Filters
Your Selections
    Asset
    Published
    Vehicle Domain
    Topical Categories
    Supplier
    OEM
    Region / Country/Territory
    Japan earthquake: Automotive semiconductor supply chains show resilience
    A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island on July 28, prompting precautionary inspections, temporary disruptions and localized power outages across the region. While several chipmakers suspended operations for safety checks, initial assessments indicate limited facility damage and gradual resumption of production. This report provides an update to our previous insight on the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake and its potential implications for the semiconductor a...
    Pax Silica: The car industry enters the silicon security state
    For most of the postwar era, the automotive industry focused its anxieties on the traditional pillars of steel, oil and labor. As the sector evolved, it later found itself preoccupied with the complexities of battery supply chains. Now, it must contend with lithography, gallium, trusted foundries and the unsettling question of whether a chip buried in a door controller carries the wrong geopolitical ancestry. This is the logic behind Pax Silica, the latest American attempt to turn...
    Indofast Energy, Zeon Charging partner to expand battery-swapping infrastructure in India
    Battery-swapping operator Indofast Energy has partnered with charge-point operator (CPO) Zeon Charging to expand its battery-swapping network across premium commercial locations in southern India. The installations are expected to commence in Bengaluru. Under the partnership, Indofast Energy plans to install its Quick Interchange Stations (QIS) at Zeon Charging's network of malls, metro parking facilities and commercial hubs across Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Chennai and other key markets, aiming t...
    Wayve and Uber advance autonomous ride services in London
    Transport for London (TfL) granted Private Hire Vehicle licenses to several Wayve autonomous all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E vehicles, moving Uber Technologies and Wayve closer to offering autonomous rides in London. The vehicles, fitted with the Wayve AI Driver and surround cameras and radar, were inspected to confirm they meet TfL’s policy and safety standards, the companies said. The licenses complete the “triple-lock” requirement for Private Hire trips, under which the operator,...
    Beam Global supplies off-grid charging for Massachusetts community EV car-share pilot
    Beam Global has deployed its off-grid solar-powered electric vehicle charging systems for a new community car-share pilot in Massachusetts, US, supporting an effort to expand access to affordable electric transportation in areas that have historically lacked car-sharing services. The company said its EV ARC charging systems are being used as part of the CommunityEV Carshare pilot launched by the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. The program combines Beam Global’s off-grid, battery-su...
    Stellantis Canada opens new battery research center in Ontario
    Stellantis Canada and the University of Windsor marked 30 years of their joint automotive research center on Aug. 4 by opening a new battery technology facility in Windsor, Ontario. The anniversary event for the Stellantis Canada-University of Windsor Automotive Research and Development Centre (ARDC) was held inside the new North American Battery Technology Centre. The battery center covers more than 8,600 square meters near Windsor International Airport. It is Stellantis’ North Ame...
    AEye’s Apollo lidar sensor gains validation on Nvidia Drive AGX Thor
    AEye Apollo lidar sensor has been validated on Nvidia Drive AGX Thor, Nvidia's compute platform for next-generation autonomous vehicles and physical AI systems. The company said the validation, along with sensor-to-compute interoperability confirmed against Nvidia DriveOS, places AEye as a sensor partner in the Nvidia Drive Hyperion Ecosystem. OEMs and tier 1 suppliers using the Nvidia Drive platform can source Apollo as a pre-qualified sensor, reducing integration risk and shortening th...
    SAIC, General Motors extend their JV in Greater China by 20 years
    SAIC Motor and General Motors (GM) have renewed their joint venture for a period of another 20 years, up to 2047, extending the partnership that began nearly three decades ago. SAIC Motor and GM signed the agreement in Shanghai on Aug. 5 at a ceremony attended by senior city officials. The two companies said the renewal reflected confidence in the long-term value of the Chinese market amid major changes in the global auto industry. SAIC-GM, first founded in June 1997 and owned equally by t...
    Agratas to build pilot lithium iron phosphate cell line at Sanand factory
    Tata Group battery unit Agratas is building a pilot lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cell line at its Sanand, Gujarat, factory, turning to in-house technology as Chinese export restrictions complicate licensing agreements, according to a Bloomberg report published by Business Standard on Aug. 4, citing people familiar with the matter. The closely held Agratas Energy Storage Solutions Pvt. plans to produce LFP cells at the upcoming plant in Gujarat, India, the sources said, asking not to be identi...
    Hyundai Motor India achieves 83% localization in FY 2025/26
    Hyundai Motor India Ltd. (HMIL) achieved 83% localization at the original equipment manufacturer level in the fiscal year 2025/26, reducing import dependence and broadening its domestic supplier base, Autocar Professional reported on Aug. 4. The Indian unit of the South Korean automaker said in its annual report that localization supported cost competitiveness through the indigenization of high-value components and greater use of locally produced steel. During fiscal year 2025/26, HMIL loca...
    Continental’s Q2 sales decline 9.1% year over year to €4.4 billion; adjusted EBIT up 35.1%
    Continental’s sales declined 9.1% year over year to €4.4 billion in the second quarter ended June 30, 2026. Organic sales, excluding exchange-rate effects and consolidation changes, declined 0.3%. The company's topline performance was impacted by the sale of ContiTech’s Original Equipment Solutions (OESL) at the beginning of 2026. Continental concluded the second quarter with net income of €274 million, down 45.9% from €506 million a year earlier. Despite lower sales, Continent...
    The city of Nice in France expands EV charging infrastructure
    The Nice Côte d'Azur Metropolis has opened 86 public electric vehicle charging points to all users on July 17 after Renault Group’s Mobilize Share car-sharing service ended locally. The EV chargers had previously been reserved for the Mobilize Share fleet, which stopped operating in the Metropolis on June 30. They are now available to all EV users, adding public charging capacity across the region. Eighty of the new charging points are in Nice, France, increasing the city’s publicly a...
    Philippines rolls out incentives to spur local EV manufacturing
    The Philippine government has unveiled a $1 billion subsidy program for local electric vehicle manufacturing, offering automakers direct government co-funding of up to 40% for eligible battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and components. President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. signed the decree creating the Electric Vehicle Incentive Strategy (EVIS) program, which aims to draw investment into local production. The scheme follows a 2022 policy that cut import duties to 0% on completed EVs and key parts to ...
    MAHLE starts battery-cooling plate production at Montblanc plant in Spain
    MAHLE has started series production of battery cooling plates for electric vehicles at its Montblanc plant in Tarragona, Spain, after a double-digit million-euro investment. The project coincides with the plant’s 50th anniversary and its 25th year as part of the MAHLE Group. The site, which employs 750 people, has adapted about 10,000 square meters of its facilities for the new production line. The cooling plates are designed to keep battery temperatures below 40°C and distribute heat e...
    Altilium secures UK patent for EcoCathode EV battery recycling process
    Altilium said on July 29 that it has received UK Patent No. GB2637908B for its EcoCathode electric vehicle battery recycling process. The UK Intellectual Property Office granted the patent, titled “Material Recovery Method and Use,” covering a hydrometallurgical process to recover, purify and regenerate cathode materials from end-of-life lithium-ion batteries. The UK-based clean technology company said the process converts “black mass” into high-purity battery-grade materials for u...
    Cellcentric appoints Lars Ljungström as the new managing director and CFO
    Cellcentric, a 50/50 fuel-cell joint venture between Daimler Truck and Volvo Group, has appointed Lars Ljungström as the new CFO and managing director from August. Ljungström succeeds Niklas Ekström, who left Cellcentric at the end of July to move back to his family in Sweden, the company said. Ekström will become CFO for the Manufacturing Intelligence division within the Hexagon Group. Ljungström most recently served as vice president of strategy and business developme...
    Yokohama Rubber supplies ADVAN dB V552 tires as original equipment for SAIC Motor's MG7
    Yokohama Rubber has started supplying its ADVAN dB V552 tires as original equipment (OE) for SAIC Motor’s new MG7 sports sedan in mainland China. The midsize sedan, launched in January, is equipped with 245/40R19 98W ADVAN dB V552 tires. The ADVAN dB V552 is part of Yokohama Rubber’s flagship ADVAN tire lineup and is designed to deliver a combination of low road noise, strong wet-grip performance and improved fuel efficiency. The tire is intended to enhance ride comfort while maintaining ...
    Gestamp opens eighth manufacturing plant in São Paulo
    Gestamp has inaugurated its eighth manufacturing facility in Brazil, further expanding its presence in one of Latin America's largest automotive markets. The new 16,500-square-meter plant is located in Piracicaba, São Paulo, and was officially opened by Gestamp Executive Chairman Francisco J. Riberas and Gestamp Mercosur CEO Miguel Ángel Vicente. The plant has about 50 employees, with potential to increase to 150 within the existing facility and to 500 if future expansions are undertaken. I...
    Forvia reports higher operating margin, net cash flow despite 4.3% year-over-year decline in H1 sales to €10.5 billion
    Forvia reported a 4.3% year-over-year decline in sales to €10.5 billion in the first half ended June 30, 2026. On an organic basis, excluding currency impacts, sales decreased by 1.9%. Despite lower revenue, the French supplier recorded 1.6% year-over-year growth in operating income to €632 million, which resulted in a 30-basis-point improvement in operating margin to 6%. The company also reported 18.8% increase in net cash flow to €432 million, equivalent to 4.1% sales. “The fir...
    Nio plans to deploy its fifth-generation battery-swap station in China in August
    Shanghai-based electric-car maker Nio plans to deploy its first fifth-generation battery-swap station on Aug. 7 in Quanzhou, China. The battery-swap station will also be Nio's 4,000th in China.  The battery-swap station in Fujian province will support battery swaps for users of all three Nio Inc. brands — Nio, Onvo and Firefly — Ma Lin, the company’s vice president of branding and communications, said on Weibo. Ma had said on Aug. 1 that the first fifth-generation station would ...
    Neusoft Smart Go signs agreement with GigaDevice on intelligent vehicle electronics
    Neusoft Smart Go and GigaDevice announced a strategic cooperation on July 22 to jointly develop intelligent vehicle electronics solutions based on GigaDevice’s automotive-grade chips. The companies said the work will cover intelligent cockpits, intelligent communication, central computing platforms, cockpit-driving-parking integration and zone controllers. The partnership combines GigaDevice’s automotive-grade chips with Neusoft Smart Go’s technical expertise and mass production experie...
    Renesas plans to halt production at Takasaki factory within 2 to 3 years
    Renesas Electronics said it will end production at its Takasaki Factory in Japan within two to three years, while keeping and strengthening research and development functions at the site. The factory in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, is operated by Renesas Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., a manufacturing subsidiary. Renesas will gradually scale down manufacturing before discontinuing production, with the factory’s closure to follow. The decision reflects structural changes in the semic...
    Mercedes-Benz adopts Hydro CIRCAL aluminum for next-generation large EVs
    Mercedes-Benz will become the first automotive company in Europe to use Hydro CIRCAL aluminum, made with at least 75% post-consumer scrap, in series production for its next-generation large electric vehicles. Hydro and Mercedes-Benz said they are expanding their partnership to increase the use of recycled and low-carbon aluminum in Europe, aiming to cut emissions and strengthen regional supply chains. The recycled content in Hydro CIRCAL marks an increase from today’s minimum of 25%. The...
    Mutapa Energy secures $300 million to develop Zimbabwe lithium assets
    Zimbabwe’s state-owned lithium miner, Mutapa Energy Resources, has secured $300 million from a group that includes mainland Chinese companies to develop assets in the country. “It’s a done deal,” Innocent Rukweza, CEO of Mutapa Energy, said in an interview. He declined to name the investors, saying one of the companies is listed and must first make a regulatory disclosure. Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Co. and Tshingshan Holding Group Co. were in talks on a $250 million to $300 million pa...
    ZF appoints Sebastian Schmitt to oversee Electrified Powertrain Technology division
    ZF Friedrichshafen AG has appointed Sebastian Schmitt to its board of management effective Sept. 1, 2026, in a reshuffle that follows Peter Holdmann’s decision to leave the German auto supplier. In his new role, Schmitt will be responsible for ZF's Electrified Powertrain Technology division, which he has headed since November 2025, and the Americas. The division had previously been overseen at the board level by Chief Executive Mathias Miedreich. Holdmann, a board member since May 2...
    NHTSA allows Zoox to deploy up to 2,500 robo-taxis annually
    The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) will allow Zoox to commercially deploy up to 2,500 robo-taxis annually for two years under a temporary exemption. The NHTSA said the exemption will be subject to an enhanced, adaptable oversight structure that can evolve as Zoox’s technology advances. The action is part of a set of automated vehicle policy changes directed by US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy under the department’s Innovation Agenda. The NHTSA also said...
    Terminal raises $20 million Series A to expand telematics integration platform
    Terminal, a provider of unified telematics integration technology, has closed a $20 million Series A financing led by Battery Ventures, bringing its total funding to $26 million since its founding. The round included new strategic investors Intact Private Capital and Penske, along with returning investors Y Combinator and Wayfinder Ventures. Terminal said it will use the capital to expand its enterprise footprint across insurance, fleet management and logistics. Terminal integrates data ge...
    BMW sets December start for iX5 battery production at Woodruff
    BMW Group Plant Woodruff will begin series production of high-voltage batteries for the new fully electric BMW iX5 in December, the company said. The South Carolina, US, plant will assemble BMW’s sixth-generation high-voltage battery using cylindrical round cells integrated directly into the battery under a “cell-to-pack” design. The batteries will be shipped to BMW’s Plant Spartanburg, about 15 miles away, for use in the next generation of fully electric BMW X models. BMW said the...
    Qualcomm signs long-term chip supply deal for BMW digital cockpit and ADAS
    Qualcomm said it signed a long-term deal to supply chips for BMW’s future digital cockpit and advanced driver assistance systems through the next decade. The companies did not disclose financial terms. The agreement covers Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis products, including cockpit processors, automated-driving chips and AI accelerators, which the companies said will form the hardware base for BMW’s AI-led platforms. The deal extends an existing partnership between the companie...
    Socar proposes three-phase plan to make Jeju autonomous driving hub
    Socar and the autonomous driving unit Apex Mobility proposed a three-phase plan to make Jeju Special Self-Governing Province a hub for autonomous driving technology. The road map, presented by Socar and Apex Mobility CEO Park Jae-wook, calls for converting internal combustion engine vehicles to electric vehicles, expanding autonomous car-sharing services and introducing autonomous ride-hailing, robotaxis and robo-buses. The plan includes airport-to-rental car connections, shuttle service...
    GM releases OTA software enhancements to Cadillac's user interface
    General Motors (GM) has begun rolling out over-the-air (OTA) software updates for four eligible Cadillac vehicle lines, adding changes to the brand’s freeform infotainment interface. The updates apply to eligible 2025–26 Lyriq, Optiq, Vistiq and CT5 vehicles. GM said some enhancements are already being deployed, with additional improvements due over the next few months as the latest software becomes available for each vehicle. The changes cover the home screen, media controls, digital ...
    ProLogium secures $50 million investment for TDAC business combination
    ProLogium and Translational Development Acquisition Corp. secured commitments for a $50 million primary capital investment from existing ProLogium shareholders to support their proposed business combination. The investment is tied to the companies’ previously announced transaction, which would result in ProLogium becoming a publicly listed company, they said on July 28. The committed capital comes at ProLogium’s previously announced pre-money valuation of approximately $3.8 billion. Th...
    Volkswagen and Gotion hold advanced talks on Valencia battery plant stake
    Volkswagen AG and Gotion are in advanced talks over a possible stake for the Chinese company in the German automaker’s battery plant in Valencia, La Tribuna de Automoción reported on July 27. The Spanish trade publication said Gotion could take a majority stake in a joint venture for the site. A PowerCo spokesperson said the company had no plan to cede control of the plant. The talks have included high-level visits by Gotion Chief Executive Li Zhen to assess the operation, the report sa...
    Tellus Power launches Tellus Energy AI to cut electricity costs 20%-40%
    Tellus Power Global Holding Ltd. launched Tellus Energy AI, a vertical AI model with early deployments targeting electricity cost reductions of 20%-40%. The company said the model is built for the energy and computing sectors and coordinates AI computing workloads with real-time power availability and prices. It also aims to turn distributed charging and storage assets into grid-responsive resources. Tellus Energy AI includes five core capabilities: near real-time wholesale electricity pri...
    Acciona Energía and Castellana Properties open 42-bay EV charging station in Badajoz
    Acciona Energía and Castellana Properties have opened a public electric vehicle charging station with 42 charging bays and 2,000 kW of contracted power at El Faro shopping center in Badajoz, Spain. The companies said the facility is one of the largest publicly accessible EV charging sites in Spain. The contracted power is intended to maintain charging capacity during periods of peak demand. The site has four 240-kW ultrafast chargers serving eight bays, enabling charging in less than 15 m...
    Baidu’s Apollo Go starts autonomous ride-hailing tests in London with Freenow
    Baidu’s Apollo Go has started testing autonomous ride-hailing vehicles in London with Freenow by Lyft, ahead of planned public rides in 2027, pending regulatory approval. The road tests will begin in the borough of Brent with safety operators on board, Baidu said. The trial will cover urban and suburban driving conditions. The deployment follows a strategic partnership announced by Baidu and Lyft in 2025 for Lyft to deploy Apollo Go autonomous vehicles in key European markets through the...
    Volvo pays US$1,900 to Norwegian EX90, ES90 owners over lidar drop
    Volvo Cars will pay 18,000 Norwegian kroner (US$1,900) to each Norwegian owner of a lidar-equipped EX90 or ES90 after abandoning Luminar-supplied lidar technology and related features. Henrik Juel Teige, spokesperson for Volvo Cars Norway, confirmed the compensation to Motor.no. He said Volvo had ended its lidar partnership and dropped plans for lidar-based functions for the EX90 and ES90. “The lidar-based features Volvo previously communicated about will not be launched, and the driver ...
    Stellantis sells Free2move’s car-sharing business to Mutares
    Stellantis has agreed to sell its entire shareholding in Free2move, its car-sharing business, to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA, with deal completion expected by the end of 2026. The transaction is subject to customary closing conditions, including applicable information and consultation processes with employee representative bodies, regulatory approvals and other requirements under relevant laws and statutory provisions, the companies said. The business within Stellantis' Free2move umbrella pr...
    Energiesysteme Groß opens a megawatt EV charging hub in Niestetal, Germany
    Energiesysteme Groß GmbH has opened a megawatt charging hub in Niestetal, Germany. The facility has been operational since June, offering electric trucks charging at up to 1,000 kW near the A7 motorway junction by Kassel. The site, located in the Hermann-Scheer-Straße industrial park in Northern Hesse, uses Megawatt Charging System (MCS) technology to charge heavy commercial vehicles via two MCS dispensers. The company said trucks can be ready for use again in just over 45 minutes, kee...
    Rock Tech Lithium secures offtake supply agreement valued at up to $80 million
    Rock Tech Lithium Inc. has signed a binding seven-year offtake agreement with Transamine SA, eventually covering at least 100,000 dry metric tons of spodumene concentrate per year from its wholly owned Georgia Lake project in Ontario. The July 24 agreement gives the project a long-term sales channel with the Geneva-based commodities trader, with deliveries expected to start in 2028, subject to contractual terms and any changes after a final feasibility study. It also provides a framework for ...
    TSMC resumes operations at JASM plant after earthquake evacuation
    Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) said it had begun gradually resuming operations at its JASM plant in Japan’s Kumamoto prefecture after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake prompted a precautionary worker evacuation. TSMC said late on July 28 that all personnel at the Japan Advanced Semiconductor Manufacturing site had been confirmed safe after being evacuated under internal safety procedures. The earthquake struck Kumamoto prefecture earlier that day. "Post-earthquake structural inspecti...
    Sony suspends Kumamoto chip plant operations after 7.1-magnitude earthquake
    Sony Semiconductor Solutions said operations at its Kumamoto Technology Center have been suspended after a 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck Japan’s Kumamoto region. The company said today (July 29, 2026) that production at Sony Semiconductor Manufacturing Corporation’s Kumamoto facility in Kikuyo town was stopped immediately after the earthquake hit on July 28, and that assessments of damage to the building and manufacturing lines were continuing. Sony said the earthquake did not cause ...
    Forvia wins India seating program, plans 10th local manufacturing facility
    Forvia has won a significant seating program in India that will lead it to build its 10th manufacturing facility in the country, its first there for complete seat assembly. The company said the new plant will expand its industrial capabilities in India and support a local-for-local approach. The contract strengthens Forvia’s presence in a market it has identified as a priority under its Ignite strategy. India’s vehicle sales rose nearly 22% year over year to a record 2.6 million units in ...
    Hyundai Motor Group launches AllDayEnergy, clubs all V2X services under the new entity
    Hyundai Motor Group on Monday launched AllDayEnergy, a new global vehicle-to-everything (V2X) energy services platform that will integrate its electric vehicle charging and energy solutions under a single brand as the automaker seeks to expand its role in the energy sector. The service will initially offer vehicle-one-grid (V1G) smart charging capabilities, with vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) services to follow. Hyundai Motor Group plans to roll out AllDayEnergy through ...
    Momenta enters robo-van market with driverless delivery vehicles in Suzhou
    Momenta said that it has entered the robo-van market, with driverless delivery vehicles already operating in Suzhou’s Xiangcheng district in China, where it is headquartered. The robo-vans are being used in express and overnight delivery, providing round-the-clock driverless transport for urban last-mile logistics. Local media outlet 21jingji reported last week, citing people familiar with the matter, that the vehicles had been running in Suzhou for several months. Momenta said the produ...
    InfiMotion debuts as independent global automotive supplier at Wuxi technology showcase
    InfiMotion Technology made its first public appearance as an independent global automotive supplier at a July 16 technology showcase in Wuxi, China. The company demonstrated its e-drive systems capabilities across research and development, validation and manufacturing, it said in a July 23 statement. “Let the world know InfiMotion,” said Joe Lin, CEO of InfiMotion Technology. “We have spent years perfecting our e-drive technology for leading global automakers, and we are now ready to st...
    Pure Lithium appoints Mercedes-Benz battery veteran Tobias Glossmann as chief product officer
    Pure Lithium Corp. appointed Mercedes-Benz battery veteran Tobias Glossmann as chief product officer after a 25-year career across Mercedes-Benz companies, the company said. Glossmann will oversee product and technology strategy, including turning Pure Lithium’s battery science into engineered products and directing product engineering. Pure Lithium is a lithium metal battery company and developer of the patented Brine to Battery technology. Glossmann most recently was principal systems ...
    Gentex plans to establish new production facility in Morocco by 2028
    Gentex plans to open a manufacturing facility in Morocco by 2028 as part of a strategy to better serve its European customers and improve market access, Automotive News reported on July 27, citing the second-quarter earnings call of the US-based automotive supplier. The company said the decision follows growing pressure from European automakers for suppliers to localize production closer to their operations. The new plant is expected to provide a more efficient and cost-effective ro...
    African Development Bank approves €100 million loan to Gotion Power Morocco for LFP gigafactory
    The African Development Bank approved a €100 million loan to Gotion Power Morocco for Africa’s first integrated lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery gigafactory, the bank said. The financing will support an integrated cathode-to-cell LFP battery plant in the Rabat-Salé-Kénitra Free Trade Zone. The bank also plans to mobilize up to €141 million more from financial partners as Mandated Lead Arranger under the New African Financial Architecture for Development (NAFAD). The project is ...
    Waymo plans independent Austin and Atlanta robo-taxi entry in January 2028
    Alphabet's Waymo is considering ending its Uber robo-taxi partnership and has told Uber it plans to enter Austin and Atlanta independently in January 2028, according to a Financial Times report on July 25. The self-driving car company has held internal discussions about exiting current agreements with Uber, which operates Waymo services in Austin and Atlanta, according to the report, which cited multiple people familiar with the matter. Waymo has not ruled out a full split. The partnership...
    Hyundai Motor Group launches AllDayEnergy global V2X service
    Hyundai Motor Group has launched AllDayEnergy, a global vehicle-to-everything (V2X) energy service set to begin rolling out in the UK via the Kia App later in 2026. The service brings Hyundai Motor Group’s existing V2X services under one global identity. It is intended to provide a consistent customer experience across markets and service types. AllDayEnergy will initially cover V1G smart charging, before expanding to vehicle-to-grid (V2G) and vehicle-to-home (V2H) services. After the UK...
    Honda and Nissan to jointly develop next-generation car operating system
    Honda Motor and Nissan Motor are reportedly considering jointly developing an operating system for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) based on technology developed by Nissan, according to sources.  The operating system is a core technology for next-generation vehicles, and standardizing it between the two Japanese automakers is expected to improve development efficiency. In SDVs, functions such as autonomous driving can be added or improved through software updates. Honda and Nissan ann...
    LG Energy Solution files US patent actions against EVE Energy over cylindrical batteries
    LG Energy Solution filed US patent actions against mainland China’s EVE Energy over five cylindrical battery and separator patents, seeking an import ban from the International Trade Commission (ITC). Tulip Innovation, which represents the patent license, said LG Energy Solution on July 23 requested an ITC exclusion order and filed a patent infringement lawsuit in a district court in Texas against EVE Energy and others. The case expands LG Energy Solution’s patent enforcement from pouch-t...
    Mainland China resumes issuing robo-taxi permits after safety review
    Mainland China has resumed issuing robo-taxi permits in some cities after suspending new licenses in April, according to The Straits Times, citing people familiar with the matter. The restart is taking place gradually after authorities completed an industrywide review in late June, the sources said, declining to be identified because they were not authorized to speak to the media. One of the first permits went to Momenta Global, allowing the company to run trials in Shenzhen, mainland China. ...
    GAC Aion EVs report safety issues with CALB batteries
    GAC Aion, a leading carmaker in mainland China, and CALB, a leading battery supplier, have offered repairs after reported battery-related defects, impacting about 213,000 Aion S electric vehicles. Owners of the GAC Aion S series have reported battery swelling, leakage and cell ruptures, with some defects causing power failures while vehicles were being driven. The problems are concentrated in EVs that have traveled between 150,000 km and 300,000 km. Data from consumer complaint platforms, ...
    Sona Comstar, DENSO partner to develop electric and hybrid powertrain systems
    Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd. (Sona Comstar) has signed definitive agreements with Japan's DENSO Corp. to set up two joint ventures for electric and hybrid powertrain systems in India. The first of the two JV companies will develop and make high-voltage liquid-cooled traction inverters, traction motors and generators for electric and hybrid passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and other high-voltage applications. DENSO will own 51% and hold management control, while Sona Comstar will ho...
    MAHLE plans IAA debut for heavy electric truck range extender
    MAHLE will debut a range-extender system for heavy battery-electric trucks at IAA Transportation that can give vehicles a total range of more than 800 km. The Stuttgart, Germany, automotive component supplier said the system, to be shown in Hanover from Sept. 15 to 20, is intended to help fleets shift from diesel trucks while easing concerns over charging infrastructure and battery range. The truck’s battery would provide about 400 km of range, and the extender would provide the remaining 4...
    LG Energy Solution plans restart of Ohio EV battery plant by mid-August
    LG Energy Solution is preparing to restart Ultium Cells’ Ohio, US, electric vehicle battery plant, returning about 850 laid-off workers by mid-August as global electric vehicle demand improves. The plant, the first Ultium Cells facility built with General Motors (GM), is expected to reach full-scale operation in the fourth quarter after maintenance and a production ramp-up, industry sources said. LG Energy Solution and GM plan to adjust battery output based on the pace of EV market recovery...
    Schneider Electric upgrades Charge Pro commercial EV charger with EV Connect Software+
    Schneider Electric announced an upgrade to its Schneider Charge Pro Level 2 commercial electric vehicle charger, including one year of EV Connect Software+ and connector options for J1772 and the North American Charging Standard (NACS). The company said the charger is aimed at commercial US deployments, including multiunit dwellings, workplaces, fleet operations, public charging sites, hotels and retail centers. The system combines charging hardware with EV Connect Software+, a cloud-bas...
    Geely plans to acquire Ford Motor’s car plant in Valencia, Spain
    Leading Chinese carmaker Geely Auto has agreed to take over part of Ford’s Almussafes plant in Spain, Bloomberg reported. The plant has an annual capacity to produce 450,000 vehicles. Geely plans to build vehicles on an idle assembly line at the facility near Valencia, where Ford makes the Kuga crossover, the report said, citing people familiar with the matter. Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez is expected to announce the agreement at the plant. A Spanish government spokesperson confi...
    Tesla opens new megacharger for its electric trucks in California
    Tesla has expanded its Tesla Semi charging network by opening its first full-scale public Megacharger station in Bloomington, California, as the electric-vehicle maker prepares for higher-volume production of its heavy-duty trucks. The new station, located at 18434 Valley Blvd, features six Megacharger stalls that are capable of delivering up to 1.2 MW (1,200 kW) of charging power, Tesla Charging said. The Bloomington facility replaces what had been considered Tesla's first public Megachar...
    EV charging solutions provider Circontrol names Circutor as its global brand
    Circontrol, a leading electric vehicle charging solutions provider, plans to market its products and solutions under the Circutor brand in 2026, as the two companies combine operations under a single global commercial brand. The companies, which are part of the same business group, said the move is intended to align resources, broaden their product portfolio and create a more consistent market presence across regions. Circontrol is focused on electric vehicle charging solutions, whi...
    Tesla confirms Cybercab as first vehicle with built-in Starlink internet
    Tesla has confirmed its Cybercab robo-taxi will be the first vehicle in its lineup to feature built-in Starlink V5 satellite internet, using a SpaceX terminal with download speeds up to 375 Mbps. The system integrates SpaceX’s compact next-generation Starlink hardware into the vehicle structure rather than relying on an external antenna. Tesla disclosed the setup through a hardware diagram at its renovated Santana Row showroom in San Jose, California, which now focuses on Cybercab and rob...
    Hyundai opens China-focused mobility user experience research hub
    Hyundai Motor Group has announced the opening of UX Studio Shanghai, a dedicated user experience (UX) research center aimed at deepening its understanding of Chinese consumers and incorporating local insights into its global vehicle and mobility development efforts. Located in Shanghai's Jing'an district, the facility represents a key step in the group's "In China, For China, To Global" strategy, reinforcing its commitment to localization and customer-centric innovation in the era of smart ...
    Volkswagen plans Level 3 driver assistance for China models from second half of 2027
    Volkswagen Group plans to deliver China-market models with Level 3 driver assistance systems from the second half of 2027 through its Horizon Robotics partnership. The automaker said cars with Level 2 systems are already in production and are expected on Chinese roads in the third quarter of 2026, as China prepares to introduce higher levels of autonomy in mass-market passenger cars in 2027. The expanded collaboration will give Volkswagen access to Horizon Robotics’ AI foundation model a...
    Tesla expands robo-taxi service to Orlando and Tampa
    Tesla expanded its robo-taxi service to Orlando and Tampa, adding two Florida cities as it seeks to scale autonomous ride-hailing beyond its first launch markets. The expansion came a day before the electric-vehicle maker is due to report second-quarter earnings. Wall Street is watching robo-taxi progress closely because the business underpins much of Tesla's valuation as CEO Elon Musk shifts focus toward AI, autonomous driving and humanoid robots. Tesla launched its robo-taxi service in A...
    Pony.ai signs JD Auto Service agreement for robo-taxi maintenance network
    Pony.ai reached a strategic agreement with JD Auto Service to create a maintenance and spare-parts support system as it targets more than 3,500 robo-taxis by the end of 2026. The autonomous-driving company said the agreement will connect its fleet management platform with JD Auto Service’s nationwide network in China. Pony.ai operates more than 1,700 vehicles and plans to expand to more than 20 cities worldwide by the end of 2026. The collaboration will start in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangz...
    Aurora launches second-generation driverless trucks for 10 US Sun Belt routes
    Aurora Innovation launched its second-generation driverless trucks and plans to deploy them on its commercial network of 10 driverless routes across the US Sun Belt. The trucks are based on the International LT Series and use Aurora’s next-generation hardware. Aurora said the hardware is more powerful and designed to last 1 million miles, a durability target it described as important for scaled deployment. Aurora said it closed its Safety Case for the new truck and hardware before launch...
    Antolin files for Chapter 15 recognition to protect US assets
    On July 20, automotive interior supplier Antolin filed for Chapter 15 recognition in the US Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York to protect US assets while pursuing a Spanish restructuring plan. Chapter 15 allows a US bankruptcy court to recognize a foreign restructuring or insolvency proceeding and protect assets in the US. Earlier, Antolin submitted its restructuring plan in Spain on July 10, and the Spanish court formally admitted the case on July 17. ...
    Connecticut regulator selects AmpUp EV charging pilot for statewide deployment
    The Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) selected AmpUp’s Adapt & Earn managed-charging pilot as the only Cycle 1 Innovative Energy Solutions project to move to scaled deployment. PURA's July 1 decision invites AmpUp and the state’s electric utilities to submit a joint proposal for a statewide program. The effort would extend managed charging to public and shared electric-vehicle chargers across Connecticut, AmpUp said July 21. The 18-month pilot, run with Evers...
    Sila raises $300 million to expand US silicon-carbon anode production
    Sila secured $300 million in a private equity round to expand US production of its silicon-carbon anode technology and support a planned expansion in Moses Lake, Washington. The Alameda, California-based battery technology company said the round was led by Atreides Management and Sutter Hill Ventures. Other participants included 8VC, Bessemer Venture Partners, Matrix Partners, funds and accounts advised by T. Rowe Price Associates Inc., and other existing and new investors. Sila said the f...
    Li Auto establishes Shanghai chip design company with 100,000 yuan capital
    Li Auto has established a Shanghai company with registered capital of 100,000 yuan (about $14,724) and a business scope that includes integrated circuit chip design. Xinchuang Zhihe (Shanghai) Technology Co. Ltd. was registered on July 13 in the Shanghai Free Trade Zone, according to business registration information. Local media outlet Chedongxi first reported the registration on July 20. The company’s business scope includes technical services, technology development, integrated c...
    Tripy seeks approval to test Level 4 robo-taxis in Türkiye
    Tripy plans to test Level 4 robo-taxis in Türkiye as early as 2026, subject to regulatory approval, with Ankara among the cities under consideration. The Turkish shared mobility operator, which operates 7,200 shared e-bikes in Turkey and Azerbaijan, is seeking permission to test self-driving vehicles on Turkish roads.  “The launch of this process will depend on the completion of the necessary testing permissions from the relevant authorities and it is currently targeted to begin be...
    Mercedes-Benz seeks 25% Chinese-ownership limit in US connected vehicle bill
    Mercedes-Benz is seeking to raise a proposed US Senate bill’s Chinese-ownership limit for connected vehicle sales to 25% from 15%, according to sources familiar with the matter. The bipartisan measure, introduced in April by Sen. Elissa Slotkin of Michigan and Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio, would prohibit automakers from selling connected vehicles if more than 15% of their ownership is held by Chinese entities. The threshold would affect Mercedes-Benz, which is nearly 20% owned by Chinese enti...
    Gabriel India to buy 28.99% stake in HL Mando Anand JV
    Gabriel India will acquire a 28.99% stake in HL Mando Anand India Pvt. Ltd. from Asia Investments Pvt. Ltd. for 22.31 billion rupees (about $231.6 million), the flagship company of India-based auto component supplier Anand Group said. HL Mando Anand India is a joint venture between South Korea's HL Mando Corp., which owns 71.01%, and Asia Investments, which holds 28.99%. The acquisition is part of Gabriel India's plan to consolidate the Anand Group's automotive businesses under the ...
    BMW Group’s Landshut plant in Germany develops software for humanoid robotics in component production
    BMW Group is expanding its work in AI and robotics by turning its Landshut plant in Germany into a key development center for software used in intelligent robotic systems. The initiative supports BMW's broader efforts to explore the use of humanoid robots in component manufacturing, building on pilot projects already being tested at its Leipzig, Germany, and Spartanburg, South Carolina, plants. BMW said Landshut’s role in in-house component production gives it a range of products and proces...
    Sumitomo Chemical plans to mass-produce electrolyte materials for solid-state batteries
    Tokyo-headquartered Sumitomo Chemical plans to mass-produce a halide-based electrolyte material for solid-state batteries that it says can match sulfide-based materials’ ionic conductivity. The Japanese company has developed the material along with Kyoto University and Tottori University. The electrolyte uses elements including chlorine and is intended as an alternative to sulfide- and oxide-based materials for batteries, including those used in electric vehicles. Sulfide-based electroly...
    Cylib acquires battery material recycling facility in Bavaria, Germany
    Battery recycling company Cylib has acquired a Bavarian battery pre-processing facility with an annual capacity of up to 10,000 metric tons of end-of-life electric vehicle batteries. The Aachen, Germany-based company said on July 21 that the Wernberg-Köblitz site will handle discharging, disassembly and mechanical processing. The acquisition, completed through insolvency proceedings, includes the processing line, building and property. Cylib plans to restart the previously decommissioned ...
    Altilium deploys ReGenTrace AI platform for UK EV battery recycling
    Altilium said it has deployed Materia AI’s ReGenTrace AI platform to support its UK electric vehicle battery recycling operations and scale up its ACT3 commercial facility in Plymouth. The UK clean-technology company said the cloud-native system will serve as a digital operating platform for its recycling business, linking industrial facilities and recycling processes with analytics and traceability. It said the platform will help automate feedstock supply and optimize process economics at ...
    BP agrees to sell Austrian mobility, convenience and EV charging businesses to Volenergy
    BP has agreed to sell its Austrian mobility, convenience and electric vehicle charging businesses, including 250 BP-branded retail sites, to Volenergy AG, BP said. The deal covers about 115 company-owned and franchise-operated sites, EV charging infrastructure and the associated fleet business. Other sites included in the transaction operate under models such as dealer-owned, dealer-operated and unstaffed company-owned locations. The retail network in Austria will continue t...
    Huawei outlines Level 3-to-Level 4 autonomy rollout with 2026 low-speed pilots
    Huawei executive Jin Yuzhi said Level 3 autonomous driving cannot be bypassed, outlining a road map in which urban low-speed Level 4 pilots begin in 2026, followed by large-scale Level 3 commercialization in 2027. Jin, senior vice president of Huawei and CEO of Yinwang, said, "Level 3 (L3) cannot be skipped," reaffirming that Level 3 and Level 4 are distinct stages rather than competing paths toward full autonomy. The transition from Level 2 to Level 3 represents a fundamental shift becaus...
    Minda Corp. invests $2.6 million in EV components subsidiary
    Minda Corp. Ltd., the flagship company of India-based Spark Minda Group, invested 250 million Indian rupees (nearly $2.6 million) in its wholly owned subsidiary Spark Minda Green Mobility Systems Private Ltd. through a rights issue completed on July 19, 2026. The auto components company said the capital infusion allows it to retain 100% ownership of the subsidiary while funding its expansion plans in electric mobility components. Established in February 2021, Spark Minda Green Mobility System...
    Harman forecasts India automotive business to double over five years
    Harman expects its automotive business in India to double over the next five years amid growing demand for connected vehicles, software-driven technologies and premium in-car systems, Autocar Professional reported on July 17, citing an interview with Krishna Kumar, managing director and senior vice president of Harman India and Harman Automotive R&D country lead.  "We are the fastest-growing market for sure. I think in the next five years, maybe we will double easily," Kumar said. Ha...
    Transatel joins 5GAA to advance software-defined mobility
    Transatel, an NTT company, has said it has joined the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), a cross-industry mobility group with over 100 members. The company said its participation in 5GAA will focus on global cellular connectivity, eSIM life-cycle management, multinetwork orchestration and automotive connectivity operations. It also plans to support automakers and mobility companies preparing for 5G Standalone, vehicle-to-everything (V2X)-enabled services, satellite and non-terrestrial network ...
    BYD aims to build an overseas network of 6,000 flash chargers by March 2027
    BYD plans to build a network of 6,000 flash-charging stations overseas by the end of March 2027, including 3,000 in Europe, the company told the South China Morning Post. In addition to Europe, the Chinese electric-vehicle maker plans to install 2,000 flash chargers in the Americas and 1,000 in the Asia-Pacific region over the same period, as it expands its ultrafast-charging network to support the sale of its flash-charging-capable EV models overseas. BYD’s newest EV charging stati...
    Hyundai Motor India links its charging app with over 30,000 charging points
    Hyundai Motor India (HMIL) said its myHyundai app now gives users access to more than 30,000 electric vehicle charging points across India through partnerships with several charge-point operators (CPOs). The South Korean carmaker said its tie-ups with local CPOs created one of the largest integrated charging networks available on a single platform in India. The network is intended to support EV travel on long-distance routes, with charging facilities available within an average radius of 25 k...
    Milence opens fourth electric truck charging hub in the Netherlands
    Milence has opened its fourth Dutch charging hub, a five-bay site in Deurningen-Hengelo built using electric construction equipment. The company said on July 15 that the site is its first charging hub constructed with zero-emission construction equipment. The hub is located along the A1 motorway at the Frans op den Bult truck stop and supports the North Sea-Baltic TEN-T Corridor. The location connects freight routes between Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium, adding to Milence’s Europe...
    Toyota NZ names Evnex official smart home EV charger partner
    Toyota New Zealand named Christchurch-based Evnex its official smart home electric vehicle charger partner, giving Toyota customers access to installations and an enhanced five-year charger warranty. Toyota said it selected Evnex after reviewing the electric vehicle charging market, as its lineup of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid vehicles had more than doubled in 2026. The additions include a Hilux BEV, a RAV4 PHEV, the bZ4X Touring, a larger version of the battery-electr...
    Honda ends US sales of Prologue EV from 2026 model year
    Honda will stop selling the Prologue, its last electric vehicle in the US lineup, as of the 2026 model year, citing weak demand. The Japanese automaker told US dealers on July 16 that production of the Prologue, a Mexican-made EV co-developed with General Motors (GM), will end later in 2026. Honda said it will shift its US focus to hybrid gas-electric vehicles and traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) models. “We’ve certainly seen success with the Prologue,” Lance Woelfer, the...
    Pilot expands EV charging network across the US
    Pilot, North America's largest travel center operator, said it expanded its electric vehicle fast-charging network by adding 50 new charging locations across 25 US states in the first half of 2026, as it seeks to support growing demand for long-distance EV travel. The company said the expansion strengthens its coast-to-coast charging corridor and aims to reduce range anxiety for motorists undertaking summer road trips. Pilot, which serves an average of 1.2 million guests daily across its n...
    JSW MG Motor India unveils MG ADAPT multi-energy vehicle platform
    JSW MG Motor India has unveiled MG ADAPT, a multi-energy vehicle platform that will underpin one electric vehicle and one plug-in electric vehicle by fiscal year 2026–27. MG ADAPT, short for Advance Drive Architecture Platform Technology, is a modular architecture designed to support EVs, hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), PHEVs and range-extender electric vehicles (REEVs) on a single framework, the company said. JSW MG described it as India’s first multi new-energy vehicle platfo...
    Gridserve opens its flagship EV charging hub in the UK
    Gridserve has opened its fifth Electric Forecourt at Markham Vale, a UK electric vehicle charging site with 39 ultrarapid bays at Junction 29A of the M1. The site, positioned in the East Midlands road network on the UK’s busiest motorway, includes 36 bays for passenger vehicles and three drive-through bays for larger vehicles, including electric heavy goods vehicles (HGVs), coaches, vans and vehicles towing caravans or trailers. It also has three dedicated accessible charging bays near t...
    Volt opens Singapore’s largest electric bus charging hub
    Volt Singapore and Setsco opened Singapore’s largest public electric bus charging hub at Jalan Papan, with 2.76 MW of installed capacity across 46 charging lots. The facility, developed by Volt in collaboration with Setsco, is equipped with a mix of 360-kW and 120-kW fast chargers. It is designed to support turnaround charging for ComfortDelGro Bus (CDGB), which operates Singapore’s largest private electric bus fleet. Volt has been appointed by CDGB as its charging partner for ele...
    Micron signs memory and storage agreements with seven automotive suppliers
    Micron Technology completed strategic customer agreements (SCAs) with seven automotive suppliers and partners to support long-term access to memory and storage for vehicle platforms. The agreements cover Qualcomm, Visteon, Harman, Joynext, DENSO, Astemo and Hyundai Mobis, companies Micron described as critical suppliers to the automotive ecosystem. The pacts are intended to provide both sides greater visibility into production planning and to facilitate collaboration on future requirements. ...
    Aumovio develops single-camera ADAS for affordable Level 2 autonomy in India
    Aumovio India is developing a single-camera advanced driver assistance system aimed at making Level 2 assisted driving more affordable for mass-market vehicles. The solution uses a camera-only architecture instead of multiple cameras and radar sensors, with the goal of reducing system costs while maintaining performance. The company said the system has undergone extensive validation on Indian roads and is designed to identify complex road situations, including pedestrians, protruding cargo and o...
    Viasat demonstrates first automotive satellite voice call in BMW vehicle platform
    Viasat has said its experts have successfully demonstrated satellite-enabled voice call capabilities as part of a research collaboration during the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) Meeting Week in Munich, Germany. Integrated with the infotainment system of a BMW iX3, the satellite-enabled voice call demonstration is the first of its kind per Viasat.  The demonstration used Non-Terrestrial Network (NTN) communications to extend vehicle connectivity into remote or underserved are...
    HAAS Alert joins Europe's Data for Road Safety initiative
    HAAS Alert has said it has begun contributing live road-safety information across Europe’s Data for Road Safety (DFRS) ecosystem, joining BMW Group and Škoda as the only three active providers under European New Car Assessment Program (EuroNCAP) guidelines. The Chicago-based connected-vehicle safety company said it moved from joining DFRS to streaming hazard information in under 12 months.  DFRS is a cross-sector European initiative that shares road safety data among vehicle manu...
    Gabriel India plans to increase sunroof localization above 60% over next couple of years
    Gabriel India plans to raise localization in its sunroof business to more than 60% over the next couple of years, from about 30% now, Managing Director Atul Jaggi told Autocar Professional. The company manufactures sunroof systems through Inalfa Gabriel Sunroof Systems, its joint venture with Netherlands-based Inalfa Roof Systems. The business currently supplies Hyundai Motor India and Kia India and is seeking to add Indian and other global automakers. “We are in advanced discussions with m...
    Hyundai Motor, SK On JV company begins mass production of EV batteries in the US
    Hyundai SK Battery Manufacturing America (HSBMA), a $5-billion battery venture between SK On and Hyundai Motor Group, has started mass production in Georgia, US, and is supplying batteries to Hyundai’s Metaplant America.  The company began operations at its Bartow County, Georgia, plant last month and has started shipping batteries to Hyundai Motor Group Metaplant America in Savannah, Georgia. The facility employs 3,500 people and is expected to have an annual capacity of 35 GWh, en...
    Amara Raja commissions 60 MWh lithium-ion cell qualification plant in Telangana
    Amara Raja Advanced Cell Technologies commissioned a 60 MWh Customer Qualification Plant in Telangana on July 15, as part of its lithium-ion cell manufacturing program. The facility, located at the company’s Giga Corridor in Mahbubnagar, is intended to produce lithium-ion cells for customers to test and validate before commercial production. The Hyderabad-based company said the plant is designed to bridge laboratory-scale research and development and commercial-scale manufacturing. Amara...
    Wallbox and Turning Point install over 10,000 EV chargers in Saudi Arabia
    Wallbox and Turning Point Energy said they have sold and installed more than 10,000 electric vehicle (EV) chargers across Saudi Arabia since beginning their partnership in 2022. Wallbox, a provider of EV charging and energy management systems, supplies AC and DC charging products through the collaboration. Turning Point serves as Wallbox's official distributor, certified installer and maintenance partner in the kingdom. The companies said the deployments cover residential, commercial and p...
    MicroVision launches semiconductor unit for custom ASIC and photonic sensing development
    MicroVision has launched MicroVision Semiconductor, a Colorado Springs-based unit with experience delivering more than 300 custom mixed-signal integrated circuit designs. The new semiconductor organization, formerly Black Forest Engineering and acquired from Luminar, will focus on custom application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) development, mixed-signal integrated circuits, photonic sensing technologies and imaging systems, the company said. MicroVision Semiconductor will serve as th...
    loading
    Searching our resources for you...
    preload preload preload preload preload preload