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ArticlePowertrain forecast to 2030: Navigating the road to electrification
Download this report for forecasts of eight different powertrains across major regions, including hybridisation, electrification and internal combustion engines, which reveals changes that will have huge implications for the future of automotive manufacturing. The latest insight by the business intelligence unit of Automotive from Ultima Media
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ArticleFCA to build battery assembly complex
Italy - FCA will construct a battery assembly facility to support its electrification strategy
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ArticleVolkswagen ramps up new Golf production
Germany - The new Golf is being produced faster than its predecessor thanks to various improvements to the Volkswagen’s Wolfsburg plant
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ArticleCATL begins building battery factory
Germany - CATL is looking to serve its many European carmaker customers from its new factory
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ArticleWeighing up the long-term future for Rüsselsheim
Opel management believe the Rüsselsheim plant is secure for the next decade but, with compact cars sales in decline and competition fierce, Ian Henry believes serious questions remain
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ArticleTesla, Fremont
At its facility in Fremont, California, Tesla runs one of the world’s most advanced factories in the automotive world. Covering 5.3 million sq. ft of manufacturing and office space, the facility was previously home to General Motors.
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ArticleBentley starts Flying Spur production
UK - Bentley Motors is now producing the new Flying Spur at its Crewe plant
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ArticleWhat took the air out of Dyson’s electric car project?
The iconic manufacturer of vacuum cleaners has cancelled plans to develop and build an EV. That was probably a smart decision, considering the huge costs, competition and struggling market that Dyson would have been entering. An analysis from Ultima Media’s automotive analyst, Daniel Harrison.
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NewsDyson scraps plans to build electric vehicles
In a statement posted on the company’s website, founder James Dyson said that ”the Dyson Board has taken the very difficult decision to propose the closure of our automotive project.” The company had failed to make the project “commercially viable”, the statement explained, and attempts to find a buyer had ...
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ArticleFord starts production of new Puma
Romania - Ford has started making the new Puma in Craiova after a significant investment was made at its plant
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ArticleCreating strong bonds
While mixed-material vehicle body structures yield impressive weight reduction results, the joining processes present a challenge for OEMs. How do they fix the myriad materials but still maintain the requisite properties and structural integrity?
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ArticleForm and function
Developments in composite parts are continuing to offer the automotive industry a variety of weight and cost advantages in high-volume production
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ArticleMitsubishi Electric builds new component plant
India - Mitsubishi Electric will make power steering units, exhaust gas recirculation valves and giant magnet-resistance sensors at its new plant
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ArticleA proactive approach
Predictive maintenance offers big gains in production efficiency. Mike Farish looks at some examples of how these systems have been developed and applied
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ArticleBentley Motors plant becomes carbon neutral
UK - The Bentley Motors plant in Crewe is now operating as a carbon neutral facility
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ArticleRussia’s powerhouse
Volkswagen has recorded notable growth in Russia over the last few years, but management are being careful not to get excited. Michael Nash gets the inside view
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ArticleStricter EU CO2 regulations will reshape vehicle platforms and car design
As OEMs try to reduce CO2 and transition to electric vehicles in the face of the high fines, we expect a profound impact on vehicle design.
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ArticleBorgWarner hits starter production milestone
South Korea - BorgWarner is celebrating a significant milestone at its starter facility in Changnyeong
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ArticleDesign by data
Mike Farish looks at two examples of how increasingly sophisticated data management is transforming manufacturing outcomes