Stellantis partners with 4screen, Germany for real-time in-car experience across Europe and North America On July 24, Stellantis announced its partnership with 4screen, German based smart driver interaction platform, to offer real-time, location-based digital services in its vehicles. This will enhance the in-car experience for customers across Europe and North America. The 4screen platform will first be available in select Fiat, Jeep, and Ram mo...

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Salvador Caetano Auto launches JMC brand in South Africa On July 24, Salvador Caetano Auto South Africa, a subsidiary of Salvador Caetano Group, announced a strategic partnership with Jiangling Motors Corporation (JMC), a leading Chinese commercial vehicle manufacturer. Through this alliance, Salvador Caetano Auto becomes the official distributor of JMC vehicles in South Africa, aimed at expanding both companies’ presence in the country. As par...

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and a high level of automation (over 60%). Effective June 10, Kim Long Motor has changed in its name and brand identity (previously: Kim Long Motors). Its full Name is now Kim Long Motor Hue Joint Stock Company with an abbreviated Name: Kim Long Motor. This change will not affect any commitments or partnership agreements with Customers and Partners prior to June 10, 2024.  On June 2, Kim Long Motor Hue JSC held a handover ceremony in Hue City to...

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and recycled materials in its vehicles. Škoda's focus on sustainability extends beyond the brand's own production sites. By the end of this decade, Škoda Auto will be operating its three Czech plants with net-zero carbon emissions and committed to using only electricity from renewable sources. In partnership with the energy service provider ČEZ, the company will be commissioning one of the Czech Republic's largest rooftop photovoltaic systems ...

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ensively expand markets outside of China to advance the implementation of their respective internationalization strategies. -          Capital: The two companies will leverage their respective industry positions and market influence to promote the deepening of their comprehensive strategic partnership. Under the agreement, the two companies will continuously boost cooperation in areas such as market expansion of FAW Jiefang NECVs and est...

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Toyota, Shenergy forge partnership for application of vehicle-mounted batteries On July 21, Toyota announced the recent signing of a strategic cooperation agreement with Shenergy Co., Ltd. (Shenergy). Going forward, the two companies will leverage Toyota’s technology accumulation in nickel-metal hydride batteries and energy storage to jointly advance the development of vehicle-mounted nickel-metal hydride batteries for energy storage systems. T...

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und for investors during mid-2024. The funding will facilitate Volta Trucks through implementing series production and delivering vehicles. The company also plans to collaborate with customers to introduce the Volta Zero at the Paris Olympics. On September 16, Steyr Automotive announced a strategic partnership with SuperPanther for the development of competitive electric trucks at the IAA TRANSPORTATION 2024 in Hanover, Germany. The companies unv...

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n aims to reach 10 percent market share by the end of the next three years, with 90 percent of vehicles sold in Russia also built in Russia. The new Sentra will be available with a 1.6-liter gasoline engine mated to a five-speed manual transmission or X-Tronic continuously variable transmission. In partnership with AvtoVAZ, Nissan will build the new model at a plant of Izh-Avto in Izhevsk. AvtoVAZ announced on September 11 that it will procure mo...

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is equipped with a 360◦ all-around camera and features like assistants for warning of a frontal collision, during emergency braking, driving on a slope, and changing lanes. On July 11, multiple sources reported that Dongfeng Motor Rus, the Russian division of Dongfeng, and Motorinvest launched a partnership. Dongfeng Motor Rus transfers to Motorinvest the rights to distribute and promote passenger models of the Dongfeng brand product line in t...

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vehicle production will cease by the end of June 2019, with the closure of vehicle assembly plants in Naberezhnye Chelny and St. Petersburg, and an engine plant in Elabuga. Significant employee separations are required. In the agreed new structure for Ford Sollers, Ford and Sollers PJSC continue in partnership, with Sollers PJSC taking a 51 percent controlling interest in the restructured joint venture. On June 7, Ford Motor Co. announced that it...

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-meter-long, powered by either 1.2L or 1.4L naturally-aspirated engine. President of SAIC announced plans to introduce a light commercial vehicle of SAIC GM Wuling Automotive into the Indian market by the end of 2011. Vice President Balendran of GM India expressed an outlook for braking away from a partnership with REVA in the wake of the announcement by Mahindra of purchasing REVA. GM appears to pursue its electric vehicle project independently ...

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eter complex of five buildings includes a main office, a battery test and maintenance center, an inspection line and water leak test booth, a bus and truck assembly hall, and a paint shop. The Hungarian plant will produce bus chassis for the UK (for assembly into complete vehicles under the BYD ADL partnership) and the newly announced BYD factory in France.  On June 13, BYD informed that a completely new exterior appearance for its ebus range of...

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oduction suspended); Fiat Scudo (2022-planning suspended); Engines (2021-Production suspended); Manual Transmission (2022-planning suspended) Peugeot-Citroen Mitsubishi Russia's plant. The site is rented to Automobile Technologies Company for vehicles production starting in 2024. - November 2024 - Partnership with Chinese company to assemble cars - April 2024 - started Serial Production of Citroen C5 Aircross - December 2023- Change name to LL...

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this strategic cooperation agreement, Sheikh Abdullah bin Mohamed Al Qassimi and the Siraj Holding LLC Chairman Mr. Ahmed Khalaf Ahmed Khalaf Otaiba will join Faraday Future’s global advisory Board as well as become board directors of FF Middle East. On December 4, Faraday Future (FF) announced a partnership with the Abu Dhabi Investment Office (ADIO) to bring its generative AI and advanced EV to the Smart and Autonomous Vehicles Industry (SAVI...

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s in South America Renault do Brasil invests to decarbonize its Ayrton Senna complex Renault do Brazil on strike Renault do Brazil and Horse to meet with metalworkers' union amid ongoing strike Strike ends at Renault plant in Brazil Renault plant in Brazil faces strike for one day Geely looking for partnership with Renault for production in Brazil Renault signs partnership to produce Geely vehicles at Sao José dos Pinhais plant in Brazil Geely p...

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the USD 1 billion previously announced for local vehicle production and an R&D center in the Northeast by 2030. GAC President Wei Haigang stated that the company aims to manufacture electric, hybrid, and flex-fuel hybrid vehicles in the state of Goiás. Also, the company is reportedly negotiating a partnership with HPE, which currently builds Mitsubishi vehicles in Catalão, although both companies deny any talks of a plant sale. GAC plans to pro...

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lant Marcopolo suspends all production due to lack of semiconductor parts COVID-19: Marcopolo sends 10,000 employees home for one month in Brazil Marcopolo resumes partial production in Brazilian plants on April 13 Marcopolo to close bus factory in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Marcopolo, BYD partnership begins 100% electric bus service in Porto Alegre, Brazil Marcopolo launches Viaggio 800 aimed at charter bus segment in Brazil On Septem...

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Fiat signs second deal with SIGIT, Italy to increase local parts production in Tafraoui plant, Algeria On July 24, Stellantis MEA announced that Fiat signed a second subcontracting deal with Italian company SIGIT to help expand production in Africa, during the Algeria-Italy Intergovernmental Summit. Under the agreement, SIGIT will produce plastic parts in Algeria for FIAT’s Tafraoui plant, in partnership with Algeria’s ENPC (National Plastics...

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QuantumScape, USA expands partnership with PowerCo to accelerate QSE-5 solid-state battery scale-up On July 23, QuantumScape, USA announced that it is expanding strategic collaboration and licensing arrangement with PowerCo SE, the battery company of the VW Group, originally entered into in July 2024. The new deal aims to speed up the development of the QSE-5 solid-state battery pilot line in San Jose — a key step toward commercializing the tec...

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Al-Hajj Al-Arabi, and Doublestar, China, to build tire manufacturing plant in Algeria On July 20, the Algerian Investment Promotion Agency, in a social media post, announced that Al-Hajj Al-Arabi Industries and the Chinese company Doublestar Group are building a tire manufacturing plant in partnership. In Oran province, construction began on a new tire manufacturing project for both light and heavy vehicles. The plant will initially produce 7 mil...

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