Building, Production and Vehicles

Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2023

Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV). Kia will invest around one trillion KRW (approximately US$758 million) to secure 99,000 acres of land, with the company planning to start mass-production in the second half of 2025.

Kia

Kia Production Building Vehicles

Dongfeng Honda to build a dedicated EV production plant; 120,000 units/year

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2022

a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China, will build a new dedicated electric vehicle (EV) production plant to establish sufficient production system and capability in preparation for the expansion of its EV lineup in the coming years. Honda Motor (China) Investment Co.,

Honda

Honda Building Production China

Foxconn to build EV ecosystem and battery production chain in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2022

In line with the Kaohsiung City Government’s plan to have all public buses run on electricity by 2030, Foxconn subsidiary Foxtron Vehicle Technologies delivered the first Model T electric bus to Kaohsiung Bus earlier this year. million (US$50,000) per vehicle. million (US$50,000) per vehicle.

Taiwan

Taiwan Building Battery Batteries

All Audi production sites will manufacture all-electric vehicles by 2029

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

As of 2026, Audi will only launch all-electric models onto the global market, gradually phasing out production of its combustion models by 2033. Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars.

All-Electric

All-Electric Audi Manufacturer Electric Vehicles

Toyochem develops low-odor, low-VOC acrylic adhesive for vehicle & building interiors; T-VOC 10% of conventional products

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2022

the polymers and coatings arm of Japan’s Toyo Ink Group, launched a new low-odor, low-VOC acrylic pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA), the Oribain EXK 21-046, for use in enclosed spaces such as vehicles and building interiors. points from the typical 5 grade (very objectionable) recorded by the company’s standard-type products.

Building

Building Production Vehicles Polymer

Toyota investing $383M in US engine production

Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2022

Toyota will invest $383 million in four of its US manufacturing plants—in Alabama, Kentucky, Missouri and Tennessee—to support the production of four-cylinder engines, including options for hybrid electric vehicles. Toyota customers want vehicles that are fuel-efficient and electrified. billion investment.

Toyota

Toyota Engine Alabama Kentucky

GM’s BrightDrop completes first production builds of EV600, introduces new EV410

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

BrightDrop, GM’s new business focused on electric last-mile deliveries ( earlier post ), has completed the first production builds of the EV600, a key milestone to deliver its first electric light commercial vehicle (eLCV) to FedEx Express in time for the holiday season. BrightDrop EV410.

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Building Production Fleet Maintenance

Air Products to invest about $500M to build green hydrogen production facility in New York; 94MW hydropower already approved

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2022

Air Products plans to invest approximately $500 million to build, own and operate a 35 metric ton per day facility to produce green liquid hydrogen at a greenfield site in Massena, New York, as well as liquid hydrogen distribution and dispensing operations. The commercial operation of this facility is targeted to begin in 2026-2027.

New York

New York Hydrogen Production Green

Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production

Electric Cars Report

APRIL 11, 2023

Kia held a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday for its dedicated plant for the production of battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV).

Kia

Kia South Korea Building Production

Rivian wins massive incentive package for R2 vehicle production in Illinois

Teslarati

MAY 2, 2024

Rivian has won a massive $827 million incentive package from the State of Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity, which will be used to expand the R2 production facility in Normal, Illinois. Rivian’s Georgia plant remains an extremely important part of its strategy to scale production of R2 and R3.

Illinois

Illinois Production Georgia Vehicles

Volta Trucks starts series production of the all-electric Volta Zero at Steyr Automotive

Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2023

Volta Trucks has started series production of the 16-tonne all-electric Volta Zero at Steyr Automotive, the company’s partner in contract manufacturing, in Steyr, Austria. The initial batch of vehicles will be used for the Volta Zero Driving Experience Program.

All-Electric

All-Electric Production Austria Electrical

Ford restarts expanded Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; F-150 Lightning production capacity tripled by this fall

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 2, 2023

Ford Motor Company has resumed production of the F-150 Lightning following a six-week shutdown to expand and retool the Rouge Electric Vehicle Center plant to triple manufacturing capacity of the electric truck. Battery pack production is also ramping up at the Rawsonville (Mich.) Components Plant and the Van Dyke (Mich.)

F-150

F-150 Electric Vehicles Ford Production

Ontario Building More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

CleanTechnica EVs

OCTOBER 23, 2023

"Our government is accelerating the momentum of Ontario’s electric vehicle revolution by building the EV charging infrastructure drivers need.

Electric Vehicles

Electric Vehicles Building Charging Vehicles

Nuro to build first US manufacturing and testing facilities for Gen 3 autonomous vehicle

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2021

Autonomous delivery company Nuro is investing $40 million to develop two new facilities in southern Nevada—an end-of-line manufacturing facility and a closed-course test track—to commercialize and scale production of the company’s third-generation autonomous vehicle.

Las Vegas

Las Vegas Manufacturer Building Nevada

MAN accelerating production of heavy-duty e-trucks, presents near-production prototype

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

MAN Truck & Bus is accelerating the production of heavy-duty e-trucks in Munich to as early as the beginning of 2024 with prompt delivery of an initial 200 units. In addition, the depth of added value for battery-electric commercial vehicles is to be increased, with in-house assembly of the so-called battery packs.

Production

Production Hydrogen Battery Batteries

Volkswagen plans to build electric vehicles in Mexico with an initial $750M investment

Electrek

NOVEMBER 14, 2023

Volkswagen is moving ahead with plans to build electric vehicles in Mexico. Holger Nestler, president and CEO of Volkswagen Mexico, says the automaker will provide two investment packages to advance EV production.

Mexico

Mexico Building Electric Vehicles Vehicles

Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2021

Ford announced that it intends to invest up to £230 million (US$316 million) at its Halewood vehicle transmission facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles sold in Europe. Production capacity is planned to be around 250,000 units a year.

Ford

Ford Building Turkey Power

Saudi Aramco and Air Products to build Saudi Arabia’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fueling station; operational 2Q19

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

Saudi Aramco and Air Products signed an agreement to jointly-build the first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fueling station in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Aramco and Air Products will establish a pilot fleet of fuel cell vehicles for which high-purity compressed hydrogen will be dispensed at the new fueling station.

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia Hydrogen Fuel Building

Dongfeng Motor will utilize advanced humanoid robots to help build its vehicles in China

Baua Electric

JUNE 3, 2024

As a result, Dongfeng will implement Ubtech’s humanoid robots into its vehicle manufacturing processes, joining a new era of next-generation mobility being assembled by next-generation robotic technology. This technology could serve several helpful use cases in delivering around-the-clock EV production without human error.

Building

Building China Motor Motors

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico will build the company’s next-gen vehicle

Teslarati

MARCH 1, 2023

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico will build the company’s next-generation vehicle. During Investor Day 2023, Elon Musk confirmed Gigafactory Mexico’s location and Tesla’s plans for the new production facility. The Tesla CEO elaborated that Gigafactory Mexico will focus on building the company’s next-gen vehicle.

Mexico

Mexico Building Tesla Vehicles

BYD to Build EV Factory in Hungary for Localised Production in Europe

Electric Cars Report

DECEMBER 25, 2023

BYD, Chinese leading electric vehicle manufacturer, announced the next stage of its European strategy with the construction of a brand-new manufacturing and production centre in Szeged, Hungary.

Hungary

Hungary BYD Europe Building

BYD to build new commercial vehicle and parts production base in China

CN EV Post

AUGUST 6, 2022

BYD had previously diverted some of its commercial vehicle production line capacity in order to secure production capacity for the DM-i models. The post BYD to build new commercial vehicle and parts production base in China appeared first on CnEVPost. For more articles, please visit CnEVPost.

BYD

BYD Commercial Parts Building

Kia begins building factory for mass production of electric purpose-built vehicles

The Driven EV News

APRIL 11, 2023

Kia is spending over a billion dollars on a new factory to produce all-electric purpose built vehicles, which could be used for deliveries, ride hailing or other uses. The post Kia begins building factory for mass production of electric purpose-built vehicles appeared first on The Driven.

Kia

Kia Building Production Vehicles

Kia Starts Building Facility For Electric Purpose-Built Vehicle Production

CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2023

Kia recently hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for its special factory for the manufacture of vehicles designed specifically for battery-electric purpose-built vehicles (PBV).

Kia

Kia Hyundai Building Vehicles

BYD celebrates 7 million new energy vehicle (NEV) production milestone

Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2024

There was a time when BYD’s sustainable vehicle efforts were seemingly brushed aside by industry leaders like Tesla CEO Elon Musk. This was highlighted recently, when BYD celebrated a new milestone by producing its 7 millionth new energy vehicle (NEV). BYD overtook Tesla as the world’s largest producer of BEVs in late 2023.

BYD

BYD Energy Production Vehicles

Tesla’s Elon Musk considering building EV plant in Indonesia: official

Teslarati

MAY 20, 2024

On the heels of the CEO’s visit to Indonesia for Starlink’s official launch, coordinating minister of investment Luhut Pandjaitan stated that Musk is also considering a potential electric vehicle plant in the country. Is it possible to build an EV battery plant here, precursor cathode. We made an offer.

Indonesia

Indonesia Building IDEA Texas

Toyota to build battery factory for electric vehicles in North Carolina

Electrek

DECEMBER 6, 2021

Toyota is planning to build a battery factory to support electric vehicle production in North Carolina. more… The post Toyota to build battery factory for electric vehicles in North Carolina appeared first on Electrek.

North Carolina

North Carolina Toyota Building Electric Vehicles

Tesla Giga Mexico building ‘a whole new production line’ for $25k compact car: Gov. Samuel García Sepúlveda

Teslarati

APRIL 16, 2023

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico is expected to take longer to build because the company is working on a new production line for its $25k compact car. Governor Samuel García Sepúlveda recently announced that Tesla Gigafactory Mexico would take around 12 to 15 months to build–longer than it took Tesla China to build Giga Shanghai.

Mexico

Mexico Building Tesla Production

UPDATE: Tesla quietly registers to build electric motors for non-land vehicles

Teslarati

JANUARY 4, 2023

Tesla has quietly registered to build electric motors intended for non-land vehicles, according to the United States’ Patent and Trademark Office. ” Looking over the past two years, CEO Elon Musk has hinted toward several non-road vehicle applications that Tesla could potentially explore. I’d love to hear from you!

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Building Motor Motors Motoring

GM invests $390M in KS for next-gen Chevy Bolt EV production

Teslarati

MAY 12, 2024

General Motors (GM) is investing $390 million in Kansas for next-gen Chevy Bolt EV production. Last week, General Motors announced that it would end Chevy Malibu production, one of the last gas-powered sedans Chevrolet offers in the United States. The legacy automaker plans to end Chevy Malibu production by November 2024.

GM

GM Kansas City Kansas General Motors

First FF 91 Vehicle rolls off the production line at FF ieFactory California

Electric Cars Report

APRIL 15, 2023

California-based electric vehicle startup Faraday Future the completion of its first production build vehicle, FF 91 Futurist, coming off its production line at its FF ieFactory located in Hanford, California.

California

California Production Vehicles Future

ZF Commercial Vehicle, IIT Madras join hands to build global mobility digital infrastructure – ET Auto

Baua Electric

MAY 25, 2024

New Delhi: ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India on Friday signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Madras, focusing on the ‘ Mobility and Intelligent Transportation ‘ (MInT), which has a goal of building the Bharat Multi-Modal Mobility Stack ( BM3S ).

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Commercial Global Building Auto

Tesla changes initial build location for next-gen EV platform

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Another excerpt from biographer Walter Isaacson’s book on Elon Musk shares new details about Tesla’s next-generation vehicle platform, including plans for a different build location than the automaker previously reported. The post Tesla changes initial build location for next-gen EV platform appeared first on TESLARATI.

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Building Tesla Mexico Texas

Tesla Giga Berlin ramps production to 5,000 vehicles per week

Teslarati

MARCH 25, 2023

Tesla Giga Berlin has reached an annual run rate of 260,000 vehicles, the company confirmed. Tesla officially announced that its factory outside of Berlin built 5,000 vehicles in a week this past week, just one year after starting deliveries to European customers. Tesla has sold 36,036 vehicles thus far, owning 19.5

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Production Tesla Vehicles Europe

Sony and Honda ally to build EVs—first product due in 2025

Green Car Reports

MARCH 4, 2022

Honda and Sony announced Friday that they’re exploring the possibility of entering a joint venture for developing and building electric vehicles.

Honda

Honda Building Production Commercial

Hyundai Reportedly Building N Vision 74

The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Reports from South Korea are claiming that Hyundai will build a limited number of the N Vision 74, pegging the production figure at just 100 units. Now, we’re starting to see vehicles modeled inspired by cars that were made after the invention of the personal computer. The production version is alleged to boast 800 hp in total.

Hyundai

Hyundai Building South Korea Concept

Redwood Materials Building Huge Cathode Factory In USA

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 26, 2024

USA has not been the home of much of the world’s EV battery or battery component production. continued] The post Redwood Materials Building Huge Cathode Factory In USA appeared first on CleanTechnica. That has been.

USA

USA Building Battery Batteries

GM’s Factory Zero leaving ‘production hell’

Teslarati

MARCH 19, 2024

General Motors’ (GM) battery plant in Michigan, named Factory Zero, is leaving production hell. General Motors has been experiencing its own version of production hell with Factory Zero. The term ‘production hell’ was first coined when Tesla struggled to ramp up Model 3 production a few years ago.

General Motors

General Motors Production GM Sierra

Elon Musk says Tesla will build €25k EV at Giga Berlin

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla CEO Elon Musk visited the company’s German production plant known as Giga Berlin today. Musk has frequently visited Tesla’s production plants to check on the progress of production and operations while also meeting with various team members, including those who are responsible for manufacturing.

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Building Tesla Mexico Texas

Rivian CEO says buying an ICE vehicle is like ‘building a horse barn,’ R2 will help pull buyers

Electrek

JULY 27, 2023

EV maker Rivian is having a big year as production and deliveries gain momentum. However, the company is looking toward the future with its next generation of products. In a recent interview, CEO RJ Scaringe compared buying an ICE vehicle in this day’s age to “building a horse barn in 1910.”

Buy

Buy Building Vehicles Future

Lucid Motors reassigns executive in charge of vehicle build quality

Teslarati

MAY 27, 2022

Lucid Motors is in the middle of ramping the production of its Air sedan, but things are getting challenging. Lucid manufacturing Vice President Peter Hochholdinger, an Audi veteran who once served as Tesla’s VP of production, would no longer be overseeing the company’s manufacturing quality.

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Building Motors Motoring Motor

Canoo to build electric vehicle battery modules in Oklahoma

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 2, 2022

Canoo announced on Wednesday that it would build electric vehicle battery modules at a renovated facility in the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Oklahoma. The new facility is expected to expand Canoo’s manufacturing and employment footprint in the region as it continues to ramp production of its electric vehicles.

Oklahoma

Oklahoma Building Electric Vehicles Battery

Rivian R1T production build quality gets evaluated by detailing expert

Teslarati

DECEMBER 22, 2021

With Rivian R1T deliveries seemingly picking up, it was only a matter of time before the all-electric pickup truck’s build quality got thoroughly examined. The Rivian R1T starts at $67,500, making it a fully premium electric vehicle. Rivian has a lot riding on the R1T and its SUV sibling, the R1S.

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Building Production Chicago Auto

The first production body of Aptera’s solar EV has arrived at its San Diego headquarters

Electrek

APRIL 12, 2024

Aptera Motors is touting its latest milestone en route to solar EV production later this year. The first production body of its flagship vehicle has made its way over from Italy to Aptera’s headquarters in San Diego, enabling the team to finalize its design ahead of production-intent builds.

San Diego

San Diego Solar Aptera Italy

Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production

Dongfeng Honda to build a dedicated EV production plant; 120,000 units/year

Foxconn to build EV ecosystem and battery production chain in Kaohsiung, Taiwan

All Audi production sites will manufacture all-electric vehicles by 2029

Toyochem develops low-odor, low-VOC acrylic adhesive for vehicle & building interiors; T-VOC 10% of conventional products

Toyota investing $383M in US engine production

GM’s BrightDrop completes first production builds of EV600, introduces new EV410

Air Products to invest about $500M to build green hydrogen production facility in New York; 94MW hydropower already approved

Kia starts building facility for electric purpose-built vehicle (PBV) production

Rivian wins massive incentive package for R2 vehicle production in Illinois

Volta Trucks starts series production of the all-electric Volta Zero at Steyr Automotive

Ford restarts expanded Rouge Electric Vehicle Center; F-150 Lightning production capacity tripled by this fall

Ontario Building More Electric Vehicle Charging Stations

Nuro to build first US manufacturing and testing facilities for Gen 3 autonomous vehicle

MAN accelerating production of heavy-duty e-trucks, presents near-production prototype

Volkswagen plans to build electric vehicles in Mexico with an initial $750M investment

Ford to invest £230M to transform UK Halewood transmission operations to build EV power units

Saudi Aramco and Air Products to build Saudi Arabia’s first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle fueling station; operational 2Q19

Dongfeng Motor will utilize advanced humanoid robots to help build its vehicles in China

Tesla Gigafactory Mexico will build the company’s next-gen vehicle

BYD to Build EV Factory in Hungary for Localised Production in Europe

BYD to build new commercial vehicle and parts production base in China

Kia begins building factory for mass production of electric purpose-built vehicles

Kia Starts Building Facility For Electric Purpose-Built Vehicle Production

BYD celebrates 7 million new energy vehicle (NEV) production milestone

Tesla’s Elon Musk considering building EV plant in Indonesia: official

Toyota to build battery factory for electric vehicles in North Carolina

Tesla Giga Mexico building ‘a whole new production line’ for $25k compact car: Gov. Samuel García Sepúlveda

UPDATE: Tesla quietly registers to build electric motors for non-land vehicles

GM invests $390M in KS for next-gen Chevy Bolt EV production

First FF 91 Vehicle rolls off the production line at FF ieFactory California

ZF Commercial Vehicle, IIT Madras join hands to build global mobility digital infrastructure – ET Auto

Tesla changes initial build location for next-gen EV platform

Tesla Giga Berlin ramps production to 5,000 vehicles per week

Sony and Honda ally to build EVs—first product due in 2025

Hyundai Reportedly Building N Vision 74

Redwood Materials Building Huge Cathode Factory In USA

GM’s Factory Zero leaving ‘production hell’

Elon Musk says Tesla will build €25k EV at Giga Berlin

Rivian CEO says buying an ICE vehicle is like ‘building a horse barn,’ R2 will help pull buyers

Lucid Motors reassigns executive in charge of vehicle build quality

Canoo to build electric vehicle battery modules in Oklahoma

Rivian R1T production build quality gets evaluated by detailing expert

The first production body of Aptera’s solar EV has arrived at its San Diego headquarters

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