On December 11, Arm announced that the Rivian Gen 3 Autonomy Computer is using a new custom autonomy chip, the Rivian Autonomy Processor (RAP1), which leverages the Arm compute platform. Built on Armv9, this custom chip gives Rivian a powerful foundation for next-generation autonomy. 
Rivian Gen 3 Autonomy Computer i

On December 19, the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) announced that the number of UK vehicle production for November decreased 14.3% over the previous year to 65,932 units. Passenger car production was down 1.7% to 63,126 units and commercial vehicle production was down 78.0% to 2,806 units year over

On December 16, Nexeon announced that its production facility in Gunsan, Korea, has reached production-ready status. This milestone establishes the Gunsan plant as the first volume production facility globally for silicon-carbon materials dedicated to enhancing lithium-ion battery performance.
The location provides N

On December 16, AESC started production at its new 15.8 GWh electric vehicle battery gigafactory in Sunderland, UK. The plant will supply lithium-ion batteries for UK-made electric vehicles, including the new Nissan Leaf.
Once fully operational, AESC’s UK workforce will grow to about 1,000 people. The company has inv

On December 10, the SOAFEE initiative (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge) announced that Tech Mahindra joined SOAFEE as a voting member to help shape the global transition toward software-defined vehicles. With deep engineering expertise and a broad OEM and Tier-1 customer base, the company aims to co-deve

On December 8, AB Dynamics, UK, launched the GST 120 Plus, the first ADAS target platform able to meet the higher speed requirements of Euro NCAP’s 2026 tests. It is a self-driving platform that carries a full vehicle target for ADAS and autonomous testing and works with DRI’s Soft Car 360 target.
It is based on the

On December 16, Nissan announced that the third-generation LEAF has begun rolling off the transformed production line at its Sunderland plant, bringing the company’s EV36Zero plan to life.
The first new LEAF is a two-tone Luminous Teal Evolve model with a 75-kW battery, offering up to 622 km of range (WLTP) and 150 k

On December 12, Lotus Technology Inc. announced that its new plug-in hybrid (PHEV) model made its public debut on December 5, 2025, through inclusion in the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC’s new-vehicle catalogue. As the first PHEV in Lotus’ 77-year history, this marks a key milestone in th

On December 11, Ilika shipped its new 10Ah Goliath battery prototypes to customers across multiple industries, including automotive companies. These new prototypes offer five times more capacity than the 2Ah P1 prototypes delivered to customers in July 2024.
The 10Ah cells feature a proprietary oxide coating that off

On December 11, Gelion plc announced that its wholly-owned UK subsidiary, OXLiD Ltd, has changed its corporate name to Gelion Europe Ltd, effective immediately. The rebranding of OXLiD Ltd to Gelion Europe Ltd represents the final step in the post-acquisition integration process. 
It is designed to consolidate the br

On December 11, JLR announced that it has redesigned the crosscar beam, an important safety part inside a vehicle but carbon intensive components within its future vehicles. The beam sits behind the dashboard and supports key safety functions such as mounting airbags. It also reduces noise and vibration in the cabin.

On December 9, Anaphite raised GBP 1.4 million in funding via the Innovate UK Investor Partnership Programme. The sum comprises GBP 700,000 in grant funding from Innovate UK, alongside GBP 700,000 of aligned investment from venture capital funds Elbow Beach and World Fund.
Anaphite will expand its DCP technology plat

UK passenger car sales fell 1.6% yoy to 151,154 units in November 2025, according to the data released by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) on December 4. Year-to-date sales increased 3.4% with 1,874,271 cars registered in the January-November period of 2025.
November sales for VW rose 4.9% to 13,

On December 3, the UK Government announced that a new GBP 20 million UK-Germany EV technology project led by Mercedes-Benz will create over 150 jobs in Northamptonshire and Oxfordshire.
The project led by Mercedes-AMG High Performance Powertrains will create over 150 high-value new jobs and secure 34 existing roles.

Aeva has been chosen as the exclusive Tier-1 LiDAR supplier for a top European passenger car OEM’s global vehicle platform outside China, marking one of the company’s largest production awards to date. The multi-year program, which runs into the mid-2030s, will integrate Aeva’s Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR across multiple ve

On December 3, the UK Government announced that Renault 4, Renault 5, Alpine A290 and MINI Countryman now qualify for the full GBP 3,750 Electric Car Grant (ECG). The update doubles the number of EVs eligible for the top discount, giving buyers GBP 3,750 off a total of eight popular models.
The government has allocat

On December 3, JLR began trialling drone technology at its Electric Propulsion Manufacturing Centre (EPMC) in Wolverhampton, reducing machinery and site inspection time by up to 95%.
The drones can reach high and confined areas, allowing teams to inspect equipment safely from the ground without using elevated platfo

On December 2, Wayve launched GAIA-3, a new generation of its generative world model designed to accelerate the evaluation and validation of its autonomous driving AI. At 15 billion parameters, GAIA-3 is double the size of GAIA-2, with a video tokenizer that is also twice as large, enabling a more faithful representa

On November 20, Warwick Acoustics announced that it has developed Electrostatic Audio Systems for automotive markets, capable of making a car sound up to ten times larger than its actual size.
The company’s 1 mm-thick flat speakers produce planar, or “near-flat,” sound waves. With their ultra-light and thin design,