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FCA Plans $500 Million Update to Plant in Argentina
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is investing $500 million to prepare its assembly plant in Cordoba, Argentina, for an undisclosed new model to be sole-sourced there, Reuters reports.
There’s CAD. And There’s Clay.
If you were to go back in time to the turn of this century (sounds more amazing than “sixteen years ago”) and asked someone in the automotive product development community about the dominance that would exist for all manner of digital design tools, you would undoubtedly get a robust response that would make it absolutely clear that by 2016—if not before—the digitization of design would be at full throttle and that people would be working in studios with Oculus Rift headgear as commonly as prescription lenses.
UPDATE: Ford Confirms $1.6 Billion Plant in Mexico
Ford Motor Co. confirms it will spend $1.6 billion to build a new small-car assembly plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico.
New Renault System Cuts Diesel NOx Emissions 50%
This summer Renault SA will begin equipping its diesel-powered vehicles in Europe with advanced emissions systems that can reduce oxides of nitrogen emissions by as much as 50% during certain driving conditions.
VW May Miss April 21 Deadline on Diesel Deal
Volkswagen AG and the Environmental Protection Agency are in “really robust” discussion about settling VW's diesel emission cheating scandal, according to EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.
Building the Bolt EV
Generally, pictures of the Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle (EV) are along the lines of this: Not this: But that second shot is important, in that it is taken on the inside of the General Motors Orion Assembly plant in Michigan, where the vehicle is being built.
Adding Auto Capacity... in Finland
Although you may not think “Finland” and “automotive manufacturing,” you should know that there is a company based in Uusikaupunki that has been building cars for a variety of manufacturers since 1969.
