Electric carmaker Tesla Motors has started operations at its new vehicle assembly plant located at Tilburg in Netherlands. The new plant will offer services as an assembly as well as distribution point for the Model S vehicles for the ...
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Japanese carmaker Nissan will introduce a newly-developed Cummins V8 turbo diesel engine in the new full-size Titan pickup truck. The new 5L V8 turbo diesel engine is claimed to generate an output of over 300hp with a torque of about ...
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Plug Power, a leader in providing clean, reliable energy solutions, has announced that Mercedes-Benz US International has ordered 123 additional hydrogen-based GenDrive fuel cell units to power new forklift trucks for its material handling ...
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Africa based automobile distributor Svani Motors will open a new vehicle assembly plant in Ghana, that will assemble vehicles for Indian vehicle manufacturer Mahindra. Under the construction plan, the distributor has acquired a 9.6acre ...
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Global automotive supplier Magna International has reported 16% increase in sales to $8.96bn during the second quarter that ended 30 June 2013, compared to the corresponding period of 2012. During the second quarter of 2013, the supplier ...
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General Motors (GM) has invested $167m at its new vehicles assembly plant at Spring Hill, Tennessee, US increasing the the total investment to $350m. The auto major has announced $183m investment earlier for this plant. To support a ...
Toyota Australia has announced a $123 million investment in its Victorian manufacturing operations, shoring up its presence on the local automotive scene until at least 2018. The funding will support the production of a “major ...
The new Australian distributor of Tata Motors hopes to offer a full range of passenger and commercial vehicles over the coming years, but says the Tata Nano isn’t headed our way in the foreseeable future. Fusion Automotive managing ...
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South Korean carmaker Hyundai Motor has completed the expansion of its vehicle assembly plant in Turkey with an investment of EUR475m. The Turkish facility, Hyundai Assan Otomotive Sanayi (HAOS) in Izmit, was built in 1997 and it is ...
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Japanese carmaker Honda has started production at the newly-built Yorii vehicle assembly plant in Saitama, Japan. Located within the carmaker's Saitama Factory, the vehicle assembly plant is equipped with a new production line, which ...
US-based automobile manufacturer Ford Motor along with its strategic partner Jiangling Motors (JMC) has opened a new commercial vehicle assembly plant in Nanchang, Jiangxi province in China. The new JMC Xiaolan Plant was built with an ...
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German carmaker Audi has commissioned the new EUR900m expanded car manufacturing plant in Gyor, Hungary, bringing the overall investments in Gyor to EUR5.7bn. The new plant, which increases the overall floor space of Audi Hungaria to ...
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US automaker Ford Motors’ Australian subsidiary is planning to shutdown two of its auto manufacturing plants in Australia amid high production costs and drop in sales. As part of the plan, Ford Australia's engine plant in Geelong ...
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French automobile manufacturer Renault will invest about EUR420m for the renovation of its Georges Besse vehicle assembly plant in Douai. With the investment, the manufacturer expects to increase the production capacity of the plant to ...
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Statistics Canada said Tuesday that manufacturing sales advanced 2.6 percent to $49.6 billion in February, the largest increase since July 2011. In total, sales rose in 14 of 21 industries, representing approximately 85 percent of Canadian ...
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