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Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey to become Toyota’s first European plant to produce plug-in-hybrid vehicles and batteries

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The second-generation Toyota C-HR will be produced at Toyota Motor Manufacturing Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya—about 150 km east of Istanbul. Available in hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions, the new Toyota C-HR will also be the first plug-in hybrid passenger car to be produced in Turkey. market share.

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Toyota starts production of 5th-generation hybrid powertrain in Europe for new Corolla

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Toyota Motor Europe (TME) has started production of its 5 th -generation hybrid powertrains for the new Corolla. 5th generation hybrid transmission 1.8L. TMMP produces hybrid electric transmissions including the MG1 and MG2 motors, integral electrical components of hybrid transmission. liter version. seconds, to 9.2

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Toyota to build production version of C-HR hybrid concept in Turkey

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The new hybrid will be built at Toyota Motor Manufacturing, Turkey (TMMT) in Sakarya, Turkey, in what marks the first time a hybrid-powered vehicle will be produced in the country. Toyota Motor Europe (TME) confirmed European production for a production version of the C-HR concept crossover ( earlier post ). billion.

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Toyota Motor Europe starts transporting vehicles by cross-channel rail freight to reduce emissions

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Corolla hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) produced at its plant in Derby will be freighted to its Valenciennes hub, and Yaris HEVs produced in France will be delivered to the UK. As part of TME’s goals to achieve Carbon Neutrality in Europe, Toyota plans to convert some of its main European logistics routes to rail by 2024.

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Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

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It strengthens further our ability to deliver 100 percent of Ford passenger vehicles in Europe being all-electric and two-thirds of our commercial vehicle sales being all-electric or plug-in hybrid by 2030. —Stuart Rowley, president, Ford of Europe. billion (US$3.4 billion) annually.

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XCEED blockchain solution deployment to begin

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(eXtended Compliance End-to-End Distributed), a blockchain-based shared solution to trace the compliance of thousands of parts assembled in a vehicle in almost real time. XCEED will be deployed to partners’ plants around Bursa in Turkey, Douai in France, and Palencia in Spain. Earlier post.).

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Quadrant CMS plastics/metal hybrid technology saves weight in airbag assemblies with integrated lead frames

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A hybrid plastics/metal airbag housing with integrated lead frame, co-developed and produced by Quadrant Creative Molding & Systems for an automotive steering wheel airbag assembly, reduces weight, packing space and costs. The hybrid structure is created by combining the plastics housing with the metal leadframe. Click to enlarge.

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