Toyota Assembly Plants Knocked Offline Due to Computer Issue, No Nigerian Prince Involved
31 Aug 2023, 10:57 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / The Japanese carmaker blamed a computer problem for a massive downtime encountered by 14 auto plants across its home market
Factory 56, the Mercedes-Benz Car Manufacturing Revolution
20 Feb 2018, 14:30 UTC · By: Daniel Patrascu / Mercedes-Benz to build new assembly hall at the Sindelfingen production complex for production of electric vehicles starting 2020.
Take a Virtual Tour of the Chrysler 200 Plant with Google Maps
23 Sep 2014, 03:30 UTC · By: Jeffrey Ross / Factory tours are a pretty awesome experience, and if you’ve never had the chance to do one, you should definitely look into it. In the meantime, though, (or if you just want to see another on...
Mercedes-Benz Looking to Build a Factory in Russia
4 Apr 2014, 18:03 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / As some of you know, the three-pointed star manufacturer has been encountering its fair share of production bottlenecking in recent months, especially when it comes to models built on the MFA (Modul...
Chrysler Withdraws Funding Request for Canadian Plants
5 Mar 2014, 13:23 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / Chrysler Group LLC today announced its intention to withdraw all requests for financial assistance from the Canadian government. “It is clear to us that our projects are now being used as a...
BMW Pondering Mexico Assembly Plant
20 Aug 2013, 07:47 UTC · By: Ciprian Florea / German automaker BMW is reportedly looking to expand its North American manufacturing with an assembly plant in Mexico. According to Automotive News, the company has started preliminary discussio...
Mercedes-Benz Breaks All-Time Production Record
16 Aug 2013, 17:32 UTC · By: Alex Oagana / With sales of 694,433 vehicles (+6.4%) in the first half of 2013, an all-time record in its own right, the German manufacturer has just announced another one for the history books. More than 700...
Chevy Volt Production Stopped Due to Stockpile
5 Mar 2012, 08:46 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / First the lack of adequate supply was to blame, an then the dealers supposedly didn’t have a show car that interested buyers could check out. We’ve heard them all about the Chevy Volt an...
First Jaguar Land Rover Plant in India Opened in Pune
27 May 2011, 11:37 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / British automotive company Jaguar Land Rover today announced the official opening of its first assembly plant in India, located in Pune in the Maharashtra region. The facility will assemble Land Ro...
GM Plant Shuts Down for 4 Weeks to Upgrade for Volt Production Boost
19 May 2011, 05:40 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American auto giant General Motors announced today it will close the Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly plant for four weeks beginning in June in order to boost the Volt production, along with assembly of t...
China to Get 15 New Ford Vehicles by 2015
15 Apr 2011, 05:49 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / As this year’s Shanghai Auto Show moves closer by the day, American manufacturer Ford decided to reveal its future plans for the Chinese market. Specifically, the company announced it plans to...
First Dodge Durango Rolls out of Jefferson North
15 Dec 2010, 12:50 UTC · By: Mihnea Radu / Chrysler has announced that the first 2011 Dodge Durango rolled off the production lines on Tuesday at the Chrysler Group’s Jefferson North Assembly Plant (JNAP) in Detroit. The company held a...
Ford’s Michigan Assembly Plant Gets Enhanced Flexibility
3 Aug 2010, 07:00 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / American manufacturer Ford has finished transforming its Michigan Assembly Plant in one of the most flexible manufacturing facilities in the world, preparing it for the production of the all-new 201...
Ford Wants Michigan Plant for Batteries
9 Dec 2009, 09:01 UTC · By: Alex Vasile / As electric cars become more and more important, Ford Motor Co is considering to continue investing in this sector. The amount, somewhere between $300 and $500 million, is to be directed towards Mic...
Mitsubishi to Re-Open Its Venezuelan Plant
10 Sep 2009, 10:56 UTC · By: Alina Dumitrache / Japanese carmaker Mitsubishi announced today that it plans to re-start the activity at its Venezuelan plant after it was closed at the end of August. The plant, belonging to its MMC Automotriz subsi...
Fiat, Guangzhou Sign Deal for New Chinese Plant
6 Jul 2009, 09:16 UTC · By: Bogdan Popa / After confirming their intentions to form a joint venture back in May, Fiat and Guangzhou are now ready to give their final signing for setting up a new factory in China. Chinese officials revealed ...