Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

Nissan Motor will invest $600 million in Argentina and will become an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) with the domestic production there of an all-new NP300 Frontier pick-up. The global Renault-Nissan Alliance will serve as a tool to kick-off Nissan’s manufacturing operations in the country.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2019

More than 300 engineers will be participating in this project in Spain. SEAT will realize the first electric vehicle that is especially designed for urban journeys. In 2018 SEAT obtained the best results in its history. SEAT is playing a new role within the Volkswagen Group taking on even more responsibility.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2017

These buses, Irizar’s first 18-meter articulated buses in Spain, will enter into service in June 2018 and will join the two 12-meter buses which have been operating in the city since 18 August 2014 and which are part of the European Commission’s ZeEus project. The product range includes 10.8m

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network. kWh/100 km) started in Vitoria, northern Spain. The second battery factory at the site began operations in 2018 and has been producing the EQC’s battery systems since 2019. It was designed from the start as a CO?

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Nissan and Daimler broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes, Mexico, plant in 2015, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti as of 2017 and for Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018. Later this month, Mercedes-Benz will provide further insights into the new pickup truck’s design, strategy and markets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2015

Major milestones so far in 2015 include: Groundbreaking for a jointly-owned assembly plant in Aguascalientes, Mexico: Nissan and Daimler recently broke ground on the US$1-billion Aguascalientes plant, which will produce next-generation premium compact vehicles for Infiniti from 2017, and Mercedes-Benz starting in 2018.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

The Volkswagen Group has set itself the goal of becoming the world’s leading automaker in environmental terms by 2018. SEAT in Spain, with an 8MW solar array, generates 56% of its own power. There is to be a 25% improvement in the environmental compatibility of production in the Volkswagen Group by 2018—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Mercedes-Benz Vans unveiled two design variants of the Concept X-CLASS, previewing the coming X-Class pickup, in Stockholm. The introduction of the one-ton pickup with seating for up to 5 people will make Mercedes-Benz the first premium manufacturer to account for the changing customer requirements in the global segment of mid-size pickups.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

The G 310 series, which kicked off with the G310 R and G310 S launched on July 18, 2018, marked the German bikemaker’s entry into India’s growing midsize motorcycle market, and within that the premium segment. They continue to be the most affordable models from the German manufacturer and the entry point to the BMW Motorrad world.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2020

Kia is striving to provide customized products and differentiated mobility services based on its long history in automotive manufacturing. In 2018, Kia established a car-sharing service called ‘WiBLE’ with Spanish energy company Repsol. It currently operates 500 Niro PHEVs and is one of the leading car-sharing providers in Spain.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2017

Mercedes-Benz has unveiled its new pickup truck—the first from a premium manufacturer—the X-Class. At the beginning of 2018 South Africa, Australia and New Zealand will follow, and at the beginning of 2019 Argentina and Brazil. The pickup is being manufactured in a production cooperation with the Renault-Nissan Alliance.

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