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Chrysler Portfolio Segment Mix Shifting to Smaller, More Fuel Efficient Vehicles; 25% Improvement in Portfolio Fuel Economy by 2014

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Chrysler’s worldwide product plan for 2010-2014 envisions a shift in its portfolio segment mix. Micro through mid-size vehicles will increase from 45% to 58% of volume, while large and full-size segments will decline from 55% to 42% of volume, said Joe Veltri, Vice President - Product Planning, Chrysler Group. Click to enlarge.

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Fiat Powertrain Acquiring GMs Share of Poland 1.3L Diesel Engine JV

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Fiat Powertrain Technologies (FPT) and General Motors (GM) have signed a preliminary share transfer agreement for FPT to acquire GM’s 50% share in FIAT-GM Powertrain Polska, an engine manufacturing joint venture in the special economic zone of Bielsko- Biala, Poland. Tags: Brief. The plant will continue to produce the 1.3-liter

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Chrysler Group LLC Introducing Fiat’s 1.4-liter FIRE with Multiair to Powertrain Lineup, Investing $179M to Launch Production

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Chrysler Group LLC will begin production in the fourth quarter of 2010 of Fiat’s 1.4-liter, The first application of the engine will be in the North American-built Fiat 500 that will go into production in 2011. Tags: Engines Fuel Efficiency Vehicle Manufacturers. Earlier post.)

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EnerDel and Wanxiang, Largest Tier 1 Parts Supplier in China, Forming Joint Venture for Co-Production of Li-ion Cells and Packs

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The joint venture will begin producing lithium-ion battery systems in 2010 for Wanxiang’s existing backlog of customers in China in the passenger and heavy-duty market segments, with the intention to expand to new customers and new geographies. gigawatt hours (GWh) of capacity. Charles Gassenheimer.

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MIRA to Support New Guangzhou Automobile Vehicle Program

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GAC is one of China’s most successful vehicle manufacturers, with successful joint venture partnerships with Toyota, Honda and most recently Fiat. The new vehicle is slated for launched in 2010, and will be built in a RMB 6.8 Initial production volumes will be 100 thousand vehicles per year, rising to 250 thousand per year.

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New 2012 Fiat 500 made US debut at LA Auto Show

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Introduction of the 2012 Fiat 500 at LA. The 2012 Fiat 500 made its US debut at the Los Angeles Auto Show this past week. liter engine features four valves per cylinder and is the first mass-production engine for the North American market to incorporate Fiat’s Fully Variable Valve Actuation (FVVA) (MultiAir).

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Iveco Electric Daily Prototype Begins Testing in Brazil

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The production of the prototype will enable suitability testing to be carried out, looking specifically at the utilization of electrical energy for the transportation of goods and passengers. The first 10 Electric Dailys manufactured in the production centre of Foz do Iguaçu will be supplied to Itaipu Binacional and its associated companies.

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