Tesla is looking positively toward 2026 with plans for further growth at its Gigafactory Berlin despite a 48% drop in German registrations of Tesla vehicles in the country, following steady quarterly increases throughout 2025 for other markets. The plant currently supplies over 30 global markets, with Canada recently
On December 30, multiple sources reported that Stellantis has extended the production shutdown of the Cassino plant till January 16, 2026. It was planned to open on January 2, 2026, after a shutdown from mid of December 2025. The extended production shutdown is influenced by low demand for Alfa Romeo Giulia, Stelvio,
On December 29, Tofaş Türk Otomobil Fabrikası A.Ş. announced that manufacturing activities at its Bursa plant will be suspended from January 2, 2026, to January 11, 2026, due to year-end inventory counting and scheduled maintenance. The production at the plant will resume on January 12, 2026.
Based on Tofaş stock exc
On December 22, Zelos (Suzhou) Technology Co., Ltd. (Zelos) commissioned the first phase of a manufacturing site in Huai’an, Jiangsu.
The Huai’an manufacturing site, Zelos’ largest intelligent manufacturing location in China, integrates R&D, manufacturing, and application and covers a land area of around 66,667 squar
On December 19, FAW Jiefang commissioned a new plant of FAW Jiefang Automotive Company Limited Foshan New Energy Automobile Branch.
The new plant, one of FAW Jiefang’s five vehicle production sites in China, is designed with an annual commercial vehicle production capacity of 5,000 units and a product scope covering
On December 20, multiple sources reported that Stellantis is ending the layoffs at the Mirafiori plant, Italy for the first time in over 20 years. From December 31, solidarity contracts for 1,900 workers will not be renewed, allowing them to return to work and bringing the plant back to full operation.
New hiring wil
On December 17, production of the Ford Escape and Lincoln Corsair officially ended at the Louisville Assembly plant, as that facility now undergoes a USD 2 billion dollar retooling in preparation for a new mid-size all-electric pickup built on the company's Universal EV Platform scheduled to enter production in 2027
On December 17, multiple sources reported that Stellantis’ Atessa plant, Italy will gradually increase production starting in February 2026, raising output from 640 to 820 vans per day.
At the same time, solidarity contracts have been extended until July 31, 2026. As part of the new plan, part of the third shift will
Workers at the GM Bowling Green plant in Kentucky will get an extended holiday break this year as the facility is currently scheduled for a four-week shutdown, as opposed to the traditional two-week break. The Bowling Green plant is the exclusive production facility for the Chevrolet Corvette since 1981.
The Bowling
On December 16, multiple sources reported that Tesla has restarted battery pack production at its Grünheide Gigafactory in Germany, following major investments in new technology and plant engineering, making it Tesla’s most automated battery factory.
The Grünheide plant will be equipped to produce up to 8 GWh of batt
On December 15, multiple sources reported that the Stellantis Cassino plant will shut down again starting December 16, 2025, and it may remain closed until the end of January 2026. The support concerns already raised by unions after the December 12, 2025, strike.
The plant faced a serious crisis, with 40 additional d
On December 15, Stellantis announced it has surpassed 1,000 new hires at its Windsor Assembly Plant, a significant step toward the creation of 1,500 total jobs for the third shift launching at the plant in early 2026 to meet anticipated demand for new SIXPACK-powered Dodge Charger Scat Pack, Charger Daytona and Chry
On December 14, multiple sources reported that workers at Mercedes Benz’s Vitoria plant, Spain, will hold one-hour strikes per shift from December 15 to 18, 2025. The strikes are called by unions ELA, LAB, and ESK due to worsening working conditions and poor work-life balance.
The unions announced that the strikes re
General Motors is planning an extended holiday shutdown at its Flint Assembly plant in Michigan, where it produces the Chevrolet Silverado HD and GMC Sierra HD, as the company prepares the plant for production of its next-generation heavy-duty pickups.
The downtime will begin on Christmas Eve, December 24, and exten
On December 11, multiple sources reported that Horse Powertrain will hire 80 new employees at its Valladolid plant, Spain to add more shifts and meet rising demand for one of its engines. Starting January 2026, the factory will increase capacity and produce 3,600 additional Horse H12 engines per week to keep up with
On December 7, GAC Group announced the recent launch of equipment installation and debugging at the GOVY flying car plant in Guangzhou. Trial production is expected to start in January 2026.
The plant contains a number of workshops, which serve the trial production and production license approval of the GOVY AirCab (
On December 9, Daimler Truck started series production of the second-generation eActros 400 at its Wörth plant in early December 2025. The model is part of a broader rollout of new electric truck variants from the end of 2025, all based on the eActros 600 platform, which has been in production since late 2024.
The ne
On December 2, it was reported that Stellantis halted production at its El Palomar plant in Argentina.
The plant, that manufactures Peugeot and Citroën models, will halt production for more than a month until January 5. This is a significantly longer break than in previous years.
According to local reports, the compa
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