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Mercedes-Benz Cars invests €1B in new “Full-Flex” car plant in Hungary; Factory 56 applied to full plant

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Mercedes-Benz Cars is starting construction of its first “Full-Flex Plant“ in Kecskemét, Hungary, about 90 km in the south of Budapest. With an investment of one billion euros, we are building in Hungary the first ‘Full-Flex Plant’ in the global production network of Mercedes-Benz Cars.

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Audi newly to begin production in Brazil in 2015; $200M investment in Curitiba

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To achieve that target, the company is making large investments at its large production sites in Germany and Hungary and is significantly expanding its production network outside Europe. The plans for Brazil are part of Audi’s international expansion plans.

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Apollo Tyres celebrates Vredestein acquisition with new tulip variant | Autocar Professional

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Benoit Rivallant, President of Apollo Tyres Europe, said: “Since 2009, we have seen the Vredestein brand go from strength to strength, and we are honoured to be a part of its continued success story.

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Audi developing modular assembly principle as successor to production line; Gy?r testing for 2018 e-tron electric motor production

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For Audi, these are the driverless transport systems (DTS), which began testing at Ingolstadt in 2015. At its Győr engine plant in Hungary, Audi is developing a possible future production process for the electric drive motor to be used in the 2018 C-BEV. DTS units carry the motors and their parts to the stations. Earlier post.

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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These activities will become a part of initiatives aimed at meeting the goals set out in the Toyota Environmental Challenge 2050, which was announced in October, 2015. Protecting highly important floodplain habitats in Hungary within the Tisza Floodplain. WWF Hungary. Grant Category. Project Description. Organization.

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European countries struggle to meet emission limits due to emissions from agriculture and transport

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Eleven EU Member States breached air pollution ceilings in 2015 mostly due to high emissions from agricultural and transport sources, according to new data and a briefing released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The briefing includes information on countries’ 2015 emissions and national ceilings for different pollutants.

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Bosch supplying factory equipment for battery production; €250M business by 2025

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Bosch is doing its part to meet this demand. Electric “tailwind” for bicycles comes from Hungary: since 2015, the Bosch plant in Miskolc has been manufacturing high-performance e-bike batteries that feature an extended range and a long service life. Bosch intends to use this know-how to meet the growing demand.

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