Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. Changsha Super Truck Plant Auhawk / Aumark: EV AUMARK IBLUE (2022-), HV AUMARK IBLUE HS series (2023-); CAVAN: EV Heavy-duty Truck BEACON (2026-planning); Medium and Light Trucks, Special Vehicles; Beiqi Foton's Proco Truck Plant (Changsha City Hunan Province), starts production in July 2021 - According to news at the end of 2021, the final assembly process of the original 10,000 units /year production line of medium a...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/24

ird order from Go-Ahead London – for a total of 30 of its BYD ADL Enviro200EV 10.8m models. The new order means that Go-Ahead London will have in service a total of 95 BYD ADL pure electric buses based at three depots – Waterloo, Camberwell and Northumberland Park. This announcement follows the news last month that another TfL operator, London United – part of RATP Dev, has ordered 36 ADL BYD electric buses. The BYD ADL partnership anticipa...

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erior topics addressed in the afternoon.  This report captures the highlights from inspiring keynotes, thought-provoking presentations, and a dynamic panel discussion—exploring today's automotive lighting trends and what's on the horizon.  Paul Henri Matha, CEO & Lighting Editor, Driving Vision News  The first presentation, held by Paul Henri Matha from Driving Division News (DVN), delivered insights on the evolution and future of automotive...

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posted on X: “Tesla Robotaxis were unaffected by the SF power outage.” However, unlike Waymo, Tesla does not yet operate a driverless robotaxi service in San Francisco as its vehicles are equipped with “FSD (Supervised)”, which requires a human driver behind the wheel at all times. (Detroit News and other sources on December 22, 2025) ...

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r XF, the Land Rover Defender, the Land Rover Discovery 4 and the Range Rovers. The lineup will be expanded within 18 months. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced on January 21, 2016 that it has unseated Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. from the top spot in the 2015 automobile production ranking in the U.K. The news followed an announcement from the SMMT that U.K.'s total automobile production stood at 1,587,677 units in 2015. Of the total production, JLR pro...

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Kwid in India on May 20. The new A-segment compact car will be produced at Renault-Nissan's Oragadam plant. The Kwid will be launched in India in the second half of 2015 with a price tag of between 3 and 4 lakhs. Renault-Nissan reduced a large number of employees at the Oragadam plant in India, PTI news agency reported on August 20. The number has not been disclosed, but reportedly about 1,000 period employees have been fired. Nissan's Datsun bra...

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and Lincoln Navigator beginning the week of October 14, due to issues with its aluminum supply chain used in its body panels. The pause is currently slated to last one week, according to the memo, but Ford is also pulling forward scheduled downtime from later in the year to compensate. This follows news announced last week that production of the Ford F-150 Lightning at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center is paused also the same week, in both cases ...

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tention to strengthen efforts in promoting automobile consumption, we have held our forecast once again this month. This announcement means more consumers will pull forward purchasing decisions into late 2026, and out of 2027 and 2028 (assuming no further support comes), though there is no explicit news on end date of its support. Other Asia In Japan, LV sales dropped 5.2% YoY to 367k in November, extending the YoY contraction to five consecuti...

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2.9% to 34,301 units.Mike Hawes, CEO of SMMT said "It remains a turbulent time for automotive manufacturing, with consumer confidence weak, trade flows volatile and massive investment in new technologies underway both here and abroad. Given this backdrop, another month of growing car output is good news - signalling the sector’s underlying resilience in the face of intense global competition. To unlock sustained growth, however, government stra...

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ding and Production Limited Liability Company to sell 51% of its shareholding in AVAP. This amicable transaction is value at VND 288 billion or equivalent to THB 377 million with a gain to the company. The business of AVAP is a press shop and assembly operation of auto parts in Vietnam.(From AAPICO news clipping and SET press release on September 10, 2019) AAPICO Hitech PLC (AH) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Hyojin Autotech Co.,Lt...

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August 2015 in over 170 markets worldwide. Indicative pricing for the 2016 Evoque will be comparable with the current model. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced on January 21, 2016 that it has unseated Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. from the top spot in the 2015 automobile production ranking in the U.K. The news followed an announcement from the SMMT that U.K.'s total automobile production stood at 1,587,677 units in 2015. Of the total production, JLR pro...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

llion state-of-the art aluminum body shop. This is the largest single investment in the history of the Castle Bromwich plant. Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) announced on January 21, 2016 that it has unseated Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. from the top spot in the 2015 automobile production ranking in the U.K. The news followed an announcement from the SMMT that U.K.'s total automobile production stood at 1,587,677 units in 2015. Of the total production, JLR pro...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

nnessee, will become owned by SK On. The Glendale battery plant began production in August 2025, but was operating below capacity due to declining sales of the F-150 Lightning full-size electric pickup truck. The restructuring is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026. In response to news of separation of the two companies, a Ford spokesman said, "We are aware of SK's disclosure and we have nothing further to share at this time." O...

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production at Rouge Electric Vehicle Center Ford cuts F-150 Lightning output, increases production of Bronco, Ranger A memo sent to workers at Ford’s Rouge Electric Vehicle Center in Dearborn, Michigan notified that production of the Ford F-150 Lightning will be paused the week of October 13. The news was subsequently confirmed by plant administration that the shutdown is a direct result of the fire at Novelis’ aluminum plant in Oswego, New Y...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

nnessee, will become owned by SK On. The Glendale battery plant began production in August 2025, but was operating below capacity due to declining sales of the F-150 Lightning full-size electric pickup truck. The restructuring is expected to be completed in the first quarter of 2026. In response to news of separation of the two companies, a Ford spokesman said, "We are aware of SK's disclosure and we have nothing further to share at this time." O...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/18

ly, and Bosch Fuel Cell Power Module assembly by December 2023. On May 25, Nikola announced that it has received a delisting notice from Nasdaq for not meeting its minimum bid price requirements. Shares of the company have been below USD 1.00 for a while, and were further down 5% at USD 0.73 on the news. Earlier in May, Nikola said it would pause production at its Coolidge, Arizona plant for changeover to begin production of hydrogen-powered truc...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

Duster accounts for about 80% of the company's sales in India. With the launch of the Lodgy, Renault India intends to change this ratio. The new compact model will be marketed globally after its launch in India. Renault-Nissan reduced a large number of employees at the Oragadam plant in India, PTI news agency reported on August 20. The number has not been disclosed, but reportedly about 1,000 period employees have been fired....

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/17

August 10, the second such incident to the "Karma" this year. NHTSA is investigating why the fire broke out. Fisker has so far delivered more than 1,000 "Karma" cars. Fisker Automotive said it will postpone the production launch of its new Atlantic plug-in hybrid from late 2014 to early 2015. This news comes as A123 Systems Inc., the battery supplier for Fisker, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on October 16. Fisker said it has enough car batteri...

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ion of the Pathfinder, Murano and Frontier for the Canadian market at its Tennessee and Mississippi assembly plants after building up inventory in Canada to avoid 25% counter-tariffs, while awaiting the outcome of Canada-U.S. trade talks. “it’s more of a suspension,” Meunier said. “The good news for Canada is 80% of the product we sell in Canada are not affected by the tariff because they’re coming from outside the U.S.” Nissan Canada...

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e to gas shortages GM halts weekend full-size pickup production for first time at 2 U.S. plants due to parts shortage U.S., Mexico announce first USMCA remediation action at GM Silao plant General Motors said it will unveil the new Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra full-size pickup trucks at a news media event Dec. 13 in Detroit. The two models will be on public display for the first time at the 2013 North American International Auto Show, a...

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