Canton plant in Mississippi that currently builds the Altima and Frontier, but has a utilization rate of just 51%, and plans for EVs have been pushed back. According to the supplier, it would take Nissan about three to six months to retool the Canton plant for Sentra production. Ford and SK On’s joint-venture BlueOval SK Battery Park site in Kentucky was originally planned to have two operational plants on its large campus, though it was scale...

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t Autoparts Division to SANLUIS Rassini.For the Brake Business, SANLUIS Rassini formed a strategic alliance with the Italian-based Brembo, S.p.A, the global leader in the design and sale of high technology brake systems.SANLUIS Rassini further expanded the reach of its suspension business through a joint acquisition with NHK Spring of Japan of two suspension system and components companies in Brazil, resulting in the creation of Rassini NHK Autop...

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Hyundai EV Metaplant halts battery site work as ICE removes 475 workers On September 4, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) authorities carried out a raid at Hyundai Motor Group’s massive Metaplant EV complex outside Savannah, Georgia, halting construction at an adjacent HL-GA Battery Co. battery plant under development. Construction of the battery plant, part of a joint venture between LG Energy Solution and Hyundai Motor Group, is ...

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ew Ram midsize pickup. Several hundred laid off workers will likely return to work in 2025, and once a USD 1.2 billion overhaul is complete, more than 1,500 are expected to be working in two production shifts by 2027. Two key projects that Stellantis initially planned for Belvidere, a USD 3 billion joint-venture battery plant, which was expected to be built across the street from the assembly plant, and a USD 100 million Mopar parts mega hub, app...

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HSAGP (Hyundai-SK America Green power) Energy LLC. Lithium-ion battery cells Hyundai-SK On joint venture battery cell project, Production to start H2 2025 - JV shared investment: USD 5 billion - Production start: H2 2025 - To supply: Hyundai Montgomery Alabama, Kia Westpont Georgia plants, possibly Hyundai Metaplant in Georgia - Expected staffing: 3,750 workers Hyundai considering hybrid vehicle production at USD 7.6 billion Metaplant in Georgia...

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l Vehicles Limited (VECV) signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Jio-bp pulse. Through this collaboration, all Eicher Trucks and Buses’ EV customers will gain access to Jio-bp’s network of over 6000+ charging points, India’s largest DC fast-charging footprint. Jio-bp is a fuel retail joint venture of Reliance Industries and bp. Under this MoU, both companies will collaborate on multiple fronts to accelerate the adoption of electric...

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Mukand Sumi plans greenfield integrated steelmaking facility in India On September 1, Mukand Sumi Special Steel Limited (MSSSL) announced it is constructing a greenfield integrated steelmaking facility at Kanakapura, Koppal, Karnataka. A joint venture between India’s Bajaj Group and Sumitomo Corporation, MSSSL continues to strengthen its position as a leading special steel manufacturer in India.  With this collaboration, the MSSSL’s producti...

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osn confirmed that the Alliance will invest USD 800 million in Argentina through 2018. Ghosn’s visit to Argentina comes as the Alliance prepares to launch its first dedicated pickup truck manufacturing line to produce vehicles for Nissan, Renault and Alliance partner, Daimler. The USD 600 million venture has the capacity to produce 70,000 units a year and marks the first time Nissan will build vehicles in Argentina. Renault Argentina also annou...

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allocate 10% to 15% of its Botucatu production for domestic sales. the company is also evaluating new projects and has reorganized its internal structure, including the opening of a new commercial base in Alphaville, São Paulo. The Botucatu facility was originally established in 1977 as part of a joint venture with Caio, and became a wholly owned subsidiary of the Irizar Group in 1999....

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aguar Land Rover informed that it plans to gradually resume production from 18th May, starting with manufacturing plants in Solihull in the UK as well as in Slovakia and Austria. In China, beginning to see recovery in vehicle sales and customers are returning to its showrooms. Jaguar Land Rover’s joint venture plant in Changshu has been in operation since the middle of February. On July 29, Land Rover confirmed that it has pushed back the U.S. ...

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Gotion InoBat Battery (GIB) Gigafactory (tentative name) - Lithium-ion batteries for EVs Joint Venture between Gotion High-Tech Co. and InoBat. Battery production and R&D Center. Pilot production starts in 2026, with full-scale production planned for 2027. - Planned capacity: 20 GWh (2026 - planning), to be increased to up to 40 GWh in the future. - Number of employees: 1,311 (2026 - planning) - Investment: EUR 1,2 billion (2024-2026), for the ...

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ell stacks in Burnaby, Canada cellcentric to present new generation fuel-cell system at IAA Transportation Volvo Trucks to begin customer testing of fuel cell trucks in 2025 cellcentric and MAHLE partner for flat membrane humidifier development Volvo and Daimler sign binding agreement for fuel-cell joint venture Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group establish fuel cell joint venture cellcentric Daimler Truck AG and Volvo Group launched new fuel-cell j...

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Pak Suzuki Motor Co., Ltd. (PSMCL), Karachi Plant Suzuki Wagon R (2014-2025), Swift (2009-2021, 2022-), Liana ( -2013), Cultus (2019-), Mehran (-2019), Bolan van (1983 -2024), Ravi pickup (1985-2024,-2025 planning), Alto (-2012), Alto 660cc (2019 -), Every van (2024-); Motorcycles; Suzuki's plant in Pakistan - Number of Employees: 1,500 (as of October 2024) - 1996: The Joint Venture Agreement ended in 1996, and PACO divested its entire shareholdi...

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s announced on March 18 that it will halt production at the plant in St. Petersburg by the middle of 2015 and will idle the plant. Furthermore, the Opel brand will leave the market by December 2015 and the contract assembly of  Chevrolet vehicles at GAZ will be discontinued in 2015. The GM-AVTOVAZ joint venture will continue to build and market the current generation Chevrolet NIVA. On July 28, Hyundai Motor Company has filed a petition with the...

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ant Sollers: Buses: Sollers SA9 (2024-), Sollers SA6 (2024-); Pickup: ST6 (based on JAC T6) (2023-2025); CX-5 (2012-2022), Mazda6 (2013-2022), CX-9 (2018-2022), CX-30 (2020-2022); Engines: SkyActive-G (2018-2022), SkyActive-G2.0 (2019-2022); Cylinder heads (2021-2022) Sollers' plant, formerly joint venture of Mazda and Sollers - Production suspended in May 2022, and resumed in July 2023. - Investment:    2021: More than RUB 4 billion...

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o system and innovative interior solutions. Kia has no plans to bring K8 to other CIS markets. On July 7, Great Wall Motor and ADM Jizzakh signed a strategic cooperation agreement to assemble Haval brand cars in Uzbekistan. Both sides will rely on each other's professional strength and resources to jointly expand the automobile market of Uzbekistan. The assembly of cars under the Haval brand will begin in the fall of 2023. Haval plans to introduc...

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me available soon to some of Volvo Cars’ key markets in the Asia Pacific. It is produced using climate-neutral energy in Volvo Cars’ Chengdu plant.  On July 21, Volvo Cars announced it has signed an agreement with its parent Geely Holding to acquire Geely Holding’s stake in the companies’ joint ventures in China, with the aim of taking full ownership of its car manufacturing plants and sales operations in the country. The acquisition o...

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cluding consumption tax. On April 10 Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it has developed a series of fuel-efficient gasoline engines that can offer excellent thermal efficiency. The new engines are the NR 1.3-liter four-cylinder engine and the KR 1.0-liter three-cylinder engine, which has been jointly developed with Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd. The new features, combined with idling stop and other functions, will lead to fuel efficiency gains of...

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Asia, with a workforce of more than 3,800. The Thai site, located near major OEM hubs, will act as a center for modular and smart interiors such as headliners, door panels, and cockpits, serving markets across Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia. In Indonesia, Antolin has launched production through a joint venture with local partner AAA (APM and ARMADA AUTOPARTS). The facility will initially manufacture headliners, with plans to expand into door pa...

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Jingling #1 SEA PF Platform unknown It is a subcompact electric SUV and the first model of the smart Automobile, a fifty-fifty joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and Geely. It was developed based on Geely's EV-exclusive platform, the SEA architecture. The length is 4,270mm and the wheelbase is 2,750mm. It is available in RWD with a maximum output of 175kW, 200kW, or 250kW, or in AWD with 315kW or 365kW. The driving range is 410km, 545km, 560km, ...

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