o this, Toyota decided to temporarily halt vehicle plants across Japan to determine the effects on parts supply. On October 2 Toyota Motor East Japan started production the Vitz small car at its Iwate Plant. The Vitz was previously produced at Toyota Industries’ Nagakusa Plant, but production was transferred to the Iwate Plant for the purpose of increasing production efficiency. The Iwate Plant already produces the Aqua small car and C-HR small...

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fficially launched the locally assembled BAIC BJ40 Plus at the PT Handal Indonesia (PT HIM) facility in Purwakarta, West Java, marking BAIC’s first vehicle assembled in Indonesia. To ensure quality, BAIC sent experts to its Beijing plant and brought international specialists to oversee technology transfer. The local assembly initiative has created around 700 jobs, with 95% of them being residents of Purwakarta. The BAIC BJ40 Plus is a rugged 4x...

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e company’s electric vehicle partnership will upgrade its market-leading BYD ADL Enviro200EV with ADL’s new electric bus heating system and optimised vehicle layouts. The buses will utilise ADL’s new all-electric heating system for electric buses. This heat pump solution has been developed to transfer atmospheric heat in to the vehicle. Designed to run efficiently in low ambient temperatures, it can also be used in reverse to cool the vehic...

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y a 2.0L/2.3L engine. The X80's crash safety performance has been ranked at five-star in the China-New Car Assessment Program (C-NCAP), thanks to its high-strength body and advanced technologies. Production of the Benteng series, produced on the same assembly line with the Mazda 6 (Atenza), will be transferred to the second plant. FAW Car plans to release the first SUV sold under its passenger car brand Besturn in 2013. The new model will be the ...

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te Limited (Inchcape) and PT Indomobil Sukses Internasional Tbk (Indomobil) announced their joint venture and appointment to operate Mercedes-Benz AG’s Indonesian assembly and distribution operations. The operations of PT Mercedes-Benz Indonesia and PT Mercedes-Benz Distribution Indonesia will be transferred to a partnership. The continuity of business in all respects will be ensured. Production activity in the plant located in Wanaherang, Bogo...

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igashi Fuji plant. The company held an internal ceremony to commemorate the closing of the plant on the same day. In the future, Toyota's demonstration city "Woven City" will be built on the site of the plant. Among the models that were produced there, production of the luxury sedan Century will be transferred to Toyota Motor Corporation's Motomachi Plant, and the next-generation taxi "JPN TAXI" will be transferred to Toyota Motor East Japan's Mi...

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this plant due to supply disruptions after the Algerian government decided to impose a ban on the import of auto spare parts. Launched in 2018, the plant can assemble 50,000 vehicles per year. On August 11, Groupe IMETAL, a leading metallurgical and steel industries group, announced the successful transfer of ownership of the KIA Motors Algeria plant to its subsidiary, EPE FONDAL. The signing ceremony was held at the Directorate of State Domains...

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obs will be created. The new generation i10 debuted at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The plant started production of midsize hatchback "Lavita" with new production line, planning to produce 90,000 units in 2007 and 100,000 units in 2009, and put them in the European market. Hyundai Motor is planning to transfer production of the export model for Europe of its small hatchback "i20" a plant in Turkey. Production of a 5-door "i20" is scheduled to start ...

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nts in the first year and targets 30,000 vehicles produced by the end of 2026, with a long-term capacity of 50,000 units annually. On August 18, Great Wall Motors Co., Ltd. signed an agreement with Daimler AG to acquire Daimler’s factory in Iracemápolis, Brazil. Under the agreement, Daimler will transfer the factory’s land, buildings, machinery and other properties excluding personnel to Great Wall Motors. The transfer is expected to be comp...

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North American business said that the company is in talks with the Los Angeles city government pertaining to the supply of electric buses. If the two companies sign a contract, BYD will build a plant in Los Angeles. The first batch of electric bus will be manufactured in China, which will later be transferred to the U.S. The first electric bus will be launched in the U.S. in the second quarter (Apr-June) of 2011 at the latest. BYD has showcased ...

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and the maximum torque of 145 Nm and two motors (110 KW and 250 Nm). It accelerates from zero to 100 km per hour in just 4.9 seconds and boasts fuel efficiency of less than 2 liters per 100 km. The Yuan is produced at BYD's Changsha plant. Foshan Weishang, the company's parent, signed a contract to transfer all the shares of Hunan Midea Bus Co., Ltd. to BYD Auto at 60 million Yuan. The "Midea Group," a major household electric appliance manufactu...

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., Canada plants on June 1 GM cuts third shift at Spring Hill plant after pandemic hurts demand GM indefinitely postpones addition of third shift at Spring Hill plant GM’s largest plant in Spring Hill, Tennessee, to operate on 100% solar energy by 2022 GM to continue Wentzville third shift by transferring workers from other plants GM to increase production at Fort Wayne, Indiana truck plant GM using salaried workers to build pickups at We...

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tro Z EV (2022-), Toyota Land Cruiser "250" series (2024-), Land Cruiser "250" series HV (2024-), Toyota HMVs (High Mobility Vehicle), Toyota Toyoace (Integrated to Dyna in 2020), Toyota FJ Cruiser (-2022), Toyota Land Cruiser Prado ("150" series, -2024) Hino's vehicle plant, scheduled to complete transfer to Toyota in April 2026 - Operation started in 1963. - Number of employees: 3,156 (As of March 31, 2024) Toyota announces global pro...

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there seems to be no plan of releasing new diesel engine vehicles. In Europe 67 percent of BMW models carry diesel engines, and they are compliant with 2016 U.S. regulations. BMW plans to sell its new "X3" SUV under the built-to-order contract starting early in 2011. Production of the "X3" will be transferred from Austria to the Startanburg plant in South Carolina in the U.S. SGL Automotive Carbon Fibers, a joint venture of BMW AG and SGL Group,...

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ons at its new Lansing, Michigan battery plant after GM backed out of the project, according to people familiar with the matter. GM said in December 2024 that it would sell its USD 1 billion stake in what was to be the Ultium Cells Lansing Plant, leaving LGES to find new customers. Toyota agreed to transfer an existing order from another LG plant in Michigan when LG fully acquires the Lansing facility, which is expected to happen in the spring. O...

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lood in Thailand, will partially resume after-hours work on one of its two manufacturing lines. Toyota announced it will begin to increase production of the "Highlander" at its Princeton, Indiana Plant in the second half of 2013. Production of the "Highlander," including its hybrid version, will be transferred from the Miyata Plant of Toyota Motor Kyushu in Japan. Toyota Motor said is going to take the wraps off its partially remodeled "Lexus RX4...

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dly, plans to move production of the Primastar commercial van from Spain to Renault's Sandouville plant in France. The Primastar production will be combined with other alliance commercial vehicles and the Primastar's move will follow the 2014 introduction of a new Renault Trafic which is also being transferred to Sandouville from GM's plant in Luton, England. Renault said, starting in the first half of 2011 at the Maubeuge plant it will commence ...

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and the Q5 SUV in the middle of 2010. The new plant will assemble the Q5, the new A4 and its derivative model starting in 2010. Prior to the launch of operations, a new logo was unveiled on September 15, and the new Q7, A6L and 2010 A4L on September 18. FAW-Volkswagen Automotive unveiled a plan to transfer the production of new Bora to the Changchun first plant from the second plant. The extra capacity to assemble about 10,000 units will be used...

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obot cell without the traditional jigs, and automatic guided vehicles (AGV) for the needs of internal logistics. The company has also acquired a virtual welding system for the training of body shop experts. The center enables probing the possibilities offered by an in-house 5G network for fast data transfer and function controls. Sustainability is another focus area, for example with a lighting solution that illuminates only areas where there are...

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capacity of up to 3,000 combined buses and trucks. This VKTS facility is expected to (i) create at least 100 green jobs by 2024, while meeting the minimum domestic component level (TKDN) of 40% (by 2025) as set by the government. This VKTS facility will also become the central hub for EV technology transfer and official local assembly facility for BYD (by 2026). Announced on July 26, PT VKTR Teknologi Mobilitas Tbk (VKTR) unveiled progress of the...

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