ims for USD 365 million Ford Otosan, Turkey to close plants due to annual vacation and maintenance Ford Otosan increases production capacity of Yeniköy plant, Türkiye and Craiova, Romania in 2024 Ford Otosan to establish battery factory in Turkey Ford Dagenham to provide advanced technology diesel engines for next generation Ford transit Custom Ford announces wider plant stoppages in U.S., Turkey due to chip shortage Ford to build new LC...

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xus’ new V70 crossover made its global debut. The vehicle is based on SAIC Maxus’ new platform architecture and will be officially launched in early 2023. For the powertrain, the new vehicle is the industry-first light-duty bus equipped with a 9-speed automatic transmission, and features a 2.0T diesel engine, with a combined fuel consumption of 7.4L/100 km. On February 28, Maxus opened the pre-sale of the V70 next-generation crossover. Maxus ...

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-new Transit Custom one-tonne van and Tourneo Custom multi-purpose vehicle in 2023, and the smaller, next generation Transit Courier van and Tourneo Courier multi-purpose vehicle in 2024. According to the Material Event Disclosure issued by Ford Otosan on March 16, Ford Otosan will manufacture the diesel, plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV), and all-electric variants of Ford's 1-ton medium commercial vehicle, "Next - Generation Transit Custom Famil...

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ndards. In addition, NOx (nitrogen oxides) and NMHC (non-methane hydrocarbons) have been reduced to the level to be qualified as vehicles that have emission levels 50 percent lower than the 2005 standards. The European model due to be launched in December has an additional variation of a 4,500cc V8 diesel engine. Toyota aims to sell more than 100,000 vehicles worldwide in 2008. On May 13, Toyota Motor Korea launched the New Generation RAV4, which...

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on and will make its global debut at the Shanghai Motor Show. The new Roewe 550 is a medium-grade, A+ class sedan targeting the buyers born in the 1980s. It features a start-stop system, HID headlights, LED light-guide taillights, and an EPB electronic parking brake system. SAIC Motor will launch a diesel version of its MG6 in the British market. Petrol version of the MG6 has already been launched in June 2011 with two variations, the GT hatchbac...

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the Volkswagen brand at the Anting Plant in 2016. In four years time, a new electric vehicle model based on the Lavida is due to roll off the production line at the Anting plant. This will be the first electric vehicle produced at the plant. Volkswagen (VW) announced on September 26, 2015 that its diesel emissions scandal may affect vehicles imported by VW to China. The scandal over VW's use of illegal software on Type EA189 diesel engines to ch...

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line at the Poissy plant in France on May 27. The plant started making the C3 in 2009. PSA Peugeot Citroen's Poissy plant will reportedly assemble the next-generation Peugeot 207 scheduled for launch in 2012. PSA will cut its production capacity to 40-50 percent due to the shortage of Japanese-made diesel engine parts devastated by the March 11 great earthquake that hit East Japan. These parts are normally airlifted, and the inventory usually las...

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Stellantis, PSA, Mulhouse Plant Peugeot 2008 (2013-2019), 508 (petrol, HV) (2018-), 508 SW (petrol & diesel, HV) (2019-), 508 PHV (2019-), 308/308 SW (2021-), 308/308 SW PHV (2021-), 408 PHV (2022-), e-408 EV (2024-), e-308/308 SW EV (2023-), 508 SW PHV (2023-), 308 MHV (2024-), 408 MHV (2024-); Citroen C4 (2004-2018); DS4 (2011-2018), DS7 Crossback (2018- ), PHV DS7 Crossback E-Tense (2019-); Assembly of drive batteries; Components: Wheels, axle...

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Tank 500 HEV/Diesel Tank PF Platform unknown A body-on-frame high-end off-road SUV. It was exhibited at the Thailand International Motor Expo in Nov. 2021. It is built at the Rayong plant and was launched in Sep. 2023. It adopts a hybrid system, and is equipped with a 2.0L 4-cylinder turbo gasoline engine. A diesel engine version was added in Jul. 2025. It is equipped with a 2.4L 4-cylinder turbo diesel engine....

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eld in Berlin, Germany. BUS2BUS Fair became the first fair that Škoda Transportation Group and TEMSA attended together. TEMSA's MD9 electriCITY and Škoda's E'CITY electric buses were showcased at the fair. In addition to the current range, which includes trolleybuses, electric buses, as well as a diesel city bus, they are developing new vehicles with alternative propulsion. Later this year they will introduce a hydrogen bus, which will be teste...

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Dongfeng under which Renault transfers its shares in Dongfeng Renault Automotive Company Ltd (DRAC) to Dongfeng. DRAC will stop its Renault brand-related activities. Furthermore, Renault and Dongfeng will continue to cooperate with Nissan on new generation engines like components supply to DRAC and diesel license to Dongfeng. Renault and Dongfeng will also engage in innovative cooperation in the field of intelligent connected vehicles. Renault Br...

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ion line at the end of 2009. Changsha BYD Bus Co., Ltd. will complete renovation and begin operations in October 2010 at the earliest. By the end of 2010 the company will produce and sell 30,000 passenger cars including mini vans and luxury sedans, 300 units of large-sized electric buses, and 1,000 diesel buses (700 city buses and 300 inter-city coaches). Production will amount to 300,000 units in 2011 (passenger cars and buses combined) and then...

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ce 1997. The limited edition models will be called the Patrol Legend Edition. These will be the last specially equipped versions of the Patrol Y61 Wagon, for which production will soon end as it is to be replaced by the Patrol Y62. The limited edition vehicle will be equipped with a 3.0L 4-cylinder diesel engine and be an off-road spec model. Nissan Shatai's Shonan Plant celebrated the production of the first unit of the NV150 AD commercial van o...

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functions—such as the Nissan Research Center, 'Grandrive' proving ground, the crash test facility, and Oppama Wharf—will continue operations as usual. Production of the minivan "Serena" will be moved from Nissan Shatai's Shonan Plant in 2010. Nissan Europe announced that it will start to sell a diesel engine version of the "Murano" in September. It has yet to announce its selling price. This is the first diesel engine version for the current ...

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d fraud in the certification of forklift truck engines, and a special investigation committee consisting of outside experts had been conducting an investigation. The latest fraudulent behavior in automotive engines was newly discovered in the course of the committee's investigation. There are three diesel engines involved, the 1GD, 2GD, and F33A diesel engines developed by Toyota Industries under contract from Toyota. The fraud by Toyota Industri...

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ota Motor Corporation (Toyota) suspended operations of six production lines at four Japanese domestic plants from the second shift due to the certification fraud by Toyota Industries Corporation (Toyota Industries). Toyota Industries had committed fraud in the power output tests of three automotive diesel engine models by adjusting the amount of fuel injected to make the data look better. The shutdowns occurred at Toyota Auto Body Co., Ltd.'s Fuj...

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he new plant started mass production. - April 2009: Construction of a new plant completed. - May 2007: Nissan Shatai Kyushu Co., Ltd. was established. - Number of employees: 1,253 (As of March 31,2025) Nissan changes the name of the NV350 Caravan gasoline vehicle to "Caravan” Nissan gives Caravan diesel model a facelift Nissan Motor Kyushu and Nissan Shatai Kyushu temporarily suspend operations due to approaching typhoon Nissan Motor Kyushu a...

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ur brands and its core technologies of new energy vehicles such as CVT and TGDI engine. In the first block Chery displayed three models: Chery, Riich and Rely and new energy cars. In the second block, there were only five mini vehicle models of the Karry brand. Of them, the Youyou powered by a 1.0L diesel engine drew attention as the first China-made mini diesel vehicle. Chery Auto launched its Tiggo Master SUV at the the Beijing auto show. The T...

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hnology for the first time, and applies for the first time the Watt’s linkage technology and a nitrogen shock absorber with variable damping and height to a China-made pickup truck to create an all-scene chassis. The Xuntian architecture is mated to an FEU 2.3T gasoline engine and a PUMA 2.3T UPG diesel engine. Based on the new generation of the iDEA electronic and electrical architecture, the Xuntian architecture features three intelligent sys...

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ode). Toyota will use the new engines starting from the new Passo to be launched on April 14 and the new Vitz to be released by the end of April. The automaker plans to introduce a total of 14 new engine variations globally by 2015, including those with 2.0-liter or more displacement, supercharger, diesel engines, and engines for hybrid vehicles. Toyota Industries Corporation has released the revamped Vitz compact car on April 21, 2014. As with t...

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