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18 articles, newest first. Last updated 23 Oct 2026.

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China drafts mandatory car data security and automated parking standards

MIIT is consulting until 19 December on five mandatory national standards, including Automobile Data Security Requirements and safety rules for parking assistance and automated parking in connected cars.

23 Oct 2026

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BMW shows 460 kW charging for the iX5, but the US chargers are not on sale

20 Oct 2026

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NHTSA picks 2027 cars for crash, pedestrian and driver-assist tests

20 Oct 2026

Electric Vehicles

BMW starts Gen6 battery production in Shenyang for China-built Neue Klasse

15 Oct 2026

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Hyundai commits USD 15.5 billion to India and opens its Pune plant

About USD 700 million of the seven-year commitment goes to an Indian R&D centre with a test track, and the Pune plant starts at 170,000 vehicles a year.

13 Oct 2026

Electric Vehicles

Polestar adds two paid Charge tiers with up to 30% off at fast chargers

Plus costs EUR 7.99 a month and Pro EUR 14.99. Owners logged over 160,000 charging sessions this summer, a record for the platform.

12 Oct 2026

Electric Vehicles

Euro NCAP finds buttons returning as XPENG X9 scores 20% on controls

The XPENG X9 still earned five stars overall. Audi's new Q7 scored 90% for driving controls, with 100% for essential driving tasks and 80% for comfort and infotainment.

12 Oct 2026

Automotive

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.

8 Oct 2026

Automotive

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.

8 Oct 2026

Electric Vehicles

Geely takes 30% of NIO Power and NIO 10% of Haohan Energy

NIO says it has invested more than RMB 20 billion in charging and swapping. Geely plans more than 22,000 charging stations by the end of 2027.

28 Sept 2026

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen, PowerCo and Gotion form three joint ventures for LFP battery cells

PowerCo expects to contribute about EUR 470 million by 2030 and Gotion about EUR 1.1 billion, as the partners move to Valencia, Surany and a planned Kenitra plant.

28 Sept 2026

Automotive

Woven City adds seven inventors and starts building its second phase

A year after opening, Toyota's test town near Mount Fuji has about 160 residents running 30 trials. Phase 2 is due in November 2028 and will house about 600 people.

25 Sept 2026

Electric Vehicles

Rivian moves every R1 to RivianOS 2 with software update 2026.31

R1 and R2 now run one software stack. Gen 1 R1 owners get cloud-assisted voice, while local AI processing stays with R2 and Gen 2 R1 hardware.

4 Sept 2026

Electric Vehicles

Euro NCAP gives four new cars 4 or 5 stars, Cupra Raval needs its safety pack

AION UT, Geely E2 and Leapmotor B05 reach five stars; CUPRA Raval gets four unless buyers add a pack. Chinese models were 7% of EU sales last year.

2 Sept 2026

Automotive

Mobileye will supply cloud-mapped driver assist to Stellantis from 2027

The system pairs the EyeQ6L chip with crowdsourced road maps that Mobileye says cover more than 95% of public roads in the US and Europe.

21 Jul 2026

Electric Vehicles

BMW iX3 and ZEEKR 7GT take Euro NCAP's first five stars under new rules

The ZEEKR scored higher than the BMW in three of the four stages, but lost points because it runs its controls through a central touchscreen.

8 Jul 2026

Automotive

Euro NCAP urges MG3 owners to book the free seat-rail repair

The MG3 earned four stars in September 2025 after a driver seat came unlatched in a frontal crash test. Cars built before August 2025 are the ones affected.

13 May 2026

Electric Vehicles

Volkswagen and Elli plan a home vehicle-to-grid package for Germany

Pre-registration opens in June. Around one million MEB-platform cars in Europe are technically ready for bidirectional charging, and the smart meter is expected within eight to ten weeks.

16 Apr 2026

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