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GM employees complete build of first engine at powertrain plant in Talegaon
General Motors has inaugurated its first-ever flexi-engine plant. The facility, located in Talegaon, India, is a unique powertrain production plant that enables the manufacturing of gasoline and diesel engines simultaneously. GM invested $230 million to construct the flexi-engine facility, which has an initial annual production capacity of 160,000 engines and is designed to accommodate future expansion. The plant will produce diesel and gasoline mills for Indian-market versions of the Chevrolet Spark, Beat, Captiva, Optra, Cruze, Aveo, Aveo U-VA and Tavera.
Karl Slym, president and managing director of GM India, spoke of the adaptability of the engine plant in Talegaon, stating:
In the ever-changing automotive industry, flexibility is the name of the game.The plant has capacity to churn out engines with a maximum capacity of 1.5 liters for cars. More importantly, the new plant will ensure there is a flexibility as far as manufacturing of engines is concerned. The permutations and combinations for engine production can be varied between the existing petrol and diesel engine lines.
[Source: General Motors]
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