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Behind the scenes, Straubel keeps Tesla running at pivotal time
… January on Boeing's 787 Dreamliner, halting flights and production . In 2011, General Motors' Chevrolet Volt caught fire three ..... dire experiences, including a delay in the start of Roadster production in 2007 on quality concerns. In 2008, cost overruns, dwindling …
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North America car and truck production - 05/20/13
North America car and truck production - 05/20/13 web North America car and truck production 5/13- 5/1- 1/1- 1/1- 5/18 ..... 068,010 †Automotive News estimate * Production are not included in grand totals Source …
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In the Land of Many Buicks, one in particular stood out
… ugly, which is more than you can say for the last Buick minivan sold in the United States, the Terraza, which went out of production in 2007. The GL8 has what is known in China as Daqi (pronounced Dachi). Ask ten people to give their definition of the …
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UAW study chides Nissan for tax breaks at Miss. plant
… interpretation. The actual dollar figures are determined by the plant's employment levels, investment outlays by Nissan, vehicle production , property values, worker training needs and supplier activity -- all of which change over time. Since breaking ground …
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2 million extra doors was the best call Daimler made during 'marriage of equals'
… you speak the language of Chrysler body codes -- hit the production milestone in under seven years. And not just any seven years ..... 291. Someday soon, Chrysler executives will crack that production constraint and make room for things such as a diesel Wrangler …
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GM shares return to $33 IPO price on optimism for truck sales
… slowly rebound in August as GM held talks with labor unions about cutting work hours at its main factory in Germany to lower production . The company later in the year also discussed its new product lineup for 2013, including Silverado, GM's top-selling …
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PSA workers end four-month strike over car plant closure
… with the Aulnay plant, which builds the Citroen C3 subcompact, due to close next year as the carmaker seeks to reduce production overcapacity. "The closure of the factory still remains unacceptable and unjustified for all the workers," the CGT said …
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Akerson's GM Pickup Pitch (5/17/13)
… any TV interview and he BP went on Tuesday. Even moving their headquarters to the US doesn't mean abandoning plans and production . It would be a step that will harm the future of the company in Italy. Finally for the first time when you that we're …
Even moving their headquarters to the US doesn't mean abandoning plans and production . It would be a step that will harm the future of the company in Italy. Finally for the first time when you -
VW, GM, others get unexpected boost in China
… overcapacity. VW and GM are among foreign automakers expanding their production in China to cater to demand in the world's largest vehicle ..... investment in the country where is already has 12 car and component production factories. GM said this month it won regulatory approval …
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Russian car sales down 8% in April
… ZAO ROCA SERVIER Shell Exploration & Production Services (RF) B.V. Statoil ASA Strana Detey Telenor Russia ..... ZAO ROCA SERVIER Shell Exploration & Production Services ..... ZAO ROCA SERVIER Shell Exploration & Production Services …
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Ford to shift Fiesta output to Thailand from Mexico, report says
Ford Motor Co., moving to ease production constraints in North America, plans ..... unclear whether the company will move production from Mexico and India to Rayong or elsewhere ..... The News said Ford wants to free up production capacity in North America to build other …
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Toyota plant in France launches Yaris output for U.S.
… models will be exported to the United States and Canada. The production switch maximizes Toyota's utilization of the French plant ..... volatility of the yen. "The effort globally is to try and secure production which is more or less shielded from yen fluctuation," the …
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Toyota plant in France starts Yaris output for U.S.
… models will be exported to the United States and Canada. The production switch maximizes Toyota's utilization of the French plant ..... volatility of the yen. "The effort globally is to try and secure production which is more or less shielded from yen fluctuation," the …
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Most Small SUVs Fail Test (5/16/13)
… Department of Energy loan within The you box that he will personally buy shares worth 100 billion dollars. Plans to consolidate production up in Thailand and when he sixteen. That according to the news. In the car and also built in Mexico and India. And Honda …
will personally buy shares worth 100 billion dollars. Plans to consolidate -- production -- up in Thailand and when he sixteen. That according to the -- news. In the car and also built in Mexico -
Porsche says 918 Spyder will influence future models
… motors with a V-8 gasoline engine to make a combined 887hp. Production starts in September, the same time that the plug-in hybrid ..... since 2011 but a spokesman declined to say whether the planned production run of 918 units has been sold out. The company had "a healthy …
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Audi shifting to high-performance models to propel sales
… BMW, Mercedes and Audi are boosting production capacity outside Europe to tap rising ..... break out of its Germany-dominated production network. Until four years ago, Audi ..... forecast to fall to 45 percent as annual production rises to 1.9 million vehicles from …
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Audi shifting to high-performance models to propel sales
… BMW, Mercedes and Audi are boosting production capacity outside Europe to tap rising ..... break out of its Germany-dominated production network. Until four years ago, Audi ..... forecast to fall to 45 percent as annual production rises to 1.9 million vehicles from …
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Renault expects 5% dip for European car market
… short of its capacity, he said. Renault's plants in Romania and Morocco are becoming "cost-competitive" in terms of production costs and "Turkey may not be a benchmark in terms of cost anymore," he said. Turkish car and van sales are expected to …
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Volkswagen starts construction of 300,000-vehicle plant in China
… planned to build a factory in the region. With sales of 2,812,825 vehicles last year, China was VW Group's largest market. The company has 12 car and component production plants in the country. Bloomberg contributed to this report
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BorgWarner to expand UK production to supply Jaguar Land Rover
(Reuters) -- U.S. supplier BorgWarner Inc. said it would build a new production line and engineering center in the United Kingdom to supply turbocharging systems to customer Jaguar Land Rover. The turbochargers …
