Items Tagged with 'auto assembly plant'

BROOKSHIRE, TX—Tesla is set to build its third Megafactory in Brookshire, Texas, investing $200 million to expand its energy storage production. 

KARIEGA, South Africa—Plant Kariega, part of Volkswagen Group Africa (VWGA), has set a new production record of 167,084 vehicles in 2024, surpassing its previous high of 161,954 vehicles achieved in 2019.

SEOUL—Kia Corp. has opened a state-of-the-art factory that will enable it to ramp up production of electric vehicles.

Fairfax, KS—General Motors (GM) recently announced plans to lay off 1,695 workers at its Fairfax Assembly plant in Kansas, as outlined in a Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN) notice in mid-September.

GENEVA, Switzerland—The World Intellectual Property Organization has released an international patent application from Tesla Inc. for a “Modular Vehicle Architecture for Assembly Vehicles.”

CHICAGO—Ford Motor Co.’s Chicago Assembly Plant officially celebrated its centennial yesterday with a big birthday bash and an open house.

LANSING, MI—General Motors plans to convert its 22-year-old Lansing Grand River assembly plant to mass-produce electric vehicles.

Ford Motor Co. began producing cars in Chicago 10 years before the current assembly plant opened a century ago.

The historic factory has made everything from Model T’s to SUVs since 1924.

STANTON, TN—Ford Motor’s Co.’s 21st century facility for electric vehicle production is starting to take shape just a few miles northeast of Memphis.