age technology. Further, it has developed a hardware lab to qualify PCB assemblies before integration and testing with motors. It also implemented software test automation using HIL and VT system tools to test software modules. Furthermore, test vehicles have been developed to qualify parts before shipping them to customers. Based on Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Sona Comstar) Annual Report 2023-24 On October 21, Sona BLW Precision Forgings ...

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’s first locally-produced sport-utility vehicle (SUV), officially rolled off the assembly line today at the company’s Ranjangaon plant. FCA invested USD 280 million in the Jeep Compass localization. Ranjangaon will be the sole export facility for right-hand-drive (RHD) markets across the globe. Shipping for RHD markets outside India will start in the last quarter of 2017. Tata Motor announced on July 17 the details of its upcoming new SUV Tat...

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d integration. In addition to these automotive-focused demonstrations, AEye will highlight how Apollo and the company’s OPTIS full stack solution can be applied to smart infrastructure and logistics use cases to deliver real-time 3D perception and analytics for drones, intelligent intersections, shipping corridors, logistics hubs, and other complex environments. (AEye release on December 18, 2025) ...

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s equipped with a Rock-Trac 4x4 system, front and rear heavy-duty Dana 44 axles, Tru-Lok electric front- and rear-axle lockers, electronic sway bar disconnect, and standard 33-inch Falken Wildpeak All-Terrain off-road tires. On April 12, FCA announced that the all-new 2020 Jeep Gladiator has begun shipping to U.S. dealers from the Toledo Assembly Complex in Ohio. The company invested USD 273 million to retool and modernize the plant and added 32...

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he Aviator Grand Touring. On September 26, Ford announced capability improvements for new 2020 F-Series Super Duty. For 2020, maximum towing capacity increases across all Super Duty pickup series, including F-250, F-350 and F-450, versus the outgoing model. The 2020 F-Series Super Duty trucks begin shipping to dealers by the end of 2019 from the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville, Kentucky, and Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake, Ohio, where they a...

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e Nissan "Qashqai." The new diesel engine is expected to cut CO2 emissions by 20 percent compared with the previous model. Renault announced that it will install solar roof panels at its French plants, in partnership with Gestamp Solar of Spain. Solar panels will cover the roofs of the delivery and shipping centers at the Douai, Maubeuge, Flins, Batilly and Sandouville sites, and the staff parking lots at Maubeuge and Cléon. The start date for i...

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duction of this new van in Sandouville plant is expected to reach 100,000 units/year once all versions have been launched. Renault announced that it will install solar roof panels at its French plants, in partnership with Gestamp Solar of Spain. Solar panels will cover the roofs of the delivery and shipping centers at the Douai, Maubeuge, Flins, Batilly and Sandouville sites, and the staff parking lots at Maubeuge and Cléon. The start date for i...

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2014, on a platform shared with Nissan. This new platform will generate substantial economies of scale for both companies. Renault announced that it will install solar roof panels at its French plants, in partnership with Gestamp Solar of Spain. Solar panels will cover the roofs of the delivery and shipping centers at the Douai, Maubeuge, Flins, Batilly and Sandouville sites, and the staff parking lots at Maubeuge and Cléon. The start date for i...

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fire, which they may relocate to a different supplier company, efforts are being made to get the Eaton Rapids facility back online as quickly as possible. On February 5, Ford introduced the new 2020 F-Series Super Duty pickup truck line, including the F-250, F-350, and F-450, which they will begin shipping to dealers in fall 2019 from both the Kentucky Truck Plant in Louisville and Ohio Assembly Plant in Avon Lake where they are built. The Super...

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e center in Dearborn, Michigan. Ford Motor Co. placed a stop-shipment order on its 2024 F-150 Lightning EV pickups on February 9, which is still in effect as part of a longer-than-expected quality check process, though production continues at the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center. Meanwhile, Ford began shipping its refreshed ICE-powered 2024 F-150 pickups, which had also been on hold, to dealers this week. Revamped vehicle and quality testing process...

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quarter. Nikola expects to deliver 300-500 of the BEV trucks in 2022 before ramping up production in 2023. Nikola will follow the battery-electric Tre with a hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) version and what it refers to as a “next-generation” fuel-cell model in 2025. The Tre FCEV is on track to begin shipping late 2023. On May 10, FPT Industrial S.P.A. announced that the first integrated electric axles for heavy commercial vehicles have left the ne...

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t global strategic SUV. Built on the new-generation digital EV platform named AEP, the SUV is powered by the 2nd-generation Magazine Battery which enables a long range of 750km. The SUV is equipped with AI algorithms powered by hardware such as an Orin X chip. On May 8, Hycan announced the official shipping of the first GAC Hycan export vehicles from Hangzhou, Zhejiang. These export vehicles include the Hycan V09 luxury battery electric MPV, the ...

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es, electric tools and energy recovery batteries requiring high output are anticipated in addition to hybrid vehicles. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on Feb. 03, 2007) GS Yuasa Power Supply to raise price of industrial lead batteries in April GS Yuasa Power Supply Ltd. announced 10% shipping price increase of industrial lead batteries and industrial alkali batteries as of April 1, resulting from the continuing high prices of mater...

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ying its products made in India to Thailand by this fall. Demand has been growing rapidly from the Thai market, where Japanese automakers are expanding their production volumes. As an immediate measure to keep up with such requirements, G-TEKT has decided to utilize its Indian facility despite high shipping costs to Thailand. This will also allow the company to improve capacity utilization of the Indian plant, operating rate of which has been fal...

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h new plant in Pin Thong, Thailand, integrate existing Thai operation Aichi Steel installs new continuous casting equipment at Chita Plant Aichi Steel to complete integrated production structure at Chita Plant Aichi Steel's new Thai plant celebrates completion: full production from forging through shipping Aichi Steel starts mass production of new magnet that largely cuts rare earth use Aichi Steel to expand sales of Magfine magnetic particles ...

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try SE trim with FWD is up 2.9%, while the Atlas Cross Sport is up 3%. While both Atlas models are built in Chattanooga, the engine is sourced from the VW Silao plant in Mexico. Price increases on the Golf GTI and Golf R, both imported from Germany, are up 6.5% and 4.97% respectively. VW has raised shipping charges by USD 50 on 2026 vehicles as well, from USD 1,275 to USD 1,475. In some cases, they are the second price hikes by VW since the U.S. ...

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GM's plant in Silao, Mexico, will begin assembling regular cab and crew cab models of the next-generation pickups in January 2019. GM used its plant in Oshawa, Canada to build the outgoing pickup models in the beginning of 2018, with heavy-duty trucks and a second shift added by the summer. GM was shipping unfinished Silverado and Sierra double cab bodies to the Oshawa plant from Fort Wayne, Indiana for painting and final assembly. Some sections...

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rolet Blazer EV, Equinox EV, Cadillac Lyriq in Mexico GM pauses production at Ramos Arizpe plant for two weeks in April GM’s Ramos Arizpe plant begins Chevrolet Blazer EV serial production GM works to resolve automated battery module assembly, ramp EV production in H2 Chevrolet Blazer EV begins shipping to U.S. dealers from Ramos Arizpe, Mexico Chevrolet opens Equinox EV order banks in U.S., starting at USD 48,995 GM plant Ramos Arizpe to hal...

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s eleventh U.S. plant and first and only battery plant outside of Japan. The TBMNC plant will house 14 battery production lines and serve as Toyota’s hub for developing and producing lithium-ion batteries for its hybrid, battery electric, and plug-in hybrid vehicles. The plant has initially begun shipping HEV modules to both Toyota Kentucky (TMMK) and Mazda Toyota Manufacturing (MTMUS) in Alabama. Additional production lines at TBMNC are set to...

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ji Heavy Industries Ltd. (FHI) said that its plant in Lafayette in the state of Indiana suffered no severe damage on its production equipment. Parts of the building roof were ripped away but there have been no reports of injuries. Minor damages have been found on some of the stock vehicles awaiting shipping. When the big tornado hit the Midwest US on the afternoon of Sunday, November 17, 2013, the plant was not in operation. SIA canceled its oper...

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