MEXICO CITY—GM is planning to invest $420 million in its Mexican assembly plants to build the Chevrolet Trax, new pick-up trucks and a new transmission.
GREENSBURG, IN—Honda will invest $40 million to increase capacity at its assembly plant here by 50,000 units per year. The plant will also add nearly 300 workers later this year.
NEW DELHI, India—India’s top carmaker Maruti Suzuki suspended production Thursday at its assembly plant here after a manager was burnt to death and scores of others were injured in a riot by angry workers.
EXETER, UK—Researchers from the University of Exeter have developed a new method for making three-dimensional aluminum composite parts for automotive and aerospace applications.
ZILINA, Slovakia—Thanks to a small army of robots, the Kia automotive assembly plant here is one of the few plants in the world capable of building up to eight different models on the same line.
OBERHAUSEN, Germany—Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology in have developed a new fluid for cooling the costly batteries in electric vehicles.
DEARBORN, MI—Drivers of the Ford Escape may be surprised to find out there is a plant inside the door. As part of its overall effort to make vehicles more sustainable, Ford is making the vehicle’s door bolster from the fibers of the kenaf plant.
HORN LAKE, MS—GreenTech Automotive has begun assembling the MyCar, a two-seat, all-electric vehicle, at its new assembly plant here. At capacity, the facility is expected to create more than 400 direct jobs.
