t 14 plants in Japan due to snow Lexus to release "LX700h" with newly developed hybrid system on March 24 Toyota fully refreshes Coaster small bus Lexus adds LX variant with 2 rows of seating for 5 Toyota halts Japanese plants in response to Typhoon Lan J.D. Power 2018 Plant Quality Awards for U.S. market vehicles led by Toyota Toyota sequentially restarts operations at Japanese vehicle assembly plants Toyota halts 16 Japanese plants due to Hokka...

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me operations on February 13 are: Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.’s Yoshiwara Plant Production Lines #1 and #2 and Fujimatsu Plant Production Line #1; and Gifu Auto Body Co., Ltd.’s Production Line #2. Production of vehicles equipped with the engine in question will be partially resumed for overseas markets. The resumption of vehicle shipments has been approved by some local authorities. The operations suspension of the remaining two lines (Produc...

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ze production to continue in Argentina at Rosario plant GM’s Zarlenga predicts low Argentine car sales in 2019, confirms Rosario production start in 2021 GM to suspend production at Rosario plant in Argentina for one month Chevrolet introduces new Argentine-built Cruze Premier model to Mercosur market Chevrolet confirms Cruze RS for Brazil, manufactured in Argentina Chevrolet Cruze RS in final testing stages before launch in Brazil, Argenti...

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nnounces additional production suspension in Japan in March due to earthquakes Toyota global production in May to be around 750,000 units Toyota expands temporary production suspension in Japan in May due to lockdown in Shanghai Toyota to add to plant suspensions in Japan in June; global production forecast down to 800,000 units Toyota announces additional domestic production suspensions GM’s San Luis Potosi plant wins J.D. Power’s 2022 Plati...

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uction of Toyota’s small compact and medium-sized vehicles. Production of the RAV4 first began at the plant starting with the second generation model in 2001 and an approximate total of 2.38 million units have been sold world-wide to date. The all-new RAV4 will first be introduced to the overseas market in December 2018 and then to Japan in the spring of 2019. On April 10, Toyota released its completely redesigned RAV4 in Japan, marking the fir...

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ukushima Toyota announces additional production suspension in Japan in March due to earthquakes 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 announces additional domestic production suspensions Toyota Motor East Japan to suspend operations at two plants...

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ends operations at 14 plants in Japan on March 1 Toyota Motor East Japan suspends operations following earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Toyota announces additional production suspension in Japan in March due to earthquakes Toyota to add to plant suspensions in Japan in June; global production forecast down to 800,000 units Toyota announces additional domestic production suspensions Toyota Motor East Japan to suspend operations at two plants...

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pact of earthquake continues Hino Motors suspends operations at Hamura Plant due to earthquake off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture Hino building a new electronic performance test facility, operations start in April Hino said on August 1 it will put the redesigned light duty truck "Dutro" onto the market on September 3. Electric retractable rearview mirrors are installed on all versions as standard equipment. They are all low exhaust emissions v...

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ins negotiations for future investments GM workers in São José dos Campos, Brazil agree to wage freeze to gain production investment GM clarifies objectives as it negotiates new BRL 10 billion investment for 2020 in Brazil GM investing BRL 10 billion in Brazilian plants to supply South American market GM to temporarily stop S10 production at the São José dos Campos plant in Brazil On July 21, GM announced plans to the local metal...

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000 units Toyota global production in May to be around 750,000 units Toyota Motor Kyushu expands temporary production suspension at Miyata Plant in May due to lockdown in Shanghai World premiere of new Lexus UX compact crossover Toyota to add to plant suspensions in Japan in June; global production forecast down to 800,000 units Toyota announces additional domestic production suspensions World premiere of all-new Lexus RX Toyota Motor Kyushu susp...

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cs costs tied to material handling. GM announced on November 11 that it is laying off 510 workers at two Michigan auto plants. GM spokesperson told the Detroit News that it will lay off 350 workers at its Lansing Grand River Assembly in order to adjust plant production capacity to better align with market demand. That’s an addition to the phased layoffs of 160 of the nearly 1,470 hourly workers at its Orion Assembly plant in Orion Township in J...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/05

ber corresponds to ANFAVEA’s registrations of nationally manufactured vehicles. - Investiment: 2018-2022: BRL 2.4 billion 2021: BRL 300,000 2014:BRL 607 million (USD 116 million) - Number of Employees: Approx. 8,000 (as of May, 2023) - Year opened: 1956 Daimler Commercial Vehicles increase market share in all segments in Brazil Daimler launches two locally built Mercedes-Benz models for Kenya Mercedes-Benz do Brasil exports engines to G...

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EUR 1 billion over the next five years to further strengthen its competitive situation in South America as a part of its ACCELERATE strategy. In addition to further local vehicle projects, an additional boost is given to in particular digitalization and decarbonization in South America, specific to market needs. Volkswagen is making further investments in the existing Biofuels Research & Development Centre located in South America. Further growth...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/27

Fiat starts producing hatchback version of Egea/Tipo in Turkey Chrysler Ypsilon sales ends in UK Tofas released a model succeeding the small van jointly developed by PSA and Fiat. The model is a small delivery vehicle using a slide door and with two types of engines, gasoline and diesel. It will be marketed under three brands of Peugeot "Bipper," Citroen "Nemo" and Fiat "Fiorino" first in Italy and Turkey at the end of 2007, and then in other cou...

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3 Fisker to open delivery center in China in 2023, start delivering vehicles in Q1,2024 Fisker delivers first 22 electric Ocean SUVs to U.S. customers INEOS Automotive to present new models including FCEV at Goodwood Festival of Speed Fisker announces Fisker Extreme Vigyan limited edition for India market Fisker to ramp up production in Austria plant, to counter supply chain issues Fisker updates 2023 production outlook to 20,000-23,000 units Ine...

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in Brazil, freezes investments Mercedes-Benz, Scania idle operations in Brazil until April 5 as COVID cases increase Mercedes-Benz and Raízen Power start solar energy production in Brazil Mercedes-Benz to end second shift in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil Daimler Commercial Vehicles increase market share in all segments in Brazil Daimler to invest EUR 600 million in commercial vehicle business in Brazil Mercedes-Benz exports 308 buses to...

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continues with layoff plan in Jacareí Caoa Chery starts hybrid, electric offensive in Brazil Chery launches new Brazilian QQ subcompact The Tiggo 2 will arrive at China and Brazil in the first half of 2017 Chery starts production of Tiggo 2 in Brazil Chery seeks growth in Brazilian market through direct sales Chery plant in Jacarei, Brazil remains paralyzed by strike Chery plant in Jacarei, Brazil resolves strike after one month ...

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nt will begin in 2025 using SKD kits, before transitioning to CKD as localization grows. The first model to be assembled will be the Leapmotor C10, with future models expected to include the B10 SUV and C10 REEV. Malaysia is set to become Leapmotor’s regional production hub, with exports to ASEAN markets expected by 2027. Announced on May 21, PEUGEOT, under Stellantis, has launched the upgraded, locally-assembled LANDTREK Allure and LANDTREK Sp...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/23

concept car "Kun" SAIC-Hongyan launches world’s first 10,000-unit hydrogen heavy-duty truck project in Inner Mongolia SAIC Motor to incorporate new subsidiary SAIC Motor brings ten brands including IM Motors and R Auto to Auto Guangzhou 2021 SAIC Motor to spin off SHPT for its listing on SSE STAR Market SAIC and SITRI jointly launch China Automotive Chip Special Fund SAIC Motor establishes general institute for innovative R&D with R&D team con...

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knocked-down (SKD) kits from U.S. AMP-1 facility in September 2023 - In second phase, AMP-2 will advance to complete build unit production by middle of decade - Capacity of 150,000 units in second phase added to initial capacity will yield 155,000 units per year - Output intended for Saudi Arabia market and export to the region Lucid opens first-ever car manufacturing facility in Saudi Arabia Lucid builds 1,550 vehicles, delivers 1,457 in Q3, s...

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