s the VIS-Auto and Lada Sport enterprises. On June 16, multiple sources reported that Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ has registered a new trademark, SKM. The the exclusive rights to the trademark are valid until 2034. Under the new brand, the Russian automaker will produce passenger and all-metal vans and chassis with an open cargo platform. The company plans to launch these models next year. The company is planning to assemble these vehicles a...

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days between now and July 31. The Cologne plant (Fiesta) will shut from April 21-23 and April 28-30. The Craiova plant (Puma, EcoSport) will shut from April 29-May 1 and from May 10-14, and will operate on two shifts instead of three from April 26-May 21. The Otosan plant in Turkey (Transit midsize vans) will pause production from April 19 through June 13. On April 30, Ford announced that the Cologne plant, which had been idled between April 21-2...

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ts the Foggia factory during a meeting in Rome. Regarding Foggia plant, unions remain worried as diesel volumes are projected to fall to 190,000 units in 2024, with a slight decline expected in 2025. The bus outfitting plant is also experiencing slow growth. In Suzzara plant, recovery of incomplete vans is progressing well, and the plant will return to normal three-shift operations on October 1, 2024. The current production volumes for the Daily ...

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van in its Koga plant. The truck manufacturer is going to integrate the processes from chassis production to customized body mounting to shorten the lead time. The investment in the plant construction is expected to reach JPY 8 billion. The new plant is going to have a capacity to build 6,000 wing vans and launch the production in 2021. At this plant, Trantechs Ltd., one of the Hino group companies, is going to build a customized body on a chass...

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th Motiv Electric Trucks Workhorse receives order for 100 EV commercial vehicles from Purolator Workhorse’s electric W56 EV Step Van drives 2,400 miles to ACT Expo 2025 Workhorse enhances W56 Step Van with Geotab’s advanced telematics Workhorse to begin deliveries of extended wheelbase W56 step vans Workhorse W56, W750 electric step vans approved for Canada On August 15, 2025, Workhorse Group Inc. and Motiv Electric Trucks announced that they...

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end on the sales volume in the U.S. and Mexican markets. Layoffs will only be carried out in the Aguascalientes A1 plant, which produces Sentra sedans; A2 plant, which produces the March, Versa sedan, Versa Note (hatchback) and Kicks; and CIVAC plant in Cuernavaca, which produces Nissan NV200 cargo vans and NP300 pickups, as well as Renault Alaskan pickups. The Nissan-Daimler joint venture COMPAS plant will not be affected. On January 15, Nissan ...

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end on the sales volume in the U.S. and Mexican markets. Layoffs will only be carried out in the Aguascalientes A1 plant, which produces Sentra sedans; A2 plant, which produces the March, Versa sedan, Versa Note (hatchback) and Kicks; and CIVAC plant in Cuernavaca, which produces Nissan NV200 cargo vans and NP300 pickups, as well as Renault Alaskan pickups. The Nissan-Daimler joint venture COMPAS plant will not be affected. On January 15, Nissan ...

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as built nearly 1.3 million Tiida models in Mexico, of which 981,000 have been exported. Activity at the CIVAC facility will not be affected by the end of Tiida production, since it will continue to manufacture the NP300 Frontier and NP300 pickups, the Versa, and the NV200 and NV200 Taxi commercial vans. On November 29, Nissan unveiled the 2018 Kicks at the Los Angeles Auto Show and announced its arrival in U.S. dealerships in June 2018. The U.S...

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as built nearly 1.3 million Tiida models in Mexico, of which 981,000 have been exported. Activity at the CIVAC facility will not be affected by the end of Tiida production, since it will continue to manufacture the NP300 Frontier and NP300 pickups, the Versa, and the NV200 and NV200 Taxi commercial vans. Union representatives at the Nissan plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico (CIVAC) announced that due to an increase in inventories, the automaker will el...

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ndai Translead trailers, and plans to enter the electrified large van market. In alliance with General Motors, Hyundai Motor expects to launch five co-developed vehicles as early as 2028, with annual sales of these models expected to exceed 800,000 units. The lineup will include electric commercial vans for the North American market, as well as compact vehicles, compact SUVs and compact and midsize trucks for Central and South America....

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60 million Yuan, and obtain a license to develop, manufacture and sell busses. Hunan Midea Bus is a subsidiary of Foshan Weishang. According to the medium-term business plan for the Changsha plant, BYD will establish a production system to assemble 400,000 units of large and midsize buses and mini vans, mainly run on new energy. This figure is broken down to 300,000 units of mini vans (C3/C6) and 100,000 units of buses. After completion of the f...

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hough a commercial vehicle business focused on buses. The group purchased three companies; Yunnan Bus Factory, Yunnan Space Shenzhou Automobile Co., Ltd., Hunan Sanxiang Bus Group Co., Ltd from 2004 through early 2006. BYD Auto will reorganize Hunan Midea Bus into a production base of electric mini vans, commercial vehicles and passenger cars investing 3 billion yuan. An electric-powered bus equipped with lithium ion batteries will roll off the p...

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Tennessee) Vehicle Assembly Plant, where production began in August 2018. The all-new model will arrive in dealer showrooms in the U.S. in the fall. The Canton plant employs more than 6,500 people and currently produces the Altima, Murano, Frontier, Titan and Titan XD, and NV Cargo and NV Passenger vans. On January 17, Nissan Motor Co. said it is planning to cut up to 700 contract workers by March 18 at its plant in Canton, Mississippi. Due to sl...

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announced that first pre-serial GAZelle e-NN LCVs have rolled off the assembly line at Gorky automobile plant. The new model is based on the unified electric platform; its architecture makes it possible to build a complete lineup of light commercial vehicles, including drop-side trucks, minibuses, vans and various specialty vehicles. Three new vehicles were showcased at the Digital Industry of Industrial Russia (CIPR) Conference taking place in ...

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Automobile Co., Ltd., a joint venture between the company and China Yunding Holdings Group in Ruian, Zhejiang Province. Shannxi Auto invested a 51% stake with the remaining 49% by Yunding Holdings. The joint venture will mainly manufacture medium and heavy-duty dump trucks, trailers and large-sized vans, targeting at producing 20,000 units of these special-purpose cars worth 5 billion yuan in the next five years. These cars will mainly be markete...

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n yuan to purchase an about 890,000 square-meter land for development, production and sales of the "Haima" brand vehicles as well as engines. Haima (Zhengzhou) Automobile Co. aims to achieve production and sales goal of 100,000 vehicles a year by 2010. Production and sales of the Fushida series minivans will commence as early as the end of 2008. The investment group announced its plans to invest 1,412,860,000 yuan in construction of a plant to pr...

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e sources reported that Stellantis Atessa plant will partially restart the third production shift (Shift C) from February 2, 2026. The return of the third shift comes with a new production setup across body shop, assembly, painting, quality, and finishing areas. This will raise output to about 840 vans per day. Stellantis Melfi plant, Italy, will also restart the third shift from February 10, 2026. New work schedules and the start of hybrid Jee...

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Group reached an agreement on a framework for the acquisition of stocks in Fujian Benz. BAIC Motor will acquire 35% share in Fujian Benz from Fujian Motor Industry Group. After the stock acquisition Fujian Benz will be owned 15% by Fujian Motor Industry Group, 35% by BAIC Motor, and 50% by Daimler Vans Hong Kong Ltd. On June 12, BAIC Motor and FJMOTOR reached agreement on the transfer of Fujian Benz shares. BAIC Motor will officially receive a 3...

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ial Vehicle (Anhui) Co., Ltd. (Chery CV) announced the recent holding of a 2026 global partner conference in Wuhu, Anhui. Chery CV released the following plans. Product plans: In 2026, launch 21 new products, including 4 heavy-duty trucks, 4 light-duty trucks, 8 micro trucks, and 5 midsize or small vans. R&D investment: By 2030, invest a total of over CNY 30 billion in the R&D of commercial vehicles, build a professional team of up to 4,000 peopl...

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ration of a new manufacturing plant in Zhenjiang City, Jiangsu Province on December 28. The factory's initial production capacity is 150,000 units per year, which will be doubled to 300,000 units in the second phase of construction. The new factory will produce BAIC Group's self-brand SUVs, MPVs ad vans. The first BJ20 SUV rolled off the production line the same day. On April 19, the ARCFOX brand exhibited the αS and αS HI (Huawei Inside) luxur...

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