On September 18, Subaru of Indiana Automotive (SIA) announced it has produced the final Subaru Legacy on its assembly line in Lafayette, Indiana.
The end of Legacy production will be followed shortly by the end of U.S. production of the Outback in about three weeks, which will enable U.S. production of the Forester i

On September 18, Scout Motors announced it is making an additional investment of USD 300 million investment in South Carolina to build a Supplier Park on the site of its Production Center in Blythewood. 
Located adjacent to the main Production Center buildings, the Supplier Park will serve as a central logistics and

On September 17, Toyota announced it is recalling 591,377 vehicles in the U.S. over the 12.3-inch display of the instrument panel that may be blank at startup due to an error in the instrument panel software at vehicle startup, failing to display vehicle speed, brake system, and tire pressure warning lights. The defe

On September 17, Hyundai Motor announced it is recalling 2020-2025 model year 568,580 Palisade vehicles in the U.S., over an issue with the seat belt buckles which may not properly secure passengers in a crash.
The issue was caused due to parts in the seat belt buckle assemblies, which may have been manufactured with

On September 19, Daimler Truck and General Dynamics Land Systems (GDLS) announced the formation of a strategic partnership to allow for future cooperation in the development, production and service of military logistics vehicles in select markets.
In a recently signed agreement, the two companies committed to strengt

On September 18, Niron Magnetics announced it has licensed a comprehensive portfolio of foundational Variable Flux Motor (VFM) patents. This strategic licensing agreement unlocks decades of cutting-edge motor research for commercial application and positions Niron Magnetics to enable next-gen electric motor performan

On September 18, Tensor announced that it will present the world’s first personally owned autonomous vehicle, the Tensor Robocar, at the Dubai World Congress for Self-Driving Transport 2025 on September 24-25, 2025. It will present Tensor to the public for the first time in the Middle East. Tensor Robocar has a 124-i

On September 18, Wayve signed a letter of intent with NVIDIA to evaluate a USD 500 million strategic investment in Wayve’s next funding round. This investment builds on NVIDIA’s participation in Wayve’s Series C funding round. Wayve’s foundation model approach, combined with NVIDIA’s automotive-grade accelerated comp

On September 17, Ascend Elements, a US based leader in engineered battery materials, and GEM Co., Ltd., a Chinese pioneer in battery materials and recycling, announced a memorandum of understanding (MOU).  The collaboration would help advance Europe's localized, sustainable battery materials ecosystem in alignment wi

South Korea’s SK Innovation Co., Ltd. announced that the company licensed its proprietary waste battery recycling technology to KBR Inc., a US engineering company. Through this agreement, KBR will combine its high-purity crystallization technology, named PureLi, with SK Innovation’s waste battery recycling technology

On September 18 in New York, Hyundai Motor Company presented its long-term strategy at its first CEO Investor Day held outside of Korea. CEO José Muñoz outlined the company’s transformation into a global mobility leader through strategic product expansion, breakthrough electrification technologies and software-define

Nissan will pause U.S. market production of its compact Ariya electric crossover for the 2026 model year, a decision that was made as "a result of the dynamic market environment and evolving consumer demand,"
“Nissan is pausing production of the MY26 Ariya for the U.S. market and reallocating resources to support the

On September 18, Honda announced that it has begun operations of its new Resource Circularity Center, located near the Marysville and East Liberty Auto Plants in Ohio, as a first-of-its-kind center designed to give new life to retired equipment, office electronics and vehicle service parts that would otherwise end up

On September 18, NVIDIA and Intel Corp. announced a collaboration to jointly develop multiple generations of custom data center and PC products that accelerate applications and workloads across hyperscale, enterprise and consumer markets.
With NVIDIA agreeing to invest USD 5 billion in Intel’s common stock, the two c

On September 18, WeaveGrid, a San Francisco, California-based software company that enables rapid electric vehicle (EV) adoption on the electric grid, announced a strategic investment from LG Technology Ventures, the venture capital arm of LG Group. This investment reinforces the company's position as the preferred p

On September 18, Visteon Corporation and China-based FUTURUS announced that they have partnered to co-develop advanced HUD systems for global automakers.
The collaboration will focus on developing next-generation Augmented Reality (AR) HUD, Windshield HUD, and Panoramic HUD systems that seamlessly project real-time d

On September 18, Waymo and Via announced a strategic partnership to allow government agencies leveraging Via’s software to introduce Waymo’s fully autonomous ride-hailing service directly into their public transit networks. 
Launching this fall, Chandler, Arizona will be the first city to benefit from this framework,

On September 18, Dow Jones announced it has acquired Eco-Movement, a leading global platform for EV charging station data. Eco-Movement will operate as part of OPIS, Dow Jones’s growing energy business.
Headquartered in Utrecht, Netherlands, Eco-Movement collects, optimizes and enriches EV charging station data, havi

On September 18, Altair announced a collaboration with Gordon Murray Group (GMG) as part of an Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) facilitated project, M-LightEn. The collaboration will utilize the Altair C123 process, designed specifically for rapid and collaborative simulation-led concept development. C123 enables

On September 16, Uber Freight announced, that in partnership with Tesla, it has launched its Dedicated EV Fleet Accelerator Program.
The program will give fleets subsidized access to Tesla Semi trucks, guaranteed demand from Uber Freight’s shipper network, and direct support to maximize vehicle utilization and long-t