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Volvo News Round-Up: Jeremy Lin Endorsement, New Styling Staff, North...
Volvo has had a big news day today, with reports of a major celebrity endorsement for China, a new design department head in Sweden and a possible plant for North America. Basketball sensation Jeremy...
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Question Of The Day: Have You Ever Visited Or Worked At… An Assembly Plant?
Do you know West Point? If you ask an automotive assembly plant designer, chances are the West Point he is thinking about won’t have statues of General MacArthur or cadets in full uniform. It will...
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Infiniti Exploring Canadian Assembly Plant
It’s no secret that Infiniti is looking to diversify its manufacturing footprint. As part of a broader Nissan strategy to localize production and escape the yoke of yen fluctuations, Infiniti will...
View ArticleTesla Hires Former Audi Exec to Oversee Production as Report Slams Imported...
In a bid to get the Model 3 out the door on time, ideally without the snafus that plagued the Model X, Tesla Motors has hired a longtime Audi executive to serve as vice-president of vehicle production....
View ArticleFiat Chrysler Makes Billion-Dollar Jeep Investment; Dodge Dart is Gone in...
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles is flinging cash at its Midwestern assembly plants as part of its world-conquering plan to boost Jeep production. Yesterday, the automaker announced $1.05 billion in funding...
View ArticleToyota Pares Down Mexican Plant Plans, but 100,000 Extra Tacomas Are Still on...
The only thing better than two plants producing North America’s hottest-selling midsize pickup is three plants churning them out. That’s a big part of Toyota’s plan to stay ahead of General Motors and...
View ArticleSee the USA in a Mahindra? Indian Automaker to Open Detroit-area Plant,...
For the company’s sake, hopefully Mahindra & Mahindra’s second attempt to enter the U.S. market won’t go the same way as the first. The Indian automaker is reportedly planning a 400,000-square-foot...
View ArticleJoint Toyota-Mazda Assembly Plant Headed to Alabama: Report
It looks like Alabama has won out over North Carolina in the battle to secure a massive, $1.6 billion joint assembly plant. The factory, a partnership between Toyota and Mazda (which, as of last...
View ArticleMazda and Toyota’s Joint Venture Is Official, Tons of Corollas and a Mystery...
There’s 4,000 new jobs coming to Huntsville, Alabama, but there’ll also be 150,000 unnamed Mazda crossovers rolling out to dealers across North America each year — assuming the model’s a success. Our...
View ArticleFires, a Paint Plunge, and Rework Aplenty: Report on the Goings-on at Tesla’s...
Tesla CEO Elon Musk is a man with a knack for envisioning new and elaborate ways of accomplishing simple tasks, but his factory in Fremont, California — home to three revolutionary electric car models...
View ArticleGet Busy Logging, German Court Tells Tesla
Tesla won its day in German court Thursday, with the Berlin-Brandenburg judiciary brushing aside an injunction that halted the clearing of 92 hectares (227 acres) of forest. The electric automaker...
View ArticleNissan Looks to Stem the Flow in Japan, Eyes Production Changes in America
Still sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic in North America and suffering from supply chain and demand issues in its Japanese home base, Nissan is prepared to stem domestic output by 70 percent in...
View ArticleFunding Boost for Joint Mazda-Toyota Plant
An assembly plant currently taking shape in Huntsville, Alabama just saw a cash infusion. The roughly $1.6 billion facility — a joint operation between Toyota and Mazda — was announced in 2018, with...
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