l. It will acquire parts of the bankrupt Van Hool in Belgium. It will also take over Van Hool's production facility in North Macedonia. The takeover will immediately save approximately 1,600 jobs. Approximately 250 Van Hool employees will be hired for the Van Hool branch in Koningshooikt (Belgium), who will work on parts production, after-sales, purchasing, development, and finance. VDL Groep will acquire all intellectual properties, design righ...

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entina has laid off over 300 workers from its plants in Pacheco and Córdoba, a move that has been denounced by the workers themselves. According to a statement from the workers, the Pacheco plant produces 400 units per day, and the layoffs include employees undergoing treatment for cancer or those who have fallen ill due to their work, accusing the company of taking these measures solely to increase profits. VW, on the other hand, states that th...

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with more than 200 companies and brands exhibiting. The exhibition covered approximately 25,000 square meters and was attended by over 10,000 representatives from more than 30 countries.   This report presents excerpts from guest speakers from BYD, Xiaomi Auto, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences who spoke at the NEV (New Energy Vehicle) Technology thematic session and the NEV Main Forum. BYD introduced the trend toward higher voltages for NEVs...

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0 vehicles and the ability to expand to 30,000 units. The FF 91will initially launch in small volumes. Battery cells for the FF 91 will initially be supplied by LG Chem's LG Energy Solution. On October 27, Faraday Future Intelligent Electric Inc. announced its upcoming work with Munro & Associates, who will help to evaluate and co-create Faraday Future’s flagship vehicle, the FF 91 Futurist. Over the next year, Faraday Future will host Munro & ...

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Nigeria to support Elizade JAC plant to expand operations On December 18, multiple sources reported that the Minister of Industry, Trade, and Investment of Nigeria visited the Elizade JAC plant in Lagos. The Minister announced that Federal Government will support domestic investors such as Elizade JAC who are reinvesting their profits to expand operations and boost production capacity to better serve the Nigerian market. Elizade JAC’s strategic...

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close to INR 5 billion and have taken up over 130 acres of the land at the Park. The vendors include Getrag Transmission India Pvt Ltd, Valeo India Pvt Ltd, Cosma International and Caparo Engineering. Ford India was reported that its new Sanand plant in Gujarat would start operation on March 26th, whose construction started in 2012 with more than USD 1 billion investment. It has production capacity of 240,000 units/year and 270,000 engines and i...

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rter of 2019. Going forward, the company plans to introduce one new product to the Indian market every year. MG Motor plans an INR 50 billion investment for this plant.  On September 7, SAIC Motor chairman Mr. Chen Zhixin announced at the MOVE Summit 2018 that it will invest USD 500 million in its wholly-owned subsidiary MG Motor India to develop new products. It is also planning to launch new energy vehicles including global electric vehicles ...

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ns to a near halt. The strike began on May 14, 2025, and is scheduled to end on May 15, 2025, with the end of the last night shifts. The strike comes in response to Ford’s plan to cut 2,900 of its roughly 11,500 jobs by the end of 2027. The union is demanding significant severance pay for workers who leave voluntarily or whose jobs are outsourced. The union also wants to ensure that no one is laid off for operational reasons until 2032. The one...

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’, the company’s ongoing transformation programme to deliver GBP 2.5 billion in cost reductions and cashflow improvements over 18 months as well as long-term strategic operating efficiencies. It is aimed at reducing the size of its global workforce by around 4,500 people, in addition to the 1,500 who left the company during 2018. The next phase of this transformation programme will begin with a voluntary redundancy programme in the UK. This s...

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a, he advised world-class companies as a management consultant with McKinsey & Company, and developed Intelligent Co-Pilot, a semi-autonomous vehicle safety system, at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Though Barra, 63, has not announced a retirement date, pressure remains to find a leader who can navigate the rapid transition to electric and software-defined vehicles. (multiple sources on December 18, 2025) (GM release in June 2025) ...

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ured on a state-by-state basis.” Chrysler plans to hire up to 1,000 part-time employees to give exhausted full-time workers a break at its Toledo Jeep assembly plant. Record demand for the Jeep Wrangler and launch of the new Jeep Cherokee last year is driving the move to spell full-time employees who are regularly working 60 hours a week. Most of the new hires will get between 10 and 30 hours per week. They’ll be paid $15.78 an hour, the same...

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y, Flat Rock subject to approval, and a new EV battery pack at Dearborn Engine. On November 4, Ford Motor Co. confirmed it will lay off workers and at its Louisville Assembly Plant starting on November 6 due to "parts-related issues".  The layoffs will affect 1,600 employees from the second shift, who will return to work the following week, when another 1,600 will be laid off.  Both production shifts will be running the week of November 20 and ...

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om Toyota said the firm will assess the situation first before deciding if the plants will be opened again on July 29. To cope with the problem, Toyota is looking for auto parts from other suppliers in Thailand and neighboring countries, according to honorary chairman of the FTI's automotive club, who added that this will only affect Toyota in the short term, while Toyota also expects to increase its production capacity in the next quarter. Repo...

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om Toyota said the firm will assess the situation first before deciding if the plants will be opened again on July 29. To cope with the problem, Toyota is looking for auto parts from other suppliers in Thailand and neighboring countries, according to honorary chairman of the FTI's automotive club, who added that this will only affect Toyota in the short term, while Toyota also expects to increase its production capacity in the next quarter. Repo...

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Toyota to introduce several new models in Argentina in 2026 On December 17, it was reported that Toyota plans to introduce several new models in Argentina in 2026, expanding its portfolio as well as Lexus’. The announcement was made by Toyota Argentina President Gustavo Salinas, who detailed the rollout schedule during a press conference. The most significant launch will be the Yaris Cross, which has already secured more than 2,000 reservations...

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Z's plant in Ulyanovsk. The Isuzu Forward 18.0 (FVR34) chassis with 4x2-wheel arrangement was the first truck that marked the start of production for F-series at the Ulyanovsk plant. The vehicle is equipped with a 7.8-liter 280 HP engine. Sollers-Isuzu has shipped the first 12 vehicles to customers who placed advanced orders for them after the vehicles passed inspection audit by quality engineers from Isuzu Mortors (Japan). Sollers-Isuzu plans to...

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for supplying engines for trucks built in Germany for the first time. The engines will be Euro 3 versions of the OM 460 family installed in Actros, Arocs and Zetros models assembled in the Woerth plant in Germany and exported to markets in Africa and the Middle East. Mercedes-Benz plants in Europe, whose trucks have Euro 6 engines, no longer produce Euro 3 engines. On October 10, Mercedes-Benz do Brasil announced that it will be investing approxi...

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R 900 million for the development of the new Ibiza and Arona and the adaption of the Martorell plant to accommodate production of them. The latest announcement coincides with the start of series production of the fifth-generation Ibiza, which went on sale April 7 and arrives at dealerships in June. Wholly developed in Barcelona on the new MQB A0 platform, the new Ibiza is being assembled on Line 1 in Martorell, where it will coexist for a few mon...

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of a need to compensate this loss with other models. It was reported that Land Rover will introduce the first two wheel drive vehicle in its history. The SUV is expected to be unveiled at the Paris Auto Show and enter production in 2011. The project has received support for the British government, who decided to support Land Rover develop a new model that is more eco-friendly than the rest of the vehicles in the automaker 's range. The car is ex...

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’s Vehicle Pilot Plant in Munich. The BMW Group’s Pilot Plant is located in the Research & Innovation Center in Munich, with three further associated facilities to the north of the city, in Hallbergmoos, Oberschleissheim and Garching. With a total area of 100,000 m2, it is home to 850 associates, who work on up to six vehicle projects simultaneously. Like the series plants, the Pilot Plant can assemble both electrically and combustion-powered...

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