reported that plants in Zwickau and Dresden will not resume production until the beginning of April because of a lack of wiring harnesses from Ukraine, which could not be delivered due to Russia’s invasion. While in Emden, where the Passat is built in addition to the ID.4 pre-series, there should be no restrictions in the coming weeks. In Wolfsburg, where the Golf and Tiguan are built, production will also slowly restart on March 21. O...

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anta will be on the assembly line in 2013. Moreover, in 2013 AvtoVAZ plans to launch the production on its own platform B0. All cars will be assembled in the full cycle. The additional investments will be for the development of forging-pressing, transmission and engine production (engine production should be about 1,5 million units a year). AvtoVAZ will achieve the production of 1.5 million units a year on its sites of Togliatti and Izhevsk by 20...

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duction in Gurgaon. It further mentioned that they have about 2.25 million capacity at Haryana plus Gujarat and production at the Toyota plant in Karnataka is over and above this. They are in process of working on the Kharkhoda plant, which will be up and running in the year 2025. Their first plant should be commissioned by the first quarter of calendar 2025 and further, they mentioned that they have to start thinking about the second plant if de...

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Vs using localized components - an electric motor, a traction battery, and other elements by 2026. On August 25, multiple sources reported that the Moskvich automobile plant is developing a car running on natural gas fuel (CNG). Moskvich also advocates that the installation of LPG equipment in cars should be available to Russian consumers as an additional option. On September 4, multiple sources reported that Moskvich Automobile Plant started the...

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Andy Beshear announced that BlueOval SK, Ford’s joint venture with SK On, has hired about 1,100 total workers with 750 of those assigned to work at the massive battery plant in Glendale. Beshear said the plant, known as Kentucky 1, is expected to start production in the first quarter of 2025 and should employ a total of 2,500 workers. The announcement represents an advancement of time as the BlueOval SK Battery Park was previously expected to ...

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Co., Ltd. (Fujian Motor). The two companies signed a conference document in July 2009, agreeing that Fujian Motor will transfer 40% stake in its joint venture Fujian Daimler Automotive Co., Ltd (Fujian Daimler) out of 50%. If the transfer plan has been agreed, the investment ratio in Fujian Daimler should have been 10% by Fujian Motor, 40% by BAIC Group and 50% by Hong Kong Daimler Vans Limited (a joint venture between Daimler and China Motor of ...

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ent connected vehicles based on the development of its intelligent connected new energy vehicle industrial park. By 2025, the group is targeting annual production and sales of 3.5 million units, with a compound annual growth rate of over 10% and a market share of over 12%, while new energy vehicles should account for 20%. According to GAC Aion, the new energy vehicle brand held a ceremony on August 4, for the launch of capacity expansion project...

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del with an engine capacity of 1,301 cc to 1,500 cc were assembled by MBM at its Pekan plant in July. That displacement suggests that it is the 1.33-liter M282 4-cylinder turbo, which is found on the V177 A 200 Sedan, W177 A 200 hatchback and GLA 200. By all accounts, this is a MFA platform, and it should be of the A 200 Sedan. However, a market introduction should not be expected just yet. MBM revealed that the lockdown had caused significant de...

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ysia Sdn Bhd for local assembly and manufacturing in Malaysia. Both parties are poised to propel their collaboration towards a definitive agreement in the coming 3 months. This will entrust EPMB with the pivotal role of locally assembling selected GWM models, expected to cover SUV, pickup, and EVs. Should both parties reach an agreement, EPMB expects to start the collaboration from 2024 onwards. EPMB's production of GWM vehicles is expected to gr...

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ikuchi will add production and sales of automated machineries and transportation equipment, which is Takao Kinzoku’s domain, to its scope of business. The two companies agreed to merge in May last year based on the decision that strengthening of its profit structure through management integration should bring benefits in competing as a global player in the automotive body stamping business. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on Febr...

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o utilize the new plant as a core base in Asia to supply forged parts. The site is 101,000 m2 with the building area of 16,000 m2. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on May 12, 2012)   Aichi Steel Corp., Aichi, Japan announced it has started commercial production of its new magnet that should greatly reduce use of rare earth.  While neodymium magnets are generally alloyed with a rare earth, dysprosium (Dy), in order to raise their m...

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der blocks, heads. All of them are made of aluminium alloy, there are about 30 items that go to both existing and new equipment. All these items will be produced by the foundry. The Cortege project started in 2019. In 2022, Kamaz will receive and install the equipment, and by the end 2022, Kamaz should launch the section with the subsequent reaching the design capacity. From 2025, the main capacity will be used for the manufacture and sale of ...

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ely clean and there are no impurities that could cause damage.  On December 8, BMW Group revealed that it plans to introduce Saturday shifts at its Munich plant in Germany in the first quarter of 2022 to keep up with the high demand for the new i4 electric model. The waiting time for an ordered i4 should currently be around nine months and could soon increase to a year. On March 1, BMW Group and Volkswagen Group announced to adjust productions a...

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ESC production. In Japan, installation of the ESC technology will be made mandatory on all new non-mini, passenger vehicles effective October 2012. Further, from October 2014, the ESC system will become compulsory on all non-mini passenger vehicles on Japanese roads, including used vehicles, which should expand demand for ESCs significantly. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on October 28, 2011) Bosch Corporation headquartered in To...

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between the two gray hydrogen tanks and drives the two rear wheels. Hydrogen refilling with sLH2 does not require any protective equipment as long as it is handled by grasping the two gray handles. However, when the nozzle is pulled out from the stand, the metal part at the tip is exposed and should not be touched because of its low temperature. Also, unlike LH2 filling, stand-to-vehicle communication is not required. To minimize heat trans...

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tic transmission. Bajaj is ready to roll out its RE60 once it gets a go ahead from the government for the quadricycle. It will be available in fuel options of petrol and CNG. Bajaj has set up a production capacity of 200 units per day at the Waluj plant. The company expects that launching the RE60 should be possible by September-October 2014. Bajaj Auto plans to roll out the four-wheeler quadricycle RE60 from its Waluj plant with 5,000 units a ...

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produce its vehicles. With the proposed investments, it would establish an installed capacity of 300 thousand units per annum, which would be scalable to more than 400 thousand units. This unit is adjacent to the existing manufacturing facility of Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd at Sanand, which should help in a smooth transition. On August 7, Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Limited (TPEML), a subsidiary of Tata Motors Ltd, and Ford India Pri...

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rs and battery manufacturers from opening U.S. manufacturing plants, warning the industry’s future is at stake. “China poses a clear and present threat to the auto industry in the U.S.,” the group wrote in a statement for a U.S. House hearing on Chinese vehicles. The group also said lawmakers should maintain the U.S. Commerce Department’s prohibition on importing information and communications technology and services from China that effec...

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28, Koenigsegg invested in Lightyear, the Netherlands-based high-tech company developing the world's first solar vehicle. The investment is part of a more extensive technology-sharing partnership in which the two automakers will share proprietary and patented information. The exchange of knowledge should enable the development of ultra-efficient vehicles and the commitment to jointly develop new automotive technologies. Koenigsegg's technologies...

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has been tightening control on joint ventures. When establishing a new joint venture, foreign investors are requested to be involved in projects to produce engines in China. Application will be made when the engine production project will be finalized. In addition, newly established joint ventures should accompany an R&D center and a project on an independent brand. It was reported that the joint venture plant between Chery Automobile and Jaguar...

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