All articles by AMS – Page 27

  • Mercedes-Benz Jawor engine plant render
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    Mercedes employs 1,000 at engine plant

    2018-06-22T16:26:54Z

    Poland - Two years after construction plans were announced, the plant in Jawor is nearing completion, and will become home to the production of four-cylinder diesel and petrol engines in 2019. These will be used in vehicles that have conventional powertrain structures as well as hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs).The OEM ...

  • SEAT Relizane
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    SEAT to steer VW in North Africa

    2018-06-22T13:10:21Z

    Spain - The Spanish OEM will reportedly start coordinating the strategy of VW Group in the region as it hopes to decentralise its territorial structure and improve efficiency. The news comes soon after SEAT started making the Ibizia in Algeria."The VW Group has trusted SEAT with being the lead brand ...

  • NEVS Shanghai plant cornerstone
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    NEVS builds factory in Shanghai

    2018-06-22T09:27:52Z

    China - The Swedish EV maker has started construction of a new car factory in Shanghai. It will be a copy of the plant that was recently completed in Tianjin - a city situated an hour south of the capital Beijing.Both these plants will have an annual production capacity of ...

  • Kuka robots
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    Kamaz teams up with Kuka

    2018-06-21T16:33:36Z

    Munich - The two companies have signed a global strategic agreement that will give the vehicle maker exclusive rights to purchase certain industrial robots and technologies from Kuka. Although they have been working together for 25 years, the companies think that the agreement "takes the cooperation of the two companies ...

  • GAZ Vector NEXT
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    GAZ starts producing Vector variants

    2018-06-21T14:35:18Z

    Russia - The company has started making three new variants of its Vector NEXT bus - one for ease of use by disabled people, one for intercity travelling and one with a compressed natural gas (CNG) powertrain for urban transport. It hopes to increase sales of the buses by 60% ...

  • VW Workshop e-mobility
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    VW invests in solid state batteries

    2018-06-21T11:00:57Z

    Germany - The OEM has started a new joint venture with QuantumScape - a start-up based in San José, California, that holds around 200 patents and patent applications for solid state battery technology. VW has promised to invest US$100m in the Stanford spin-off, and the two companies will now work ...

  • Jeff Moore
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    Volvo reveals Charleston plant manager

    2018-06-19T11:29:06Z

    Jeff MooreUS - Jeff Moore has been named vice president, manufacturing, Americas and plant manager for the Volvo Car Charleston plant - the OEM's first car manufacturing facility in the country. He has 33 years of experience in automotive manufacturing operations, having recently served as senior vice president at ...

  • Renault Flins
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    Renault invests in EV production

    2018-06-19T11:11:23Z

    France - The OEM has said it will spend €1 billion (US$1.16 billion) on the development and production of electric vehicles (EVs) in France. This will play an important role in its 'Drive the Future' plan, in which one of the goals is to bring 8 pure electric models and ...

  • Mercedes-Benz six-cylinder engine production at Mannheim
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    Mercedes makes 1m heavy-duty engines

    2018-06-18T11:23:13Z

    Germany - The company's plants in Mannheim, Germany and Detroit, Michigan have reached a joint milestone, producing 1m engines for heavy-duty vehicles. These have all been based on Daimler's heavy-duty truck engine platform that was introduced back in 2007."Global Powertrain stands not only for integrated drivetrains, but also for the ...

  • Nissan Aguascalientes
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    Nissan commits to steel

    2018-06-18T10:23:30Z

    Japan - The OEM has announced plans to make more cars with a new type of steel developed by Nissan and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corporation. The first vehicle to use the steel was the Infiniti QX50 with the front and rear side members.According to the companies, the steel ...

  • Renault Valladolid AMS janfeb2017
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    Renault builds plant in Faisalabad

    2018-06-14T11:20:37Z

    Pakistan - The French OEM has revealed that it has bought an industrial plot of land on which it will build a "world-class facility" for the manufacturing and assembly of its vehicles. Production is expected to begin in 2020, with an initial annual capacity of around 50,000 units.Located in Faisalabad, ...

  • Nissan Titan XD assembly in Canton
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    Nissan's Canton plant turns 15

    2018-06-13T14:51:10Z

    Nissan Titan XD assembly in CantonUS - The OEM has been making vehicles at its plant in Canton, Mississippi for 15 years. Covering an area of 4.7m sq.ft, it has an annual output capacity of 450,000 units, and currently houses the production of the Altima, Titan, NV, Frontier and ...

  • Suzuki India 20m milestone copy
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    Suzuki achieves 20m milestone

    2018-06-12T10:34:15Z

    India - The OEM has now made over 20m vehicles in India since it started operating in the country back in December 1983, with over 1.78m built in 2017 alone. The Alto is its most produced model, with approximately 3.17m units made to date.Production of 16 Suzuki models is currently ...

  • Hyundai Santa Fe production Alabama
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    Hyundai starts making new Santa Fe

    2018-06-11T15:42:45Z

    US - Production of the 2019 Santa Fe has started at Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama (HMMA). The OEM expects to make over 84,000 units of the model before year end as demand for SUVs continues to rise."As we launch the new Santa Fe, [we will] take pride in every step ...

  • Mitubishi Motors Thailand 5m milestone copy
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    Mitsubishi hits 5m milestone

    2018-06-11T11:54:52Z

    Thailand - The company's plant in Laem Chabang has churned out over 5m passenger vehicles, just two years after it had reached the 4m mark. According to Osamu Masuko, CEO of Mitsubishi Motors Corporation, the news reflects increasing demand in the region."We have always had the confidence in Thailand's potential ...

  • Ford Sollers Starts Production Of The New Ford EcoSport Small SUV In Russia; Ford SUV Sales Up 36 Percent In 2018
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    Ford Sollers starts EcoSport production

    2018-06-01T11:02:55Z

    Russia - Production of the new small SUV has started at the company's plant in Naberezhenye Chelny. The news comes seven months after the EcoSport started rolling off lines in Craiova, Romania."Ford has a long heritage and global reputation for building high quality, technologically-advanced SUVs that our customers want to ...

  • Groupe PSA Sochaux SUV copy
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    Groupe PSA increases SUV capacity

    2018-05-30T11:23:15Z

    France - The OEM has said that it will bolster the output of its SUVs due to growing demand for several different models. It plans to start making the Peugeot 5008 at its plant in Sochaux once production in Rennes reaches full capacity. Following this, if capacity tops out in ...

  • Hyundai Alabama engine production copy
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    Hyundai builds new engine plant

    2018-05-30T09:58:28Z

    US - The OEM is spending US$388m on a new factory in Alabama that will house the production of engine heads for its next-generation engine. It will also use some of the cash to prepare an existing engine plant, adding new technologies and components in the assembly process."With our latest ...

  • Mahindra pik up
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    Mahindra opens new assembly facility

    2018-05-29T16:26:26Z

    South Africa - The company has opened a new vehicle assembly plant in Durban - a coastal city located in the KwaZulu-Natal province. Costing 10m rand (US$790,000), it will be used to build a range of single- and double-cab pick-ups, demand for which is currently rising across the country."Mahindra has ...

  • FAW-Volkswagen Qingdao copy
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    FAW-VW to open three new plants

    2018-05-29T14:45:10Z

    China - The new plants, which are being built in Qingdao, Tianjin and Foshan, will be operated as part of the joint venture between FAW Group and Volkswagen Group. They will house the production of SUVs and electrified models, with the company suggesting that both segments will grow significantly over ...