pril 6 at the Indaiatuba plant. The plant closure announcement coincided with Toyota’s official launch of its all-new Corolla Cross SUV at dealerships across Brazil. Toyota says any further stoppages will not be necessary because of a lack of semiconductors, as it was able to secure its component inventories in advance....

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ange. ET5 Touring features a dual-motor all-wheel drive system, comprising a 150-kW front induction motor and a 210-kW rear permanent magnet motor, with a total power output of 360 kW. On October 19, JAC Group announced its intention to transfer certain assets through public listing, involving the inventories, fixed assets, projects in progress, buildings, and land use rights of its passenger vehicle subsidiary’s No.3 Plant and the structures ...

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combined range 450-495km). The next-generation EC6 is equipped with the Aquila super sensing system, and the Adam super computing platform, with 24 safety and assisted driving features. On October 19, JAC Group announced its intention to transfer certain assets through public listing, involving the inventories, fixed assets, projects in progress, buildings, and land use rights of its passenger vehicle subsidiary’s No.3 Plant and the structures ...

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r announced the 2013 "V60," which includes the "V60 Plug-in Hybrid," a diesel PHEV. On October 15 Volvo Car announced that it will temporarily stop production in the Torslanda plant for five days from October 29 to November 2 based on a continued decline of the European automotive market. To reduce inventories, the Torslanda plant reduced production pace from 57 cars to 50 cars per hour, effective from October 1. Volvo Car said it will not reduce...

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ember 2014. Ford will increase the number of stamping presses from four to six at the plant as it is in-sourcing work done previously by suppliers. Ford unveiled on October 22 that it would temporarily stop producing the Focus and C-Max at the Michigan Assembly plant for two weeks to reduce growing inventories. The assembly plant in Wayne will be idle for the weeks of Oct. 28 and Dec. 16. Inventory of the C-Max has crept up to 122 days supply whi...

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tellantis announced that starting April 26 at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant, which produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango, only one shift crew will work for three weeks and then be laid off, while the other two shift crews work for the next three weeks. Dealers are experiencing low inventories while four Stellantis' plants remain idled through the end of April, affecting the Ram 1500 Classic pickup at Warren Truck Assembly, Chrys...

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tellantis announced that starting April 26 at the Jefferson North Assembly Plant, which produces the Jeep Grand Cherokee and Dodge Durango, only one shift crew will work for three weeks and then be laid off, while the other two shift crews work for the next three weeks. Dealers are experiencing low inventories while four Stellantis' plants remain idled through the end of April, affecting the Ram 1500 Classic pickup at Warren Truck Assembly, Chrys...

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of the Mercedes-Benz X-Class at Renault’s Cordoba, Argentina plant, and said the pickup will not be imported from the Nissan factory in Barcelona, Spain. Though Vito production was cancelled at the Juan Manuel Fangio Plant, importation of the model from Vitoria, Spain awaits reduction of current inventories. On October 31, Nissan Motor Iberica informed that it will soon complete the testing phase of a pioneering exoskeleton project before inte...

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. manufacturing sites, as it has done at its Fairfax Assembly Plant in Kansas, Spring Hill Assembly Plant in Tennessee, Fort Wayne Assembly Plant in Indiana, and Lordstown Assembly Plant in Ohio. On February 1, GM said its Lordstown Assembly Plant will have several weeks of downtime in 2017 to trim inventories of the Chevrolet Cruze, currently at a supply level of 100 days. The Lansing Grand River plant, producing the Cadillac CTS, ATS and Chevro...

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t electric vehicle operating system developed in-house by an automaker. By 2025, Decision making for 80% of NIO’s manufacturing work will be AI-assisted to further improve efficiency. On October 19, JAC Group announced its intention to transfer certain assets through public listing, involving the inventories, fixed assets, projects in progress, buildings, and land use rights of its passenger vehicle subsidiary’s No.3 Plant and the structures ...

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llantis’s Trenton Engine Complex, which produces V6 Pentastar engines for Rams, Chryslers and Jeeps, will shut down the week of August 19 with workers temporarily laid off. The facility, with two shifts employing more than 600 hourly and salaried workers, "will be down next week to balance engine inventories”, said Jodi Tinson. The current bank of finished engines was 20,700 this week. Trenton builds engines that go into Jeep Wranglers and Gl...

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tures currently included in the CT6-V, the Blackwing Twin-Turbo V-8 and Super Cruise. On February 15, GM ended production of the Chevrolet Volt and Buick LaCrosse at its Detroit-Hamtramck plant, to better align "production schedules with customer demand", according to the company, suggesting unsold inventories on factory and dealer lots. Chevrolet began production of the Volt in 2010, and in 2018 sold 18,306 of them in the U.S. On March 7, Genera...

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fabricated at VW’s Puebla plant, which withstands impacts of up to a Magnum 357. Audi has adapted the disc brakes, axles, suspension and gear boxes of the flagship Q5 Elite version to mitigate the 550 kg of added weight.  In the first quarter of 2018, VW faced challenges in Mexico as it adjusted inventories and launched the all-new Jetta, while Audi benefited from high demand of SUVs in the North American market. VW production during the first...

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temporarily halted operations of Guangqi Honda's manufacturing plant for about two weeks from April 30 to May 15. Honda said this suspension is for periodic maintenance and inspection, not due to a major earthquake and tsunami in Japan. Impact of the quake has been limited in the market with ample inventories for February-March period, but the output in April has been down by half to 18,000 units from March. Production volume in May is expected ...

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l powertrain adapted from the Ford Ranger. Toller sold 1,234 vehicles in 2019 and 752 in the first nine months of 2020. On January 11, Ford Motor Co. announced it will cease production immediately at Camaçari and Taubaté in Brazil, with some parts production continuing for a few months to support inventories for aftermarket sales. The Troller plant in Horizonte, Brazil, will continue to operate until the fourth quarter of 2021. The company will...

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ion at new plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico Infiniti officially starts production of QX50 in Aguascalientes, Mexico Infiniti introduces QX50 crossover on all-new platform Mercedes-Benz to build crossovers, sedans at COMPAS plant in Mexico Nissan idles two plants in Aguascalientes, Mexico to adjust inventories Infiniti halts second model to be built at COMPAS plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico U.S. sales of Mexico-produced vehicles in June mixed Me...

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etta, and Golf. Models that share the MQB platform include the SEAT Ibiza, Leon, Arona, Ateca and Tarraco. SEAT executives have confirmed that it is working with VW to produce at least one of its models at the Mexican plant. In the first quarter of 2018, VW faced challenges in Mexico as it adjusted inventories and launched the all-new Jetta, while Audi benefited from high demand of SUVs in the North American market. VW production during the first...

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tenth-gen Honda Accord with advanced powertrains in 2017 Honda reveals restyled 10th generation Accord in Detroit on July 14 Honda announces start of production, USD 267 million investment, for 2018 Accord Honda launches all-new 2018 Accord in U.S. Honda cuts Accord output in U.S. as sales slow, inventories grow Honda launches new 2018 Accord Hybrid in U.S. Honda debuts all-new 2019 Insight production model in New York Honda starts production...

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ity 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 eliminate the third production shift, implying layoffs for 550 workers. On November 18, 2017, Nissan announced that it...

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uascalientes Nissan Mexicana produces a vehicle every 40 seconds Nissan Kicks officially launches in Mexico Nissan to end production of Tiida at CIVAC plant in Mexico by 2018 Nissan to launch Mexico-made Kicks in U.S. market in June 2018 Nissan idles two plants in Aguascalientes, Mexico to adjust inventories Nissan announces pricing as 2018 Kicks prepares launch in U.S. market U.S. sales of Mexico-produced vehicles in June mixed Nissan plants ...

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