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Ford CEO Unveils New Figo for India Market and Export Sales, New Manufacturing Plant in China with Changan

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The new Ford Figo will be manufactured at Ford’s expanded integrated manufacturing facility near Chennai, which is undergoing a $500 million transformation to become a regional center of excellence for Ford small car production. Earlier post.) The investment, valued at $490 million (RMB 3.34 Alan Mulally.

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GM China Breaks Ground for Advanced Technical Center in Shanghai; Advanced Propulsion Research, Electric and Alt-Energy Vehicles, New Materials

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Its focus is on advanced propulsion system research, manufacturing process research, megacity smart traffic research, customer-driven advanced vehicle development, battery cell material and fabrication research, and lightweight material research. The Vehicle Engineering Lab will localize technology for the Chinese market.

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SAIC-GM-Wuling JV Launches New Boajun Passenger Car Brand

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SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW), GM’s mini-commercial vehicle joint venture with SAIC and Wuling Motors, is launching the Baojun brand (Boajun is the Chinese word for “treasured horse”). The vehicle has been developed with help of GM and SAIC’s Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC) joint venture in Shanghai. Tags: Brief.

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BASF to Sell China Syngas Process Catalysts Site to Süd-Chemie

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BASF has signed a definitive agreement to sell its syngas catalysts manufacturing facility in Nanjing, China, to Süd-Chemie AG, a worldwide leading speciality chemical company for catalysts and adsorbents headquartered in Munich, Germany. Tags: Brief. The facility is independent from BASF’s main Verbund site in Nanjing.

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Shanghai GM Introduces Chevrolet New Sail Small Car

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The new small car was developed by Shanghai GM and the Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (PATAC), both GM-SAIC joint ventures. In line with Shanghai GM’s Drive to Green strategy, both engines meet China’s Phase IV emission standard (equivalent to the Euro IV standard) and can be upgraded to meet China’s Phase V emission standard.

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UMTRI study finds US and China could turnover more than 90% of LDV fleet to alternative powertrains by 2050 under very aggressive penetration scenarios

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Turnover of the Chinese fleet. Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America. Belzowski, Bruce and McManus, Walter; Alternative powertrain strategies and fleet turnover in the 21 st century (UMTRI-2010-20; August 2010). Tags: Brazil China Europe India Japan Other Asia Policy Russia Sustainability.

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Buffett's Chinese electric car company

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The Shenzhen manufacturing region, where the company is headquartered, is known for cheap unskilled labor, but BYD’s competitive advantage derives from its cheap skilled labor. car companies and battery makers as much as the Chinese government is going to help BYD. government is going to help U.S.

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