a minimum of 1,000 electric three-wheeler cargo vehicles (Maxima XL Cargo E-TEC) to Flipkart and further collaboration and potential fleet expansion in the future. Bajaj Auto and the Renault-Nissan alliance officially signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop a new car model. Based on a basic agreement concluded in November 2009, Bajaj Auto will be responsible for the design and manufacturing the product, while the Franco-Japanese all...

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onstration production line for all-solid-state batteries built in Sakura City, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan, (on the premises of Honda R&D Co., Ltd.). On this demonstration production line, Honda will conduct technical validation to establish a mass production process while in parallel determining the basic specifications of the battery cell. With a total floor space of approximately 27,400 square meters, the delivery of the main equipment necessary...

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Toyota Central R&D Labs., Inc. (Toyota CRDL) (Aichi) Toyota's R&D location, responsible for basic research in a wide range of fields, including informatics and mathematical engineering, electrical and electronic engineering, materials science and engineering, energy and environmental engineering, etc. - 2019: Tokyo Campus was established to promote open collaboration with universities, academic research institutions, and Toyota Group. - 1980: To...

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ped midsize sedan codenamed GP50, based on the platform of the Buick Excelle built at Shanghai GM. The term of the development is from January 2009 through February 2010, requiring one billion Yuan. Cumulative total investment to the end of 2009 will be 200 million Yuan. General Motors has signed a basic agreement on the additional investment in SAIC-GM Wuling Automotive with the Guangxi government. Shares of SAIC-GM-Wuling owned by the state-own...

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event for journalists, Quincy Tam, a senior product planner at Honda, said the Prologue has not experienced any of the same infotainment glitches the Blazer EV has, in part, because Honda’s engineers strived to keep the underlying software fairly uncomplicated, even if it might be using the same basic software as the Blazer EV. Tam said the Prologue’s production line is in place at the Ramos Arizpe plant, and as of right now, it is unaffecte...

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e efficiency average is higher than 90% and its maximum transmission efficiency is larger than 97.6%. The Chery DHT achieves a fuel saving ratio of more than 50% at a low state of charge. The Chery DHT is a key part of the CHERY POWER in Chery’s universal power architecture 4.0. The architecture basically covers automotive power technology demand at least for the next 30 years. By 2030, Chery’s fuel and hybrid power can achieve a thermal eff...

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e production for other areas continues as usual. On August 26 Suzuki Motor Corporation released the fully-redesigned Solio and Solio Bandit compact wagons with a tall body style. The new models are equipped with Suzuki's mild hybrid system using a motor to assist the engine during acceleration. The basic system is the same as the S-ene charge installed in Suzuki's mini vehicles, but the name was changed to appeal to the buyers in the compact car ...

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in production through the end of 2026, with a next-gen model set to launch for the 2027 model year, without giving an exact timeline. The next-gen model will once again use an internal combustion engine. The 2027 Cadillac XT5 is not expected to be “all-new,” and will instead retaining the same basic platform as the current model, with a redesigned exterior and interior. On September 4, GM told employees that the company will stop production ...

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Turkey. New models will become a major addition to the drop side and passenger-cargo versions of Gazelle Next, that have been produced in Sakarya since 2014, and will significantly expand the lineup of modern, reliable and multifunctional commercial GAZ vehicles in the Turkish market. Based on four basic models in partnership with Turkish manufacturers they will produce more than 200 versions of vehicles for different types of businesses. The fir...

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t on Production Line #1 for three days and on Production Line #2 two days. Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.’s Kyoto Plant will also have holiday shift operation on Saturday August 29. On November 19, 2020, Lexus released a facelifited version of its flagship LS sedan. In addition to throroughly improving basic driving performance such as quietness and comfort, the company developed a new silver shadow raster exterior color achieving a deep shade and re...

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n the German market in late fall 2017. Audi announced on September 29, that it celebrated the world premiere of the new Audi A8. Customers in Germany will be able to order the luxury sedan from October 5. The fourth generation of the A8 provides the latest reference for Vorsprung durch Technik. The basic price in Germany for the flagship is EUR 90,600; the long-wheelbase version starts at EUR 94,100. The new Audi A8 will be produced at the Neckar...

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00 Nm of torque. A larger 25.7 kWh battery (net 19.7 kWh) nearly doubles its previous capacity, offering an electric range of up to 119 km. The new Audi Q3 arrives in October 2025, with orders opening in summer. Production takes place in both Győr (Hungary) and Ingolstadt (Germany). Audi revealed basic specifications of the new "S3," a high-performance model of the "A3." After displayed at the Paris Motor Show, the new model is slated to be lau...

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to 80 percent of the paint shop's heat requirements in a carbon neutral fashion. According to a Livestream video and reports published in November 2021, Porsche Leipzig applied an error detection system in the paintshop to identify potential erroes before the final inspection process. There are two basic ways. One is a static system with the cameras mounted in a tunnel, which take pictures of the paint surface. The second is a system with two sev...

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. On December 30, GAC Group took stock of the performance in 2022 and the “Trillion GAC 1578 Development Outline” for 2030. Specifically, for ecology and energy layout, GAC Group will increase investments to establish a vertically integrated new energy industry chain layout of “lithium mine + basic lithium battery raw material production + energy storage and power battery production + charging and battery swapping + energy storage” to fur...

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, VW China, Mobility Asia, and JAC will cooperate in smart transportation platforms such as autonomous driving technologies, car-hailing, and car sharing services. Mobility Asia is a wholly owned subsidiary of VW China. Its main business is to promote the development of electric vehicles, construct basic charging infrastructures, and provide Internet of Vehicles services. On May 27, Volkswagen Group China, SEAT and the Chinese auto manufacturer J...

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of 2020. In the coming five years, SAIC Motor and Volkswagen plans to make a joint investment of CNY 140 billion with a key focus on the new energy and intelligent connectivity fields. In addition, SAIC Motor will establish a software center in 2020. The center will engage in the R&D of a series of basic technology platforms, including a next-generation centralized electronic architecture, a software platform that provides services by utilizing c...

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ectric platform of the future. This is expected to cut development time by about a quarter, increase the speed of new software releases and also significantly accelerate manufacturing processes in production. In the future, vehicle projects will be completed in 40 months from the point at which the basic software architecture is in place, instead of 54 months as before. According to the VW Group's Sustainability report 2021, Volkswagen is paying ...

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ill be allocated for research and development (R&D), KRW 12 trillion for capital investment, and KRW 800 billion for strategic investment. R&D investment will be used to secure core capabilities for the future, such as improving product competitiveness, electrification, SDVs, hydrogen products, and basic technology development. Capital investments will focus on dedicated electric vehicle (EV) plants, manufacturing innovation, etc. In the second h...

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014: replacements for Espace, Scenic and Laguna. Renault announced on July 4 that the range structures of Renault Scenic and Grand Scenic have been refreshed featuring a choice of five equipment levels: Life, Zen, Business, Bose and Initiale. The Life equipment level (except Scenic Xmod) delivers a basic package. The Zen equipment level incorporates all the features customers expect of a core version, while the Business equipment level is suited ...

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rrently a combined production capacity of 100,000 a year, the construction of a new plant in Harbin will add 100,000 by the end of 2010. The venture aims to sell 80,000 to 90,000 vehicles in 2009, and 100,000 in 2010. It will consider export depending on overseas demand. General Motors has signed a basic agreement on the additional investment in SAIC-GM Wuling Automotive with the Guangxi government. Shares of SAIC-GM-Wuling owned by the state-own...

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