ion of cars at the BMW Group’s European plants from 2026 onwards. BMW Group aims to use low-carbon steel to meet over 40% of demand at its European plants by 2030, thereby reducing CO2 emissions by up to 400,000 tonnes per year. The BMW Group already established a closed-loop material cycle for sheet steel waste from BMW Group Plant Leipzig with Salzgitter AG more than five years ago. Sheet steel waste from the BMW Group’s other European p...

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e diversity of vehicles from different range segments, the work will make the plant less dependent on market fluctuations and thus more efficient. New stamping technologies are introduced in the Douai plant for the first time in the Renault group. The technology brings reduction in weight since the sheet metal is thinner, while improving safety, since the material gains the advanced mechanical characteristics of tempered steel: strength and elast...

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rk electric drive features for the first time X-PIN flat-wire stators and 900V silicon carbide technology, increasing the power of a motor from the industry average of 6kW/kg to 12kW/kg. It also features a nanocrystalline-amorphous motor that subverts the conventional millimeter-level silicon steel sheet, reducing output loss by over 50%. The Quark electric drive technology will be first applied to Hyper products. In the future, it may be applied...

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the document submitted to the federal environmental authority.  On January 22, Hyundai Steel executives said the company is considering investing in a steel plant in the Southeast region of the U.S. The plant, likely be electric arc furnace-based, would be expected to supply OEMs in the U.S. with sheet steel.  Hyundai currently operates plants in Montgomery, Alabama and Bryan County, Georgia, while Kia has plants in West Point, Georgia, and Pe...

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will create 500 more jobs to expand its I-4 and diesel engines production in Chihuahua. On June 26, Ford Motor Company announced that it is preparing its Cuautitlan assembly plant to begin production of its first full-electric vehicle in 2020 for global customers. Ford says it has adopted a "blank sheet" approach to the design, development and manufacture of electrified units, involving 1,500 Mexican engineers. Ford de Mexico currently employs 8...

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l arrive at North American dealerships in the first half of 2025. On January 22, Hyundai Steel executives said the company is considering investing in a steel plant in the Southeast region of the U.S. The plant, likely be electric arc furnace-based, would be expected to supply OEMs in the U.S. with sheet steel.  Hyundai currently operates plants in Montgomery, Alabama and Bryan County, Georgia, while Kia has plants in West Point, Georgia, and Pe...

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form, under a partnership the two OEMs struck in 2020. GM continues to build the Honda-brand EV Prologue, similar to the Chevrolet Blazer EV, at its plant in Ramos Arizpe, Mexico. On November 20, GM announced a new USD 250 million investment in its Parma Metal Center in Ohio to enable production of sheet metal stampings and assemblies to support the multi-billion-dollar product allocations previously announced for Orion Assembly, Spring Hill Manu...

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tch Mobility plans to introduce several electric vehicles in the Indian market, including the electric Dost, electric-Bada Dost, a low-floor 12-meter bus, and a low-floor 9-meter bus. They also plan to launch the low-floor 12-meter E1 bus for the European market. The company stated that its balance sheet is robust enough to support this initiative. Overall, the company expects its full-year capital expenditure for FY 2024 to be approximately INR ...

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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 nearly 45,000 tons of carbon dioxide per year. Overall, Audi Hungaria recycles more than 99% of its waste generated, in...

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clearance and also offers the driver a commanding view of the road ahead. Its wheelbase is 2,350 mm, giving the car a generous amount of interior space. Renault will unveil the facelift of the Renault Koleos at the Auto Expo 2014 in Delhi. The new Koleos will get new aluminum wheels, electric power sheet on a front passenger seat and Bose audio system. The car features a blind spots detection system to improve its safety performance. Nissan Motor...

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is currently being assembled in the No. 1 Bupyeong plant, will be produced in the expanded No. 2 Bupyeong plant. "These new investments are in addition to the USD 2.8 billion announced in May to build two all-new vehicles in Korea, as well as the USD 2.8 billion to restructure the company's balance sheet, which has already been completed," said GM Executive Vice President Barry Engle. On August 14 GM Korea announced that it has completed developm...

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unches in Europe in the first half of 2023. Through the collaboration, Sibros will provide end-to-end software and data management solutions for the Sion, Sono Motors’ first series-produced vehicle that can charge its battery using solar power. On April 5, Valmet Automotive signed a binding term sheet on solar electric vehicle manufacturing with Sono Motors. The cooperation contains the manufacturing of the Sion model, a fully electric vehicle...

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the electrocoating process. Faraday Future is also nearing the completion of construction and equipment installation in the body shop, as the robots are undergoing final commissioning and validation. In an SEC Schedule 13D report filed July 30, Faraday Future shows it has executed a nonbinding term sheet with several financial investors for convertible notes with a principal amount of up to USD 600 million. In an 8k filing on July 25, Faraday Fut...

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ody parts and chassis components, and an aluminum die-casting foundry. Having its own die-cast foundry will enable Audi to advance its weight saving technology, which is the core of its product strategy, and ensure the long-term supply of die-cast aluminum parts. Audi is also planning production of sheet metal and thermoformed parts....

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is manufactured, have already been digitalized for this. According to the VW Group's Sustainability report 2021, the Aluminum Closed Loop Project, with which a closed loop for aluminum was achieved beyond Company boundaries for the first time in the Neckarsulm plant in 2017. The waste from aluminum sheet-metal parts from the press shop is delivered directly back to the suppliers, who can re-cycle the scrap and use it to produce new material that ...

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d on fossil fuels. In April 2023, Audi reported that Audi's Toolmaking 4.0 system is bringing greater visibility of suppliers and detecting potential disruption of machines and operations at tool shops, with high productivity gains. Audi's Toolmaking operation means producing tooling and moulds for sheet-metal production. The Toolmaking 4.0 system's main features are "outsourced supplier management", "total predictive maintenance (TPM)", "machine...

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on a single line. The new Macan follows the Taycan as Porsche's second all-electric model. By 2030, Porsche aims for over 80% of its new vehicles to be all-electric, subject to customer demand and regional electromobility development. In Leipzig, the Macan is produced with a carbon-neutral balance sheet. Over 4,600 employees at the Saxony factory build the Macan and Panamera models. On August 6, Porsche launched a new battery storage system at i...

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ossil fuels or recycled aluminum. Compared to aluminum raw materials smelted with electricity derived from thermal power generation, green aluminum can reduce CO2 emissions during ingot production by about 50%, and recycled aluminum by about 95%. Nissan has so far procured low-CO2 emission aluminum sheet materials for the panels of vehicles produced in Japan. Going forward, Nissan will use low CO2 emission aluminum for all aluminum parts, includi...

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ly 700 work steps were analyzed at over 400 workshops to leverage existing efficiency reserves. The eighth generation new Golf 8 has over 2,700 individual parts and components. There are 962 wiring systems with 1,340 meters of cable in the fully-connected Golf. Starting with delivery of the steel sheet, the Golf travels 69 kilometers on production lines until the finished vehicle leaves the factory. Due to greater standardization of plant and ...

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hat it would be transporting components to the Ellesmere Port plant, UK from the Vigo plant, Spain via ship organized by Suardiaz shipping company, "Vigo-Liverpool maritime line". It will support the production of over 50,000 electric light commercial vehicles per year. Stellantis Vigo will send 47 sheet metal parts to Ellesmere Port, covering 83% of the vehicle bodywork, with 86% of components sourced from the Iberian Peninsula suppliers. Ellesm...

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