Category: Automotive

KIA assembled 1 million cars in NL

NUEVO LEON – KIA Motors Mexico reached in 2020 the fifth place of sales from its plant in Pesqueria, Nuevo Leon, in addition to one million units produced since the first year of production, a record time for any automaker in Mexico, said Jong...

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Ford Bronco to boost industry recovery in Sonora

HERMOSILLO – The resumption of operations at the Ford plant in Hermosillo, with the production of four models of the Bronco Sport utility vehicle, will boost the recovery process of the manufacturing industry in the State During October of...

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Automotive industry would be affected by Joe Biden: economists

COAHUILA – With Joe Biden as president of the United States, Coahuila's automotive sector would be negatively and positively affected by border trade, said economist Antonio Serrano "We would have to be very cautious about the situation, since...

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Tesla submits filings for battery cell production at Gigafactory Texas

TEXAS – Tesla has filed papers hinting that Giga Texas will have its own cell facility when it enters operations The update comes as recent flyovers of the Gigafactory Texas site revealed how busy the facility’s construction area has become as...

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Nuevo Leon’s automotive industry is about to recover employment levels

NUEVO LEON – Roberto Russildi Montellano, Nuevo Leon's minister of Economy and Labor, said the automotive industry and its suppliers began to recover the jobs lost due to the pandemic, which are about to reach a recovery In addition, he said,...

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Chihuahua’s new car sales continue to decline

JUAREZ – New car sales in the state of Chihuahua continue to decline due to the COVID-19 pandemic The Mexican Association of Automotive Distributors (AMDA) announced that in September of this year the commercialization of light units...

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Navistar to Build Electric Trucks in TX

SAN ANTONIO – The Navistar International Corp electric trucks will be built on the same assembly line than the diesel models in a new plant in San Antonio, Texas, during the spring 2022, the company said “San Antonio will be capable of...

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GM and Nikola Partners to Make Electric Pickup Trucks

General Motors is taking a stake in electric vehicle maker Nikola Corp in a deal that will eventually deliver US$4 billion in benefits to GM as it commercializes its EV technology The partnership, a 10-year agreement, will ultimately reduce...

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Long lines to register ‘chocolate cars’ in Tijuana

TIJUANA – The city of Tijuana has been handing out 100 chips daily to people who want to register their so-called “chocolate cars,” vehicles purchased in the United States but not registered in Mexico Many people south of the border, in...

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California ready to pull the plug on gas vehicles

CALIFORNIA - California will ban the sale of new gasoline-powered passenger cars and trucks in 15 years, Gov Gavin Newsom announced, establishing a timeline in the nation's most populous state that could force US automakers to shift...

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