Press Release: December 8, 2022 Now M is also from Mexico! Production of the new BMW M2 begins at the San Luis Potos Plant The iconic sports car is manufactured in Mexico for the whole world. The San Luis Potos site becomes the fourth M plant in the world to […]
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Although the year is winding down, the number of big stories we’re following this week is ramping up. UAW President Ray Curry is in a runoff election to retain his job. First, we’ll continue to follow the news that Stellantis is indefinitely shutting down its plant in Belvidere, Illinois. The […]
A new battery maker, Sparkz, is moving ahead with plans for a new $700 million plant in Livermore, California, which promises to utilize a manufacturing process for a lithium-ion battery without using precious materials such as cobalt and nickel. Battery makers have been looking for ways to make cells more […]
The planned investment would be spread across three sites. The Oakland County project is the largest — an $80 million plant at 5600 Bow Pointe Drive, formerly home to auto supplier Marelli North America Inc., which closed the plant last year, according to the company. Michigan officials said the incentives […]
Stellantis will indefinitely idle its assembly plant in Belvidere, Illinois in February 2023, the Euro-American automaker announced Friday. The Belvidere Assembly Plant first opened in 1965. The move — which could cost the jobs of as many as 1,350 workers — was blamed on a variety of factors including the […]
Mercedes has chosen the Polish city of Jawor, where it has been producing internal combustion engines since 2019 and batteries since 2021, to build a plant to produce commercial vehicles based on the new VAN.EA platform starting in 2025. The Mercedes Vans plant in Jawor, Poland, will complete the network […]
Image: Intel Intel has big plans for Ohio, lawmakers want to know what Tesla’s plans are in one of China’s most embattled regions and Renault is ditching the old plan. All that and more in this Friday edition of The Morning Shift for January 21, 2022. 1st Gear: This Will […]
According to a new unofficial report, Rivian might soon announce an official plan about its new manufacturing site for vehicles and batteries. We already heard several rumors about various locations, including Arizona, Texas and Georgia. The latest report from Automotive News is also about Georgia. According to undisclosed sources, the […]