5, it plans to launch the Go+ multi purpose vehicle. Renault announced on April 11 that combined worldwide productions of Renault- and Dacia-branded Dusters had reached one million vehicles worldwide. The millionth Duster was made at Renault’s plant in Curitiba, Brazil, and will be delivered to a customer in the same country. Duster is currently marketed in more than 100 countries and made in five factories across the world: Pitesti (Romania), ...

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rnational Motor Show. The Alhambra four-wheel drive features a 2.0 TDI engine delivering 140 horsepower, mated to a 6-speed manual transmission. The unit offers the car a top speed of 191 km/h, with the fuel consumption sitting at 6 liters per 100 km and the CO2 emissions reaching 158 grams per km. Customer deliveries of the Alhambra 4WD will begin in May 2011. On May 17, multiple sources reported that Volkswagen Autoeuropa, Palmela plant has rea...

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ucks at UAZ's plant in Ulyanovsk. The Isuzu Forward 18.0 (FVR34) chassis with 4x2-wheel arrangement was the first truck that marked the start of production for F-series at the Ulyanovsk plant. The vehicle is equipped with a 7.8-liter 280 HP engine. Sollers-Isuzu has shipped the first 12 vehicles to customers who placed advanced orders for them after the vehicles passed inspection audit by quality engineers from Isuzu Mortors (Japan). Sollers-Isuz...

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s. It will be available in over 100 variants, including drop-side trucks, passenger and cargo trucks with a GVW of 2.8 to 5 tons, panel vans, minibuses, taxis and frame buses with 19 seats. The price starts at 699,000 rubles. Production of the GAZelle-Business, a revamped model to meet the needs of customers, has begun. In order to improve quality and reliability, 20 structural improvements and 130 technical improvements were added to the new mod...

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which recently entered production at its state-of-the-art plant in Lancashire. On December 6, DAF announced that Leyland Trucks, the UK-based manufacturer of the full range of DAF trucks, has produced its 500,000th vehicle. The milestone truck was a 16-tonne GVW DAF LF 210 which was handed over to customer Minoli at a special production line ceremony. On April 27, DAF informed that its factories in Eindhoven (the Netherlands), Westerlo (Belgium)...

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do Brasil announced that it has regained its top position in the truck, bus, and van business with a market share of 29.3%, an increase of 2.7% points in comparison to the same period in the previous year. Since its launch in the beginning of 2016, the new Mercedes-Benz Actros was well received by customers, increasing sales by more than 90% over the previous year. Mercedes-Benz do Brasil began sales of new medium-sized and semi-heavy trucks wit...

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facturing plants, such as its first contrast roof spray robot and the GBP 5-million under-body storage system, which was vital in ensuring Halewood could move to 24 hour production for the first time in the 50-year history of the plant. Land Rover announced the 2014 Range Rover Evoque on August 20. Customer ordering vehicles from the 2014 range will be on sale in quarter four 2013. The new Range Rover Evoque features the newly-available ZF's 9-sp...

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ts of two four-cylinder engines, one common rail diesel and one direct-injected petrol version. They replace eight engine architectures on three platforms. Drive-E diesels will range from 120 to 230 hp. Petrol versions will start at 140 hp and go all the way up to 300-plus hp. In order to cover all customer requirements, some engines will also gain added performance via electrification or other spearhead technology. Volvo Car announced on April 8...

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eached with Volkswagen VW reaches agreement for positioning itself competitively for the future Volkswagen to cut Germany capacity to 730,000 units by 2029 Volkswagen to invest EUR 20 million to produce new e-Golf in Dresden VW starts production of e-Golf at refitted Transparent Factory in Dresden Customers can assemble their own VW e-Golf in the Transparent Factory in Dresden Volkswagen 4.0 production systems are being developed in the Gläsern...

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hall will be used as a blueprint for Ebusco international roll-out of production capacity. The factory in Deurne is expected to have a production capacity of five hundred emission-free buses per year by 2022. On December 17, Ebusco announced that it has delivered the first Ebusco 3.0 buses to its customer Stadtwerke Munich in Germany. The buses, produced in Deurne, the Netherlands, will run on line 100 in the inner city of Munich. The Ebusco 3....

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highest logistics efficiency in BMW’s network, ensuring flexibility for future expansion. On June 11, BMW announced that it has produced its 1.5 millionth fully electric vehicle (EV) at its Leipzig plant. The milestone vehicle was a MINI Countryman E, built in May 2025 and recently delivered to a customer in Portugal. BMW Group’s electric journey began at this plant in 2013 with the BMW i3, followed by the BMW i8 plug-in hybrid in 2014. The ...

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ned over four years, in addition to 1,000 already recruited from 2014 to 2023. With an investment of EUR 300 million, the electric van production begins in 2026. The Sandouville Plant Connect digital ecosystem maximizes operational data usage for efficiency across the value chain, from suppliers to customers. The manufacturing process is optimized for decarbonization, aiming to meet the 2030 target. Initiatives include a 30% reduction in resource...

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ected by the end of 2021. Ford invested USD 50 million to build the Transit in a new plant constructed in partnership with Nordex. The line-up will launch with the Minibus passenger model, with versions for 15-16 occupants, and 18-19 occupants, along with the same window version, without seats, for customers to configure as needed. A panel-side cargo version will arrive soon after, with medium- and long- cabin options, also configurable to custom...

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type of the Subaru XV crossover SUVs at the Indonesia International Motor Show opened in Jakarta on September 20. Starting in January 2013, the new crossover SUV is scheduled to be assembled at the Kuala Lumpur Plant of Tan Chong Motor using knockdown kits. In addition to delivering the vehicles to customers in Malaysia, FHI is intending to export the SUVs to Indonesia and Thailand as well. Planned production volume is 5,000 vehicles a year. Deta...

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partly imported from Turkey, will also be increased. Renault announced on April 11 that combined worldwide productions of Renault- and Dacia-branded Dusters had reached one million vehicles worldwide. The millionth Duster was made at Renault’s plant in Curitiba, Brazil, and will be delivered to a customer in the same country. Duster is currently marketed in more than 100 countries and made in five factories across the world: Pitesti (Romania), ...

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ly double production of the F-150 Lightning pickup at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn to 150,000 trucks per year. The Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is currently entering the final pre-build phase before accelerating into mass production of F-150 Lightning trucks this spring for retail customers and F-150 Lightning Pro for commercial customers. Within 24 months, Ford will have the global capacity to produce 600,000 BEVs annually, inc...

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lant was down from January 25 through February 1. A recent Rouge Electric Vehicle Center shift schedule for February to March sent to factory workers indicates a two shift pattern, with one crew on rolling layoffs. The EV plant moves to one shift on April 1. In February 13, Ford announced the first customer delivery of an electric F-150 Lightning in Norway, as the first country outside North America to get F-150 Lightning. The F-150 Lightning is ...

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as released in September 2013 and became a hit seller with over 20,000 bookings. HMIL has discontinued sales of the i10 Automatic. Hyundai Motor India Ltd. has sold more than 33,000 units of the Grand small hatchbacks within 90 days since its launch in September 2013. The car has drove over 120,000 customer footfalls and over 160,000 test drives. The company explained that the customers have appreciated its U2 CRDi diesel engine which is a combin...

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duces 42, wholesales 35 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks in 2023 Nikola reports Q4, full year 2023 results, added FCEV production, return of BEV trucks Nikola progresses on delivery of 50 hydrogen fuel cell trucks to IMC in California Nikola produces 43 hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks for U.S. customers in Q1 Nikola revenues and losses rise in Q1 on sales of 40 FCEVs to dealers ACT Expo 2024: Nikola announces order for 100 FCEV trucks from A...

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rt in October 2010. The A-Class E-CELL will have lithium ion batteries in the floor of the existing A-class. Its range is about 200km on a full charge. The Rastatt plant will initially produce 500 units or more of the A-Class E-CELL, which will be leased for 4-year or 60,000km contract for selected customers. In response to a recovery in the premium car market, Daimler said it will discontinue shorter work time schedule at the Bremen Plant. It wi...

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