s in 2014. The new Toyota Corolla Altis, the Toyota Camry Hybrid, and the third one, which has not been revealed, will either be the Toyota NAV1 or the new Toyota Yaris hatchback. UMW Toyota Motor Sdn. Bhd. has launched the all-new Corolla Altis mid-sized sedan in Malaysia. The car is imported from Thailand. Toyota intends to sell 9,000 units in 2014. The automaker started accepting pre-orders in November 2013. Since then, it has already received...

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ates the maximum output of 131 ps and the maximum torque of 174 Nm, mated to an Xtronic continuously variable transmission (CVT). Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd has launched the third-generation Sylphy on April 29, 2014. The new Sylphy is no more produced locally in Malaysia but fully imported from Thailand as completely built units. Its 1.8E variant is priced at Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 111,900 while the 1.8VL variant is sold at MYR 121,900, both...

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EV Primus Co., Ltd., Chon Buri Plant Wuling : Binguo EV (2024-), EV models (planning); EV Primus' manufacturing plant. Started production of Wuling's EV models in 2024 - Production started in 2024 - Designing of assembly lines and quality testing lines supported by SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) - Investment: approximately THB 200 million EV Primus building EV plant in Chon Buri, Thailand; to make Wuling EVs Thai BOI approves EV Primus's BEV project o...

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tery plants are; Kamenz (Germany): 2 plants for mild HV, PHV, EV since 2012 Beijing Benz (China): for EV since 2019 Jawor (Poland): for PHV in 2020, for EV in the future Untertürkheim (Germany): 2 plants in the future Woodstock, Alabama (US): in 2022 Sindelfingen (Germany): in the future Bangkok (Thailand): for PHV since 2019 On May 12, Daimler announced that the production of the EQS electric saloon started at Factory 56 in the Mercedes-Benz ...

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media coverage on Hyundai Motor's plan to build a plant in Indonesia to dominate in the ASEAN Market, PT. Hyundai Indonesia Motor announced that a plan established several years ago to construct a plant in the ASEAN region has been suspended due to the slowdown of the global economy. Hyundai Motor Thailand plans to launch the Starex minivan imported from Indonesia in time for the Bangkok Motor Show in December. The Starex will be pried at 1.95 m...

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300 units for passenger cars, especially the new generation of C-Class. Also 200 units of commercial vehicles and 500 of the MPV class. On August 27 Daimler announced that it will start the assembly of Mercedes-Benz SUVs in Asia. Semi-knocked down (SKD) kits will be exported to India, Indonesia and Thailand from the parent plant in Tuscaloosa/Alabama, USA. Production of the M-Class will initially begin in India, which will also be assembled in Th...

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tery plants are; Kamenz (Germany): 2 plants for mild HV, PHV, EV since 2012 Beijing Benz (China): for EV since 2019 Jawor (Poland): for PHV in 2020, for EV in the future Untertürkheim (Germany): 2 plants in the future Woodstock, Alabama (US): in 2022 Sindelfingen (Germany): in the future Bangkok (Thailand): for PHV since 2019 On December 8, Daimler announced that on the road to CO2 neutrality, Mercedes-Benz AG is investing heavily in the trans...

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BR-V in Indonesia officially begins Honda Indonesia starts exporting all-new BR-V, set to ship 6,000 units by 2022 Honda WR-V’s production in Indonesia to commence in December 2022 all-new Honda BR-V three-row sport crossover vehicle made its official debut in production-ready guise at the 32nd Thailand International Motor Expo Honda announces facelifted Mobilio MPV for emerging countries face lifted the "City. Honda to invest IDR 4.8 trillio...

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will boost Jinhui Hi-Technology's annual production capacity of diaphragm for lithium ion batteries by 45 million square meters (approx. 542tons). BYD Auto will sign an import and sales agent contract with Thai airline One-Two-GO Airlines to import and sell BYD brand vehicles, including hybrids, in Thailand. The initial investment to establish a sales company and open show rooms will amount to 500 million baht, with a plan to sell 5,000 units in ...

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ipment for a hybrid model, offers an optional parking brake position. Hino targets at selling 16,000 Dutros a year. Hino announced on November 14 that it will extend production adjustment on the production line for Toyota's SUV until November 18 affected by the parts shortages from a flood-stricken Thailand. It also said it will operate on an almost normal schedule from November 21 through 25. After November 26, it will decide on the schedule dep...

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to have already received dismissal notices at Honda and affiliated companies. Union is reported to be staging a strike to protect jobs. Honda was reported to be cutting operations starting on November 7 in Brazil by 30 percent from originally planned due to parts shortages caused by the flooding in Thailand. Production cut, which will be decided depending on availability of parts, could last as long as several weeks. On March 21, Honda announced ...

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increase over last year's third quarter. It sold 182,906 vehicles in Brazil, an increase of 13.5 percent. In Brazil, the Onix small-hatchback will go on sale later this year and the Spin multi-purpose vehicle early 2013. General Motors Co. will concentrate global production of its pickup trucks to Thailand and Brazil. In the first year GM expects to sell more than 100,000 units of Chevrolet brand mid-duty pickup trucks assembled in Thailand. On ...

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nce the start of 2019, BMW has invested a further USD 10 million for production of BMW X5 and BMW X3 PHEV models, with 225 electrified vehicle assembly workers. The company’s other battery facilities are at BMW Group Plant Dingolfing, BMW Brilliance Automotive (BBA), and with a partner company in Thailand. BMW announced that it will joint a project on large-scale hydrogen filling station, which will be the first of such projects in the U.S., es...

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to about 100,000 vehicles exported to the U.S. and Europe. Toyota will take necessary measures according to laws and regulations of each country. Toyota Motor Kyushu has said that its Miyata plant, which is currently adjusting production due to a trouble in parts procurement caused by the flood in Thailand, will partially resume after-hours work on one of its two manufacturing lines. Toyota announced it will begin to increase production of the "...

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Giai Phong Motor Joint Stock Company Giai Phong brand small trucks (Nanjing Automobile based), Small trucks of DFSK-Auto Thailand; Chery Commercial Vehicle: electric CVs (planning); Giai Phong Motor's plant, producing light trucks, to produce electric CVs under partnership with Chery - Scheduled to produce electric commercial vehicles under partnership with Chery, with an annual capacity of 20,000 units (planning) KITA Group partners with Chery t...

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locally assembled CKD in Malaysia Tan Chong Group suspend business operations in Malaysia until March 31, 2020 GAC GS3 Emzoom SUV’s CKD production in Malaysia already starts GAC GS3 Emzoom SUV (CKD) launched in Malaysia; deliveries to begin by July Subaru to end CKD operation in Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Cambodia; shifts to imported CBU from 2025 Tan Chong Motor group to market/manufacture Wuling vehicles in Malaysia, start...

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nclude the Note, which has been tagged as an exploratory model, and the Infiniti Q50 to be launched in the first quarter of 2014. Edaran Tan Chong Motor Sdn Bhd has launched the third-generation Sylphy on April 29, 2014. The new Sylphy is no more produced locally in Malaysia but fully imported from Thailand as completely built units. Its 1.8E variant is priced at Malaysian Ringgit (MYR) 111,900 while the 1.8VL variant is sold at MYR 121,900, both...

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lvo to start exporting Malaysia-made vehicles to Vietnam and Philippines in 2023 Volvo Cars, Sweden announces end of production of diesel cars by early 2024 Volvo Malaysia announces achievement in 2019, S60 CKD to be launched in 2020 Volvo officially launches Malaysia-made all-new S60 T8 PHEV in Thailand Volvo XC40 Recharge T5 CKD PHEV launched in Malaysia Volvo Cars streamlines model names and upgrades its fully electric and hybrid cars ...

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from 2022 onwards Mazda temporarily suspends night shifts at domestic plants in response to COVID-19 in Southeast Asia Mazda releases substantially upgraded CX-5 in Japan Mazda to temporarily suspend production at some plants in Japan in February Mazda to transfer production of CX-3 from Japan to Thailand and Mexico Mazda Motor Europe unveils new crossover SUV, the CX-60 Mazda to temporarily suspend production in Japan in April due to the COVID...

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tery plants are; Kamenz (Germany): 2 plants for mild HV, PHV, EV since 2012 Beijing Benz (China): for EV since 2019 Jawor (Poland): for PHV in 2020, for EV in the future Untertürkheim (Germany): 2 plants in the future Woodstock, Alabama (US): in 2022 Sindelfingen (Germany): in the future Bangkok (Thailand): for PHV since 2019 Daimler announced on December 4 that the first GLA rolled off the production line at the Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant. T...

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