in summer 2023 at GM's Flint Assembly plant on the 2500 crew cab configuration with standard 6.6-liter gasoline engine or available 6.6-liter Duramax turbo-diesel. The HD ZR2 Bison features equipment from American Expedition Vehicles. On June 5, GM announced investment plans for heavy-duty trucks. Flint A...

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resume for second-shift workers at Lansing Regional Stamping, Flint Stamping, Flint Engine, Pontiac Stamping and Warren Transmission. GM facilities that remain closed are Bay City Powertrain, Orion Assembly, Flint Assembly, Lansing Delta Township Assembly, Lansing Grand River Assembly, Flint Tool & Die, Lansing Grand River Stamping, and Saginaw Metal Casting Operations, as well as the Warren GM Technical Center and Pontiac Engineering. FCA cancel...

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k plant that builds Jeep Wagoneer, Ram Classic FCA announces USD 1.48 billion investment in Sterling Heights Assembly Plant Chrysler 200 production ends at Sterling Heights Assembly Plant FCA commits USD 1 billion investment for Jeep Wagoneer, Grand Wagoneer, and Jeep pickup FCA resumes producing diesel Ram pickups as U.S. regulators near expected ruling FCA announces USD 1 billion, 2,500 new jobs for Warren Truck Assembly Plant FCA Warren Tr...

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announced on January 4 that it had acquired land for building an engine manufacturing plant for vehicles in Indonesia. The land purchased is about 1.3 million square meters in the industrial park to the east of Jakarta at a cost for about 10 billion yen. Suzuki will construct a plant to manufacture casting, forging and aluminum-die cast parts, aiming to raise their localization rate. Suzuki is planning to set up a new assembly plant in Indonesia....

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nt Genesis Electrified G80 launch delayed in U.S. Genesis announces Electrified G80 U.S. launch and pricing Genesis Motors to launch GV60, GV70, and G80 in Australia Hyundai to suspend Genesis production line at Ulsan Plant for two weeks due to Palisade mixed production Hyundai Motor to build hypercasting plant in Ulsan, Korea Hyundai Motor's new Ulsan EV plant to increase annual production up to 250,000 units Hyundai launches chassis-cab versio...

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uilds pre-production Hummer EVs at Factory ZERO as construction continues GM plants return to production November 1, some with single shift GM highlights EV product, plant launches in U.S. GM celebrates grand opening of its all-electric-product Factory ZERO GM investing USD 51 million at Bedford Casting for Chevrolet Silverado EV drive units GMC Sierra E electric pickup production to start in 2023 GM launching production of Chevrolet Silvera...

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e-orders for electric edition of Aeolus L7 SUV CDMS 2024: Voyah starts accepting pre-orders for Courage electric SUV Voyah launches Courage electric SUV Voyah simultaneously launches global version of Courage SUV in three European countries DFMC breaks ground on industrialized project on integrated die casting Nissan to end production in Wuhan, China, in FY 2025 Dongfeng Motor kicks off Wuhan Passenger Vehicle Plant construction project DFL’s n...

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on of 2019 Ram 1500 eTorque mild-hybrid in U.S. FCA idling plants in New Year for maintenance, inventory adjustment, changeover GM, Ford, FCA halt operations due to Michigan gas utility fire during record low temperatures FCA’s new 2020 Ram 1500 will offer all-new third-generation 3.0-liter V6 EcoDiesel engine RAM 1500 Mild-Hybrid 5.7-liter HEMI V8 with e-Torque launches on Mexican market FCA workers at Sterling Heights, Kokomo plants die of ...

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na, 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 th...

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Stellantis, FCA Canada, Etobicoke Casting Plant Aluminum Die Castings, Pistons, Engine parts, Transmission parts Stellantis (FCA)'s aluminum casting plant -Year built: 1942 -Year acquired by Chrysler: 1964 -Investment announced 2010-2019: USD 27.2 million -Employees as of July 2024: 258 in 3 shifts FCA investing up to CAD 1.57 billion in EVs, derivatives at Canadian plants in new labor contract FCA Canada confirms labor contract ratification wit...

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in São José dos Pinhais, Captur discontinued in Argentina Renault grants vacations, halts production of five models in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil Renault starts pre-series production of new SUV in São José dos Pinhais Renault idles São José dos Pinhais plant week of June 12 Renault studies creation of two specialized centres of excellence Renault readies new SUV in São José dos Pinhais with second shift on lay-off Renault names Ka...

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of 1,265PS, a peak torque of 1,280Nm, a 0 to 100km/h acceleration time of only 2.07 seconds (excluding the starting time), and a top speed of 280km/h. It also comes with such features as the NZP autonomous navigation assistance system. In Q4 2023, Geely Galaxy will unveil the new Galaxy E8 wide-bodied flagship battery electric sedan. Based on the SEA. In the second half of 2023, Geely will unveil “the auto industry’s first full-stack in-hou...

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r 18, 66 Kuka production line robots arrived in Houston, Texas destined for the Tesla plant. On December 16, the Texas plant finally received a delivery from Italian supplier IDRA of the long-awaited Giga Press with a clamping force of 9,000 tons, which will be used to produce the rear single-piece casting for the Cybertruck. Tesla’s goal is to deliver a cost-effective ramp of 4680 battery cells at its facilities in 2023 to reach a high volume ...

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In addition, Geely’s Methanol Technology subsidiary signed an order for 300 methanol-powered heavy-duty trucks with Shuncheng, of which 30 were delivered as the first batch. The fuel used by the batch will be green and low-carbon methanol produced by the Anyang plant, which is expected to reduce diesel consumption by 15,000 tons and carbon emissions by 45,000 tons and save fuel cost by about CNY 30 million per year. According to multiple press...

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and HHC (Hill Hold Control). On July 21, Beijing Automobile Works (BAW) announced the recent holding of the 2023 brand strategy launch conference in Zhangjiakou. BAW will specifically plan models for the young, tourism talents, and retirees, such as the range-extended, CNG, and non-load-bearing diesel-powered versions of the Wangpai MPV, the New Energy version of the Calorie pickup truck, and diesel-powered and flat-front micro trucks. In the...

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resume for second-shift workers at Lansing Regional Stamping, Flint Stamping, Flint Engine, Pontiac Stamping and Warren Transmission. GM facilities that remain closed are Bay City Powertrain, Orion Assembly, Flint Assembly, Lansing Delta Township Assembly, Lansing Grand River Assembly, Flint Tool & Die, Lansing Grand River Stamping, and Saginaw Metal Casting Operations, as well as the Warren GM Technical Center and Pontiac Engineering. FCA cancel...

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Guangzhou Guangqi Ogihara Die & Stamping Co., Ltd. Subframes (2026-planning), Battery Enclosures (2026-planning), Body Parts (2026-planning), etc.; GAC's GAC Ogihara digital plant, the plant is under construction, plans to start production in January 2026 Production Capacity (year) Subframes: 500,000 units / year (2 shifts, 2026-planning) Battery Enclosures: 150,000 units /year (2 shifts, 2026-planning) - The project will be constructed in two ph...

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etings. On February 23, Volkswagen de México director of production planning, Enrique Fernández Moctezuma, announced that the company’s plant in Puebla is in the second of three stages of a technological transformation. VW has already incorporated approximately 800 robots in the production of bodies of the Tiguan model, where programming and maintenance training is provided through the Dual Training Center of Volkswagen de México. A cobot pr...

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