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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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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. Protecting highly important floodplain habitats in Hungary within the Tisza Floodplain. WWF Hungary. Climate Change.

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European car market logs best year for alternative fueled vehicles, lowest diesel share since 2001

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million vehicles were registered—just 346 more than in 2017— according to JATO Dyanmics. —Felipe Munoz, JATO’s global analyst. Globally, Europe was the world’s third-largest car market behind China and the US. The European car market remained stable during 2018, as 15.6 million registrations. market share.

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

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2017 marked the opening of Apollo tyres’ new state-of-the-art production facility in Hungary which, alongside the Enschede plant in the Netherlands, is responsible for Europe’s first dedicated all-season EV tyre, the Quatrac Pro EV, and the recently launched Ultrac Pro ultra-ultra-high-performance (UUHP) summer tyre.

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Mercedes-Benz to invest ~€500M to produce electric compact EQ model at Hambach plant

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The smart plant in Hambach will become a part of our global compact car production network with the lead plant Rastatt, Germany. billion) in the expansion of its electric fleet and around €1 billion in a global battery-production network within the worldwide production network.

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Teijin Frontier to acquire J.H. Ziegler; addressing EV demand

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The company operates five facilities globally, including three in Germany and one each in Hungary and China, and employs approximately 400 staff. It posted consolidated sales of more than €69 million in the fiscal year ending 31 December 2017.

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Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant to produce compact electric EQ vehicles; 3rd center of competence for EQ models in Germany

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Mercedes-Benz announced that its Rastatt plant—the company’s lead plant in global production of compact cars—will produce compact-class electric EQ models in the future. In 2017, the Mercedes-Benz Rastatt plant is celebrating its 25 th anniversary. Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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