e was held in Chongqing, where the automaker announced a goal for the next 5 years: achieve an overall sales volume of 5 million units by 2030, including 3.5 million units of NEVs and 30% from markets outside of China. Changan Auto will focus on supply cooperation and marketing services. With NEVs, digitalization and intelligentization, and key technology at the core, Changan Auto will strive for high-quality development. For products, in the nex...

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rnatives. On September 27, VW Brazil announced securing a BRL 304 million credit line from BNDES (National Bank for Economic and Social Development) to finance the digital transformation of its four plants in the country. The investment, part of the “BNDES Mais Inovação” program, will enhance digitalization, automation, and Industry 4.0 technologies like AI, robotics, and cloud computing, boosting productivity and sustainability. VW Brazil ...

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ica On November 5, Volkswagen announced that it will invest some EUR 1 billion over the next five years to further strengthen its competitive situation in South America as a part of its ACCELERATE strategy. In addition to further local vehicle projects, an additional boost is given to in particular digitalization and decarbonization in South America, specific to market needs. Volkswagen is making further investments in the existing Biofuels Resea...

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press release dated August 19, 2022) AB SKF (SKF) announced that it signed a three-year framework agreement for a strategic partnership with Wolong Electric Group Co., Ltd. (Wolong Electric). The companies will focus on intelligent and clean energy technologies as well as the transformation towards digitalization and low-carbonization. They already established a deep partnership in the industrial and transportation fields. SKF has been providing ...

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icle. It will support further development and integration of electrification, AD/ADAS technologies and software. Chassis Brakes International’s highly experienced global management team will help drive further operational excellence, including quality standards, operating tools and processes, and digitalization. At the same time, Hitachi Automotive Systems would be investing in a growth segment. The combined business would have strong growth po...

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egic cooperation agreement with Tencent. Through this cooperation, both parties will work on further in-depth co-creation in fields such as digital marketing, intelligent cockpits, and navigation and maps. In addition, they will conduct further cooperation in fields such as cloud services, overseas digitalization and intelligentization, intelligent connected vehicle safety, and intelligent parks. On October 12, Dongfeng Motor (DFM) announced that...

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to European markets. Taigo is the third model in the lines where the Polo and T-Cross are currently assembled. With the new Taigo, the Volkswagen Navarra factory will produce, for the first time in its history, three models simultaneously. On December 9, Volkswagen announced that its e-mobility and digitalization investments, will account for the largest proportion of total investments of EUR 159 billion for the first time, at 56% or EUR 89 billi...

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s a final assembly base adopting the “assembly island” mode, which upends the conventional assembly line production mode of automobiles and will refresh the production efficiency of the industry with process flexibility, automation of assembly and logistics, personalization of customization and digitalization of management to significantly improve the reliability and stability of products. The plant also applies Wuling’s in-house developed ...

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al inflation rates between 2% and 3%. The Company also aims to achieve an overall EBIT margin from operations between 7% and 7.5%. In the Mobility business sector, it targets an average annual sales growth of 5%. -The Company’s general strategic focus is centered on the topics of electrification, digitalization, connectivity combined with the Internet of Things, artificial intelligence, and sustainability. For the Mobility business sector, the ...

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ercial vehicles including battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles. It will help Ford Otosan to transform its Kocaeli facilities into an integrated manufacturing center for the assembly of electric vehicles in Turkey, support higher operational standards, and contribute to the digitalization and integration of the supplier base through wider integration into the value chain. On May 9, Ford announced that it is leading an in...

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established a digital management platform for industrial solid waste, forming a comprehensive, full-process, and all-encompassing information management system for industrial solid waste, and has received the Green Factory certification from Chongqing. The Yubei plant has launched an environmental digitalization upgrade project, introducing 25 functional requirements, including automatic monitoring of production and pollutant emissions. The Nanj...

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ng, and company global business coordination and guidance, the headquarters has the four strategic functions of “a flagship experience center, an intelligent R&D center, a data center, and a service center”. It is equipped with such functional departments as an intelligent research institute, a digitalization center, an automotive engineering research institute, an R&D and verification center, a design center, and a product planning center. N...

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ng, and company global business coordination and guidance, the headquarters has the four strategic functions of “a flagship experience center, an intelligent R&D center, a data center, and a service center”. It is equipped with such functional departments as an intelligent research institute, a digitalization center, an automotive engineering research institute, an R&D and verification center, a design center, and a product planning center. N...

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he company will invest about EUR 8 billion at its home locations through 2029. The Ingolstadt plant will produce a new entry-level electric model, while the next Audi Q3 will be built alongside the Győr plant in Hungary. At the Neckarsulm site, the local ecosystem will be used to strengthen Audi's digitalization expertise in AI. In addition, the electronic architecture of combustion-engine vehicles will be developed further. Furthermore, the pos...

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established a digital management platform for industrial solid waste, forming a comprehensive, full-process, and all-encompassing information management system for industrial solid waste, and has received the Green Factory certification from Chongqing. The Yubei plant has launched an environmental digitalization upgrade project, introducing 25 functional requirements, including automatic monitoring of production and pollutant emissions. The Nanj...

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unced that at the 20th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition (Auto Shanghai 2023), it will showcase the combined technologies of Faurecia and HELLA, as well as the latest solutions in the following three areas: electrification and energy management, safety and automated driving, and digitalization and personalized experiences in sustainable cockpits. (From a press release dated February 28, 2023) Faurecia announced that it will at...

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avan Auto successfully closed a Series Pre-A financing. The total proceeds exceed CNY 1.2 billion, with contributions from new shareholders, additional investment from existing shareholders, and support from other capital institutions. The proceeds will be used for R&D, ecosystem establishment, and digitalization, and to supplement the funds required for production and operations. In the coming two years, Cavan Auto will introduce two new platfor...

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gned a framework agreement for a deepened strategic partnership with iFlyTek Co., Ltd. (iFlyTek) in the city of Wuhu, Anhui Province. According to the agreement, they will enhance cooperation in seven sectors such as intelligent cockpits, intelligent driving, industrial intelligence, and enterprise digitalization. The two parties will endeavor to build an autonomous vehicle that supports L4 autonomous driving under certain scenarios at the right ...

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for its general assembly and welding workshops and expects to complete the capacity expansion work in mid-February 2022, by which time both workshops will reach the condition for achieving an annual capacity of 200,000 vehicles. The brand will be able to further increase the level of automation and digitalization and reduce workers at its plant through the capacity expansion projects. On August 20, Hycan Auto announced that preorders have started...

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The agreement covers various areas of digital cooperation based on domestic solutions and developments, including the adaptation of the Aurora Auto platform to manage the digital environment of URAL vehicles based on the Russian Aurora operating system. The companies will also jointly engage in the digitalization of production processes, the modernization of automation systems and resource consumption metering, as well as improving energy efficie...

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