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Thursday, 8 October 2026

Sectors: the stories TrustList published on this day, each in a line of our own. Open a story for the whole piece and its sources.

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1Modern Cars
IIHS rates work vans and heavy pickups Poor on crash avoidance
Of 11 vehicles tested, only the Sprinter and BrightDrop 400 earned Good or Acceptable in both tests. Express and Savana vans lack standard automatic emergency braking.
2Robotics & Automation
Siemens will run Galp's 100 MW Sines hydrogen plant from a digital twin
The plant is designed for up to 15,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen a year, and Siemens estimates its software can save up to 15 percent of the energy used.
3Autonomous Vehicles & Mobility
Waymo closes a $5 billion term loan, its first debt financing
Lenders led by PIMCO, Blackstone and Sixth Street provided the debt, which follows a $16 billion equity investment earlier in 2026 and a fifteenth US city in September.
4Modern Cars
GAC to take over FAW's half of FAW Toyota under a three-way framework deal
FAW, Toyota and GAC signed in Guangzhou. FAW becomes a key shareholder of GAC through a stock issue, and the two Toyota joint ventures will later work together.

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