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Ford makes way for autonomous car facility by moving new EV plant to Mexico

Flat Rock, Mich., plant getting $200 million investment and 150 new jobs

The move means an additional $200 million and 150 more jobs for Flat Rock.

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Toyota tells Kentucky plant workers: Cut costs or face an uncertain future

The company says it can make more money selling a Japanese-built Camry than a U.S. one.

The company says it can make more money selling a Japanese-built Camry than a U.S. one.

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Aston Martin says Alabama is 'obvious choice' for US plant

Aston Martin is nearing a decision on building a plant to handle production of the DBX crossover, and Alabama is reportedly the most logical choice.

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Volvo to build new plant in South Carolina

Volvo has selected a site in Berkeley County near Charleston, SC, as the location for its first US assembly plant, set to begin local production in 2018.

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Watch this driver put 50 years of Vauxhalls through the wringer inside the factory

Some automotive assembly plants have test tracks on premises. We've even heard of a few that have test tracks on the roof. But at GM's Ellesmere Port factory in the UK, one driver performs his tests inside the factory, and has been doing so for the past half century.

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Land Rover to build Discovery Sport at new Brazilian factory

Looking forward to getting your mitts on a new Land Rover Discovery Sport? Well you should, because it promises to be a markedly better product than the Freelander/LR2 it replaces. Just don't assume it will necessarily be built in the UK, as just about every Land Rover has in the company's 66-year history.

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VW's Chattanooga plant to vote on UAW representation next week

After years of failure in unionizing auto factories owned by foreign carmakers, the United Auto Workers might be poised for its first major victory. Volkswagen employees at the company's assembly plant in Chattanooga, TN, will vote in a secret ballot sometime between February 12 and 14 on whether to form a German-style works council with the UAW, according to a statement from VW in Chris Bruce

Ford Celebrates The 100th Anniversary Of The Moving Assembly Line

Ford discussed the past, present and future of automotive manufacturing

Ford Motor Co. celebrated the 100th anniversary of the moving assembly line this week at its Wayne Assembly plant by setting new goals for global manufacturing, and promising the next few years will mark the automakers' largest manufacturing expansion in 50 years.

How Stringent Fuel-Economy Rules Are Creating Jobs

ZF's new 9-speed transmission factory provides one example of economic impact

In the age-old debate of whether government regulations help or hinder economic growth, here's one example where more rules have helped create American jobs.

Ford Mustang Reaches Two Big Milestones In One Day

One millionth Mustang rolls off assembly line at Flat Rock plant on the car's 49th anniversary

Ford marked one milestone with another Wednesday afternoon.

General Motors Will Invest $600 Million In Kansas City Factory

Investment preserves 4,000 jobs in region, but doesn't add new ones

How far has General Motors come since the federal government rescued it from bankruptcy four short years ago?

Auto Workers Say Nissan Is Stifling Efforts To Organize Union

Employees of Mississippi plant protested Monday outside Detroit Auto Show

Not everyone arrived in Detroit to ogle the dozens of new cars revealed at the North American International Auto Show.

Ford Plant Shows How Detroit Learned To Be Profitable Again

A once creaky assembly plant now produces the C-Max, the car at heart of Ford's future

Six years ago, Ford's Michigan Assembly Plant was a relic. Workers at the 50-year-old facility produced the gargantuan-sized Ford Expedition and Lincoln Navigator during the heyday of America's fling with big SUVs. When fuel prices spiked and ended that craze, the plant's fortunes plunged.

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Mitsubishi sells plant in Europe for just one euro

What's a euro worth these days, about a buck and a quarter? Go dig around in your couch cushions then and you'll probably find enough to have bought your very own assembly plant. That's right, according to Reuters, Mitsubishi just "sold" its Dutch assembly plant to bus-maker VDL Group for a nominal €1.

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Rolls-Royce invites customers to dine on its assembly line

Automotive assembly plants have a reputation of being crusty, grungy places – often in stark contrast to the new cars they're assembling. But the truth is that modern auto plants are surprisingly clinical in their cleanliness. These days, you can almost hear company officials boasting that their assembly lines are almost clean enough to eat off of – so that's just what Rolls-Royce has gone and done.

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Hyundai says Elantra sales to slow because factory can't keep up with demand

Hyundai's Elantra has been on fire, with sales up 41 percent last year. The compact sedan won North American Car of the Year in January, and the icing on the cake will be a new coupe bodystyle that will soon be la

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Porsche gears up for Cajun production with Leipzig expansion

Back in 1999, Porsche settled on the location for a new factory in Leipzig, Germany. It opened its doors in 2002 with production of the Cayenne, and further expanded in 2009 to gear up for the Panamera. As of November, 2011, the assembly plant has built some 420,000 vehicles, but that's just the start as Porsche further expands the facility

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Honda announces new Mexican plant to build small cars for North America

Honda has just announced it will build a new assembly plant in a suburb of Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico. This will be Honda's eighth assembly plant in North America and third in Mexico, and is being built for the production of "fuel-efficient subcompact vehicles" for the Mexican and North American markets.

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REPORT: GM to depart with form and run certain plants around-the-clock

Two weeks from now, General Motors will start running its Fairfax assembly plant continuously on a permanent basis. The unprecedented around-the-clock operation, following on the heels of the temporary third shifts a few months ago, is intended to boost the plant's production from its current 4,500 vehicles per week to 6,300 units ove

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