unable to continue its production activities. In the above context, the company has completely shut down its plant from March 24, 2023, to March 27, 2023 (both days inclusive). The above disruption has been caused as the companies and their vendors continue to face significant hurdles in importing raw materials and receiving clearance for their consignments from commercial banks. On April 28, Indus Motor Company, the makers of Toyota cars in Pak...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/19

ks ground for new stamping shop in Philippines Mitsubishi Motors Philippines approved as CARS Program participant Mitsubishi Motors Philippines to step up operations with 2 shifts Mitsubishi Motors starts production of Mirage G4 in the Philippines Mitsubishi Motors Philippines invests on production materials handling facilities Mitsubishi Motors Philippines announces opening of New Santa Rosa Stamping shop Alliance member companies open joint tra...

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F3. BYD F3 sedan has a 1.5-liter engine which generates 108 hp power.  On April 21, multiple sources reported that the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Al Amal Group stated that the company will permanently cease production of BYD cars in Egypt by August 2025. The move is due to a shortage of raw materials and the end of the model’s production cycle in China, which halted local manufacturing. He further stated that the company is investin...

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cipated 132MW generation. On March 4, Altilium, a clean technology group announced a collaborative project led by Nissan, to improve the sustainability of EV batteries manufactured in the UK, using recycling technologies to lower the carbon footprint of new batteries and reduce reliance on imported raw materials. Both companies will collaborate to optimize raw material recycling and develop a "closed loop" model for battery materials, reducing th...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

odels, with Regensburg and Oxford adopting the technology in 2025. The new Debrecen plant in Hungary will integrate it from the start. On December 12, BMW announced that it would fill all diesel models produced in Germany with HVO 100 from January 2025. HVO 100 is a renewable diesel made from waste materials like cooking oils. It stands for "hydrotreated vegetable oil," which offers up to 90% lower carbon emissions compared to fossil diesel. BMW ...

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ssions are EU6-compliant. BMW announced on December 12 that it will unveil the BMW Z4 Roadster in Pure Fusion Design at the Detroit Motor Show in January 2014. Pure Fusion Design refines the interior of the Z4 to intensify the premium character of the car even more. The various exclusive colors and materials are available. As an exclusive touch and only in combination with the Pure Fusion Design package, the BMW Z4 can now, for the first time, be...

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assemblers of BAIC and Haval vehicles in Pakistan announced that it has decided to shut down its car plant (the assembly plant of BAIC and Haval vehicles) from February 27, 2023 to March 4, 2023. The company stated that due to the Government's stringent measures of minimizing the import of CKD and raw materials of vehicles, its supply chain has been disrupted. However, the company's three-wheeler and automotive parts manufacturing plant will rem...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

sedan after the 2022 model year. While it began production in Aguascalientes, Mexico in 2018, the company announced in 2020 that production of the U.S. market A-Class would move to Rastatt, Germany to make room for the GLB crossover at the COMPAS plant. According to the report in Mercedes-Benz HP - Materials from CO2: Out of the atmosphere and into the car (October 5, 2021) - Twelve, which calls itself the "carbon transformation company", offered...

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st battery pack officially rolls off GAC Aion’s battery pilot production line GAC Group and GAC Aion intend to jointly increase investment of about CNY 600 million in Hycan GAC Group unveils multiple sub-brands’ new vehicle planning for 2023 GAC Aion and CASC to deepen their cooperation on new materials and intelligentization GAC Aion launches next-generation high-performance integrated electric drive named Quark GAC Aion builds zero carbon ...

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battery kit that allows the integration of battery cells and modules from different development partners through uniformly designed components and interfaces. CATL will provide these battery cells. CATL will use electricity from renewable energies for production. For the battery cells, only battery raw materials which were extracted from audited mines will be used. In addition, the partners are reducing critical materials with the use of new tech...

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already rolling off the production line in Factory 56. On January 27, Mercedes-Benz announced that its all-new EQS has passed the environmental audit. The life cycle assessment (LCA) undertaken by Mercedes-Benz examines all environment-related aspects of a vehicle model, from the manufacture of the raw materials and the production of the vehicle through to driving operation and then recycling at the end of a vehicle's life. The all-new EQS shows ...

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factory plans to produce 16 thousand cars in 2010. With the start of operation of new stamping facilities in 2011, localization level will be raised to 60% from present 43%. Local content of Fiat cars fitted with diesel engines will reach 90%. Stamping manufacture will be carried out using domestic raw materials supplied by Severstal and Magnitogorsk metallurgical complexes. Sollers will start production and sales of an all-wheel drive "Fiat Duca...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

testing lab qualification from VW Group. Covering an area of over 60,000 square meters, the Gotion High-tech Validation Engineering Institute has so far built four validation sites in Xinzhan of Hefei, Baohe, Lujiang, and Jiading of Shanghai, and boasts four testing platforms for testing of battery materials and parts, battery cells, systems, and safety and reliability, enabling full-scale, full-lifecycle validation, testing and analysis from bat...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

Honda (Greensburg, Indiana), Hyundai (Montgomery, Alabama) and Volkswagen (Chattanooga, Tennessee), claiming these facilities have engaged in illegal “union-busting” activities. Among the allegations are that Honda workers were placed under additional surveillance, Hyundai banned any pro-union materials in non-work areas outside of normal working hours, and that VW has confiscated and destroyed pro-union materials. The OEMs deny the allegati...

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ers and designed to enable data exchange among them. One of the aims is to improve transparency and response speed by regularly comparing the demand and capacity situation in order to adjust the supply of parts at short notice. Further improvements are expected for the network partners, such as row materials suppliers, n-Tier suppliers or automotive manufacturers, in terms of delivery reliability. Recording carbon emissions data in supply chains ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/16

small electric cars. On July 26, Audi Hungaria launched its Aluminum Closed Loop project in 2021, recycling aluminum scrap from production by returning it to the supplier, who produces new aluminum coils. The process saves approximately 95% of the energy compared to producing aluminum from primary raw materials. Audi Hungaria has steadily increased its recycled aluminum, now recycling over 6,000 tons of aluminum sheet waste annually by saving ne...

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onia has the property of “emitting no CO2 when burned”. Mazda is collaborating with Mitsubishi Corporation Clean Energy Ltd. to construct gas turbine thermal power generation facilities fueled by ammonia. The power generation output will be approximately 110,000kW and use blue ammonia and other materials. The project is planned to take four years from construction to completion. Mazda Motor Corporation (Mazda) announced on February 27 that it...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/16

peration before the end of 2023 on the premises of GS Yuasa's Head Office in Kyoto, Japan. The new company will research and develop lithium-ion batteries, primarily for electric vehicle (EV) use, as well as required production processes. Moreover, it will strive to establish a supply chain for key raw materials and a highly-efficient production system for its batteries. On August 1, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. (Honda) announced it completed procedures...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/16

testing lab qualification from VW Group. Covering an area of over 60,000 square meters, the Gotion High-tech Validation Engineering Institute has so far built four validation sites in Xinzhan of Hefei, Baohe, Lujiang, and Jiading of Shanghai, and boasts four testing platforms for testing of battery materials and parts, battery cells, systems, and safety and reliability, enabling full-scale, full-lifecycle validation, testing and analysis from bat...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/15

rain in Qashqai in Europe On March 4, Altilium, a clean technology group announced a collaborative project led by Nissan, to improve the sustainability of EV batteries manufactured in the UK, using recycling technologies to lower the carbon footprint of new batteries and reduce reliance on imported raw materials. Both companies will collaborate to optimize raw material recycling and develop a "closed loop" model for battery materials, reducing th...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/11