Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2012

Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., HATC), the Honda automobile production subsidiary in Thailand, which experienced damage from the major flooding in the country last year, reports that it expects to resume production by the end of March 2012. The production is expected to be normalized at all production operations by April.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2020

The BMW Group has signed a long-term supply contract worth €2 billion for battery cells with the Swedish company Northvolt. That is why we now have a contractual agreement with our cell manufacturers that they will only use green power to produce our fifth-generation battery cells.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 23, 2021

COVID-19 Still Impacting Supply Chain. Unlike the capacity constraints in wafer fabs, which was impacting mainly automotive MCUs, assembly capacity constraints impact all semiconductor types including sensors, power supplies and discretes. Output lost to disruption to the semiconductor supply chain is estimated to have reached 1.44

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2011

Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., HATC), the Honda automobile production subsidiary in Thailand (headquarter in the Rojana Industrial Park, Ayutthaya), issued a statement saying that it does not have a clear outlook for when production will resume as flooding on its facilities has continued since 8 October 2011.

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Thailand Honda Automobile Production 170

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2021

Mercedes-Benz is thus strengthening its battery production capacity and know-how in the field of innovative manufacturing technology. —Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG, Production and Supply Chain Management.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

The two companies have signed a 5-year (2020 - 2024) supply contract for the lithium needed as a key raw material for battery cells. Sustainability and security of supply are important factors in the expansion of electromobility. Supply contracts will ensure the company’s security of supply up to 2025 and beyond.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 14, 2011

earlier post ) as its partner for a polybutylene succinate (PBS) plant that will begin construction in Thailand in 2012. BioAmber will build a bio-based succinic acid plant in Thailand and supply PTTMCC with bio-based succinic acid on an exclusive basis.

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Thailand Production Mitsubishi Polymer 186

Baua Electric

AUGUST 7, 2024

Hyundai is upping the ante on China’s leading EV maker with plans to dish out $28 million (1 billion baht) on a new EV assembly and battery plant in Thailand. Hyundai to fend off BYD with EV plant in Thailand With EV sales surging in Thailand, Hyundai wants in on the action. The BOI has approved over $2.2

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2016

Honda has named this the Assembly Revolution Cell (ARC) Line and introduced it in Honda’s new Prachinburi Plant in Thailand that became operational in March 2016. The DiSC (Distribution Set-pack Control) System works in conjunction with production planning and helps to supply the proper parts to each production associate.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

It will also expand its local supply chain in Vietnam. In July, China’s Ministry of Commerce mentioned risks in building car manufacturing factories in Europe and Thailand. The Chinese automaker announced it is forming a joint venture with Vietnam’s Tasco Joint Stock Company.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 1, 2021

The company is investing more than €250 million in its Regensburg and Leipzig locations alone to supply the BMW Group’s growing number of electrified vehicles with high-voltage batteries. The production systems are highly flexible and will also supply battery components for other BMW Group electrified vehicles in the future.

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BMW Production Battery Batteries 418

EV Central

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

SEA Electric Asia-Pacific chief Bill Gillespie flew back into Australia last weekend fresh from discussions with Toyota in Thailand that included a proposal to build a battery electric version of Australia’s top-selling vehicle. Having close relationships with the vehicle’s original manufacturer could provide cost and engineering benefits.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

In Thailand, Japanese brands have dominated for decades, with a market share around 90%. Honda recently closed a plant in Thailand, and Suzuki has exited the market altogether. The real Ford Territory sells for $32,000 in Thailand.) Now every Japanese firm is seeing sales shrink. Meanwhile, BYD’s market share has grown to 5%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

Recently the BMW Group signed a cobalt supply contract with Moroccan mining company Managem Group ; the contract has a volume of around €100 million, said Andreas Wendt, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Purchasing and Supplier Network. Sustainability and security of supply are important factors for electromobility.

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Morocco BMW Battery Batteries 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2010

is in talks with PSA Peugeot Citroen Group about supplying the French automaker with small internal combustion engined (ICE) cars—from 1.0-1.3-liter liter displacement—that it will manufacture in emerging countries. Mitsubishi currently supplies electric cars based on the i-MiEV as well as SUVs to Peugeot.

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Mitsubishi Supplies i-MiEV Citroen 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2011

issued an update on the impact of flooding in Thailand on its operations there. Honda Automobile (Thailand) Co., HATC), the Honda automobile production subsidiary in Thailand (headquartered in the Rojana Industrial Park, Ayutthaya), has suspended production since 4 October, due to the parts supply disruptions.

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Automobile Honda Thailand Production 186

Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2022

With the new plant, Bibb County becomes part of the Mercedes-Benz global battery production network which includes factories on three continents including in Kamenz, Germany; Beijing, China; Bangkok, Thailand; Jawor, Poland; and Stuttgart, Germany.

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Mercedes Alabama Battery Batteries 243

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

The new Competence Center maps the entire value chain of battery cell technology—from research and development to a cell’s composition and design, and its suitability for large-scale manufacture. The relevant agreements guarantee a reliable supply of these materials until 2025 and beyond.

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BMW Battery Batteries Energy 352

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

The new Note lineup will also feature an electric all-wheel drive model, with powerful dual electric motors in the front and rear supplying power to all four wheels. Earlier this year, Nissan launched the Kicks e-POWER in Japan, Thailand and Indonesia. The AWD model is scheduled for launch in December. This is the power of e-POWER.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2022

Mercedes-Benz is aligning its global production network to manufacture its reshaped product portfolio focused on luxury electric vehicles as the brand prepares to go all electric by the end of the decade—wherever market conditions allow. Battery systems will be supplied by the global Mercedes-Benz battery production network.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2023

Car manufacturing. With partners across industries and countries, we will advance the expansion of the realm of using hydrogen by such means as social implementation in Thailand and Fukushima, the mass production of commercial fuel cell electric vehicles, and the development of hydrogen engine technologies in the arena of motorsports.

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Baua Electric

JULY 17, 2023

It’s virtue noting that China’s auto exports are divided into two primary divisions: detached manufacturers and overseas funding/three way partnership manufacturers. Moreover, SAIC has proven just right momentum in markets comparable to Mexico, Australia, the United Kingdom, Saudi Arabia, Republic of India, and Thailand.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2013

Chevrolet Sales Thailand introduced the new-generation MY14 Duramax four-cylinder turbo-diesel engine in 2.5- Applications include powering the Colorado pickup truck and Trailblazer SUV for the Thailand and Southeast Asian markets. liter variants. The second generation cylinder head is lighter and increases overall engine efficiency.

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Diesel Engine Chevrolet Global 334

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AUGUST 8, 2014

has received an order for more than 200 SUMO HD electric powertrains from Foton, one of Chinas largest bus manufacturers. The joint venture is supplying clients in the Peoples Republic of China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, Singapore and the rest of ASEAN countries.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

High-efficiency battery systems will also be manufactured and assembled within the production network. —Jörg Burzer, Member of the Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz AG, Production and Supply Chain. This supplies the nearby vehicle plant, which has also added all-electric Mercedes-EQ models to its portfolio with the EQC.

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Mercedes All-Electric Plug-in Electrical 259

Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

The company opened its first manufacturing plant in Thailand this summer, with several more planned in Hungary, Turkey, Brazil, and Mexico. BYD also owns most of its supply chain, driving down costs further. Starting as a battery maker has given BYD a drastic advantage as the industry shifts to electric vehicles.

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Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

However, BYD has been building its supply chain for much longer. BYD Dolphin (left) and Atto 3 (right) Source: BYD The tariff will take effect on September 27 and is intended to “protect American manufacturers from China’s unfair trade practices,” according to a press release from The White House. In the US, EVs accounted for 8.5%

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

The BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationships with battery cell manufacturers CATL (Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. The BMW Group has also signed a long-term supply contract for its fifth-generation electric drive trains with its second battery cell supplier, Samsung SDI. Limited) and Samsung SDI.

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BMW Battery Batteries Fully Electric 220

Electric Vehicles India

JUNE 22, 2022

As per sources, Foxconn about to start Electric Vehicles manufacturing “other lines”, for clients and itself, other than phones. the group’s subsidiary currently has two units in Tamil Nadu, which currently manufacture phones for apple and Chinese brands such as Xiaomi among others.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2019

—Markus Schäfer, Member of the Divisional Board of Management of Mercedes-Benz Cars, Production and Supply Chain. The engine production in Jawor will start in 2019 and supply car plants of Mercedes-Benz in Europe and around the world. The engine factory as well as the battery factory will be supplied with CO 2 -neutral energy.

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Poland Mercedes Global Building 249

Baua Electric

MAY 22, 2024

Thailand, for example, is seeking to transition its legacy industry towards an EV future, with Chinese support. These schemes are creating a favorable environment for EV manufacturers and suppliers to establish themselves in India, it noted. “And then, in 2020, Covid led supply chain disruption hit globally.

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EV Central

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Better known as Foxconn, manufacturer of the iPhone on behalf of Apple, Hon Hai showed off its Foxtron Model V dual-cab ute at its annual tech day this week. But Hon Hai says there are already plans in place for all three models to be built in Taiwan, Thailand and the USA. But none of them will be built by Hon Hai itself.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2011

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Indonesia (TMMIN), Toyota Motor Corporation’s (TMC) vehicle production subsidiary in Indonesia, plans to increase the annual production capacity of TMMIN’s Karawang Plant from 100,000 vehicles to 140,000 vehicles by early 2013. important production and supply location for the project.

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Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

The main export markets for these vehicles were Europe and countries in the Asia Pacific region, such as Thailand and Australia. In Thailand , electric car registrations more than quadrupled year-on-year to nearly 90,000, reaching a notable 10% sales share – comparable to the share in the United States.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 18, 2022

But on Tuesday, Foxconn Chairman Liu Young-way noted that Foxconn is now looking at electric vehicle manufacturing as its new frontier — and it is hoping to assemble EVs for Tesla in the future. Instead, it wants to help its customers sell “a lot” of electric vehicles that will be made in the United States, Taiwan, and Thailand.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2011

The three companies are conducting a feasibility study to build a succinic acid production facility next to Mitsubishi’s planned polybutylene succinate (PBS, a renewable, biodegradable polymer) production plant in Thailand. BioAmber has already begun supplying Mitsubishi Chemical with bio-based succinic acid produced in Europe.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 25, 2024

The milestone vehicle is a Denza N7 and makes BYD the world’s first automaker to manufacture seven million NEVs. It surpassed the five-million milestone in merely nine additional months, and then in just seven months, accelerated to the seven-million milestone, showcasing a robust end-to-end supply chain and the effect of scale.

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