Valeo, a global leader in automotive technology, broke ground on a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in McAllen, Texas. The company is investing 225\u00a0million USD over the next five years for a facility that will create up to 500\u00a0new jobs in the region. Production will begin in late\u00a02027.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This new U.S. footprint is being built to deliver one of the largest orders in Valeo\u2019s history. This is fully aligned with Valeo\u2019s \u201cElevate 2028\u201d strategic plan and supports the industry\u2019s transformation toward software-defined vehicles. Valeo McAllen will include production of General Motors\u2019 central compute unit, which is a liquid-cooled system powered by next-generation processors. These units process vast amounts of data from multiple sensors and systems to control essential functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cA software-defined vehicle architecture is a key enabler to dramatically improve the customer experience through faster connectivity, richer entertainment options and more frequent updates,\u201d said Kristin Toth, Purchasing Executive Director, Electrical Systems, Software and Connectivity at General Motors<\/strong>. \u201cProjects such as Valeo\u2019s plant in Texas will play a crucial role as we bring our next-generation electrical architecture to market.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re proud to contribute technologies that enable the next generation of software-defined vehicles with this significant investment in the region and the future of automotive technology,\u201d said Jeffrey Shay, Valeo North America President<\/strong>. \u201cWe\u2019re grateful for the opportunity to grow our business with GM in the state of Texas.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Valeo, a global leader in automotive technology, broke ground on a new state-of-the-art manufacturing facility in McAllen, Texas. The company is investing 225\u00a0million USD over the next five years for a facility that will create up to 500\u00a0new jobs in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13199,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[54,1133,56],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17087"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17089,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17087\/revisions\/17089"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.automotive-today.ro\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}