s the VIS-Auto and Lada Sport enterprises. On June 16, multiple sources reported that Russian car manufacturer AVTOVAZ has registered a new trademark, SKM. The the exclusive rights to the trademark are valid until 2034. Under the new brand, the Russian automaker will produce passenger and all-metal vans and chassis with an open cargo platform. The company plans to launch these models next year. The company is planning to assemble these vehicles a...

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SAIC-GM-Wuling, are reported to be in advanced talks to manufacture vehicles in Mexico. The move comes amid shifting trade policies, as Mexico raised tariffs on Chinese imports to 50% in January. The joint venture already ships approximately 130,000 Chinese-built Chevrolet Aveo, Groove, and Tornado vans annually to Mexico, but adding local production would avoid tariffs while leveraging GM’s existing manufacturing infrastructure.  A Chinese de...

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t for the all-electric Optiq, which saw sales increase 65.9% in its second year on the market   •  Chevrolet sales fell 8.1% to 407,747 units, with all models down except for the Traverse that was up 33.6%, the resurrected Bolt EV which sold only 791 units in Q1, and the discontinued BrightDrop vans that sold at discount   •  GMC sales fell only 0.2% in Q1 to 145,930 units, with the Terrain SUV and Canyon midsize pickup as the bright spot...

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days between now and July 31. The Cologne plant (Fiesta) will shut from April 21-23 and April 28-30. The Craiova plant (Puma, EcoSport) will shut from April 29-May 1 and from May 10-14, and will operate on two shifts instead of three from April 26-May 21. The Otosan plant in Turkey (Transit midsize vans) will pause production from April 19 through June 13. On April 30, Ford announced that the Cologne plant, which had been idled between April 21-2...

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ts the Foggia factory during a meeting in Rome. Regarding Foggia plant, unions remain worried as diesel volumes are projected to fall to 190,000 units in 2024, with a slight decline expected in 2025. The bus outfitting plant is also experiencing slow growth. In Suzzara plant, recovery of incomplete vans is progressing well, and the plant will return to normal three-shift operations on October 1, 2024. The current production volumes for the Daily ...

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van in its Koga plant. The truck manufacturer is going to integrate the processes from chassis production to customized body mounting to shorten the lead time. The investment in the plant construction is expected to reach JPY 8 billion. The new plant is going to have a capacity to build 6,000 wing vans and launch the production in 2021. At this plant, Trantechs Ltd., one of the Hino group companies, is going to build a customized body on a chass...

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th Motiv Electric Trucks Workhorse receives order for 100 EV commercial vehicles from Purolator Workhorse’s electric W56 EV Step Van drives 2,400 miles to ACT Expo 2025 Workhorse enhances W56 Step Van with Geotab’s advanced telematics Workhorse to begin deliveries of extended wheelbase W56 step vans Workhorse W56, W750 electric step vans approved for Canada On August 15, 2025, Workhorse Group Inc. and Motiv Electric Trucks announced that they...

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Workhorse receives order for 100 EV commercial vehicles from Purolator On March 30, Workhorse Group Inc. announces a purchase order for 100 fully-electric step vans from Purolator, a leading Canadian integrated freight, package and logistics solutions provider.  This new order will double the number of Workhorse electric step vans in Purolator’s fleet, building upon its prior purchases from Motiv Electric Trucks, which merged with Workhorse in...

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end on the sales volume in the U.S. and Mexican markets. Layoffs will only be carried out in the Aguascalientes A1 plant, which produces Sentra sedans; A2 plant, which produces the March, Versa sedan, Versa Note (hatchback) and Kicks; and CIVAC plant in Cuernavaca, which produces Nissan NV200 cargo vans and NP300 pickups, as well as Renault Alaskan pickups. The Nissan-Daimler joint venture COMPAS plant will not be affected. On January 15, Nissan ...

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end on the sales volume in the U.S. and Mexican markets. Layoffs will only be carried out in the Aguascalientes A1 plant, which produces Sentra sedans; A2 plant, which produces the March, Versa sedan, Versa Note (hatchback) and Kicks; and CIVAC plant in Cuernavaca, which produces Nissan NV200 cargo vans and NP300 pickups, as well as Renault Alaskan pickups. The Nissan-Daimler joint venture COMPAS plant will not be affected. On January 15, Nissan ...

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as built nearly 1.3 million Tiida models in Mexico, of which 981,000 have been exported. Activity at the CIVAC facility will not be affected by the end of Tiida production, since it will continue to manufacture the NP300 Frontier and NP300 pickups, the Versa, and the NV200 and NV200 Taxi commercial vans. On November 29, Nissan unveiled the 2018 Kicks at the Los Angeles Auto Show and announced its arrival in U.S. dealerships in June 2018. The U.S...

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as built nearly 1.3 million Tiida models in Mexico, of which 981,000 have been exported. Activity at the CIVAC facility will not be affected by the end of Tiida production, since it will continue to manufacture the NP300 Frontier and NP300 pickups, the Versa, and the NV200 and NV200 Taxi commercial vans. Union representatives at the Nissan plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico (CIVAC) announced that due to an increase in inventories, the automaker will el...

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ndai Translead trailers, and plans to enter the electrified large van market. In alliance with General Motors, Hyundai Motor expects to launch five co-developed vehicles as early as 2028, with annual sales of these models expected to exceed 800,000 units. The lineup will include electric commercial vans for the North American market, as well as compact vehicles, compact SUVs and compact and midsize trucks for Central and South America....

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60 million Yuan, and obtain a license to develop, manufacture and sell busses. Hunan Midea Bus is a subsidiary of Foshan Weishang. According to the medium-term business plan for the Changsha plant, BYD will establish a production system to assemble 400,000 units of large and midsize buses and mini vans, mainly run on new energy. This figure is broken down to 300,000 units of mini vans (C3/C6) and 100,000 units of buses. After completion of the f...

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hough a commercial vehicle business focused on buses. The group purchased three companies; Yunnan Bus Factory, Yunnan Space Shenzhou Automobile Co., Ltd., Hunan Sanxiang Bus Group Co., Ltd from 2004 through early 2006. BYD Auto will reorganize Hunan Midea Bus into a production base of electric mini vans, commercial vehicles and passenger cars investing 3 billion yuan. An electric-powered bus equipped with lithium ion batteries will roll off the p...

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orm at the 2026 New York International Auto Show. The all-electric Fastport eQuad will be featured in a dedicated press event from 1:20–1:40 p.m. ET on April 1 at the EV Hybrid Test Track where the vehicle will be demonstrated. Fastport enables commercial customers to replace traditional delivery vans one-for-one, helping to improve operational efficiency less environmental impact. The zero-emission eQuad is engineered specifically for bike-lan...

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Tennessee) Vehicle Assembly Plant, where production began in August 2018. The all-new model will arrive in dealer showrooms in the U.S. in the fall. The Canton plant employs more than 6,500 people and currently produces the Altima, Murano, Frontier, Titan and Titan XD, and NV Cargo and NV Passenger vans. On January 17, Nissan Motor Co. said it is planning to cut up to 700 contract workers by March 18 at its plant in Canton, Mississippi. Due to sl...

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announced that first pre-serial GAZelle e-NN LCVs have rolled off the assembly line at Gorky automobile plant. The new model is based on the unified electric platform; its architecture makes it possible to build a complete lineup of light commercial vehicles, including drop-side trucks, minibuses, vans and various specialty vehicles. Three new vehicles were showcased at the Digital Industry of Industrial Russia (CIPR) Conference taking place in ...

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Automobile Co., Ltd., a joint venture between the company and China Yunding Holdings Group in Ruian, Zhejiang Province. Shannxi Auto invested a 51% stake with the remaining 49% by Yunding Holdings. The joint venture will mainly manufacture medium and heavy-duty dump trucks, trailers and large-sized vans, targeting at producing 20,000 units of these special-purpose cars worth 5 billion yuan in the next five years. These cars will mainly be markete...

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of newly registered electric mobility declined. Registrations of electric vehicles with four wheels or more totaled 4,871 units, comprising (i) 4,805 passenger vehicles (down 6.9% YoY) (including 4,776 private passenger cars and 29 vehicles registered for other purposes), (ii) 25 pickup trucks and vans, (iii) 16 buses, and (iv) 25 trucks. Meanwhile, electric motorcycles accounted for 868 units. In the first 2 months of 2026, total electric mobil...

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