n, is being driven by high prices. The company stressed that they are not cutting back on future EV development; they plan to increase EV capacity, but at a slower rate than originally planned. As part of this, the “mega-campus” they planned for Kentucky has been temporarily put on hold. No new target date has been announced. Ford’s BlueOvalSK Battery Park, which has officially been under construction for a little over a year now, recently ...

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tem meeting Europe’s market requirements. Currently, Geely Farizon has presence in over 28 European countries. Its entry into the Swiss market is a key step to thoroughly develop and strengthen business deployment in the European market, laying a solid foundation for achieving a 2030 global sales target of 1 million vehicles. From a Geely Farizon press release...

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, large-torque engine delivering 60.5kW at 6,000rpm and the torque of 102N.m at 3,000-3,500rpm. This car measures 4,030mm long, 1,636mm wide and 1,907mm high and has rolled off the production line in the Zhuzhou plant in Hunan Province in October 2010. It will be officially launched in April. Sales target for 2011 has been set at 30,000 units. Daimler on June 28 signed a contract to invest 2 billion euros in Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. Beij...

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will be undertaken to expand its product lineup to include light buses, pick-up trucks, SUVs, MPVs, and specially equipped buses, and the company's annual production capacity will be augmented to 300,000 units. On January 9, BAIC HT held a corporate and brand strategies launch in Beijing. The 2028 target of becoming a tier-one heavy-duty truck manufacturer ranking top five with an annual sales scale of over 125,000 units and an overseas sales sh...

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g to align with new regulation UN-R174. -Postponing of transitional provisions. 16 Adopted proposalregardingUNregulation 175 01 WP.29/2025/56 2025/6/25 2026/1/11 Acceleration Control for Pedal Error (ACPE) -Addition of scenarios for creeping. -Addition pedestrians including child, as collision targets. -Addition of N1 category. 17 Adopted proposalregardingUNregulation [178] 00 WP.29/2025/79 2025/6/25 (Unknown as of August 2025) Emergency...

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inancial results for the year ended December 2008. Car sales during 2008 got a boost by 11.7% to 120,400 units, which is broken down to 63,200 units of pickup trucks (up 15.1% from the last year), and 44,000 SUVs (down 15.1%). Export rose 12.7% to 52,000 units. Great Wall Motor has raised its sales target for fiscal 2009 to 200,000 units, including 80,000 sedans/hatchbacks, up 60% from the previous year. In 2009 the carmaker will expand its produ...

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ion (JAMA) held a press conference in Tokyo on May 21, and announced its plan to strengthen collaboration for energy security centered on domestic logistics and efficiency improvements through joint transportation. For energy security, JAMA has set specific goals, such as a hydrogen truck ownership target, and for joint logistics, automakers will collaborate to establish an efficient logistics system for finished vehicles. Amidst intensifying int...

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ounced the joint development of a technology that allows users to experience autonomous driving and driver assistance algorithms (calculation procedures) up to the limits of driving on a driving simulator (DS). SOLIZE Ureka Technology has been promoting the development of algorithms for calculating target routes and vehicle speed, and the development of control algorithms for steering, acceleration, and braking, on autonomous driving simulators. ...

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lligence and battery technology, Stellantis is advancing partnerships with Applied Intuition, Qualcomm, Wayve, NVIDIA, Uber, Mistral AI and CATL, among others PLANT UTILIZATION: The company’s plant capacity utilization will be increased through FaSTLAne 2030, with new products, as well as through targeted local actions.     •  In Europe, capacity is expected to be reduced by more than 800,000 units, repurposing plants (such as in Poissy, ...

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Stellantis reveals new STLA One global modular vehicle architecture On May 21, Stellantis introduced STLA One, a modular vehicle architecture designed to support multiple powertrains with common interfaces to reduce complexity, speed development and target 20% cost efficiencies.  Covering the B, C and D segments, STLA One is engineered to optimize efficiency for each propulsion type and compete on cost with best-in-class competitors in Europe. I...

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3 Seoul Motor Show. The Xcient is the successor to the Trago released in 2006 and will go on sale in the second half of 2013. The Xcient took three years and 200 billion won of investment to develop. Hyundai is set to hold events for the new car in overseas markets including Peru and Russia, with a target of 60,000 global sales by 2017. The Xcient comes with two 10L diesel engines, with maximum output of 420ps/520ps. Its fuel economy is 7% better...

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hina. Set about launching pure electric platform-dedicated models, and increase investment in battery production. By 2030, battery electric models are expected to account for 25%-40% in Mazda’s global sales volume. Concurrently, to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, Mazda has set the intermediate target of carbon neutrality at its plants around the world by 2035, and will take actions based on the three mainstays of “energy saving, renewable ...

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3 grades: Base, Plus, and Exclaim. Base grade is mated with 1.6L 130hp engine and 6 speed MT/AT. Plus and Exclaim grades are mated with 2.0L 164hp engine and 6 speed AT. The price of new Soul starts from USD 14,700 of 1.6L Base 6 speed MT. On October 22, Kia Motors released the new Kia Soul. Sales target for 2014 is 20,000 units in the Korean market and 170,000 units overseas, which totals to 190,000 units. The new Kia Soul will be powered by a ...

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and 2009, as well as the "SM7" under development, switching from Nissan based platforms. An SUV "H45" (Project code) scheduled to be launched in November will be the last model based on the Nissan platform.  In addition, plans to start the development of a new SUV and to expand the export ratio. Targets 3,500 units of export in 2005 and 15,000 units in 2006, compared with 2,878 units in 2004. Develops own export network in South America and Mi...

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s achievement in 2019, S60 CKD to be launched in 2020 Volvo officially launches Malaysia-made all-new S60 T8 PHEV in Thailand Volvo XC40 Recharge T5 CKD PHEV launched in Malaysia Volvo Car Malaysia unveils locally-assembled XC40 Recharge BEV, to announce official price on April 4   Volvo Malaysia targets 75% EV sales by 2025, upcoming C40 Recharge BEV expected to be locally assembled Volvo launches locally-assembled C40 Recharge BEV in Mal...

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remotely by interactive remote and smartphone devices. The Fit EV will be delivered to the City of Torrance, Stanford University and California Google, with which testing on public roads will be conducted.. Sales based on leasing arrangement will start for general consumers in summer 2011with sales targeted at about 1,100 cars within three years. Honda Motor Co. has reportedly began assembly of mini vehicles at its Suzuka plant on December 5. The...

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del to ensure minimized air turbulence around the wheel area resulting lower Cd (Coefficient of Drag), low NVH, increased fuel efficiency and stability of the car at high speed.  On November 21, Hyundai Motor India Limited manufactured its 7 millionth car from its Chennai plant. Hyundai is now targeting 10 million units by the first half of 2021. On May 11, Tamil Nadu Government informed that Hyundai is planning to invest INR 50 billion in i...

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s was evident during the quarter. In March alone, Jaecoo strengthened its position by overtaking BYD to rank sixth overall with a 5.0% share, while BYD followed closely at 4.8%. This reflects increasing competition among emerging brands in the Indonesian market.   GAIKINDO has set a full-year 2026 target of 850,000 units. The outlook reflects gradual market recovery and ongoing market normalization. Despite short-term volatility, continued norma...

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f the production line at its Chongqing Plant on August 8, 2015. On March 31 Beijing Automotive Group unveiled the Huansu, a new passenger car brand in Chongqing City. In conjunction with the announcement, the company released two models, the Huansu S2 and the Huansu S3. The Huansu brand will mainly target at the third to fourth class cities in China and some Southeast Asian countries, with a lineup consisting mainly of SUVs and MPVs. The Huansu S...

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at planned investments, such as expanding battery production in Ontario and the Tayron SUV in Mexico, will proceed in 2025. Volkswagen is adjusting battery production at its Canada, Valencia, and Salzgitter plants due to lower-than-expected demand for BEV. The company revised its battery production target from 15 billion to 10 billion units. On May 2, it was announced that Audi's production plant in San José Chiapa, Puebla, is facing a critical ...

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