Secure Volvo qualityVolvo Car Corporation SVP & China Operations Chairman Freeman Shen says: "At our plants in China we will ensure that Volvo's global manufacturing and quality system can be thoroughly implemented." "The Volvo Car China Technology Centre in Shanghai will develop into a complete...
Toyota has just made a very important announcement that will be celebrated by many in the Canadian auto industry: Beginning in 2022, the Japanese automaker’s Cambridge, Ontario assembly plants will manufacture the Lexus NX and NX Hybrid luxury compact c
Citing the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and what it called a "significant decline in vehicle demand," Toyota in March suspended production at all of its automobile and components plants in North America, including Canada, Mexico and the U.S. During the manufacturing hiatus, Toyota's service parts...
Numerous plants used for the production of sport utility vehicles (SUVs) are being shut down. It remains to be seen if those plants will be rebuilt and fitted to produce smaller hybrid vehicles. Of the few SUV manufacturing plants that are being left intact, most of the focus is on produc...
Achieving Carbon-Neutral Car Manufacturing PlantsMelanie Despeisse
In 2023, approximately 26 million passenger cars and four million commercial vehicles had been produced in China. Automobile production and sales With a production volume of over 26 million passenger cars, China ranked first among countries with the largest production of passenger cars. It was follow...
Mexico acknowledges Canada’s worries about reports of a Chinese auto plant being built in Mexico, but says none actually exists BYThe Associated PressNovember 22, 2024 Finance Advance Auto Parts is closing 500 stores and shedding 200 independent locations to try to turn its business around BYThe...
Volvo Cars counts a manufacturing site as fully climate neutral when it registers no net increase in the emission of greenhouse gases to the atmosphere as a result of the electricity and heating used by the plant. The Torslanda plant, the company’s oldest, has...
"To reinforce the sustainability of our manufacturing plants in the UK, the UK must consider its trading arrangements with Europe." Mike Hawes, the chief executive of the industry body SMMT, explained: "The rules of origin for batteries pose a significant challenge to manufacturers on both sides...
Toyota directly employs more than 63,000 people in North America who have contributed to the design, engineering, and assembly of nearly 45 million cars and trucks at our 13 manufacturing plants. By 2025, Toyota’s 14thplant in North Carolina will begin to manufacture automotive batteries f...