aminhões e Ônibus (VWCO) announced that the first Volkswagen truck has just left the new exclusive area for the assembly of commercial vehicles at the plant in Córdoba, Argentina. The pre-production vehicle, a VW Delivery 11.180, will be used to validate the manufacturing process train and begin testing runs. The new assembly line in Córdoba occupies an area of 15,000 square meters begin serial production in 2024 of the VW Delivery 9.170 and ...

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June 5 Subaru announced that it will reexamine fuel consumption and emissions measurements at a full inspection of its Gunma Plant. In April the automaker published a survey result on the misreporting of measurement data, but recently it discovered that falsified results were still resulting in its testing methodology. According to the announcement, when fuel consumption and exhaust gas measurement data was examined, measured data that deviated f...

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at the PT Handal Indonesia Motor (HIM) facility in Purwakarta, West Java. This development establishes Indonesia as XPeng’s first international production base. The XPeng X9 will be assembled under a Completely Knocked Down (CKD) scheme, covering the full production cycle, from assembly to final testing. The facility is expected to be fully operational by July 2025. Announced on July 18, Polytron celebrated the grand opening of its first G3 an...

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ctric heavy good vehicles (HGVs) at its Zuffenhausen, Weissach, and Leipzig sites, alongside 22 biogas-fuelled HGVs. An additional electric HGV transports vehicles to Switzerland from the Zuffenhausen plant. With twelve HGVs around the Zuffenhausen plant now powered by refuels. Moreover, Porsche is testing synthetic fuels (HVO100) in a multi-year trial. On May 14, Porsche announced that it has officially started electromobility at its Leipzig fac...

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continues Toyota integrates Regius Ace with Hiace Toyota Auto Body suspends operations in June, impact of coronavirus Toyota schedules no domestic plant production suspensions in August Following the revelation that Toyota Industries Corporation (Toyota Industries) had committed fraud in the output testing of automotive engines, Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) decided to temporarily suspend shipments of vehicles equipped with the affected engin...

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and 16-cell modules, the Comau-designed lines will allow ACC to produce up to 8 Gigawatt hours (GWh) annually by the end of 2024.  Comau has provided ACC with the necessary technology and know-how to automate the entire end-to-end production process, which includes prismatic cell preparation and testing, the stacking, welding, and final assembly, all the way to the final end-of-line testing.  On October 5, Automotive Cells Company (ACC) annou...

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Stellantis, PSA, Poissy R&D Centre Stellantis (PSA)'s R&D location, responsible for software development, grEEn Campus - Number of employees: 3,700 (as of 2024) - Stellantis is reorganizing its R&D, tertiary functions, and testing facilities at its new grEEn-campus in Poissy, with the process is still underway. - Established in 1938. Stellantis to create a Green Campus in Poissy, France On October 27, Stellantis announced its project to create ...

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hnology Development Center in Cesana, which is near Mladá Boleslav. The VW group has invested EUR 45 million in the construction of the new engine center - more than EUR 34 million into the new building and another EUR 10 million into its equipment. There are 21 engine test benches. In addition to testing new-generation engines, highly dynamic tests are also possible on the powerful 400kw test benches for cars for motor sports. Another six speci...

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ble for application, research and quality improvement of automotive lubricants. In the future, the joint laboratory will be engaged in multiple fields, including product development, cooperation on scientific and research projects, application of scientific and technological achievements as well as testing and evaluations. On October 20, the Oshan passenger vehicle brand of Changan Automobile began world presales of the all-new X5 SUV. The Oshan ...

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t ecosystem. On December 16, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute Co., Ltd. (CAERI) and Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (Changan Automobile) signed a deepened strategic cooperation agreement. Pursuant to the agreement, they will enhance strategic cooperation in terms of automotive testing and certification, product performance development, big data services, capital operation, and talent exchange. On March 15, various media sour...

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ants Peugoet Sochaux plant produces its millionth PEUGEOT 3008 Stellantis alter production at Vigo, Spain and Sochaux, France plants Stellantis cuts production at Sochaux, France plant Stellantis halts production at Sochaux plant due to shortage of chips Peugeot updates about battery production and testing Paris Motor Show: Stellantis announces major plan to boost EV production in France Stellantis faces supply bottleneck of finished vehicles in ...

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enter in Yantai On October 15, the Ultium Center, built by SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC GM), started production in Jinqiao, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. This plant, upgraded from SAIC-GM's previous Power Battery Systems Development Center, possesses the capacity of manufacturing and testing power battery systems. Its production line covers all NEV (New Energy Vehicle) battery systems, including mild hybrid systems, plug-in hybrid ...

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roducing high-end talent for the company to support it in product R&D and technological innovation. In the future, Changan Mazda will further build and expand an R&D team covering such functions as intelligentization, electrification, styling design, product engineering, performance simulation, and testing and validation. In addition, Changan Mazda unveiled the “12263” strategic development concept and its medium-term plan, which is to achiev...

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nt, trial-production, development of connectivity and autonomous driving. The site includes a proving ground. - On November 28, 2024, Volkswagen Group announced that it had reached an agreement with its Chinese partner SAIC Motor to sell its vehicle plant in Urumqi, Xinjiang, as well as its vehicle testing sites in Turpan and Anting, Shanghai. The buyer is Shanghai Motor Vehicle Inspection Certification & Tech Innovation Center Co., Ltd., a subsi...

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’s first EV to be introduced to China and will be launched during 2019. On October 24, Ford announced that the group has made Ford China an independent business unit, which directly reports to Ford’s global headquarters. On October 31, Ford and Baidu announced that they will kick off their joint testing project for Level-4 autonomous driving that lasts for two years. On May 11, Jiangling Motors Corporation, Ltd. (JMC) and Ford signed a framew...

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cial Responsibility Report". It is mentioned in the report that at the Chongqing headquarters, waste organic solvents have been successfully recycled as resources, and that in Beijing, the harmless treatment of water-based paint residue has been identified. The company completed the development and testing of 12 types of colored paints and 7 types of intermediate paints in cooperation with paint manufacturers, and put them into use officially to ...

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SAIC-GM/PATAC Guangde Proving Ground GM, SAIC, and PATAC Joint Venture R&D location (Guangde City), in charge of vehicle test, with a proving gound - The 5.67-square-kilometer proving ground of the R&D location in Guangde City is China’s largest. It includes more than 60 kilometers of test roads along with a comprehensive range of support facilities that enable it to carry out testing involving 70 different driving conditions. - Established o...

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joint work lab On October 15, the Ultium Center, built by SAIC General Motors Corporation Limited (SAIC GM), started production in Jinqiao, Pudong New Area, Shanghai. This plant, upgraded from SAIC-GM's previous Power Battery Systems Development Center, possesses the capacity of manufacturing and testing power battery systems. Its production line covers all NEV (New Energy Vehicle) battery systems, including mild hybrid systems, plug-in hybrid ...

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rategic cooperation agreement with the government of Jiading District, Shanghai. According to the agreement, SHPT will develop hydrogen fuel cell project in Jiading District. SHPT mainly engages in services related to the industrialization of hydrogen fuel cell systems. It has capabilities in R&D, testing and production of fuel cell systems and relevant components. The company also provides hydrogen supply services. - Established in June 2018. ...

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coming two years through 2011. The automaker has established a company to be in charge of research and development in January 2009, which has already started operations. The investment will be used for the production of cars fueled by new energy and its components as well. SAIC Motor said it began testing its own plug-in hybrid technology (plug-in hybrid drive technology, electrical and mechanical coupling) on a car, starting production of a pro...

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