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Honda to Build Another Automobile Plant in Indonesia
Honda is also a force in the Asian motorcycle market. PT Astra Honda Motor, Honda’s joint venture company in Indonesia responsible for motorcycle production and sales, is now going to build its fourth Motorcycle Plant in Indonesia. Total production capacity with the addition of 1,100,000 annual production will be 5,300,000 motorcycles and scooters when the plant opens next year. Continue reading
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GM Rethinks ASEAN Strategy. Invests $150M in Indonesia
The investment represents a change in GM strategy in Asia by expanding GM production away from Vietnam and especially Thailand, which provided a good infrastructure and previously political stability. However, Indonesia has been widely derided for its corruption and red tape. Continue reading
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Tagged 500 units. In the first half of 2011, 500 units. This makes GM a mere footnote – at best – in the region dominated by Toyota. indonesia, asean, auto informed, auto news, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, automotive news, gm asia, gm bekasi, gm southeast asia, GM’s sales in Indonesia rose 72% to 4, Ken Zino, Last year, michael dunne, sales were up another 18% on an annual basis to 2, zino
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How China Is Gutting Western Automakers
“Make the world more dependent on China. Make China less dependent on the world.” – Xi Jinping (Politburo, Dual Circulation Strategy, May 2020) If China’s goal is total domination of the global auto industry, the master plan might look something like this:
Scale Up: Build enough capacity to supply more than half of the world’s annual demand for vehicles.
Flood In: Launch a frenzied push of exports into markets worldwide and, with aggressive pricing, take large chunks of market share. Continue reading →