On October 7, BMW Group announced its sales results for Q3 2025 and YTD September 2025. BMW Group vehicle sales were up by 2.4% YoY to 1,795,894 units in YTD September 2025 and in Q3, the sales were up by 8.8% YoY to 588,300 units.
BMW Group's sales of fully-electric vehicles (BEVs) grew by 10.0% YoY to 323,447 units

On October 7, Mercedes Benz Group announced its sales results for Q3 2025 and YTD 2025.
The group reported vehicle sales were down 12% YoY to 525,300 units of cars and vans in Q3 2025. Sales of passenger cars fell 12% YoY to 441,500 units in Q3 and 8% YoY to 1,341,400 units in YTD 2025, impacted by tough market and t

On October 7, the Italian Metalworkers Federation (FIM-CISL) announced the production data of Stellantis Italy plants for the first nine months of 2025.
Stellantis Italy produced 265,490 passenger cars and commercial vehicles, i.e., down of 31.5% YoY. Passenger car output dropped 36.3% YoY to 151,430 units, while com

On October 7, Mercedes Benz announced that it has become the first carmaker to join the “Renewable Carbon Initiative” (RCI), aiming to replace fossil-carbon sources with renewable alternatives from biomass, carbon dioxide utilization, and recycling. The initiative, led by the nova-Institute, Germany, brings together

On October 6, Ferrari announced that it has completed construction of its new e-Vortex test circuit near the Fiorano track, Italy, in under four months. The two-kilometre track, covering 37,000 square meters, is designed to enhance testing of sports cars straight from production.
The circuit features sectors for spec

On October 7, Stellantis announced that its circular economy unit, SUSTAINera will participate in POLLUTEC 2025, France, alongside partner SOREMO, a French-based firm in recycling end-of-life vehicle (ELV) engines.
In 2025, Stellantis and SOREMO created a closed loop for aluminum from post-consumer engines. End-of-li

On October 7, Ampere opened its Battery Cell Innovation Laboratory at the Lardy Technical Center, France. It is a 3,000 square meter center with over 120 advanced pieces of equipment, including a 600 square meter dry room, to increase Renault Group’s competitiveness in EVs.
The lab combines cell prototyping and elect

On October 3, Renault unveiled its new 100% electric passenger transport range: the Master Citybus E-Tech and Master Shuttle E-Tech, designed for local authorities and transport operators at the 2025 Busworld trade show, Belgium.
The electric models are built on the Master platform, these vehicles leverage Renault Ve

On October 6, multiple sources reported that GWM and Chery are planning to assemble vehicles in South Africa. They are actively seeking partnerships with local OEMs in South Africa for manufacturing. Chery is planning CKD operations in the country. GWM is planning to assemble pick-up trucks in partnership with local

On October 7, multiple sources reported that the CEO of Iran Khodro Industrial Group stated his company will produce hybrid cars from the first half of next year. It plans to increase hybrid vehicle production to over 200,000 units within two years and locally develop engines and gearboxes. The company will invest in

On October 8, ChemVolt Global, a leading Indian clean energy and storage solutions company, and ElevenEs announced a partnership aimed at accelerating the development of Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS), lithium-ion cell manufacturing, and electric vehicle (EV) battery pack supply across India.
This collaboratio

On October 7, Seeing Machines Limited announced that it had received an additional Purchase Order for the supply of Guardian Backup-driver Monitoring System (BdMS) units to a world-leading North American self-driving car company. The contract, valued at approximately USD 1.8 million, supports this customer’s continue

On October 6, Blink Charging announced that the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA) has selected its subsidiary, Blink Charging UK Ltd., to collaborate on the launch of a GBP 1,410,000 initiative to deliver the first phase of comprehensive EV charging infrastructure across the region.
The project will see the de

On October 7, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) welcomed the European Parliament’s approval of the extension of the deadline that allows member states to fully exempt zero-emission trucks and buses from CO2-based road user charges. It will help to improve cost parity between ZEVs and conventio

On October 3, 2025, ThunderPlus, an EV charging solutions provider, signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tata Motors to expand charging infrastructure for electric small commercial vehicles (SCVs) across India. The initiative targets the deployment of 5,000 new public charging stations in Andhra Pradesh, T

On October 7, rFpro announced that Sony Semiconductor Solutions Corporation (Sony) will showcase its next-generation camera sensor technologies for ADAS and AV applications using its AV elevate simulation platform. Sony will use AV elevate to demonstrate the performance and capabilities of its technologies before any

On October 8, 2025, ZF Friedrichshafen AG (ZF) India Pvt Ltd. received a large business nomination from an Indian commercial vehicle manufacturer for a newly engineered 430mm diameter heavy-duty clutch system. Optimized for demanding Indian conditions, the clutch will serve higher horsepower engine platforms for both

On October 7, 2025, KPIT Technologies increased its shareholding in N-Dream AG (Switzerland), a cloud-based game aggregation platform company, to 88.9% at a consideration of EUR 16.35 million via its UK subsidiary. The move makes N-Dream a step-down subsidiary of KPIT.
KPIT began investing in N-Dream in November 2023

On October 8, 2025, OPmobility inaugurated a new facility in Badhalwadi, Maharashtra, and began construction of another plant in Kharkhoda, Haryana. The company targets more than doubling its sales in India by 2030, with annual vehicle output expected to grow throughout the decade.
The Badhalwadi plant is OPmobility’

On October 7, OMNIVISION presented its latest-generation automotive image sensor: the OX08D20 8‑megapixel (MP) CMOS image sensor with TheiaCel technology at AutoSens Europe. This new device is an upgrade to the OX08D10 sensor for exterior cameras used in ADAS and autonomous driving. The OX08D20 will be sampling in No