Toyota Vietnam reports sales of 7,209 cars in September 2025 (including Lexus) On October 1, 2025, Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) announced its September 2025 sales results, reporting a total of 7,209 vehicles sold, including Lexus models. Nationwide sales of Toyota-branded vehicles reached 7,013 units, comprising 2,338 domestically assembled and 4,675 imported units. The Yaris Cross continued to lead TMV’s lineup with 1,964 units sold, followed by...

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val of the composite scheme of arrangement amongst Tata Motors Limited (TML), TML Commercial Vehicles Limited (TMLCV) and Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Limited (TMPVL), it has filed the copy of the orders with the Registrar of Companies, Mumbai, Maharashtra. The scheme is effective from October 1, 2025. Pursuant to the composite scheme of arrangement, Tata Motors has demerged its commercial vehicles business into TML Commercial Vehicles Limited ...

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AUMOVIO sells drum brake production and R&D site in Cairo Montenotte, Italy, to Mutares AUMOVIO SE (AUMOVIO), formerly the Automotive group sector of Continental, has completed the sale of its hydraulic drum brake production and R&D site in Cairo Montenotte, Savona, Italy, to Mutares SE & Co. KGaA. Signed on June 18, 2025, the transaction includes all employees and business activities, strengthening Mutares’ Automotive & Mobility segment. The d...

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All-new Subaru Forester 2.5 i-S EyeSight launched in Thailand, fully imported from Japan Announced on October 3, 2025, TC Subaru (Thailand) Co., Ltd., the official distributor of Subaru vehicles in Thailand, has launched the all-new Subaru Forester 2.5i-S ES AWD CVT 26MY, fully imported from Japan.  The company noted that its Thai-assembled Forester stocks had been depleted. Priced at THB 2,590,000, the all-new Forester is offered only in the to...

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Mexican vehicle sales up 0.3% in September 2025 On October 2, Mexico’s Instituto Nacional de Estadistica y Geografia (INEGI) reported sales of 117,182 light vehicles in September, representing an increase of 0.3% from the 116,789 sales in September 2024. Nissan sold 20,872 units in September, an increase of 11.5% from the previous year. Overall Volkswagen Group sales of 14,497 units in September decreased 1.2% from the same month in 2024. Gener...

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Betamek partners with YIBANG on EV charging technology for ASEAN market Announced on October 1, 2025, Betamek Berhad, through its wholly owned subsidiary Betamek Research Sdn. Bhd. (BRSB), signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Jiangsu Yibang New Energy Technology Co., Ltd. (YIBANG) of China to advance collaboration on EV charging communication solutions across ASEAN. The partnership covers joint efforts in research and development, supp...

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ll encourage startups and existing companies possessing semiconductor-related technologies to join. Through these efforts, it aims to build a stable supply chain by securing independent automotive semiconductor development capabilities and production capacity. (From a press release on September 30, 2025)...

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g 170,000 electric vehicles (EVs). It also plans to invest KRW 1.4 trillion (JPY 154 billion) by 2030 to establish a production system capable of producing 120,000 tons of cathode materials annually, equivalent to 1.02 million units of electric vehicles (EVs). (From a press release on September 30, 2025)...

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annual sales of KRW 50 billion (JPY 5.5 billion). Zhongrui Korea is a joint company, with Zhongrui owning 70% and KNS owning 30%. Zhongrui is a Chinese manufacturer of cylindrical battery parts, and KNS is a South Korean automation equipment manufacturer. (Based on several releases on September 27, 2025)...

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ity through the development of new compounds and materials and the sophistication of mixing technologies. Using a test course for actual vehicle testing will also shorten the development cycle and speed up the development of new products. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on October 3, 2025)...

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stant system. It allows drivers to operate systems by voice, such as air conditioning and room temperature adjustment. Cerence commented that the deal with Suzuki will marks an important step toward the expansion of its business in Japan. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on October 3, 2025)...

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public attention for its use in Apple Inc.’s “AirTag” loss prevention tool. At present, UWB communication technology has been used for applications such as smartphones, house smart keys, and positioning at factories and warehouses. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on October 3, 2025)...

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primarily as distributor, as it currently does for Geely in Brazil. In Brazil, Chery maintains a separate partnership with Caoa Group, producing combustion and hybrid SUVs in Anápolis, GO, while its original factory in Jacareí, SP, has remained closed since May 2022. (AutoIndústria on October 2, 2025)...

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Stellantis U.S. sales rise 6.4% in Q3 2025, lifted by Jeep brand On October 1, Stellantis reported U.S. total sales of 324,825 vehicles in the third quarter of 2025, an increase of 6.4% over the same period last year. However, Stellantis YTD sales of 928,024 units in the U.S. for the first nine months of 2025 were down 5.6% from the same period in 2024. Among the brands:     •    Jeep brand total U.S. sales increased 10.8% in Q3 to 160,564...

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Rivian Q3 deliveries up 31.8%, production down 18.5%, with 2025 outlook downgraded On October 2, Rivian Automotive announced production and delivery totals for the quarter ending September 30, 2025. The company produced 10,720 vehicles in Q3 at its manufacturing facility in Normal, Illinois, down 18.5% from the 13,157 vehicles built during the same period last year. The company has begun retooling part of the Normal plant for production of its ne...

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Tesla deliveries in Q3 up 7.4% to record, while production down 4.8% On October 2, Tesla announced production, delivery, and deployment results for the third quarter of 2025. The expiration of EV tax credits on September 30 drove record sales, and made Q3 the first quarter in 2025 that Tesla posted a year-over-year sales gain.     •    Total deliveries were up 7.4% from Q3 2024, while total production in the quarter was down 4.8% from the s...

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Tesla Supercharger expansion apparent in Q3 2025 results On October 1, Tesla Charging reported on X that it had significant growth in Q3 along a number of metrics. In Q3 2025, Tesla Charging recorded:      •    4,000 new Supercharger stalls opened, showing an 18% increase year-over-year     •    1.8 TWh of energy was delivered to vehicles, up 29% year-over-year     •    54 million quarterly charging sessions, showing a 31% in...

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e sale of ICE light vehicles would not in fact be banned in the province after 2035.  As Canadian counter-tariffs in opposition to U.S. tariffs came into place, September saw the first boatload of German-built Teslas arriving in Halifax.  Highlights of market performance for the first 9 months of 2025 include:      •    Year-to-date sales increased 4.5% over the same period last year, reaching 1.47 million sales     •    Luxury sa...

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tar has hired more than 950 full-time employees to date, and has committed to creating 2,500 jobs. Unifor, Canada’s largest private-sector union, recently organized the plant and successfully negotiated its first collective bargaining agreement. (NextStar Energy and other sources on September 30, 2025)...

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Corp. announced that together with General Motors Holdings LLC, its joint venture partner in the Thacker Pass lithium project, it has reached a non-binding agreement in principle (First Draw Terms) with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to advance the first draw of USD 435 million, expected in Q4 2025, on the previously announced USD 2.26 billion DOE loan arranged during the Biden administration. The DOE has agreed to defer USD 182 million of d...

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