he strategic partnership and platform licensing agreement signed in October 2023. Under this agreement, KGM and Chery will jointly develop mid- to large-sized SUVs for both Korean and global markets. The partnership will also extend to advanced technologies, including autonomous driving and cutting-edge software-defined vehicle (SDV), leveraging integrated E/E (electrical/electronic) architectures encompassing both hardware and software.The joint...

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nd turned into "reclaimed water". The varnish VOC concentration incineration treatment system in the painting workshop meets the most stringent domestic VOC emission standards for automobile painting. The Lantu 4.0 world-class digital factory integrates global leading technologies such as big data, edge cloud, AI and Internet of Things, and has an efficient and intelligent stamping workshop, fully automatic welding workshop, dust-free intelligent...

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n of a torque vector mechanism enables precise and stable steering, while the disconnect mechanism transmits driving force to the rear wheels when 4WD driving is deemed unnecessary. As hybrid vehicles that employ an electric-4WD system, RAV4 hybrid models leverage a new E-Four that inherits cutting-edge hybrid technology. The all-new Toyota RAV4 will be produced at Toyota Motor Corporation's Takaoka Plant and Toyota Industries Corporation's Nagak...

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a sporty SUV with electric drive in the upper middle segment. On July 16, 2015, Audi celebrated the topping out of a new paint shop, which is being built in the north of its plant site in Ingolstadt City, Germany. Construction of the new paint shop began in May 2014. Robots equipped with cutting‐edge painting technology will be installed at the new paint shop. Completion of the new paint shop is scheduled for June 2016. About 200 employees and...

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s in the global production network. Daimler announced on March 29, that the production of the compact SUV GLA at the Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant, which is about 20 km away of the company headquarters in Stuttgart, marks the starting point for the pilot project ‘Innovation Factory’. Cutting-edge production technologies which feature the ‘Factory 56’, one of the most modern car productions, are tested previously in the ‘Innovation Fa...

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ion rate of 65%. Once operational, this plant could generate up to 750 direct jobs and another 1,200 indirect jobs. It has a 100,000 square meters. It is expected to produce 4,000 vehicles including urban and suburban buses in the first stage.  It will have 8 production lines equipped with cutting-edge technology. The production can be extended to 12,000 units per year. ...

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Group will start operations at the Development Center Tohoku, its new development facility in the northeast region of Japan. The new facility will function as a hub for developing vehicles for use in the region, and conducting joint development with universities and other corporations using cutting-edge technologies. It will also work on increasing procurement from local parts suppliers. The production forecast for fiscal 2009 was raised from the...

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se team of 3D printing specialists at Audi's Böllinger Höfe site has teamed up with trinckle, a company based in Berlin, to develop innovative design software. The objective is to enable any employee who needs a tool from the 3D printer to design it personally without needing extensive prior knowledge. The Audi e-tron GT is the first vehicle for which 3D printing is an established part of preparations for series production, which means that all...

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will focus on Los Angeles only but will gradually expand the sales network of about 30 dealers all over the U.S. The mainstay models will be new energy vehicles. Following e6, DM series models will be launched. Electric buses will be distributed via a different sales network. For 2011, BYD's sales edged up by 1.2 percent to 49,036.36 yuan, with net profit (excluding minority interests) of 1,403.5 million yuan, which was down by 44.3 percent from...

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Ford Motor Canada, Oakville Assembly Plant Ford SUV Edge/Endura (for Australia) (2006-2024), Flex (2008-2019); Lincoln SUV MKX (-2018), SUV Nautilus (2018-2023), MKT (2009-2019) Ford F-Series Super Duty (2026-planning), Ford Explorer EV (2027-planning), Lincoln Corsair E (2027-planning), Lincoln Aviator EV (2027-planning), Batteries (2027-planning) Crossover vehicle assembly plant - Investment announced since 2013: CAD 2.5 billion - Employees as...

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l capacity of 250,000 units, and at the São Bernardo do Campo plant, with an annual capacity of 100,000 units. Hyundai has three models in its line (HB20, HB20S and Crete), while Ford has 7 main models (Ka, Ka +, Fiesta, Focus, Focus Fastback, Fusion and EcoSport), as well as the Ranger pickup and Edge SUV. Ford will launch the EcoSport in August and a restyled Fiesta by the end of 2017. Although Hyundai Motor of Brazil in an advantageous posit...

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cooling and 8-layer Hair-Pin flat wire winding technologies), resulting in a maximum power of 250kW and a peak torque of 475Nm for the RWD models and a maximum power of 425kW (175kW in the front and 250kW in the rear) and a peak torque of 725Nm for the AWD models. The vehicle also features the eTAC edge torque control technology, which is more than three times faster in response than the conventional TCS. For the battery, the vehicle features a 9...

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dition to the X4. On April 25, BMW informed that the BMW Concept iX3 presented for the first time at the Auto China 2018 show in Beijing offers a look ahead to the expansion of the model line-up in this area. The first model from the BMW brand to be driven purely by electric power will be a fully-fledged Sports Activity Vehicle (SAV) with comfort. The eDrive components for these vehicles are supplied by production facilities in Dingolfing (German...

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rceptor Utility and Lincoln Aviator), Flat Rock (Mustang) and Kansas City (F-150 and Transit van) assembly plants which will now be down the weeks of May 3 and May 10, while the Ohio Assembly Plant will produce only Super Duty Chassis cabs and medium-duty trucks. The Oakville Assembly Complex (Ford Edge and Lincoln Nautilus) will be down the week of May 3, as well as the weeks of April 12, 19 and 26. The Saarlouis plant (Focus) will stop output f...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/06

otype for the Q6 e-tron, which is the first pre-production model based on the PPE (Premium Platform Electric) platform and a new electronic architecture and will be the first next-generation Audi intelligent connected electric model. CARIAD China, a VW Group software subsidiary, exhibited a cutting-edge software development technology, the “Forward! Cube” software innovation simulator. Based on the 2050 goal of achieving carbon neutrality wor...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/05

completing a transition period from Nissan. Aston Martin's former chief executive Ulrich Bez stood down last November and his position had been vacant since then. Aston Martin announced on January 12 that it will significantly expand its vehicle engineering facilities with the opening of a cutting edge prototype and vehicle development base at the new MIRA Technology Park in Nuneaton, Warwickshire. The new facility on the 1.75 million sq ft Ente...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/03

Sollers-Yelabuga OOO, Yelabuga Plant Sollers LCVs: Argo (based on JAC N25/N35) (2022 - 2023), Mini Buses: Atlant (2022-), Argo EV (planning); SF1 (2025-), SF5 (2025-); Aurus: MHV Senat (2021-), MHV SUV Komendant (2022-); Ford Transit (2012-2022), Kuga (2012-2019), S-Max (2012-2019), Galaxy (2012-2019), Ford Explorer (2013-2019), Edge (2014-2019), EV E-Transit (2023-planning is dismissed); Fiat Ducato (2008-2012); 1.6L Duratec Gasoline Engines (...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/02

otors will integrate two lines into a single painting line that can flexibly deal with small- to large-vehicles with pproximat JPY 10 billion investment. The construction project has already begun based on a plan to start new operations by the beginning of 2015.  The company will introduce cutting-edge painting equipment in order to flexibly meet changes in production volumes and model mix. Latest equipment to reduce environmental burdens will a...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/02

comes as a surprise after BYD said that it expected to complete its purchase of the Ford plant in Brazil one week ago. Negotiations will now take place between the Bahia government and BYD following President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s recent trip to China, where President Xi Jinping signed a pledge to invest USD 10 billion in South America over the coming years. On August 25, BYD announced it will create an R&D center in Salvador, Brazil, to...

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y formed by SAIC Finance as the lead bank and 9 financial institutions including Bank of China, will help IM Motors make headway in the new field of intelligent power. Previously, IM Motors officially launched the IM LS7 mid-to-large-size battery electric SUV, which adopts a large number of cutting-edge technologies and configurations in power, battery, safety, drive control, and intelligence, such as a 6-series 100kWh medium-to-high-nickel monoc...

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