ter and is priced at IDR 407 million. The engine displacement for the V grade is changed to 1.8 liters from 2.0 liters. PT Toyota Astra Motor has begun providing on-site automotive repair service in Indonesia using motorcycles to send technical experts. This will meet the needs of Toyota car owners who are having trouble coming to Toyota car repair shops due to traffic jam and wish to have repair services at home. Auto 2000, a subsidiary of PT To...

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is (OH 1626 L and OH 1626 S), relocated from PT Inchcape Indomobil Manufacturing Indonesia in Bogor.  Announced on June 26, GWM Indonesia has officially launched the ORA 03 EV with an early bird offer brings the price down to IDR 369 million, valid until GIIAS 2025 concludes on August 3. Customers who place their orders now can expect delivery around August. Initially imported from Thailand, the ORA 03 is set to be assembled locally at the Inchc...

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onth unit production in Indonesia after its 43 years of presence locally. At present, ADM has modern integrated vehicle assembly facilities in Sunter and Karawang with a total production capacity of up to 530,000 units annually. In the last 5 years (2017-2021), ADM has contributed around 40% of the wholesales of the domestic car market. Reported on May 27, a Perodua vendor, Sapura Industrial Berhad (SIB), revealed that the next-generation Perodua...

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ar is set to be unveiled on April 10, 2024, at an event in Milan, Italy. The development strategies are coordinated by the Italian team of Alfa Romeo engineers at the Balocco Proving Ground, where drivers can test out on the track the requirements and targets set by Alfa Romeo's dynamic engineers, who are responsible for validating the project. On September 18, the European Investment Bank’s (EIB) announced financing to Fiat Chrysler Automobi...

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R 900 million for the development of the new Ibiza and Arona and the adaption of the Martorell plant to accommodate production of them. The latest announcement coincides with the start of series production of the fifth-generation Ibiza, which went on sale April 7 and arrives at dealerships in June. Wholly developed in Barcelona on the new MQB A0 platform, the new Ibiza is being assembled on Line 1 in Martorell, where it will coexist for a few mon...

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imited (GIL) had done technical assistance agreement with TRACTIVE SUSPENSION BV (TracTive). Under this agreement, they will develop suspension for the Indian market. -Gabriel India Limited confirmed its partnership with Inalfa will continue via Inalfa Gabriel Sunroof Systems Pvt. Ltd. (IGSSPL), a wholly-owned subsidiary, making sunroofs under an ongoing technical collaboration signed in May 2023.  -On January 2025, Gabriel India Limited (GIL) ...

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g include the Corvette Z06 in 2022, with a 600-hp LT6 V8 engine. The 2024 ZR1 will add two turbochargers to boost output to 850 hp for its LT7 V8 engine. GM has begun shipping the first right-hand-drive 2021 Corvette Stingrays from its Bowling Green Assembly plant in Kentucky to customers in Japan, who will receive 2LT and 3LT model coupes and a convertible version. Other right-hand-drive markets, such as Australia, New Zealand, and the UK, will ...

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ns to a near halt. The strike began on May 14, 2025, and is scheduled to end on May 15, 2025, with the end of the last night shifts. The strike comes in response to Ford’s plan to cut 2,900 of its roughly 11,500 jobs by the end of 2027. The union is demanding significant severance pay for workers who leave voluntarily or whose jobs are outsourced. The union also wants to ensure that no one is laid off for operational reasons until 2032. The one...

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’, the company’s ongoing transformation programme to deliver GBP 2.5 billion in cost reductions and cashflow improvements over 18 months as well as long-term strategic operating efficiencies. It is aimed at reducing the size of its global workforce by around 4,500 people, in addition to the 1,500 who left the company during 2018. The next phase of this transformation programme will begin with a voluntary redundancy programme in the UK. This s...

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close to INR 5 billion and have taken up over 130 acres of the land at the Park. The vendors include Getrag Transmission India Pvt Ltd, Valeo India Pvt Ltd, Cosma International and Caparo Engineering. Ford India was reported that its new Sanand plant in Gujarat would start operation on March 26th, whose construction started in 2012 with more than USD 1 billion investment. It has production capacity of 240,000 units/year and 270,000 engines and i...

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he increase. While sales of models like the RAV4 and Grand Highlander continued to be strong, sales of the EV bZ4X and Lexus RZ fell by over 90%. Sales of electrified vehicles (Toyota and Lexus combined) fell to 45% of total sales in the same month, down from 50% in the same month last year. Honda, whose EV Prologue sales fell by over 80%, saw a slight increase of 0.7% thanks to strong sales of hybrid vehicles. All other Japanese brands saw decli...

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0 vehicles and the ability to expand to 30,000 units. The FF 91will initially launch in small volumes. Battery cells for the FF 91 will initially be supplied by LG Chem's LG Energy Solution. On October 27, Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. announced its upcoming work with Munro & Associates, who will help to evaluate and co-create Faraday Future’s flagship vehicle, the FF 91 Futurist. Over the next year, Faraday Future will host Munro & ...

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l. It will acquire parts of the bankrupt Van Hool in Belgium. It will also take over Van Hool's production facility in North Macedonia. The takeover will immediately save approximately 1,600 jobs. Approximately 250 Van Hool employees will be hired for the Van Hool branch in Koningshooikt (Belgium), who will work on parts production, after-sales, purchasing, development, and finance. VDL Groep will acquire all intellectual properties, design righ...

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entina has laid off over 300 workers from its plants in Pacheco and Córdoba, a move that has been denounced by the workers themselves. According to a statement from the workers, the Pacheco plant produces 400 units per day, and the layoffs include employees undergoing treatment for cancer or those who have fallen ill due to their work, accusing the company of taking these measures solely to increase profits. VW, on the other hand, states that th...

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with more than 200 companies and brands exhibiting. The exhibition covered approximately 25,000 square meters and was attended by over 10,000 representatives from more than 30 countries.   This report presents excerpts from guest speakers from BYD, Xiaomi Auto, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences who spoke at the NEV (New Energy Vehicle) Technology thematic session and the NEV Main Forum. BYD introduced the trend toward higher voltages for NEVs...

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Nigeria to support Elizade JAC plant to expand operations On December 18, multiple sources reported that the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment of Nigeria visited the Elizade JAC plant in Lagos. The Minister announced that Federal Government will support domestic investors such as Elizade JAC who are reinvesting their profits to expand operations and boost production capacity to better serve the Nigerian market. Elizade JAC’s strategic...

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rter of 2019. Going forward, the company plans to introduce one new product to the Indian market every year. MG Motor plans an INR 50 billion investment for this plant.  On September 7, SAIC Motor chairman Mr. Chen Zhixin announced at the MOVE Summit 2018 that it will invest USD 500 million in its wholly-owned subsidiary MG Motor India to develop new products. It is also planning to launch new energy vehicles including global electric vehicles ...

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a, he advised world-class companies as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and developed Intelligent Co-Pilot, a semi-autonomous vehicle safety system, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Though Barra, 63, has not announced a retirement date, pressure remains to find a leader who can navigate the rapid transition to electric and software-defined vehicles. (multiple sources on December 18, 2025) (GM release in June 2025) ...

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ured on a state-by-state basis.” Chrysler plans to hire up to 1,000 part-time employees to give exhausted full-time workers a break at its Toledo Jeep assembly plant. Record demand for the Jeep Wrangler and launch of the new Jeep Cherokee last year is driving the move to spell full-time employees who are regularly working 60 hours a week. Most of the new hires will get between 10 and 30 hours per week. They’ll be paid $15.78 an hour, the same...

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y, Flat Rock subject to approval, and a new EV battery pack at Dearborn Engine. On November 4, Ford Motor Co. confirmed it will lay off workers and at its Louisville Assembly Plant starting on November 6 due to "parts-related issues".  The layoffs will affect 1,600 employees from the second shift, who will return to work the following week, when another 1,600 will be laid off.  Both production shifts will be running the week of November 20 and ...

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