Reported on December 22, 2025, Toyota Motor Philippines (TMP) posted a 45% YoY increase in electrified vehicle (xEV) sales, delivering 16,986 units of Toyota and Lexus models from January to November 2025. 
This growth mirrors the rising adoption of electrified vehicles in the Philippines, where HEV, PHEV, and BEV sa

On December 22, Atlantic Lithium Limited announced that it has submitted a revised Mining Lease to the Parliament of Ghana. Atlantic Lithium is a lithium company. It is managing the Ewoyaa Lithium Project, a lithium spodumene pegmatite discovery in Ghana.
The Mining Lease includes certain fiscal terms which were inco

Joynext, a subsidiary of Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp. (Joyson Electronic), signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Senior Smart Driving. Leveraging their respective resources and technology accumulation in intelligent connectivity, autonomous driving, and application scenarios, the two companies will cooperat

Several South Korean media sources reported that South Korea’s NanoSilikhan Advanced Materials Co., Ltd. is set to commercialize its next-gen silicon anode materials fully. According to the company, it signed non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) with three South Korean battery cell manufacturers and began discussions for

Several South Korean media sources reported that StradVision Inc., an Artificial intelligence (AI) software startup, announced a plan to participate in the CES 2026, a technology show to be held in January 2026 in Las Vegas, the U.S. The company will demonstrate how its automotive vision perception software, SVNet, i

Reported on December 19, 2025, Malaysia’s Energy Commission (ST) had approved licences for 5,360 public EV chargers nationwide as of end-November, comprising 3,569 AC units and 1,791 DC fast chargers. This remains well below the government’s 10,000-charger target set under the Low Carbon Mobility Blueprint (LCMB) 202

On December 22, Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (Geely Auto) announced on the Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing Limited (HKEX) the completion of transactions on the privatization and merger of Zeekr Intelligent Technology Holding Limited (Zeekr).
According to the privatization arrangements, Geely Auto acquired all i

Hubei Henglong Automotive System Group Co., Ltd. (Hubei Henglong), a wholly-owned subsidiary of China Automotive Systems, Inc. (CAAS), secured a C-EPS (Column-Assist Electric Power Steering) system order from a South America-based major automaker for a new automotive platform project. The project involves several fue

According to multiple press releases dated December 19, FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co., Ltd. (FAW-VW) and other companies, including a Chengdu automotive technology company held by state-owned industrial funds, recently established FAW-Volkswagen Jetta Automotive Technology (Sichuan) Co., Ltd. (Jetta Auto Tech), with

On December 19, the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) announced that the December 2025 retail sales volumes of passenger cars (including sedans, SUVs, and MPVs, excluding minivans) and New Energy Vehicles (NEVs) are estimated at 2.3 million units (down 12.7% year-over-year (y/y)) and 1.38 million units, respecti

NTN China held a 2025 supplier conference in Shanghai, where heads of and core supplier representatives from production sites in cities such as Shanghai, Nanjing, Guangzhou, Xiangyang, and Changzhou attended to exchange views on the annual cooperation situation and future supply chain collaboration directions.
The ge

On December 19, Isuzu Motors Limited announces that it resolved to change Isuzu (China) Engine Co., Ltd., a local joint venture in Chongqing, China, operated with its business partners Qingling Motors (Group) Co., Ltd. and Qingling Motors Co., Ltd., from a consolidated subsidiary to an equity-method affiliate.
Isuzu

Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Co., Ltd. (Fast Group) was permitted by the Shaanxi authorities to build an innovation center for intelligent drivetrains. Aiming at the R&D and industrialization of intelligent drivetrains and key components, the innovation center will pool R&D resources to promote breakthroughs in core

Malaysian Automotive Association (MAA) announced that new car sales of 72,509 units in November increased by 5.5% over the same month in 2024, marking the fourth consecutive month of increase. In November, PV (passenger vehicles) sales increased 5.8% to 67,308 units. CV (commercial vehicles) sales increased 1.1% to 5

According to multiple press releases dated December 16, BYD recently held the Ocean Day event for the 4th anniversary of its Ocean lineup, where two new Ocean-series vehicle models, namely, the Seal 08 flagship sedan and the Sealion 08 flagship SUV, were unveiled. Both models will be launched in Q1 2026.
The two vehi

GM CEO Mary Barra is reportedly considering Sterling Anderson, the former head of Tesla Autopilot and co-founder of Aurora, as her potential successor at General Motors.
According to a recent report, Barra is “gauging” Anderson for the top job by giving him a massive portfolio that serves as a trial by fire. Since

According to multiple press releases dated December 16, XPeng was granted a license for road testing of Level 3 autonomous driving in Guangzhou and launched such testing in a regular manner. The license is mainly for testing of conditional autonomous driving on local intelligent connected vehicle testing expressways

On December 17, Honda announced it is recalling 388 CR-V e:FCEV vehicles in the U.S. due to a fuel cell stack coolant leak that can create an internal short circuit, potentially causing loss of drive power. The recall affects 388 2025 model year vehicles produced between June 3, 2024 and March 26, 2025.
The Honda CR

According to multiple media reports dated December 16, Dongfeng Motor has partnered with Kenya's ePureMotion to aim for local assembly of electric vehicles (EVs) in the future. The partnership will initially see the introduction of two models of the compact electric hatchback "ePureMotion," the Classic and Lux, inten