was added with 300 Moroccan workers, producing 40 cars per shift compared to 400 from the two daytime shifts. Stellantis aims for 500 cars per day, a target initially planned for April 2026. The company is also recruiting workers from Nepal, India, Bangladesh, and Bhutan, highlighting the growing complexity of production and Stellantis’ focus on sustaining demand for this key model. Fiat enjoys strong sales of the 500L minivan. It sold more t...

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ich will be shipped to Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas factory in Austin. On October 18, on the Q3 earnings call, Tesla CEO Musk said Cybertruck will begin deliveries on November 30,but  it will take 18 months to reach planned volume production of 250,000 units annually at Gigafactory Texas due to the complexity of the product. Musk said the company is not pushing an aggressive timeline to build the Gigafactory Mexico plant due to economic concerns,...

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hicles. The Brampton plant currently builds Dodge Challenger and Charger models, as well as Chrysler 300 sedans. As the Unifor labor union talks resume with Stellantis in Canada, it has declared 11:59 p.m. October 29 as the strike deadline to obtain a tentative agreement, which will have additional complexity with Its NextStar Energy battery JV with LG Energy Solution that will launch production in Q1 2024 in Windsor. Stellantis already has annou...

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rmed a teardown and evaluation of Tesla’s Model 3, and found that while he admires the technology, the body design and assembly processes employed in Fremont keep the car from being as profitable as it could be. Munro highlighted the case of overbuilding the frame at the bottom of the car and the complexity of the aluminum trunk lid. Munro estimated the total production cost of a USD 50,000 Model 3 studied by his team to be USD 34,700, while ch...

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y, Trade, and Tourism. On June 21, SEAT S.A. announced that at its Prototypes and Pre-Series Centre in Martorell, the e-House department focuses on developing electronics for urban electric cars set for production at the factory. The e-House embodies a new way of conceptualizing EVs, addressing the complexity of electronics by thoroughly analyzing systems before prototype and pre-series assembly.  On June 27, Cupra announced the start of product...

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f approximately 3,800 jobs, and the creation of a leaner, more competitive cost structure for Ford in Europe. By 2025, Ford plans to resize its European engineering footprint, resulting in 2,800 fewer jobs. These changes are driven by the transition to fully electric powertrains and reduced vehicle complexity. Ford will maintain an engineering organization of approximately 3,400 roles in Europe, focused on vehicle design and development, and conn...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/04/01

e produced with considerably fewer variants, and the hardware will be largely standardized. The cars will then have virtually everything on board and customers will be able to activate desired functions “on demand” at any time via the digital ecosystem in the car. This will significantly reduce complexity in production. On May 27, Volkswagen announced that the new Tiguan Allspace is available to order now. Visually, it features a modified fro...

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the company consolidated production of the Accord, Integra, and TLX to one line as it readied the Marysville Auto Plant in Ohio to build EVs, including the sporty Acura RSX compact crossover that will arrive in early 2026. Ending production of the TLX, which was just refreshed for 2024, will reduce complexity at the Marysville plant as production of the Acura RSX, the first EV to use Honda’s in-house developed BEV platform, ramps up.  On Augus...

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. CEA is a scalable zonal electrical architecture with powerful central computing. VW is the first automaker to use such an architecture across multiple platforms and all powertrain types, including electric, hybrid, and combustion vehicles. CEA cuts electronic control units by about 30%, reducing complexity. This supports advanced AI cockpits, China-specific driver assistance features, and full OTA updates. The new development approach shortens...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

trically variable transmission (EVT) paired to a modified version of the 3.6-liter Pentastar V6 gasoline engine. As the Unifor labor union talks resume with Stellantis in Canada, it has declared 11:59 p.m. October 29 as the strike deadline to obtain a tentative agreement, which will have additional complexity with Its NextStar Energy battery JV with LG Energy Solution that will launch production in Q1 2024 in Windsor. Stellantis already has annou...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/11

n in January 2025 and employ approximately 2,200 people when full production is reached at the end of that year. As the Unifor labor union talks resume with Stellantis in Canada, it has declared 11:59 p.m. October 29 as the strike deadline to obtain a tentative agreement, which will have additional complexity with Its NextStar Energy battery JV with LG Energy Solution that will launch production in Q1 2024 in Windsor. Stellantis already has annou...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/10

make major changes to bring the extended-range version forward with an added ICE-engine, fuel tank and exhaust system, as well as develop additional software through its Cariad division to combine with the zonal software and electrical architecture that VW is developing with Rivian, adding further complexity. The German reporting also suggested that a new premium SUV from Audi under study for the U.S. market, codenamed ‘Rugged’, which would ...

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ent of approximately BRL 50 million, additional to the BRL 460 million announced in 2015 for the production of 1.0L TSI engine blocks of the EA211 family that were supplied to VW’s engine factory in Chemnitz, Germany. The machining and assembly lines of the EA211 building were adapted to meet the complexity of the production process for the international versions of 1.4L TSI, which has more components compared to the Brazilian versions currentl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/06

x is being implemented in parallel with the main order. Preparations for pre-series production of the Volta Zero vehicles are on the home straight. The start of series production is planned for the beginning of 2023. Volta Trucks' innovative box concept makes it possible to significantly reduce the complexity and number of variants of the truck vehicle. The order will safeguard up to 180 additional jobs. On May 5, Volta Trucks revealed that Volta...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/05

ent of approximately BRL 50 million, additional to the BRL 460 million announced in 2015 for the production of 1.0L TSI engine blocks of the EA211 family that were supplied to VW’s engine factory in Chemnitz, Germany. The machining and assembly lines of the EA211 building were adapted to meet the complexity of the production process for the international versions of 1.4L TSI, which has more components compared to the Brazilian versions currentl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/03

of the ZR2 version of the Silverado HD pickup it builds in Oshawa, Ontario. “Canada loves trucks, and our manufacturing team is ready to meet the demand.” GM Canada declared on social media While GM had not been producing ZR2 variants of the Silverado at the Oshawa plant, mostly to reduce build complexity, the new tariff situation was likely part of the decision to produce the Silverado HD ZR2 in Canada for the Canadian market. The Oshawa pla...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/02

vember due to parts issues Ford workers of UAW Local 862, including two Kentucky plants, reject new collective agreement Ford to reveal new EV, platform on August 11, CEO Farley says Ford to invest USD 2 billion to upgrade Louisville Assembly Plant Ford Universal EV Production System reduces complexity and speeds assembly of new platform Ford unveils Universal EV Platform; mid-size pickup will be platform’s first model Ford Kentucky Truc...

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n of the trucks began in December 2013 at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Molsheim, France, which serves as the base of Custom Tailored Trucks (CTT). On average, CTT converts around 20 percent of all of the trucks produced in Worth. The relocation of truck customizing to Molsheim has greatly reduced the complexity of operations in Worth, thus increasing its efficiency. Daimler will invest EUR 300 million in Woerth plant in Germany by the end of 2018, ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/23

’s second-generation electric truck, code named Project T3, and will be capable of producing 500,000 EV trucks a year. The new plant has as a 30% smaller general assembly footprint than traditional plants while delivering higher production capacity. Project T3 is being designed with fraction of the complexity of previous truck programs. On April 10, Ford announced that in 2022 it led all automakers in U.S. production volume, exports and U.S. ho...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/02/10

f approximately 3,800 jobs, and the creation of a leaner, more competitive cost structure for Ford in Europe. By 2025, Ford plans to resize its European engineering footprint, resulting in 2,800 fewer jobs. These changes are driven by the transition to fully electric powertrains and reduced vehicle complexity. Ford will maintain an engineering organization of approximately 3,400 roles in Europe, focused on vehicle design and development, and conn...

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