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Mazda and Ford JV to Invest $350M to Build Next Generation Compact Pickup Truck in Thailand

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Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company’s joint venture, AutoAlliance (Thailand) Co. AAT), will invest US$350 million in its pickup truck plant to support the production of Mazda and Ford’s next generation pickup trucks. The investment will enable production of the new compact pickups to commence in mid-2011.

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AutoAlliance Thailand Inaugurates New Mazda-Ford Passenger Car Plant

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Mazda Motor Corporation and Ford Motor Company inaugurated their new joint venture manufacturing passenger car plant at AutoAlliance Thailand (AAT). The new plant will produce the Mazda2 and Ford Fiesta compact cars for sale in Thailand and export throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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Ford Explorer EV firms as replacement for soon-to-be-discontinued Escape SUV

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It also means Ford doesn’t have a competitor for some of the top selling vehicles in the country, including the Toyota RAV4, Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Kia Sportage and Nissan X-Trail. Birkic says the decisions was about positioning the brand for the future and the evolving transition to EV, something he says the company is “all-in” on.

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2021 US EV Sales Scoreboard: RAV4 Prime and Mustang Mach-E Are The Top-Selling Non-Tesla EVs

EV Adoption

The Tesla Model Y and Model 3 of course far outsold any other EV models in the US, however since Tesla neither breaks out deliveries by market or individual model (the company reports global deliveries each for the combined Model 3/Y and S/X models) we can only estimate their sales.

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Batteries included: Electric Morgan Super3 concept previews British brand’s electric dream

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Morgan Motor Company has rolled out a new concept for an all-electric sports car based on its second-generation Morgan Super3. Called the Morgan XP-1, the new battery-electric concept is said to preview the small British firm’s latest EV tech, rather than pave the way for a zero-emission three-wheeler Morgan.

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Ford Launches New Fiesta in China

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Ford Motor Company officially launched the new Ford Fiesta into the China market on the southern resort island of Hainan. The sedan and the five-door Fiesta hatchback are both built at the Changan Ford Mazda Automobile Company manufacturing facility in Nanjing.

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California ARB mods to ZEV regulations for IVMs would result in ~1.9% drop in total ZEV/TZEV units 2018-2025; no impact on air quality requirements

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In 1990, California adopted a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) requirement, mandating that the seven largest automotive companies in California “make available for sale” an increasing number of vehicles with zero tailpipe emissions. We’re coming to this collaboration as a way of helping companies. Click to enlarge. Definition.

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