Latest News & Features – Page 19
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NewsSolar power for Toyota’s North Alabama engine plant
A new solar project aims to generate 70% of Toyota Motor Manufacturing Alabama’s power requirements
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NewsKia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production
The new plant will be dedicated to production of Kia’s electric PBVs, with planned annual capacity of 150,000 units
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ArticleRe-evaluating recycled materials
Carmakers are increasingly looking into ways of reducing the environmental impact of their vehicle manufacture – and one way to do this is by using more recycled materials in their cars. But how can they go about this?
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NewsStellantis to build electric vans at Mangualde
Mangualde Production Center to become the first assembly plant in Portugal to produce large series, fully battery electric compact vans for Citroën, Fiat, Opel and Peugeot
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NewsRenault 5 EV prototypes begin endurance testing and fine-tuning
Renault tests its new CMF-B EV platform, which will underpin the new Renault 5 model, due for launch in 2024
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ArticleSustainability: Fossil-free steel
As vehicle makers set ambitious targets to reduce their carbon footprint in production operations, experts from steel producer SSAB share some insights into how the company has responded to this important requirement with the development of fossil-free steel
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MagazineAMS Spring 2023 – Next level digital production engineering
In this latest AMS digital edition we have features on Audi’s digital production engineering strategy, Dacia’s vehicle plant Mioveni, production cloud systems, toolmaking, China, sustainability and more.
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ArticleChina: European, US and Japanese Vehicle Manufacturers rebalance production and supply chains
AMS looks at the changing role of the Chinese operations of European and other long established brands’ operations in China and their changing roles in the global auto sector
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NewsStellantis invests €130m in Eisenach Assembly Plant for electric Opel Grandland successor
Production of the new BEV is scheduled to begin in the second half of 2024
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NewsVirtual production underway in BMW Group’s future plant Debrecen
NVIDIA Omniverse is enabling virtual production in the plant more than two years before actual series production is launched
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NewsPowerCo starts construction of Valencia gigafactory
The gigafactory will start production of unified cells in 2026 and will directly employ more than 3,000 people
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NewsHonda announces next steps in US EV production
The Marysville Auto Plant will be Honda’s first auto plant in the US to transition to making EVs
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NewsAuto industry urges Government to get behind UK EV production
The SMMT has published a new blueprint which sets out the UK’s strengths in advanced automotive manufacturing, low carbon energy, and R&D
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NewsVW Group and PowerCo to establish battery cell gigafactory in Canada
The plant will be located in St Thomas, Ontario, with production set to begin in 2027
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ArticleAdopting circular economy principles in car production
Experts at Stellantis and Mazda speak about the implementation of circular economy principles in vehicle production
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NewsStellantis allocates BEV-centric STLA Large vehicles to Cassino Assembly Plant
The Cassino plant in Italy produces premium vehicles for Alfa Romeo and Maserati
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NewsVW-backed Scout Motors to establish manufacturing plant in South Carolina
The plant will build next-generation trucks and rugged SUVs, harkening back to Scout vehicles produced from 1960 to 1980
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NewsMercedes-Benz’s groundbreaking ceremony for new Kuppenheim battery recycling factory
Mercedes-Benz says it is investing a ‘double-digit million euro amount’ in the construction of the balance sheet CO2-neutral plant
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ArticleSpecial series: Digitalising manufacturing engineering at Audi
Jörg Spindler is leading Audi’s push to virtualise production planning, ramp up battery production and use data to reduce emissions and improve productivity in areas like toolmaking and body shop
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ArticleBuilding on the edge of the virtual and physical worlds
As Audi aims to bring its local production cloud to plants, Jörg Spindler sees opportunities in digital control systems, digital twins and virtual reality.