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Nissan investing $600M in Argentina; domestic production of new pick-up

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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. This production line alone, will generate approximately 1,000 direct jobs, and another 2,000 indirect.

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GlobalData: Global lithium production to triple over the next four years

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High growth in demand for lithium batteries is spurring three-fold growth in mine production of lithium over the next four years, with 86kt of new lithium metal capacity coming on stream, according to data and analytics company GlobalData. Identified lithium resources in Argentina are 9.8

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Ford building new $1.6B plant in Mexico for small cars

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Vehicles produced in Mexico also serve customers in the US, Canada, China, Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay and South Korea. The investment is part of the company’s One Ford global product and manufacturing plan. billion in facilities and supplier tooling in Spain, $2.4 billion in China.

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Daimler & Renault-Nissan Alliance expand cooperation to 1-ton pickup trucks

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Production of Renault’s 1-ton truck will begin in 2016 at Nissan’s plant in Cuernavaca, Mexico. The Mercedes-Benz 1-ton pickup truck will be built by Nissan in the Renault plant in Cordoba, Argentina, along with the Nissan NP300 and the Renault 1-ton truck, for Latin America.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans launches new Vito in China; unveiling electric van of future this week

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The first batch of the new Vito rolled off the production line at Daimler’s local joint venture Fujian Benz Automotive Co., With the Vito and V-Class, Mercedes-Benz Vans has turned its mid-size segment offering into a strong second pillar of its product portfolio in addition to the large van Sprinter. FBAC) in Fuzhou in August.

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JATO: global vehicle sales fall by 39% in March; electrified vehicles up to 17.4% new registration market share in Europe

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Markets were significantly hit in Italy, France, Spain, Austria, Ireland, Slovenia, Greece and Portugal, where the combined volume fell from 634,600 units in March 2019 to 161,800 units last month. The volume was also affected by the economic crisis in Argentina, the region’s third largest market. million units.

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Mercedes-Benz Vans shows pickup truck concepts; market launch in late 2017; diesel V6

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With the pickup, Mercedes-Benz Vans will also expand its product range with a fourth model series. The key markets will be Argentina, Brazil, South Africa, Australia with New Zealand, and Europe. The pickup will be manufactured in a production cooperation with the Renault-Nissan Alliance. Argentina comes close behind with 11.6%.

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