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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 Brussels to produce exclusively e-tron quattro SUV, battery packs; A1 production moving to Spain

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The Audi Q3, currently produced in Spain, will be built in Győr (Hungary) in the future. The model rotation will benefit all the sites of its global production network, Audi Chairman Rupert Stadler said. The new model distribution will enhance our production efficiency and strengthen all of the sites involved. Rupert Stadler.

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JATO Dynamics: in decline of Euro new car market, electrified vehicles increase share to almost 13%

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This equates to a decline of 7.0%, as last month saw the lowest number of registrations since 2015, when only 955,113 units were registered. —Felipe Munoz, global analyst at JATO Dynamics. So far this year, electrified vehicles have been the only lifeline for manufacturers operating in Europe. to 2,194,706 units.

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

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Vredestein was founded in 1908 to design and manufacture bicycle tyres in Loosduinen in the Netherlands. In 2015, Apollo Tyres expanded its agricultural product line with the launch of the Traxion Harvest, and with new variants of the Traxion Versa and Endurion.

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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. The A-Class, B-Class and the compact SUV GLA are manufactured at the location. Ten billion euros (US$11.2

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

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We know batteries like the back of our hand, as well as how they have to be manufactured. The company is investing some €70 million (US$82 million) this year in expanding local manufacturing operations. Our assumption is that the global battery market will grow up to 25 percent each year. —Rolf Najork.

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GM introducing new generation of modular 3- and 4-cylinder Ecotec engines; 11 variants from 1.0L to 1.5L

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liters) featuring a modular architecture that broadens its adaptability to global markets and reduces manufacturing complexity while offering customers efficiency, refinement and durability. with design and validation shared among the global network of engineering centers. Primary development of the 1.0L turbocharged and 1.5L

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