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Toyota Assembly Plant in Texas Turns Twenty

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Because the products that pop from this plant are one of the few that have had even a meager amount of success in challenging the Detroit Three in the half-ton truck game. Since breaking ground in 2003, Toyota Texas has assembled upwards of 3 million trucks and SUVs since production started in 2006.

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Infiniti introducing production-ready variable compression ratio engine at Paris Motor Show

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Infiniti will introduce a production-ready variable compression ratio engine VC-T (Variable Compression-Turbocharged) at the 2016 Paris Motor Show (Mondial de l’Automobile) in September. 2006) Click to enlarge. Nissan, in a 2003 paper, said that its multi-link geometry resolved those previous issues. Hiyoshi et al. Hiyoshi, R.,

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Unifrax introduces Battery Advisory Board to support SiFAB silicon fiber anode battery technology

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Unifrax recently broke ground on its first production line located in New Carlisle, IN, which is expected to come online in early 2022. The SiFAB technology becomes part of a Unifrax battery portfolio that also consists of thermal management products and separator media. Rita Lane, former Vice President of Operations, Apple Inc.,

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Shanghai-Volkswagen produces 10 millionth vehicle in China

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Volkswagen marked the production of the 10 millionth vehicle by Shanghai-Volkswagen, a joint venture of Volkswagen and SAIC Motor Corporation Ltd. Shanghai-Volkswagen established its own development department in 1990 and commissioned a test facility in 1997 and its own design centre in 2003. With more than 4.2

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Daimler and BAIC to localize more Mercedes-Benz compact car models in China

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BBAC), the production joint venture of Daimler and BAIC Motor. The existing production capacities at BBAC for the C-Class, the all-new long-wheelbase version of which started rolling of the production lines just this July, the long-wheelbase E-Class, and the GLK-Class will be more than doubled to over 200,000 units per annum in 2015.

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EC says Honeywell and DuPont may have breached antitrust rules with R-1234yf low-GWP MAC refrigerant

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In 2006, the EU adopted new standards on air conditioning systems in motor vehicles with the aim of reducing harmful emissions and combating global warming (Directive 2006/40/EC or MAC Directive). These agreements relate notably to production arrangements and the development of production processes.

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USDA forecasts US corn production to be down 13% from last year; director-general of UN FAO suggests temporary suspension of US RFS

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Corn production in the US will be down 13% from last year at 10.8 billion bushels—the lowest production since 2006— according to the latest Crop Production report released today by the National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). the lowest since 2003.