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Weekly News

Tuesday November 14th, 2023



From the Editor

Once again, and with little surprise, the motif this week is heavily electric.
We begin with Hyundai, which has announced it will build a dedicated electric
vehicle plant at the Ulsan complex. The new plant will support Hyundai’s growth
in electric vehicle production and will use an innovative manufacturing platform
developed at the company’s innovation centre in Singapore with a focus on
improving worker safety, convenience and efficiency.

 

The OEM is to invest $1.53 billion in the project, with construction scheduled
to be completed in 2025 and production to start in the Q1 2026.

 

Staying in South Korea, Polestar has solidified plans to expand its
manufacturing operations for the fully-electric Polestar 4, with this next phase
of its production journey involving the incorporation of manufacturing
activities in Busan, to supplement its current production in Hangzhou Bay,
China. The Busan facility, scheduled to commence operations in the latter part
of 2025 is the result of an agreement between Polestar, Geely Holding and
Renault Korea Motors (RKM) to facilitate the contract manufacturing of the EV
model.

 
As electrification expands, the task to develop increasingly efficient and
cost-effective batteries in line with surging demand is taking centre stage. AMS
spoke to Colorado-based solid-state battery developer Solid Power about its
unique approach to battery chemical composition, and to robotics technology
company Comau, which is being tasked with developing appropriate cell handling
and assembly processes as well as supporting digitalisation capabilities.


The global electrification shift brings with it an array of automotive
production challenges, and most of its successes are testament to the need for
collaboration in one form or another.

 

Recognising this, Stellantis has again brought together its technical experts
with suppliers and startups from around the world in its eighth instalment of
what it is calling ‘Factory Booster Day (FBD).’ Sixty-four suppliers
collaborated with Stellantis, “to audition and possibly adopt” innovations to
tackle challenges ranging from CO2 emissions to improving product quality, cost
reduction and fostering industry-leading customer experience.

 

Ideas generated from past FBD’s have already been adopted throughout Stellantis’
global production network and the event is gaining recognition for producing
measurable outcomes in automotive production.

 

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