Tag: GAC

  • Honda begins construction of new electric vehicle production plant

    Honda begins construction of new electric vehicle production plant

    Honda has started the construction of its new electric vehicle production plant in China. Honda, originally a Japanese company, was wholly acquired by Guangzhou Automobile Group in 2017. Honda Motor (China) Investment, a wholly-owned Honda subsidiary in China, announced that GAC Honda Automobile, (GAC Honda), a Honda automobile production and sales joint venture in China,…

  • ABB wins $5 million order for electric vehicle chargers from GAC Toyota

    ABB wins $5 million order for electric vehicle chargers from GAC Toyota

    ABB has won an order worth $5 million for electric vehicle chargers from GAC Toyota. The agreement was made through Chargedot, an ABB business unit, and is considered “a major order” in China. GAC Toyota is the Guangzhou-based joint venture between GAC Group and Toyota. With plans to expand production of electric vehicles to 400,000…

  • Visteon launches SmartCore cockpit for electric vehicles

    Visteon launches SmartCore cockpit for electric vehicles

    Visteon Corporation, a provider of automotive technologies, has demonstrated its newest SmartCore cockpit or virtual dashboard. The company says it is the “world’s first production cockpit domain controller with a third-generation Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive Cockpit Platform”. The new human-machine interface will be installed into Chinese automaker Guangzhou Automobile Group’s new pure electric vehicle platform, Aion…

  • Magna celebrates growing footprint in China with two grand opening events

    Magna celebrates growing footprint in China with two grand opening events

    Magna held two grand opening ceremonies last month in China, for new factories in Changsha and Shanghai. The new plant in Changsha, a joint venture with GAC subsidiary GAC Component Co., Ltd. (GAC Component), began production of composite liftgates for a global automaker’s crossover vehicle in late 2018. Last month, Magna’s plant in Shanghai started…

  • Kuka wins multimillion-dollar automotive contract with GAC in China

    Kuka wins multimillion-dollar automotive contract with GAC in China

    Kuka has received an order to supply industrial robots to Chinese automotive manufacturer GAC NE, subsidiary of GAC Group. The order value lies in the “high double-digit million euro range”, says Kuka, and was booked in the second quarter of 2018. The automotive manufacturer GAC Group is headquartered in Guangzhou, China, and is a Fortune “Global…