earlier talks on sector-specific tariff relief were close to agreement and may now be folded into the wider USMCA negotiations, while Canada remains open to separate deals, particularly on forest products, to help the U.S. address its own affordability challenges. (multiple sources on December 18, 2025) ...

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efore launching as a 2028 model. The U.S. Dakota will have no relation to the Dakota midsize pickup in South America, which is built in Argentina on a platform shared with the Fiat Titano and based on the Peugeot Landtrek, powered by a 2.2-liter turbodiesel engine. (multiple sources on December 18, 2025) ...

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of the Escape will result in owners defecting to other brands in search of an affordable replacement. While the Corsair may return as a China-built model imported into the U.S., like the Nautilus, a future reappearance of the Ford Escape as of now remains unclear. (multiple sources on December 17, 2025) ...

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dering 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 joining in June 2025 as executive vice president, global product, and chief product officer, Anderson has been tasked with overseeing the end-to-end product lifecycle...

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These include power supplies and DC-DC converters for AI data centers, onboard chargers and DC-DC converters for EVs, solar microinverters and energy storage systems, motor drives and DC-DC converters for industrial and aerospace, defense, and security applications. (onsemi release on December 18, 2025) ...

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CES 2025: Michelin, Sonatus show Tire Digital Twin solutions for next-gen mobility On December 19, Michelin and Sonatus announced they will showcase predictive tire health and maintenance at CES 2026, demonstrating how software-defined vehicles can deliver real-time, in-vehicle tire intelligence. By combining Michelin’s SmartLoad and SmartWear models, which analyze dynamic driving factors like load, braking, and cornering, with Sonatus’s AI...

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ollo and the company’s OPTIS full stack solution can be applied to smart infrastructure and logistics use cases to deliver real-time 3D perception and analytics for drones, intelligent intersections, shipping corridors, logistics hubs, and other complex environments. (AEye release on December 18, 2025) ...

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tons depending on market demand. Mass production is expected to begin in 2027. The Canadian plant is expected to benefit from the surge in demand for Energy Storage Systems (ESS) and ESS-related battery copper foil in the North American market. (Volta Energy Solutions Canada release on December 15, 2025) ...

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Genesys, India launches HD ADAS maps for over 100,000 km of National Highways On December 18, 2025, Genesys International Corporation announced that it had developed India’s first large-scale High-Definition maps engineered specifically for ADAS-enabled vehicles, covering more than 100 thousand km of national highways, expressways, and strategic corridors. The HD maps are designed to provide centimetre-level detail such as lane geometry, curves...

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Ola Electric, India founder sells small stake to clear INR 2.6 billion loan On December 16, 2025, Ola Electric Mobility Limited announced that its founder-promoter has sold a small part of his personal shares one time to fully repay a promoter-level loan of INR 2.6 billion, which will free up the 3.93% shares that were pledged. After this, the promoter group will still own around 34% of Ola Electric, and the company has said there is no change in...

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Olectra Greentech, India penalized over delay in completing Seetharampur EV plant On December 18, 2025, Olectra Greentech Limited reported a delay in completing the full factory construction of its Greenfield EV Manufacturing Facility at the Industrial Park, Seetharampur, Hyderabad, Telangana, following which Telangana Industrial Infrastructure Corporation Limited (TSIIC) levied a penalty of about INR 25.8 million for the period from November 12,...

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Nissan teases Gravite seven-seater B-MPV for India launch in early 2026 On December 18, 2025, Nissan Motor India announced that its upcoming all-new seven-seater B-MPV for the Indian market will be called Gravite and is scheduled for launch in early 2026. The Gravite is the first product in Nissan’s refreshed, strategically curated line-up for India and will be manufactured locally at Renault’s Chennai facility, with the product roadmap also ...

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he Yuechuang Tech headquarters in the zone. At the Yuechuang Tech headquarters with a land area of around 2,000 square meters, a pilot production line for 350Wh/kg high-specific-energy solid-state batteries was put into use. The company has achieved an estimated output value of CNY 36 billion since 2025, including nearly CNY 20 billion in the WEDZ. On the same day, six Yuechuang Tech business divisions signed agreements on cooperation in areas su...

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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 and highways. Previously, at the 2025 XPeng AI Day, XPeng released the VLA (Vision-Language-Action) 2.0 large model with Level 4 autonomous driving capabilities, which is expected to ...

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s, Axelera AI, Infineon, Menta, NXP, Tenstorrent, Siemens, TTTech Auto, CEA, CHIPS-IT, imec, and Fraunhofer. It is supported by the Chips Joint Undertaking and its members, including top-up funding by France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the United Kingdom. (From a press release dated December 15, 2025)...

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cture of decorative plastic and metal components for both the interior and exterior of vehicles. The company employs around 1,300 employees and has 10 manufacturing facilities across Spain, Portugal, Mexico, and the United States. It is expected to generate sales of approximately EUR 160 million in 2025. (From a press release dated December 17, 2025)...

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CarBEV, VinFast forge strategic partnership to advance Philippine EV ecosystem Reported on December 15, 2025, CarBEV entered into a strategic memorandum of understanding with Vietnamese EV manufacturer VinFast during a signing ceremony in Hanoi. The partnership brings together VinFast’s global EV expertise and CarBEV’s local operating platform to fast-track the rollout of electric mobility solutions in the Philippines. Joint initiatives will ...

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chieves noise reductions of more than 3dB, with up to 10dB possible in future iterations. ZF also plans to expand the use of this software function to other chassis actuators, such as active brake squeal reduction and the fully active damping system sMOTION. (From a press release dated December 17, 2025)...

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its leadership in camera monitoring systems (CMS). The company will transfer its expertise in camera-based rearview systems to sectors such as trucking. The CMS solution replaces traditional rearview mirrors with high-precision cameras and interior screens. (From a press release dated December 17, 2025)...

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ion zones, and to distinguish closely spaced objects, including vehicles in dense urban traffic or individuals within groups. In addition to the ForWave7HD, FORVIA HELLA also received an order for the ForWave7e, its cost-optimized version, from a leading automotive supplier in Asia in the summer of 2025. (From a press release dated December 11, 2025)...

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