when resuming the second shift at the São Caetano do Sul plant on September 27 and Gravataí plant on October 4 to meet demand for the Chevrolet Onix, Onix Plus and Tracker. All GM plants in Brazil now operate in two shifts, while the São José dos Campos plant has been working at an accelerated pace since May to meet demand for restyled Novo S10 pickup. On February 9, GM announced that the 2,000 employees who work in two shifts at its plant i...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/18

Ceara Automotive Hub - PACE (Polo Automotivo do Ceará) Hybrid Vehicles, Electric Vehicles (2025 planning) Troller T4 ( -2021), TX4 ( -2021), EVs in SKD (2025 - planning), EVs in CKD (2027 - planning) Off-road vehicles assembly plant, operations ceased in 4Q 2021. Multi-brand car manufacturing facility set to start in 2025, managed by Comexport. - Number of employees: 400 (as of 2026 - planning) - Investment:   2025: BRL 200 million (approx....

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y working at the factory, while around 200 employees have suspended work contracts (layoff), with return to work expected on October 1, when production will increase from the current 50 to 76 heavy trucks per day, and from 17 to 27 semi-heavy trucks, while bus chassis manufacturing will resume at a pace of two units per day. On May 20, Volvo announced on that it will reactivate the second shift of the VM truck line at the Curitiba plant on the sa...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/17

of 2018, sufficient for an 8.1% market share and allowing the company to rise from seventh to sixth place in the ranking of the most sold brands. Toyota’s Sorocaba and Indaiatuba plants produced 187,876 cars in 2019, down 10% from the record 209,000 in 2018. The Sorocaba plant will accelerate its pace in 2021, when the previously announced investment of BRL 1 billion will enable the production of new, as yet unnamed, vehicle in Sorocaba. On Apr...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

Bursa, Pitesti, Curitiba, CorMecanica and PFA, Argentina, Engineering and R&D: RTS (Spain), RTR (Romania and Turkey), RTA (Brazil). This entity will have 10,000 employees outside France by 2023. As of July 25,  the Renault plant in São José dos Pinhais, Brazil continues with a reduced production pace, operating on just one shift, with the second in lay-off until the domestic market returns to higher volumes. The company has been preparing the ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/15

The company has already hired an initial workforce of 70 employees at the plant. On March 19, MG Motor India informs that with the upgradation of its Halol plant – including the construction of a new press shop and the modification of assembly lines and other facilities – progressing at a fast pace, MG Motor India has also initiated talks with various suppliers to achieve high levels of localization.The carmaker has also announced that its f...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/14

roz CNG (2023-), Punch iCNG (2023-), EV Punch.ev (2024-planning), EV Harrier.ev (2025-); Land Rover Freelander 2 (2011-2015), Discovery Sport (2015-), Range Rover Evoque (2015-), Velar (2019-), Range Rover (2024-), Range Rover Sport (2024-); Jaguar XF (2013-2023), XJ (2014- 2020); XE (2016-2022); F-PACE (2017- ); Defence vehicles; Powertrains (2024-); Tata Motors plants for passenger and commercial vehicles, also producing JLR models - Passenger ...

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s Motomachi plant. The new Crown released late December has already received bookings of 19,000, nearly five times of its monthly sales target. On December 17 Toyota Motor announced that the planned 500-unit production run of the two-seater "LFA" super car has been completed. The LFA, produced at a pace of one per day, first went into production at the LFA Works within the carmaker's Motomachi plant in December 2010. Future Lexus vehicles will re...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/09

Leaf." Its running cost is about one fifth of that of the diesel engine version. The "NV200 London Taxi" is spacious enough to accommodate five adults in comfort with three rear seats and two folding-type seats facing the third row. The assistant's seat can be detached to provide increased baggage space. Sliding doors for easy getting on and off the vehicle can also reduce collision risks to pedestrians and bicycle riders that can be caused by ab...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/08

ize joint venture to build EV batteries in Tennessee, Kentucky SK Group to invest USD 22 billion in U.S. in semiconductors, batteries, other green energy Ford invests USD 700 million, creates 500 new jobs at Kentucky Truck Plant Ford EV battery plant in Kentucky continues construction at reduced pace SK On, Westwater Resources sign agreement for natural graphite in Alabama Ford provides updates on EV, hybrid plans in U.S., Canada Ford BlueOval...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/07

compact and large car segments,  covering 1.6 million vehicles per year and 14 models (11 Renault group + 3 Nissan). The first Nissan vehicles will be released in late 2013: replacements for Rogue, Qashqai and X-Trail and the first Renault vehicles will be released in late 2014: replacements for Espace, Scenic and Laguna. Nissan UK announced on July 4 that 25 Nissan Leafs will be used by individuals to help investigate impact of low carbon techn...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/02

Show, and due to be produced in the Anápolis plant. Caoa Chery sold 190 units of its seven-seat Tiggo 8 in the first week of sales after launching on August 12, exceeding the company’s expectations to produce and sell 300 units per month. The company is now evaluating to increase the production pace of the model at the Anápolis plant to 500 units per month. On September 1, Caoa announced that it has built 90,000 units of the Hyundai HR truck...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/30

rformance have been improved. For the exterior, fog lamps on the front face have been redesigned and the front bumper now has laser to enhance safety level. The interior console panel has also been redesigned. The rear seats has an angle adjustment function. Rear wheel cover, bottom of the luggage space and other parts, five in total, use sound insulation material, improving insulation performance of the vehicle body. The new ix35 features 2.0/2....

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/23

models into Macao in 2023 and simultaneously launch the right-hand drive Zeekr 009 mid-to-large-size MPV and Zeekr X compact battery electric SUV for sale in Hong Kong and Macao in 2024. Zeekr will maintain the synchronous development of both the left- and right-hand drive vehicle markets to fully pace up its globalization strategy. On October 27, Jiyue Auto, a Geely Holding Group sub-brand, officially launched the Jiyue 01, the world’s first ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/23

ber 20 Audi unveiled the outline of the new A3 Sportback to be presented at the Paris Motor Show. It has the length of 4,310 millimeters, the width of 1,780 millimeters and the height of 1,425 millimeters, with the wheelbase measuring 2,636 millimeters. The luggage compartment offers 380 liters of space in the basic configuration. The capacity expands to 1,220 liters with the seats folded down. Based on VW’s next-generation MQB modular platform...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/18

icaba plant is responsible for the exclusive production of the HB20 hatchback and sedan. Beginning in 2017, the plant began manufacturing the Crete SUV after an additional investment of USD 130 million. While holding off on plant expansion, Hyundai is evaluating all possible options to increase the pace of production at its plant in Piracicaba, Brazil, which is currently operating at the limit of its capacity of 180,000 vehicles a year, building ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/11

when resuming the second shift at the São Caetano do Sul plant on September 27 and Gravataí plant on October 4 to meet demand for the Chevrolet Onix, Onix Plus and Tracker. All GM plants in Brazil now operate in two shifts, while the São José dos Campos plant has been working at an accelerated pace since May to meet demand for restyled Novo S10 pickup. On October 29, GM said it is reducing the number of employees whose contract will be suspe...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/11

ees. The suspension will only apply to the day shifts on April 14th and 15th, and May 12th and 13th. The suspension of operations was planned and coordinated in advance to minimize the impact on sales and service, and on business partners. As the business environment changes at an increasingly fast pace, Mazda aims to foster a corporate culture through its training programs where each employee thinks for themselves, actively exchanges opinions, a...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/05

t has occurred in the market. The Renault - Nissan plant in Santa Isabel reduced production at the beginning of July, maintaining only one six-hour shift on the Renault assembly line and two six-hour shifts on the Nissan assembly line. The Stellantis plant in Ferreyra also reduced its manufacturing pace to adapt to domestic demand and the drop in exports. The IVECO truck and bus plant in Córdoba also cut one production shift, although only tempo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/04

tage of microchips needed to build the popular Chevrolet Onix model. On March 29 GM relented and announced the stoppage of production at the São Caetano do Sul plant until April 2 in efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic. The São José dos Campos plant continues to operate, but at a reduced pace with just one shift due to the lack of components, which has paralyzed operation in Gravatai that awaits semiconductors to resume production in J...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/06/03