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Multi part integrated BIW solutions and advanced steel grades support EV production
Audi plans for future production
Mercedes-Benz and Hydro partner to develop a sustainable aluminium supply chain
AMS Automotive Evolution Europe – a review from Munich 2022
AMS Winter 2022-23 – M-power in Mexico
Mercedes-Benz Vans and Rivian pause production plans in Europe
Russian carmakers begin CKD assembly from Chinese imports
More than moving parts – autonomous mobile robots
Welcome to Automotive Evolution Europe 2022!
AMS Evolution Munich – Building Europe’s EV production network

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Audi plans for future production

AMS Automotive Evolution Europe – a review from Munich 2022

Welcome to Automotive Evolution Europe 2022!

Transforming plant and production processes - interview with Rüdiger Eck, Audi

Data at the heart of Europe’s manufacturing evolution

All Audi

GM invests $918m in four US powertrain production facilities

AMS Electric Vehicles – The road to e-mobility

Leader of the pack: GM looks to optimised cell chemistry and format for EV success

GM benefits from EV plant upgrades across North America in pick-up truck battle

Hertz turns to GM and Sixt to China’s BYD for nearly 300,000 electrified rental cars

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JLR works with Multiverse to deliver data skills training to employees

Electrifying Europe: new EU ‘Fit for 55’ legislation effectively bans petrol and diesel engines by 2035

JLR invests in battery recycling and manufacturing technology

VW to have 240 GWh of battery plants in Europe by 2030

AMS E-mobility 2021 – Electric vehicle production powers up

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Nissan promotes Brian Crockett to vice-president of manufacturing at Smyrna, US plant

Nissan unveils prototype production facility for all-solid-state batteries

Nissan to invest $500m in converting Canton Mississippi assembly plant and meet electrification aims

Nissan to replicate Sunderland factory model globally amid drive to boost domestic supply chains

Electrifying Europe: new EU ‘Fit for 55’ legislation effectively bans petrol and diesel engines by 2035

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Volkswagen launches battery cell-making company PowerCo

VW and Seat announces €10 billion EV investment to electrify Spain

EV battery supply chains on the move

Seat adds logistics cobots at Martorell

Carmakers pledge to switch to all-electric vehicles

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Industrial Cloud – AMS Expert Interview with Amazon Web Services

Sponsored by Amazon Web Services – Automotive

Martin Goede takes over VW production in Dresden as Danny Auerswald leads on key models in Bratislava

VW’s PowerCo and battery recycler Umicore form JV for EV cathode materials

Europe’s carmakers dim lights, turn back to coal, oil, on approach to bleak winter

Volkswagen signs preliminary deal for MEB EV parts supply to India’s Mahindra

BMW and Solid Power expand joint development partnership

AMS Automotive Evolution Europe – a review from Munich 2022

AMS Winter 2022-23 – M-power in Mexico

More than moving parts – autonomous mobile robots

Welcome to Automotive Evolution Europe 2022!

All BMW

AMS Winter 2022-23 – M-power in Mexico

Engineering the future of manufacturing

Ford upgrades its Cologne plant to be the European Electrification Centre

AMS Electric Vehicles – The road to e-mobility

Ford fitting out Rouge plant to quadruple F-150 EV output after sales stampede

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Honda and GS Yuasa look to collaborate on lithium-ion batteries

LG and Honda formalise joint venture to produce lithium-ion batteries in the US

Honda Alabama starts production of all-new Pilot

LG Energy Solution and Honda to form joint venture for EV battery production in the US

Honda starts production the of Acura Integra at its Marysville plant

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Mazda resumes US production with new all-electric CX-50 SUV rollout at Alabama factory

AMS Automotive Coatings 2020 – Better coverage, insights into the future for automotive coatings

Mazda and Toyota make additional investment in US joint-venture

How Mazda matched colour with design

Mazda starts production of the MX-30 EV

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AMS Electric Vehicles – The road to e-mobility

Škoda sets sights on 70% EV mix by 2030, more climate-neutral plants in Czech Republic

Škoda trials 5G communications in lab, anticipating roll-out to manage factories

Volkswagen launches battery cell-making company PowerCo

Skoda relocates cable harness production to Mladá Boleslav

Volvo to build new EX90 electric SUV in USA from 2023, Chinese production to follow

Volvo to open climate-neutral EV-only car factory in Slovakia in 2026

After tailpipes, auto industry ponders CO2 purge from its materials

Polestar invests in StoreDot’s fast charging battery technology

Watch: A holistic approach to sustainable vehicle production

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Mercedes-Benz and Hydro partner to develop a sustainable aluminium supply chain

Mercedes-Benz Vans and Rivian pause production plans in Europe

Rock Tech Lithium to supply Mercedes-Benz, deal to cover 150,000 EVs a year

Mercedes-Benz to deploy Microsoft connected factory software, eyes 20% efficiency boost

BMW opens digital upskilling, future technologies training centre at Spartanburg

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Renault to merge combustion engine ops with China’s Geely, create listed EV business

Factories in China’s Sichuan province forced to close for six days amid power shortage

Renault to partner with Geely to manufacture hybrid vehicles in China and South Korea

Electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle plant database

OEM and lithium-ion battery cell supplier database

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Hyundai Motor and Boston Dynamics invest $400m to found robotics research institute

Hyundai Motor Group to deploy Singtel 5G network at Singapore centre

Hyundai announces $5.5 billion investment in vehicle and battery plant in Georgia, US

Electric vehicle and hybrid vehicle plant database

OEM and lithium-ion battery cell supplier database

All Hyundai Kia

AMS Paintshop 2022 – Paint it Green

Porsche’s smarter, greener paintshop

Porsche and Ericsson announce partnership for 5G network in Leipzig

A lighter coat: how Porsche and suppliers are reducing waste and errors in paintshop

Watch: Paint it green – more sustainable, flexible paintshops

AMS Winter 2022-23 – M-power in Mexico

Renault advances circular economy reuse, remake, recycle business

Renault to merge combustion engine ops with China’s Geely, create listed EV business

Stellantis, Renault see profit in new business divisions for component re-use

Renault drop in energy use since early 2021 equivalent to closing a factory

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Toyota to close sole manufacturing plant in Russia, expects more semiconductor disruption globally

Toyota to invest $5.2bn to expand EV battery manufacture in Japan, US

Factories in China’s Sichuan province forced to close for six days amid power shortage

Renault halts industrial activities in Russia as OEMs partially resume operations despite ongoing conflict

Toyota to expand US manufacturing capacity with $90m investment in North American plants

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Commercial vehicles

Watch: Are all OEMs start-up manufacturers now?
2022-07-28T11:18:00+01:00By AMS
UK automakers sound alarm on skills shortages, unfilled engineering roles
2022-07-12T10:29:00+01:00By Peter Murphy
ZF launches new commercial vehicle solutions division
2022-01-13T18:20:00+00:00By AMS
Electrifying heavy truck production at Scania
2021-12-17T13:25:00+00:00By AMS
India’s manufacturing evolution: competitive, agile and frugal
2021-12-17T13:25:00+00:00By AMS
Heavy-duty lightweighting
2021-10-25T17:22:00+01:00By SSAB

Two-wheeler

Renewed IT infrastructure supports smart working at Ducati
2020-09-14T14:58:00+01:00By AMS

Automotive ADAS Camera White Paper

2023-01-05T00:26:00+00:00By Henkel, sponsor partner

The advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) utilized in today’s automobiles are built using active alignment, a cutting-edge assembly technique used to produce high-quality camera modules. Henkel’s cutting-edge dual-cure Active Alignment Adhesives ensure reliable, fast bonding while achieving optimal lens alignment in these safety-critical modules.

Focus on efficiency: new solutions for paintshop improvement

2023-01-03T13:11:00+00:00By Michael Nash

Milan-based FIDIA Automotive Engineering Systems has two new patents currently pending that could provide significant savings for carmakers in the form of energy consumption and downtime reduction in paintshops

Electric ovens – sustainable, efficient paintshop technology

2023-01-03T11:53:00+00:00By Dürr

Climate neutrality, increased costs and uncertainties with the natural gas supply are prompting car manufacturers to intensify their search for alternatives to gas-powered production plants. Dürr discusses how its electric paintshop ovens can significantly reduce CO2 emissions

OEMs

Multi part integrated BIW solutions and advanced steel grades support EV production

Audi plans for future production

Mercedes-Benz and Hydro partner to develop a sustainable aluminium supply chain

AMS Automotive Evolution Europe – a review from Munich 2022

AMS Winter 2022-23 – M-power in Mexico

Mercedes-Benz Vans and Rivian pause production plans in Europe

Russian carmakers begin CKD assembly from Chinese imports

More than moving parts – autonomous mobile robots

Welcome to Automotive Evolution Europe 2022!

AMS Evolution Munich – Building Europe’s EV production network

Join the conversation