urchasing scheme for its e2o EV. Under the scheme called "Goodbye Fuel, Hello Electric," the company owns batteries and the customers pays a monthly energy fee. This will cut the new price of the EV by up to Indian Rupee (INR) 170,000. The scheme will guarantee the customers battery performance and inflation-proof running costs. The e2o comes in three grades, the Base, the Premium and the Premium+Quick2Charge, priced at INR 499,999, 555,499 and 5...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/19

r factory is already completed, with a roof overhead, but it remains a shell without walls. On July 5, NextStar Energy, the vehicle battery JV between Stellantis and LG Energy Solution, announced it has signed a binding agreement with the Canadian government to level the playing field with the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and is restarting construction at the battery plant in Windsor, Ontario with plans to launch in 2024. The plant will hav...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

s, looks to deliver 200-500 units in 2022 Nikola begins production of battery-electric Tre semitruck in Coolidge, Arizona FPT, Italy ships electric axles for Nikola Tre electric truck Nikola Corp. reports Q2 2022 financials, deliveries, production Nikola truck and energy business to benefit from Inflation Reduction Act Nikola Corporation reports Q3 2022 results, manufacturing updates Nikola receives order for 100 Class 8 Tre BEVs from Zeem S...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

y agreeing to a 5.5% salary increase for workers plus a 1% increase in the workers' savings fund and the indexation of food allowance vouchers, according to an August 19 tweet by the independent union of Volkswagen workers (SITIAVW). VW and union representatives also agreed on a raise equivalent to inflation plus 2% scheduled for 2019, which would be split between a 1% salary hike and 1% for the savings fund and food vouchers. A lack of engine pa...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

veda announced discussions with Kia Motors regarding expansion of its plant in Pesquería, Mexico, with the aim of launching an EV in the market. Kia is considering the new EV plant, expected to be built near or as part of the existing facility, due to the eligibility for tax credits under the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), though nothing has been fixed yet. While plans are not yet fixed, whenever the new facility would be built, the goal wo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

ups at Flint Assembly and Oshawa. At the two U.S. plants, wages range from USD 18 to USD 32 per hour. On May 11, the SINTTIA labor union representing workers at General Motors Silao Assembly Plant, announced that it had reached a deal for a new labor contract that includes raises and benefits above inflation. The agreement forestalls a May 31 deadline for workers to strike. Approximately 6,500 workers at the GM Silao plant build Chevrolet Silvera...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

ectric midsize SUV, at its plant in the US state of Georgia from 2024. At a conference call with analysts on 5th, the automaking unit of Hyundai Motor Group said it will convert part of its Georgia plant to an electric vehicle production line to build the EV9. The move is Kia’s response to the US Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in August. Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor said the company will start producing the Electrified GV70, the latest mo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

or the USD 7,500 federal government clean-vehicle tax incentive after having temporarily lost eligibility following changed requirements at the start of 2024.The U.S. Treasury Department and Internal Revenues Services in December released guidance to clarify rules around eligible vehicles under the Inflation Reduction Act that disqualified EVs with a specific foreign-sourced battery content, affecting also the Chevrolet Blazer EV. Cadillac has re...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

built Model 3 and Model Y vehicles to its inventory in Canada, confirming that it has been shipping vehicles from Gigafactory Shanghai. The range offered on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in Tesla’s Canadian site matches those of the LFP cells used in packs for China-built vehicles. Due to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Tesla is saving its Fremont and Gigafactory Texas-built Model Ys for U.S. customers. Canadian customers can purchase an EV bu...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/05

n, and total direct jobs to over 5,000. This announcement marks the second time this plant has been expanded before it commences operations. In August 2022, they invested an additional USD 2.5 billion on top of the original USD 1.2 billion in order to qualify for incentives and tax breaks under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). This investment adds capacity to support battery electric vehicles (BEV’s) including 3-row seat SUV to be manufacture...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/01

ectric midsize SUV, at its plant in the US state of Georgia from 2024. At a conference call with analysts on 5th, the automaking unit of Hyundai Motor Group said it will convert part of its Georgia plant to an electric vehicle production line to build the EV9. The move is Kia’s response to the US Inflation Reduction Act, signed into law in August. Meanwhile, Hyundai Motor said the company will start producing the Electrified GV70, the latest mo...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/27

GLE and GLS sport utilities. Batteries powering the new EV will come from the Mercedes-Benz battery plant in nearby Woodstock. On September 25, Mercedes-Benz announced it has applied for tax breaks for potential projects at its plants in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and Charleston, South Carolina, under the Inflation Reduction Act. While the spokesperson did not comment on the proposed projects, sources have reported that Mercedes-Benz is looking to expan...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/21

finiti brand names. USD 500 million is being invested toward this end. On October 16, Nissan USA announced that it has been able to certify that 2024 LEAF vehicles produced in the U.S. will qualify for part of the U.S. federal EV tax credit by meeting the “battery component” requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. Now qualifying for the USD 3,750 tax credit, the LEAF and its AESC-supplied battery are assembled in Smyrna, Te...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/14

st plant in Ontario, Canada, once it starts production that same year. On October 16, Nissan USA announced that it has been able to certify that 2024 LEAF vehicles produced in the U.S. will qualify for part of the U.S. federal EV tax credit by meeting the “battery component” requirements of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022. Now qualifying for the USD 3,750 tax credit, the LEAF and its AESC-supplied battery are assembled in Smyrna, Te...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/06

built Model 3 and Model Y vehicles to its inventory in Canada, confirming that it has been shipping vehicles from Gigafactory Shanghai. The range offered on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in Tesla’s Canadian site matches those of the LFP cells used in packs for China-built vehicles. Due to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Tesla is saving its Fremont and Gigafactory Texas-built Model Ys for U.S. customers. Canadian customers can purchase an EV bu...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/06

first EV battery plant outside of Europe in the North American country. The plant will cost about CAD 7 billion to build. The total Canadian investment, which could also include funds from the Ontario provincial government, will largely match what Volkswagen would have got from the U.S. through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), officials said. On May 15, Stellantis announced it has stopped construction its NextStar Energy battery plant in Windso...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/04

a half years, through April 2028. The tentative agreement includes a 25% pay increase over four and a half years, reinstatement of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), and three years to reach top pay, which, including COLAs, will bring pay increases for top-paid employees to more than 30%, and with inflation becoming a social issue, the agreed rate of pay increases will be higher than in the past 22 years. Ford is working with its supply chain to...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/28

a half years, through April 2028. The tentative agreement includes a 25% pay increase over four and a half years, reinstatement of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), and three years to reach top pay, which, including COLAs, will bring pay increases for top-paid employees to more than 30%, and with inflation becoming a social issue, the agreed rate of pay increases will be higher than in the past 22 years. Ford is working with its supply chain to...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/28

a half years, through April 2028. The tentative agreement includes a 25% pay increase over four and a half years, reinstatement of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs), and three years to reach top pay, which, including COLAs, will bring pay increases for top-paid employees to more than 30%, and with inflation becoming a social issue, the agreed rate of pay increases will be higher than in the past 22 years. Ford is working with its supply chain to...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/28

built Model 3 and Model Y vehicles to its inventory in Canada, confirming that it has been shipping vehicles from Gigafactory Shanghai. The range offered on Model 3 and Model Y vehicles in Tesla’s Canadian site matches those of the LFP cells used in packs for China-built vehicles. Due to the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, Tesla is saving its Fremont and Gigafactory Texas-built Model Ys for U.S. customers. Canadian customers can purchase an EV bu...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/23