s by Profit Sharing (PLR) and job stability . The latest round of negotiations between automaker and Metalworkers Union of Sao Jose dos Campos Area, held on May 26, ended in deadlock. According to the union, GM proposed PLR at BRL 9,700, lower than in 2012 (when BRL 16,000 was paid) and established target of 265,000 vehicles for 2014. The union claims PLR of BRL 29,000. The company, however, refused and the negotiations were closed. The shown val...

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mal management needs of fully electrified or hybrid vehicles. This eCoFlow Switch Pump offers automakers efficiency improvements, part consolidation, electrical wire harness reduction and reduced packaging space, and provides customers with options to potentially reduce battery cell needs for their target vehicle range. It enhances the thermal management system's efficiencies by eliminating pressure drop and waste encountered from traditional pum...

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aris is equipped with Toyota Teammate Advanced Park and the latest version of Toyota Safety Sense. Advanced Park supports parking operations by controlling not just the steering wheel, but also the accelerator and brakes. The new Yaris will be manufactured at Iwate Plant of Toyota Motor East Japan, targeting a monthly sales volume of 7,800 units. Toyota Motor Corporation announced on April 15 that it will adjust production at all domestic vehicle...

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Suzuki increasing production of all-new Jimny Nomade for Japanese market On May 30, Suzuki Motor announced that it will increase production of the all-new Jimny Nomade at its Indian subsidiary Maruti Suzuki starting in July. Production will be increased to 3,300 units per month against the target monthly sales of 1,200 units for Japanese market.  The company has temporarily suspended accepting orders for the Jimny Nomade in Japan since it receiv...

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ced that the EX5 for Indonesia will be made at the PT Handal Indonesia Motor (HIM) plant in Bekasi, West Jawa. Production will begin in Q2/2025. PT. Hyundai Indonesia Motor announced it will release the new citycar named Hyundai i10 with the displacement of 1,100cc imported from India. Annual sales target will be 1,000 to 1,500 units. Hyundai Indonesia signed a technological licensing contract with its parent company in Korea on domestic assembly...

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opean strategic model "Auris" was developed at its European design development center in France, and will be produced at plants in the U.K. and Turkey. The model was unveiled at the 2006 Bologna Motor Show in Italy, and will be launched across Europe from the first quarter of 2007. The global sales target is set at 200,000 a year. Assembly and painting lines will be reinforced by 2006 in response to sales increase of "Corolla"and the model chang...

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ndards. They are mated to a 5-speed manual or a 4-speed automated manual transmission. The body dimensions are 3,900 mm in overall length, 1,680 mm in overall width and 1,468 mm in overall height. The wheelbase is 2,450 mm. Sales prices for 6 types will range from 71,800 yuan to 104,800 yuan. Sales target of the "207" series for 2009 is set at 20,000 each for hatchbacks and sedans with a total of 40,000. It appears that infrastructure constructio...

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Both engines are paired with six-speed automatic transmission systems. Production of the Cadillac SRX, which has been handled at the Lansing Grand River facility, will be transferred to the Ramos Arizpe facility in Mexico. Production of the new "Cadillac CTS Sport Wagon" has got underway. Its sales target is set from 4,000 to 7,000 a year. The new "CTS" coupe model is due to be launched starting in the spring 2010. The 2011"Cadillac CTS-V Coupe" ...

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lant in Detroit FCA idling plants in New Year for maintenance, inventory adjustment, changeover GM, Ford, FCA halt operations due to Michigan gas utility fire during record low temperatures FCA to invest USD 4.5 billion to increase production capacity in Michigan, electrify Jeep vehicles Stellantis targets Sterling Heights plant over efficiency, absenteeism issues Stellantis temporarily laying off hundreds of hourly workers at U.S., Canadian pla...

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o continues to seek opportunities for collaboration with reputable partners and pursue joint ventures to drive future growth and enhance global competitiveness. Carbon Neutral -As part of the trend towards ESG, the Company is pursuing initiatives to support carbon neutrality. By 2048, it has set a target to achieve carbon neutrality. By 2030, it aims to reduce direct greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manufacturing processes (Scope 1) and indir...

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GMV, Spain and Hi-Target, China partner on high-precision positioning solutions On May 23, Hi-Target, a leading Chinese high-precision positioning enterprise and manufacturer of high-end GNSS equipment, and GMV, a technology group specializing in advanced navigation solutions, announced a strategic alliance to jointly develop integrated differential service solutions.  Through this partnership, Hi-Target and GMV support a wide range of automatio...

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a painting shop will be set up in an evacuated space. Toyota announced on February 1 that orders for the new compact hybrid sedan "Aqua" reached about 120,000 cars in just about one month from December 26, 2011 when the model was put on the Japanese market until January 31, 2012. Its monthly sales target is set at 12,000. Takeshi Shirane, Senior Managing Officer of Toyota, said on February 13 that production of the model is being considered at t...

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s will begin in the middle of November 2009. Investment in the Kaluga plant will amount to 570 million euros by 2010. In addition, total amount is likely to reach 774 million euros eventually to fund for construction of additional production facility and local production of parts. Annual production target is set at 150,000 as of 2010. The number of employees, which currently stands at about 1,100, will be boosted to 3,000 in 2010 and eventually u...

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19 that it will launch production of its new CVTs by the spring 2013, by rearranging the existing parts production lines for production of new CVTs at the fourth plant. The new type CVT has better fuel performance than the conventional products and will be exported to North America. Its production target is set at 240,000 CVTs per year. According to Toyota Motor Hokkaido, Inc.'s company overview (issued in January 2023) and a MarkLines survey, t...

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sions for vehicle categories M1 and N1, without indicating values for other vehicle categories. The draft does not include any allowable rate for tire wear. Brake dust in the proposal is measured in specified driving modes and the emission limits for M1 and N1 vehicles are as follows: 7mg/km: PM10 target. Until December 31, 2034 3mg/km: PM10 target. From January 1, 2035 Note: PM10 is defined as particulate matter with a diameter of less than ...

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ry materials and battery cell structure safety technologies to monitor in real time and actively maintain the health of the battery cells through the cloud butler and big data drive technologies. For low temperature resistance, FAW Hongqi has developed low temperature active battery cells and, in a targeted manner, multi-source intelligent heating technology.  On April 18, China FAW Group (FAW) launched three divisions at Auto Shanghai 2023. The...

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ith USD 300 million direct GM investment and USD 200 million of supplier commitments. On September 7, General Motors Argentina agreed with the Union of Mechanics (Smata) to eliminate one of two shifts at its Rosario plant in Argentina due to a fall in demand, both in the Argentine domestic market (target of 20% of projected production) and exports to Brazil (80% of projected production). Additionally, the plant will be closed from September 17 t...

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y by 0.2%. The business sector fell short of its forecast growth of 7 to 9%. The decrease in its sales was due to the global decline in vehicle production, especially in Europe. In addition, growth in strategic areas such as electromobility and automated driving fell significantly short of internal targets, especially in Europe, where demand is developing more slowly than expected. Sales in the Americas, including the truck market, did not meet e...

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es in Germany, India, and China. Reports to date have shown that at high particulate pollution levels in city traffic, the Fine Dust Particle Filter removes more particulates from the air than a vehicle with a modern internal combustion motor actually emits from its exhaust. The filter achieves the targeted separation efficiency of 80 percent of particulates (PM10). (From a press release on September 4, 2018) MANN+HUMMEL announced that its newly ...

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024. It aims to reduce costs, power loss, and global warming potential (GWP) of the fifth-generation products under development by half and approximately double the output density of the fifth-generation products compared to the third-generation products. The company assumes that the output density target will be achieved by a substantial improvement in inverter performance. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on October 3, 2023) Power...

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