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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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JUNE 6, 2018

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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Hungary Mercedes Cars Concept

Audi opens new R&D center in Beijing

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NOVEMBER 20, 2022

Since 2013, the development team has been based at the former “Audi China Building” in the 798 Art District of Beijing. With the new R&D center in Beijing, Audi is further building upon its world-wide development network, which also includes sites in Germany, Hungary, and Mexico, as well as design studios in the USA and China.

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Audi China Hungary Germany

BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

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NOVEMBER 19, 2020

It will ramp up for the first time at our future plant in Debrecen, Hungary, before being rolled out across our global production network in stages. The future assembly and its production processes will be designed for a new cluster architecture geared towards electric drive trains. —Milan Nedeljkovi?.

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BMW Engine Production South Africa

Daimler contracts with Valmet to increase production of new A-Class

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JULY 24, 2012

Daimler has signed an agreement with the Finnish Supplier Valmet Automotive for the production of more than 100,000 units of the new A-Class ( earlier post ) for Daimler from 2013 through 2016. We thus signed Valmet as an experienced production specialist who will provide us with additional A-Class capacities as of 2013.

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Production Hungary Mercedes 2013

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

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2013

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. In late 2013, Audi will further expand its worldwide production network when the second Audi plant in China starts production in Foshan.

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Brazil Audi 2015 Production

The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

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FEBRUARY 7, 2024

BYD was reported to be among the companies interested, but the Chinese automaker has since announced it is opening its first European plant in Hungary. Ford began production of its Focus Electric at Saarlouis in 2013, a few years after it was launched in the US and built in Michigan.

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Ford Hungary Germany Spain

New Daimler compact car plant begins production at BBAC in China

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APRIL 9, 2015

million square meters, the Beijing-compact car site complements the current Mercedes-Benz’ compact model plants in Rastatt (Germany) and Kecskemet (Hungary) as well as the Valmet Automotive plant in Finland. Built from scratch in less than 3 years and stretching at present across about 1.5

China

China Production Mercedes Hungary

New Opel/Vauxhall Small Car to be Built in Eisenach; Possible Basis for a BEV

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2010

The start of regular production is planned for 2013. On 21 September, Opel/Vauxhall announced a €500-million (US$674-million) investment in its engine plant in Szentgotthard, Hungary. At a later stage, this car might also provide the opportunity of a battery-electric (BEV) version for zero-emission driving in city areas.

Hungary

Hungary Spain Cars Gasoline-Electric

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

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Poland, Slovakia, Luxembourg and Lithuania all posted record levels of volume, while it was the best year since 2007 for Spain and Estonia, and the best year since 2008 for Romania, Hungary, Croatia and Latvia. In contrast, it was the worst year for registrations in Switzerland since 2010, the UK since 2013, and Norway since 2014.

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2001 Alternative Fuels Diesel Market

Opel presents new midsize gasoline engine at Aachen Colloquium; fuel consumption down 13%, torque and power up 33%

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OCTOBER 16, 2012

The roll-out of the new engine family—developed in Ruesselsheim, Germany—will begin in early 2013. liter SIDI ECOTEC Turbo engine alongside the other new engine families will be at the Szentgotthard plant in Hungary and will begin in late 2012. Production of the new 1.6

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Gasoline Engine Fuel Power

Remy International, Inc. Supplying HVH Electric Motors to Daimler for 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 Two-Mode Hybrid

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JANUARY 27, 2010

(GM recently announced that it would begin designing and producing electric motors itself, with the first application to be in the next-generation rear-wheel drive two-mode transmission, starting in 2013. The Remy HVH motors for the Mercedes ML450 Hybrid will be manufactured at Remy’s manufacturing plant in Mezokovesd, Hungary.

International

International Mercedes Motor Motors

New thermoplastic-graphene nanoribbon composite could offer lighter, more effective natural gas storage for vehicles

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OCTOBER 11, 2013

In an open access paper in the journal ACS Nano , Tour and his colleagues at Rice and in Hungary, Slovenia and India reported that nitrogen gas effective diffusivity of the TPU was decreased by three orders of magnitude with only 0.5 Samuel, Parambath M Sudeep, Zoltan Konya, Robert Vajtai, Pulickel M Ajayan, and James M.

Gas

Gas Vehicles Slovenia Gas-Electric

Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

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MAY 2, 2013

Comparing popular 2009 models with 2013 models, the new analysis shows that the percentage of vehicles getting at least 30 mpg rose from 4 to 12%. Each year from 2010 to 2013, the average fuel economy for these ‘new series’ vehicles increased by an average of 2.2 l/100 km) tripling, according to the report.

Europe

Europe MPG Fuel Fuel Economy

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

Audi opens new R&D center in Beijing

BMW investing €400M in new vehicle assembly at Munich plant as part of shift to electromobility; engine production being concentrated at Steyr and Hams Hall

Daimler contracts with Valmet to increase production of new A-Class

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

The Ford Focus is over, and so are thousands of jobs

New Daimler compact car plant begins production at BBAC in China

New Opel/Vauxhall Small Car to be Built in Eisenach; Possible Basis for a BEV

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

Opel presents new midsize gasoline engine at Aachen Colloquium; fuel consumption down 13%, torque and power up 33%

Remy International, Inc. Supplying HVH Electric Motors to Daimler for 2010 Mercedes-Benz ML450 Two-Mode Hybrid

New thermoplastic-graphene nanoribbon composite could offer lighter, more effective natural gas storage for vehicles

Reports highlight ongoing advances in vehicle technology, consumer demand for fuel efficiency in US and Europe

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