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Toyota launches Biodiversity & Sustainability Learning Center to complement Biotope project in Thailand

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Toyota has launched the Toyota Biodiversity and Sustainability Learning Center “Cheewa Panavet” at the Toyota Ban Pho Plant in Thailand. The following year, Toyota embarked on the Toyota Biotope Project—the first of its kind in Thailand—to create a habitat of living organisms, born out of manmade efforts, around the plant.

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Nissan to expand Thailand-based Nissan Technical Center South East Asia (NTCSEA)

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in Thailand. The details of the expansion include: By 2015, for models marketed in the region, NTCSEA will be responsible for all research and development processes following the vehicle engineering design stage currently handled by the global R&D function in Japan. Nissan Motor Asia Pacific Co., With a total investment of ¥3.4

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Mazda3 global production reaches 5M units

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Mazda Motor Corporation announced that the total production volume of the Mazda3 (known as Mazda Axela in Japan) reached five million units at the end of April 2016. in China, AutoAlliance (Thailand) and Mazda de Mexico Vehicle Operation in Mexico. It is manufactured at the Hofu Plant in Japan, Changan Mazda Automobile Co.,

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Nissan launches all-new Note in Japan, exclusively with second-generation e-POWER electrified powertrain

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As the company’s best-selling model in its home market, the car continues to play a key role in the Nissan NEXT global business transformation plan. In 2016, the Note e-POWER became a hot seller as soon as it started sales in Japan. Earlier this year, Nissan launched the Kicks e-POWER in Japan, Thailand and Indonesia.

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Mazda to increase production capacity of SKYACTIV transmissions at Hofu Plant

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Mazda is strengthening its production system in order to achieve its goal of achieving global sales of 1.7 million vehicles annually by the fiscal year ending March 2016. In addition to the Nakanoseki district, Mazda will construct a new transmission plant in Thailand with an annual production capacity of around 400,000 units.

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BMW Group enters long-term €2B supply contract with Northvolt for battery cells from Europe

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Every cell generation at the BMW Group is awarded in global competition to the leading manufacturer from both a technology and a business perspective to ensure access to the best possible cell technology. The BMW Group has also localized battery production in Thailand, where it is working with the Dräxlmaier Group.

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UPS to invest more than additional $90M in natural gas vehicles and infrastructure; 6 new CNG stations, 440 vehicles

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UPS has deployed more than 4,400 natural gas vehicles and a network of fueling stations, said Mark Wallace, UPS senior vice president global engineering and sustainability. In 2016, UPS used more than 61 million gallons of natural gas in its ground fleet, which included 4.6 million gallons of renewable natural gas. Greensboro, N.C;

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