Rimac Campus, Kerestinec Hypercar : Nevera, Nevera R (planning); High-voltage battery units (planning); Rimac's future HQ, R&D, Test Center, volume production of Battery and electric drive, pilot production of EV. The location is planned to be fully operational by 2024. - R&D Satellite offices: Berlin Germany, Bologna Italy - Number of employees: 400 (as of Oct. 2024), 2,500 (Planned) - Investment:     (-2024): EUR 120 million, more tha...

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ands and retain their respective production sites in Zagreb (Croatia) and Molsheim (France). Bugatti Rimac has its headquarters in Sveta Nedelja, near Zagreb. A move to the new Rimac campus, which is currently being built at a cost of EUR 200 million, is planned for 2023. This will also be the location of Bugatti Rimac’s joint R&D facility. Around 2,500 people will work at the 200,000-square-metre site.  On January 18, Rimac Group announc...

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erman energy provider RheinEnergie. It will help Ford to increase by threefold the expanse of solar panels at facilities in Cologne. It will also help expand the capacities for locally produced renewable electricity as well as increase the efficiency in production processes and lighting at the Ford location in Cologne. The solar panels on the roof of Ford's Central European Spare Parts Warehouse in Merkenich, Cologne, will be extended to generate...

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Stellantis Engineering India Private Limited, Pune (formerly FCA Engineering India Pvt Ltd) Stellantis (FCA)'s R&D location, responsible for the center acts as engineering support, research, and development center for the Asia Pacific region including India. It supports all the FCA brands including current and previous ones. - Year of registration: 2017 ...

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nd a peak torque of 162Nm. Equipped with a ternary lithium battery with a capacity of 84.8kWh, the vehicle has a CLTC (China light duty vehicle test cycle) range of 605km (RWD variant) or 543km (4WD variant). It was reported that FAW-Volkswagen had chosen Shishan town, Nanhai in Foshan city, as the location for its new Guangdong plant. FAW-VW obtained some 133-hectare land for the plant. Annual production capacity will be some 300,000 units, plan...

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Mazda R&D Center Tokyo (MRT) Mazda's R&D location, responsible for software development to respond to the shift towards intelligent vehicles - The Mazda R&D Center Tokyo (MRT) was opened in 2025 on the 49th Floor of Azabudai Hills Mori JP Tower (Minato-ku, Tokyo). The Tokyo Office was also moved from the Kasumigaseki Building (Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo) to the same floor. - Floor space (incl. MRT and Tokyo Office): 3,110 square meters Mazda to open new ...

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Cellforce Group GmbH (CFG), Mahden Plant Porsche AG's R&D location focusing on of battery cells. - Number of Employees: 286 (as of August 2025). - In 2025, Porsche announced that the Cellforce Group will focus on the research and development of battery cells in the future. - In July 2023, Porsche AG dissolved the joint venture with CUSTOMCELLS Holding GmbH. Cellforce begins construction work in Mahden, Germany Cellforce uses extruders from C...

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SKODA Auto Volkswagen India Pvt Ltd, Technology Center (Mahalunge, Maharashtra) Skoda's R&D location, in charge of vehicle development, localization, design, project management, electronics, infotainment, body design, interior, chassis, etc. - Number of Employees: 200 (as of 2024) - Investment: EUR 250 million - R&D center under INDIA 2.0 Project - Established in 2019 Skoda India announces design contest for upcoming mid-size premium sedan S...

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Mazda R&D Center Yokohama (MRY) Mazda's R&D location, responsible for product and engineering planning, and advanced research for significant new technology - Established: 1987 - Land area: 37,000 square meters - Number of employees: 51 (As of March 31, 2025) ...

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Horse Titu R&D Centre - Romania (formerly Renault Technologie Roumanie, RTR) HORSE's R&D location, responsible for engineering and vehicle, mechanical parts and internal/external parts testing, with 32 Km proving ground - Number of Employees: 250 (as of July 2025). - In Jul., 2023, it moved from Renault to HORSE Holding. - This center is developing Duster 3rd Generation (2024-) and Dacia-Bigster. - Established in 2010. - Initial investment: EU...

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Ford Werke GmbH John Andrews Entwicklungszentrum (Cologne) Ford's R&D location, which has a design studio, two proving grounds, and three climatic wind tunnels, an aero-acoustic wind tunnel and the so-called "cave" - ​​a virtual space for vehicle assessment. The development centre has a crash laboratory, an acoustics center, an exhaust gas laboratory and a large number of test benches that are used to test engines, drive trains, transmission...

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erman energy provider RheinEnergie. It will help Ford to increase by threefold the expanse of solar panels at facilities in Cologne. It will also help expand the capacities for locally produced renewable electricity as well as increase the efficiency in production processes and lighting at the Ford location in Cologne. The solar panels on the roof of Ford's Central European Spare Parts Warehouse in Merkenich, Cologne, will be extended to generate...

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Mazda Motor, Head Office, R&D Divisions (Hiroshima) Mazda's R&D location, responsible for product and engineering planning, design development, product development, and advanced research for significant new technology ...

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Toyota Europe Design Development S.A.R.L (ED2) (Biot) Toyota's Design location, in charge of Exterior, Interior and Color design - Number of Employees: approx. 40 (as of July 2025). - Responsible for the design of A segment Aygo X prologue. - Exterior design of C-HR Cross Over Prototype, made its world debut at the 2015 Frankfurt motor show, was worked out by this location. - Exterior design of all new Yaris launched in 2014 was worked out by t...

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erman energy provider RheinEnergie. It will help Ford to increase by threefold the expanse of solar panels at facilities in Cologne. It will also help expand the capacities for locally produced renewable electricity as well as increase the efficiency in production processes and lighting at the Ford location in Cologne. The solar panels on the roof of Ford's Central European Spare Parts Warehouse in Merkenich, Cologne, will be extended to generate...

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tery systems Valmet Automotive expands business beyond automotive, sells IONCOR to a Finnish group of investors IONCOR to consolidate German operations with new battery testing hub in Kirchardt On March 23, Valmet Automotive announced that it is building its first battery factory in Germany. At the location in Kirchardt/Baden-Württemberg pre-series production of complete battery systems for electrically powered vehicles is scheduled to start in ...

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Subaru, Tokyo Office Subaru's R&D location, responsible for power units development for Subaru vehicles, including gasoline-powered vehicles and electrified vehicles. Examples include engines, transmissions, automotive batteries, powertrain-related software, etc. - March 1999: Production of engines and transmissions ended to concentrate on research and development. - February 1989: Mitaka Manufacturing Division, which produces engines, changed i...

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Ford Research and Innovation Center (RIC) Aachen Ford's R&D location, working in cooperation with universities, research institutes, competitors and suppliers in research and development in of new generation diesel and gasoline engines, alternative drive systems (including fuel cell and hybrid technologies), telematics and development of new materials. The site was closed in mid-2024 after almost 30 years. - The site was closed in mid-2024 afte...

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ne to perform inventory control operations, which, until now, have been carried out manually by an employee using binoculars. Using built-in mapping features and a predetermined flight plan, the drone reads the barcodes on the pallets using three scanners on its front. It can take an inventory of a location in six seconds, which is ten times quicker than with a manual system. Photographs are also taken of each location, enabling any issues on pal...

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SEAT Technical Centre (CTS) (Martorell) SEAT's R&D location, in charge of development of batteries, EVs and HVs, testing and evaluating of them, plans to have several climate chambers - Number of employees: 1,134 (as of 2024) - Annual test capacity: 6000 complete tests of the high-voltage system (battery, charging, and safety) - Operation started in 1975. - Investment: EUR 7 million SEAT to build battery test center in Martorell plant SEAT o...

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