Group targets to deliver 2 million BEVs by 2025 BMW Group increases use of low-carbon steel at European plants BMW to stop i3 production in Leipzig plant Volkswagen, Porsche and BMW alter production due to supply shortage Intelligent Energy, UK provides fuel cell modules for BMW Leipzig plant’s AGV BMW Group uses sustainable paints made from bio-waste BMW to introduce new design language for next generation of MINI family BMW Group to digita...

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including camshafts, valve covers, and crankshafts for internal combustion engines, drive shafts, transaxles, pinion gears for gearboxes, rotorshafts, lock housing and pinion gears for electric motors. Over 3,000 people are currently employed in the Cléon workshops. 250 automated guided vehicles (AGV) travel along the production lines every day to replenish workstations. 648 robots, including 89 collaborative robots, which work directly with hu...

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put of 60 vehicles per hour before the works remains unchanged. The primary rationale behind upgrading the industrial complex was to improve the efficiency of the production process for enhanced ergonomics of workstations and improved operator safety. The parts are now delivered by robots known as 'AGV' (for Auto Guided Vehicle). Since reopening, 3,000 Megane E-TECH Electric cars, renowned for the quality of their manufacturing, have come off the...

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move will strengthen finance, supply chain, and IT operations across the continent in support of the group's ambitions to grow market share in all markets and regions. The new facility incorporates the latest advancements in warehouse systems, in particular, sophisticated automated shuttle racking, AGV reach trucks, and pick tunnels which significantly improve order processing capacity and operational efficiency. (Based on GS Yuasa press release ...

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ation. The system works by identifying the manufacturing area for the drone to cover, and then configuring the software and drone to perform overlapping photography to generate maps in 3D and 2D format, thus identifying the locations of different models and colors. The complex has 97 robots and 167 AGV's (automatically guided vehicles) that facilitate the process and transportation of vehicles on the production line. Information on the Resende pl...

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company plans to sell 30,000 units of the all-new Roadster annually in more than 35 countries. Mazda Motor Corporation has reportedly introduced the "Multi-kit supply" system to its Ujina No. 1 Plant upon starting with production of the new Roadster. In the new system, an automated guided vehicle (AGV) carries all the parts required for a single vehicle and runs parallel to the assembly line to supply the parts in due order to plant workers. Nea...

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ts supply chain (supply network). The Tohoku Office produces products such as cameras for ADAS, electronic control units (ECU), and car navigation systems. Faurecia Clarion will first invest tens of millions of yen in improvement of the automation rate and introduction of automated guided vehicles (AGV) and increase volume production lines and high-variety low-volume production lines. On the environmental front, it will build a new roof equipped ...

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drogen brand and business platform HTWO. Hyundai’s mobility programs included the all-new NEXO, a new Universe Fuel Cell Hydrogen Bus product enhancement model, XCIENT Fuel Cell electric heavy-duty truck with new V-shaped radiator grille design. Hyundai also presented an Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV) powered by hydrogen fuel cell used in port logistics and hydrogen fuel cell tram powered by a flat-type fuel cell system, while Kia presented a h...

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line, streamlining production. The operations take place in the S warehouse from October 2023. Previously, the finished electric motors were supplied from the Tremery plant, France, but now Vigo is equipped to handle the assembly of the electric machines. The electric motors are transferred via an AGV to the System 1 Motor Line for final finishing operations. The completed motors are directed through airways to the Mechanical Assembly Line 1 (sh...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/12/04

and final assembly take place. On May 27, the BMW Group opened a new automated steel pressing facility at the company's Swindon plant. The new press will produce steel panels for the MINI plant in Oxford, with the steel blanks and finished panels handled by a new fleet of Automatic Guided Vehicles (AGVs). The new press is made up of six individual stations which can produce up to 18 parts per minute – more than twice the capacity of the previou...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/27

ation. The system works by identifying the manufacturing area for the drone to cover, and then configuring the software and drone to perform overlapping photography to generate maps in 3D and 2D format, thus identifying the locations of different models and colors. The complex has 97 robots and 167 AGV's (automatically guided vehicles) that facilitate the process and transportation of vehicles on the production line. Information on the Resende pl...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/18

pes without the use of additional production equipment. A software program flexibly responds to changes in specifications and quantities to efficiently produce e-axles. The company will aim to achieve this by around 2030 by introducing an automated production system and an automated guided vehicle (AGV) that can run without tracks. It will aspire to strengthen the company's competitiveness by establishing a system to efficiently produce e-axles, ...

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uary 11, Nissan announced that production of the New Kicks has begun in Resende, Brazil, as prepares for the market launch of the new vehicle in Brazil, Chile and Peru in March and Argentina in April 2021. The Resende plant has more than 2,000 employees working with the support of 92 robots and 159 AGVs. On March 24, Nissan announced that it will temporarily suspend operations at its Resende plant as COVID-19 cases rise across Brazil, granting co...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/11/06

rview with a TOP representative, the company’s strategy “to find our niche areas and continue as a motor manufacturer” was explained. The company does not handle motors larger than for Subaru, nor e-Axle for China, but is focusing on demand for small industrial vehicles and in-plant vehicles (AGV, automated guided vehicles). Product characteristics: The motor for Subaru is for a 118V system and the drive power is limited, but the e-Boxe...

Market & Tech Reports  Updated at: 2025/11/04

ation. The system works by identifying the manufacturing area for the drone to cover, and then configuring the software and drone to perform overlapping photography to generate maps in 3D and 2D format, thus identifying the locations of different models and colors. The complex has 97 robots and 167 AGV's (automatically guided vehicles) that facilitate the process and transportation of vehicles on the production line. Information on the Resende pl...

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ition 2023. This is a part of product development for self-driving cars that is expected to be widely used in the future. In June 2021, the company was interviewed about the technology by the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun newspaper. In the first area of the company's Fuji Plant, automatic guided vehicles (AGV) have been introduced to transfer parts between production lines, and the quality control process is being automated using image processing techno...

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, and a flexible production capacity with unlimited number of models. The paint workshop adopts a water-based top coating process and uses full matte varnish spraying pioneered in China. The final assembly workshop features a double-layer layout and a transparent structure design and uses full-line AGV conveying mode for the Chinese passenger vehicle market, realizing mixed production of load-bearing and non-load-bearing vehicle bodies. With the ...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/22

icient vehicle (EEV), and that Proton’s Tanjung Malim plant will be outfitted with new technologies, a move that embraces the Industry 4.0 concept to be highlighted in the forthcoming review of the National Automotive Policy (NAP). These technologies include intelligent Automated Guided Vehicles (AGV), a Visual Quality System (VQS) for production and after sales parts, and 3D printers for additive manufacturing.  On December 12, the Proton X70...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/10/09

in the Q2 2025, where pricing of both the models will be announced. The first units are currently being produced at AVTOTOR’s pilot production line. The full-scale production is scheduled to start later in 2025 at a new compact EV plant. The new plant will feature a robotic production line using AGV platforms, along with automated welding and painting lines for frames and body panels. It will have a design capacity of up to 50,000 compact elec...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/09/17

vestment of EUR 250 million in reconstruction and expansion of Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen plant. The upgraded facility will manufacture both electric sports cars from the upcoming 718 generation and traditional boxer engine models. The upgrade includes implementing the latest automated guided vehicles (AGVs) in a "Flexiline" system. This provides advantages for the anticipated mixed production of vehicles with both combustion engines and electric pow...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2025/09/04