NEW DELHI: India’s largest luxury car manufacturer Mercedes-Benz on Monday celebrated a historic milestone of rolling-out one lakh cars for the Indian market. The 100,000th car, which is an E-Class, rolled-out from the assembly line of company’s manufacturing facility at Chakan, by Roland Folger, Managing Director and CEO, Mercedes-Benz India and Piyush Arora, Executive Director,… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz reaches 100,000 cars production milestone in India
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Mazda Celebrates 50 Million Vehicles Made in Japan
2018/05/28 Company Information HIROSHIMA, Japan – Mazda Motor Corporation has announced that cumulative production in Japan reached 50 million units on May 15. The company held a commemorative ceremony today at its Hofu Plant in Yamaguchi prefecture. Representative Director, President and CEO Masamichi Kogai, executive officers and union representatives were in attendance. The 50 million-unit… Continue reading Mazda Celebrates 50 Million Vehicles Made in Japan
Toyota Says Solid-State Batteries Still More Than Decade Away
1 M BY MARK KANE Shinzo Abe, Toyota’s powertrain general manager, in a very interesting Wards Auto interview, outlined a future (by 2030) dominated by hybrid car sales, not plug-ins. Toyota Prius Plug-In (Prius Prime) The Japanese company expects that in Japan and Europe, hybrid car sales will outperform other alternatives. Also, North America is… Continue reading Toyota Says Solid-State Batteries Still More Than Decade Away
Pagani: why the small Italian maker is planning an electric hypercar
The fastest thing about many supercar start-ups is the speed at which they fold, some producing nothing more than broken promises during the brief period between foundation and demise. Not so Pagani. The Italian manufacturer remains a tiny player when compared with Ferrari and Lamborghini, but it has proved to be in it for the… Continue reading Pagani: why the small Italian maker is planning an electric hypercar
McLaren Automotive passes 15,000 cars built milestone
McLaren Automotive manufactures its 15,000th car, after just seven years of production Milestone comes less than 18 months after the manufacture of the 10,000th car, demonstrating growth in customer demand and manufacturing operations McLaren Automotive today celebrated the manufacture of its 15,000th car at the McLaren Production Centre (MPC) in Woking, Surrey, just seven years… Continue reading McLaren Automotive passes 15,000 cars built milestone
SK Innovation Begins Construction Of 7.5 GWh Battery Plant In Hungary
1 H BY MARK KANE SK Innovation held a groundbreaking ceremony for its first European lithium-ion battery factory in Hungary. SK Innovation battery cell The site will start production in early 2020, and ultimately is expected to supply 7.5 GWh of cells annually. SK Innovation intends to invest 840.2 billion won ($777 million) in the… Continue reading SK Innovation Begins Construction Of 7.5 GWh Battery Plant In Hungary
Car expert Dudenhöffer warns against reorganization course: “Opel degenerates into a PSA shell”
All articles and backgrounds 05/26/2018 Car expert Dudenhöffer warns against redevelopment course “Opel degenerates into a PSA shell” DPA Thuringia, Eisenach: In April, employees of various Opel plants demonstrated against the remediation course The car expert Ferdinand Dudenhöffer sees the future of the car manufacturer Opel darker and darker. The sales figures of the French… Continue reading Car expert Dudenhöffer warns against reorganization course:
“Opel degenerates into a PSA shell”
Shift cuts announced at Birmingham Mercedes supplier
Production has slowed at Mercedes-Benz in Vance as a result of a factory fire in Michigan. (Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com). Joe Songer | jsonger@al.com The effects of a Michigan auto supply plant fire have now hit a Birmingham supplier of Mercedes-Benz in Vance. MISA, a subsidiary of Marubeni-Itochu Steel, is cutting some shifts as a… Continue reading Shift cuts announced at Birmingham Mercedes supplier
Northvolt factory to be almost as big as Tesla’s “Gigafactory”: Siemens enters Europe’s largest battery factory
All articles and backgrounds 05/25/2018 Northvolt factory to be almost as big as Tesla’s “Gigafactory” Siemens enters the largest battery factory in Europe North volts Northvolt: The Swedish battery factory should be finished in 2023 and make Tesla’s “Gigafactory” competition Germany’s largest industrial group Siemens Show stock market chart gets a foot in the door… Continue reading Northvolt factory to be almost as big as Tesla’s “Gigafactory”: Siemens enters Europe’s largest battery factory
Valeo lifts the veil on its low-cost hybrid
The Vivatech exhibition served as an exhibition space for the new product of the Valeo range. This is the realization of the concept of hybridization with a battery of 48 volts. The VE enters the era of low-cost. On the occasion of Viva Technology, which is being held in Paris from May 24th to May… Continue reading Valeo lifts the veil on its low-cost hybrid