om design to trial manufacturing, testing and verification. 6) Product Planning and New Auto Technologies Research Institute: This institute's primary focus is product planning and forward-looking research of new technologies for passenger, commercial and specialized vehicles, as well as urban rail transit systems and their components. 7) Global R&D Center: Integrating administrative offices, R&D, living facilities and other functions, the projec...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/25

ural test shipment, originating from Renault Group’s Valladolid, Spain plant, successfully reached Córdoba, marking the start of weekly air freight services to the Santa Isabel factory. This initiative reduces 700 kilometers of ground transport from Ezeiza, significantly cutting logistics costs, transit times, and carbon emissions in line with Renault’s environmental goals. André Pinto, director of Santa Isabel, highlighted the project as a...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/22

nt starting in 2026. Ford is retiming the production launch of its groundbreaking electric truck code-named “Project T3” at BlueOval City’s Tennessee Electric Vehicle Center to the second half of 2027. The BlueOval SK joint venture’s Kentucky 1 plant will manufacture cells for the current E-Transit with enhanced range and F-150 Lightning beginning mid-2025,  BlueOval SK at BlueOval City in Tennessee will produce cells starting in late 20...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/21

e strike at the Kentucky Truck Plant, off since October 11. On March 26, Ford announced the company is aiming to restart production on April 6 at the Hermosillo plant for one shift, and April 14 at Dearborn Truck Plant, Kentucky Truck Plant including stamping section, Kansas City Assembly Plant’s Transit line and stamping section, Ohio Assembly Plant, Dearborn Stamping Plant, Dearborn Diversified Manufacturing Plant, Sharonville Transmission Pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/20

d UAW agreement posted on November 1, Ford Motor Co. will increase electrified vehicle production over the next four years. The Dearborn Truck Plant will produce an all new F-150, with HEV and BEV variants, as well as a BEV battery build-up area. The Kansas City Assembly Plant will build an all-new Transit BEV, among other products. The Kentucky Truck Plant will build all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models, including HEV variants. T...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/20

Ford Motor, Ohio Assembly Plant Ford F-650/750 Medium Duty Trucks, F-350/450/550 Super Duty Chassis Cab, F-600 Super Duty Chassis Cab (2020-); E-Series Cutaway, Stripped Chassis; EV commercial vehicle (2025-planning); EV E-Transit (2028-planning) Van and heavy truck assembly in Avon Lake, OH - Year opened: 1974 - Investment announced since 2011: USD 12.67 billion - Employees as of July 2024: 1,773 Ford increases capabilities of the 2020 F-Series ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/18

emony was held by Standard Bank to mark the completion of this initial stage, which focused on expanding the company’s solar power capacity. The project aims to reduce reliance on conventional electricity sources by incorporating solar energy into Marcopolo’s operations. The company expects the transition to help improve energy supply reliability and reduce disruptions in manufacturing processes. This initiative is part of Marcopolo’s ongoi...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/18

end of their use. Volvo plans to launch the "Volvo 9700" to North America through the sales network of Prevost under the Volvo Bus brand. The vehicle will be assembled at the Tultitlan plant in Mexico. On March 14, Volvo Buses introduced the Volvo 7800 Electric in Mexico, designed for the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) sector. The new electric bus comes in articulated and bi-articulated versions, both built on Volvo’s versatile BZR electromobility pla...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/15

f Bolt EVs for Brazil General Motors opens 18 North American plants on May 18, others follow later Chevrolet to discontinue Sonic production at Orion Township assembly plant in U.S. Chevrolet reveals images, video of new Bolt EUV, refreshed Bolt EV General Motors, Uber team up to accelerate the transition to an all-electric future Chevrolet Sonic production ends at Orion Township plant GM investing USD 2 billion in Spring Hill to build Cadi...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/14

ssembled 2.2-liter four-cylinder and 3.2-liter five-cylinder Duratorq TDCi engines are supplied to the Silverton Assembly Plant for the Ranger pickup and Everest SUV. Engines are also exported to India and China for Everest production, along with five-cylinder units shipped to North America for the Transit. Struandale also machines Duratorq TDCi components, including cylinder heads, blocks and crankshafts, which are exported to Ford engine plants...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/13

d UAW agreement posted on November 1, Ford Motor Co. will increase electrified vehicle production over the next four years. The Dearborn Truck Plant will produce an all new F-150, with HEV and BEV variants, as well as a BEV battery build-up area. The Kansas City Assembly Plant will build an all-new Transit BEV, among other products. The Kentucky Truck Plant will build all-new Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator models, including HEV variants. T...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

Volkswagen Poznań Sp. z o.o., Poznań (Antoninek) Plant Transporter T5/ T6.1 (-2024), Caddy, Caddy 5 (CNG) (2020-), PHV Caddy eHybrid (2024-); Ford: Caddy-based ‘Tourneo Connect’ (2022-), Transit Connect (2024-), Transit Connect PHV (Planning); Foundry (Alminum components: Gearbox housing, clutch housing, cylinder heads, front suspension structures/supports) Commercial vehicle assembly plant - Number of Employees: 6,500 (as of 2023) - Invest...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

us taken the lead in Europe in terms of contracts landed for electric buses. On April 1, Ballard Power Systems signed a long-term supply agreement with Solaris Bus & Coach sp. z o.o. (Solaris), a leading European bus manufacturer, for the supply of 1,000 hydrogen fuel cell engines, for the European transit bus market. The agreement involves existing orders for approximately 300 fuel cell engines, a new supply commitment for approximately 700 more...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

ssembled 2.2-liter four-cylinder and 3.2-liter five-cylinder Duratorq TDCi engines are supplied to the Silverton Assembly Plant for the Ranger pickup and Everest SUV. Engines are also exported to India and China for Everest production, along with five-cylinder units shipped to North America for the Transit. Struandale also machines Duratorq TDCi components, including cylinder heads, blocks and crankshafts, which are exported to Ford engine plants...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

ines due to start in 2010. Investment will start in 2009. Ford Motor of South Africa announced that it has offered to all employees at two plants in South Africa voluntary separation packages and early retirement packages. The company is aiming to cut a total of 800 employees. Ford will launch the "Transit Custom" and "Tourneo Custom" into the South African market in the first quarter of 2013. The two models will be built at the Ford plant in Koc...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/12

of the L3 in the A-class and the S6 SUV at the 2013 Algeria International Auto Show from March 19 to 29. In 2005, BYD entered into the Algerian market and currently owns more than twenty distribution stores in the country. BYD has reportedly won orders for ten K9 all-electric buses from Long Beach Transit, a route bus operator located in Long Beach in the U.S. state of California. BYD will deliver ten K9 buses worth a total of USD 14 million in ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/11

l-electric Taycan is the first vehicle in the world to feature this new process. A robot automatically, quickly and reliably positions more than 100 sticky pads and seals the bodywork holes, thereby optimising the efficiency of Porsche production. The paint shop at the plant in Leipzig was likewise transitioned to this innovative process in the year under review. On June 23, Porsche announced that it is relocating parts of its production from the...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/11

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-), SP7 Minivan (2025-Planning); 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....

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/07

026 - planning), Seltos (2027 - planning); Geely Emgrand EC7 (2013-2016), GC2 (May 2014-2021); Peugeot Expert (2017-); Citroen Jumpy (2017-); Peugeot Landtrek/ Changan Kaicheng F70 pickup (2022-2025),Citroën Jumper (2025 - planning) Peugeot Boxer(2025- planning) Fiat Ducato (2025- planning) Ford Transit (Minibus, Van) (2021-); Ford Transit (Chassis) (2023-); Fiat Scudo Van (2022-), Titano pickup (2023-2025); Producing Renault Trucks, Kia, Dong...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/08/04

and the all-new mid to large sized SUV Equator. The China-made edition of the Mustang Mach-E will be released on April 13. Ford announced that it will spare no effort to develop electrification. Apart from the Mustang Mach-E, it aims to introduce electric versions of the F-150 pickup truck and the Transit. It will input USD 22 billion in the field of electrification by 2025. On June 12, Changan Ford Automobile Co., Ltd. (Changan Ford) launched t...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/07/22