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Dürr sells 2,000th sealing robot

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One trend in automotive manufacturing is toward fully automatic sealing of welds; robots are increasingly performing this task in automobile production. The EcoRS 30L16S milestone machine will perform rough seam sealing at Škoda in Kvasiny, Czech Republic, and it will also be a first.

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Volkswagen Group expands presence in Russia with agreements with GAZ

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Volkswagen Group Rus and GAZ Group are extending their joint project to produce Volkswagen and ŠKODA cars at Gorky Automobile Plant and are opening up new development opportunities for the brands’ model ranges. Maximum annual production capacity at the Gorky Automobile Plant is around 132,000 vehicles.

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Hyundai Motor to invest $85B over next 10 years to accelerate transition to smart mobility provider

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With IMA, the company expects to standardize modules and parts between the models to further expand economies of scale and significantly reduce EV development complexity and costs. The company is currently producing EVs in this way at its plants in the US, South Korea, the Czech Republic, and India.

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2018 Toyota AYGO mid-lifecycle update features enhanced 1.0L engine; Euro 6d-TEMP-compliant; up to 61.8 mpg

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Launched in 2005 for Europe, the first generation Toyota AYGO was designed to attract young, urban-based customers, and to bring a greater sense of playfulness to the Toyota brand. New AYGO comes in both standard and Eco versions. The standard version achieves a fuel consumption of 4.1 l/100 km (57.3

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