ndustrial sites, as part of its Renaulution strategy. Renault Group and Dalkia, an EDF Group subsidiary, have signed a 15-year partnership to supply carbon-free heat to the Renault plant in Maubeuge by installing a biomass boiler and heat recovery systems on site. With a power of 15 MW, this boiler should enable the plant to cover 65% of its gas needs from local and renewable sources by 2025. On April 12, Nissan announced the start of orders for ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/27

VW executives announced that machinery to build the Polo line is currently being transferred from São Bernardo do Campo to Taubaté, Brazil. The Taubaté plant, which currently produces the new entry-level Polo Track, will receive the rest of the Polo line after modernization of the factory, which should be completed by mid-March. A new model, internally called the A0 SUV, is expected to be launched from Taubaté, between the second half of 2024...

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be made outside Germany by the company’s plants in Mlada Boleslav, Chattanooga, Foshan and Anting. Others will be produced by German plants in Zwickau, Emden, Hannover, Zuffenhausen and Dresden. Plans for the Emden site were confirmed, according to which production of the electric A-SUV (ID.Next) should start in 2022. A decision about a planned multi-brand plant is scheduled to be made by the end of the year. On November 13, Volkswagen of Ameri...

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liter plug-in flex engines is expected to start. From August, other processes such as stamping and painting will also start working. For these projects, the OEM is expected to hire 2,000 workers in January, and 3,000 more in March, reaching 10,000 by December 2025. However, BYD declares the complex should generate 20,000 jobs by the end of 2026. Construction at Camaçari began nine months ago. Phase 1.1 includes a vehicle assembly warehouse and t...

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of the one-shift operation, production of the Jeep Renegade and Compass SUVs and Fiat Toro pickup truck at the Pernambuco plant working three shifts is expected to increase to 225,000 units. At Betim, where the entire Fiat line is manufactured, including the  Argo, Mobi, Uno and Strada, production should increase 5%-6% in 2019 to approximately 360,000 units.  On July 11, Fiat announced additions to its 2020 Toro lifestyle pickup stay even more ...

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im plant in Brazil. Production of the Weekend version lasted two years longer than the Palio itself, which was discontinued two years ago. Retirement of the Weekend makes room for the production of three new models, including two new SUVs. The third will be the successor to the Strada pickup, which should be presented in the first half of 2020. On February 12, Antônio Filosa, president of FCA Latin America, confirmed that the company will have n...

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anels, cell phone mirroring via Apple CarPlay or Android Auto, and wireless recharging. On September 28, Mercedes-Benz inaugurated a new bus production line at its São Bernardo do Campo plant, which received BRL 107 million for modernization. The process is in its final phase of implementation and should be fully completed by the end of 2020. The new plant was designed with two different inputs and one output, in a Y shape, one for the O500 line...

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W Amarok at the General Pacheco plant in Argentina. The C-segment Taos will compete with the Jeep Compass and Toyota Corolla Cross, which will begin production in Brazil in early 2021. On March 17, Ralf Brandstätter, global CEO of Volkswagen Passenger Cars, announced that the South American region should return to profits in 2021 with the launch of the Taos, produced at the General Pacheco plant in Argentina and a cheaper version of the Polo exp...

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ch of Frontier's production in Córdoba is exported to Brazil, where Nissan’s plant in Resende remains closed until June 22, when it is expected to restart manufacturing of the Kicks, March and Versa models. The Nissan line is preparing the first prototypes of the Renault Alaskan pickup truck and should start production later in 2020, with the projection of assembling 40,000 units per year. On June 26, Nissan Argentina began exports of Frontie...

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hut down of its Flint Assembly plant in Michigan on May 20 for retooling. Production of the 2020 Chevrolet Silverado HD, which debuted at the plant in January, will begin when the plant reopens on June 3. The 2020 GMC Sierra HD version debuted in California slightly before the Chevrolet version and should also enter production at Flint Assembly at a similar time. GM previously announced it would be adding 1,000 jobs to the Flint Assembly plant to...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/22

of the one-shift operation, production of the Jeep Renegade and Compass SUVs and Fiat Toro pickup truck at the Pernambuco plant working three shifts is expected to increase to 225,000 units. At Betim, where the entire Fiat line is manufactured, including the  Argo, Mobi, Uno and Strada, production should increase 5%-6% in 2019 to approximately 360,000 units.  The Argentine Government announced the second phase of  Pro.Cre.Auto program, its cre...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/21

be made outside Germany by the company’s plants in Mlada Boleslav, Chattanooga, Foshan and Anting. Others will be produced by German plants in Zwickau, Emden, Hannover, Zuffenhausen and Dresden. Plans for the Emden site were confirmed, according to which production of the electric A-SUV (ID.Next) should start in 2022. A decision about a planned multi-brand plant is scheduled to be made by the end of the year. On November 13, Volkswagen of Ameri...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/21

Bolt EUV are currently built until production stops at the end of 2023 now for up to two years, in a move the company says is unrelated to the UAW strike. Production of the Chevrolet Silverado EV Work Truck has already launched at GM’s Factory Zero plant, and production of the retail Silverado EV should start there later in 2023. Production of the GMC Sierra EV is scheduled to start at Factory Zero in 2024. GM is investing USD 4 billion into Or...

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Arizona, then disassembled and shipped a kit, and reassembled at the AMP-2 facility. “You are doing roughly 16, 17 to 20 vehicles a day, rather than an hour, you can spend time with them to really train them,” Sultan said. Lucid plans to open a complete build unit (CBU) facility in Saudi, which should be capable of fully manufacturing a car starting in 2026. On January 11, Lucid announced that it produced 2,391 vehicles during Q4 2023 and del...

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has been informed that Suzuki Motor Gujarat has taken the same decision for its factory. Maruti Suzuki uses a small amount of oxygen in its factories while relatively much larger quantities are used by the manufacturers of components. In the current situation, it believes that all available oxygen should be used to save lives. On November 22, Maruti Suzuki India announced the launch of New Eeco. The new Eeco features a new 1.2L Advanced K-Series...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/20

ification path and allocate the necessary resources for a sustainable transition. The Government needs to take decisive action, and collaboration with Stellantis leaders and trade unions is essential to address the concerns of workers at Stellantis plants and suppliers. Stellantis's industrial plan should focus on maximizing production at all plants and increasing investments in research. This will help reduce layoffs and encourage new hiring. Re...

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mber of employees - 7 (as of 2023). - Planning new production facility in Ebbw Vale Enterprise Zone, South Wales. - On April 26, 2022, TVR announced a Joint venture with Ensorcia Metals for the development of the V8-engined Griffith and electric vehicles. - Multiple media say in January 2021, TVR should secure further funding of GBP 2 million to finish the production facility for Griffith. TVR secures EV funding through partnership with Ens...

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has been tightening control on joint ventures. When establishing a new joint venture, foreign investors are requested to be involved in projects to produce engines in China. Application will be made when the engine production project will be finalized. In addition, newly established joint ventures should accompany an R&D center and a project on an independent brand. It was reported that the joint venture plant between Chery Automobile and Jaguar...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/05/16

owned by ACC. Fiom said that ACC is proceeding to hire some workers from scratch, without any agreement with the union on the methods and above all without any commitment to offer relocation to all Stellantis employees. Besides, there are not enough social safety nets to accompany the process which should even end in 2030. On May 11, Maserati announced that it will officially cease production of 572-hp 90° Twin Turbo V8 engine at the Maserati fa...

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000 units in 2016 and approximately 3,000 units in 2017. Considering the approximately 1,500 orders received in the first month of sales in Japan since its launch on December 15 2014, and the upcoming launches in Europe and the United States later this year, it was decided that the supply structure should be adjusted to reflect the level of demand for the vehicle. On February 24 Toyota Motor Corporation revealed the production process of its Mira...

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