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Some production lines at Hyundai Motor's Ulsan 4 plant in Ulsan, South Korea, have been shut down since the 24th due to the shutdown of one of the country's local Tier 1 suppliers. Because of China's new crown pneumonia epidemic affects the automobile wiring harness circuit board (Wiring? Harness) lack of, Hyundai Motor South Korea, a number of factories once shut down, just a few days after the full resumption of work, now again appeared to shut down production. According to the information provided by the Hyundai side, its first-class parts supplier Nishijin Industry (phonetic) company Gyeongju plant in Gyeongsangbuk-do, a 41-year-old male employee was found dead at home and was diagnosed with new crown pneumonia, resulting in the company decided for the implementation of the entire company to carry out a temporary shutdown and disinfection measures, the company to the Hyundai automobile Palisade, Cona and pickup trucks Porter models to provide body and The company supplies Hyundai's Palisade, Cona and pickup truck Porter models with body and truck compartment material parts. As a result of the shutdown, Hyundai assesses that production of the Porter will be immediately affected, while production of other models will be affected to a certain extent, even though there are alternate suppliers.
Italy "sealed city" 3 days later, BMW, PSA, Jaguar Land Rover suffered parts supply crisis
Recently, in order to curb the spread of the epidemic, the Italian government has previously ordered the blockade of Lombardy, Veneto and other places in 11 towns. Antonio Falchetti, chief executive of MTA?Advanced?Automotive?Solutions, a parts supplier in northern Italy, said that the shutdown of the plant would likely cause production stoppages for the FCA group. Renault, BMW, PSA Group and Jaguar Land Rover could also be hit, the supplier said.
BMW recalls some 3-series cars
A few days ago, BMW Brilliance Automotive Ltd. and BMW (China) Automotive Trading Co. filed a recall plan with the State Administration for Market Supervision in accordance with the "Regulations on the Administration of Defective Automotive Product Recall" and the "Measures for Implementing the Regulations on the Administration of Defective Automotive Product Recall". Decided since May 1, 2020, again recalled part of the domestic and imported 1999-2006 3 Series vehicles. When the recalled vehicles were shipped from the factory, the front passenger-side airbag was assembled with an ammonium nitrate inflator manufactured by Takata without a desiccant. When the airbag deploys, the inflator may break abnormally, causing fragments to fly out and injure vehicle occupants, posing a safety hazard. These vehicles were recalled in 2013 and 2014, but given the results of Takata's staged analysis of the problem at that time, the airbags that were recalled and replaced at that time were still fitted with Takata's ammonium nitrate inflators without a desiccant. Therefore, although the safety life of the newly replaced airbags has been extended, there is still a risk that the airbags will be used for a long period of time in a high-temperature, high-humidity environment.
Ningde Times self-funded 10 billion yuan to invest in the base has begun, the planning capacity of 45Gwh
February 27, Ningde Times self-funded 10 billion yuan to invest in the construction of the Ningde Chewan lithium-ion power battery base infrastructure has been formally begun, the early stage will be blowing sand to create land, the seawall upgraded and reconstructed, and the project around the widening of the national highway renovation project. Among them, the total construction period of the tide protection project (flood discharge channel) is planned to be 360 calendar days. The production base project has a total land area of about 2,093 acres, a building area of about 610,000 square meters, and a total design capacity of about 45Gwh, which will meet the production capacity demand of Ningde Times in 2021 and beyond after the commissioning.
Tesla's secret Roadrunner project: the cost is as low as $100/kWh
Beijing time, February 27 morning news, according to foreign media reports, Tesla's internal appearances of a secret project called "Roadrunner", this project is aimed at large-scale production of electric vehicle batteries at lower cost. The project aims to mass produce lower-cost electric vehicle batteries. Tesla's goal is to reduce the cost of batteries to $ 100 / kWh, after reaching this goal, the price of electric cars without any subsidies, will reach the same level as the price of gasoline vehicles. If combined with mass production, electric cars could take off, as the combination of low-cost batteries and mass production would allow them to realize low prices as well as high margins, benefiting both consumers and producers.
FAW Toyota to build new energy plant with 8.5 billion yuan, or to put into production models based on BYD's e-platform technology
February 27, FAW Toyota is building a new energy vehicle plant with an annual capacity of 200,000 in Tianjin, with a total investment of nearly 8.5 billion yuan, according to a document. According to Tianjin's plan, this project will make significant progress by the end of 2020. FAW Toyota sources revealed that "the new plant will not be limited to the concept of Toyota TNGA architecture, but will produce products based on the electrification platform." The above "electrification platform" products, in addition to Toyota's own e-TNGA platform based on the models, or including Toyota and BYD jointly developed, based on BYD e platform of pure electric models. BYD replied that "everything is subject to the official announcement".
GM Cruise approved for driverless passenger testing in California? safety driver required
General Motors' self-driving venture Cruise?Automation has received approval for the company's self-driving cars to carry passengers in California, according to foreign media reports. Cruise's self-driving vehicles will be able to carry passengers on the premise that the vehicle is equipped with a safety officer. Also, Cruise will not be allowed to charge passengers during the test period.
Sky Motors director, CMO Xiang Dongping leaves
February 27 news, one of the domestic new car-making forces of Sky Motors is undergoing a major personnel adjustment, the current director of Sky Motors, chief marketing officer (CMO) Xiang Dongping has left from Sky Motors. According to sources close to Sky Auto, the candidate to replace Xiang Dongping has also been confirmed, the new CMO of Sky Auto is Chen Min, and the two have completed the work handover. Sky car related personnel said sky car is a big personnel adjustment, specific March will be determined after the public announcement. Xiang Dongping himself did not respond positively on this matter.
Brazilian President to visit Tesla in March, hope it can build a factory in Brazil
February 27 news, Brazilian government officials are planning to fight for Tesla to build a super factory in Brazil (Gigafactory). Brazilian President Jair?Bolsonaro is understood to be making a state visit to the U.S. next month, and Bolsonaro's visit comes with a pro-business agenda, including a business plan to propose to Tesla that it build a factory in Brazil as one of the items on his extensive agenda.
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