GlobalData blog: Optionality over obligation: the quiet message from the Japan Mobility Show 2025 Walking through the Tokyo Big Sight center in early November for the Japan Mobility Show 2025, you could feel two stories unfolding at once. On the surface, Japan’s hometown brands filled the halls with sharp concepts, plush interiors and a sea of “electrified” badges. However, underneath, something more cautious was just as clear—Japan still...

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Southend-on-Sea City Council, UK plans 3,000 new chargers On November 18, Southend-on-Sea City Council announced a partnership with Zest to install over 3,000 public chargers across the city. The project starts early next year. The new network will include a mix of lamp posts, fast, and rapid chargers to suit different drivers' needs. The project is supported by GBP 1.4 million from the Government's Local Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (LEVI) fu...

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Zeekr launches 7X model in Colombia On November 10, it was reported that Zeekr officially launched the 7X in Colombia during the Bogotá Motor Show. The mid-size model from Geely’s premium brand is available in Sport, Premium and Flagship versions and emphasizes design, performance, and technology. The 7X, built on Geely’s SEA3 platform, measures 4.78 m long, 1.93 m wide and 1.65 m high, with a 2.90 m wheelbase. The Sport and Premium versions...

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Egypt and South Africa discuss cooperation for automotive industry On November 9, the Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade of Egypt met with the Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa to discuss cooperation in the fields of automotive manufacturing, establishing logistics zones, and linking them by sea.  The Egyptian minister expressed Egypt’s desire to cooperate with South Africa in the automotive industry, transfer expertise and ...

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luminum van and a flatbed. The vehicle can travel 250km on a single charge, while maintaining a payload capacity of about 1 ton. It can be driven with a regular driver's license. In addition to being equipped with many safety and comfort features such as an Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS), seat ventilation, seat heaters, and a large monitor, the vehicle also supports V2H (Vehicle-to-Home) and V2L (Vehicle-to-Load) as external power suppl...

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f September 30, 2025, there were 191 truck-specific operational hubs, 157 general hubs suitable for trucks, and 135 more truck-specific hubs under development. These hubs are placed along major routes, allowing drivers to charge during rest breaks without losing productivity. For example, the North Sea–Baltic corridor has 13 dedicated stations (7 still being built), while the Rhine–Alpine corridor also has 13 (3 under construction). There are...

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Presented by Marianne Johnson and David Foutz of Cox Automotive)     •    Future of Air: Electrification in Aerospace (presented by Ken Karklin, CEO of Pivotal.aero, on how lessons from urban air mobility and aerospace engineering are moving from concept to reality)     •    Future of Sea: Reinventing Boating with ARC Boats CEO Mitch Lee discussing electrification     •    Are We There Yet? A State of Play on Autonomous Vehic...

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EU launches Clean Transport Corridor Initiative to increase truck charging infrastructure On September 16, the EU Commission for Transport and Tourism announced that it is launching the Clean Transport Corridor Initiative to cut freight emissions by increasing charging points for heavy trucks along major freight routes. The initiative will start with the Scandinavian-Mediterranean and North-Sea Baltic Corridors as the first test cases. The initia...

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JMS 2025: Honda to exhibit wide variety of mobility products for land, sea and skies On August 28, Honda Motor announced plans to exhibit a wide variety of Honda mobility products, including automobiles, motorcycles, power products and aircraft, as well as related technologies and concept models at the Japan Mobility Show 2025 (press days: October 29 – 30, public days: October 31 – November 9, 2025). The company also unveiled some of the mode...

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tics (a Geely wholly-owned subsidiary), in May. In July, battery electric mining trucks for a central enterprise-backed project in Africa were exported from the port. With low-cost Yangtze River shipping, efficient rail services, and flexible road transport, Taicang has built an integrated “river-sea-inland, rail-road-water” network. During the January-July period, the Taicang Port exported 101,000 vehicles via rail-sea, 288,000 via road-sea,...

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ogy maintains fast, reliable connections without interruption. At IAA Mobility 2025, UNIO will highlight three key themes i.e., Space Meets Road focuses on delivering always-on connectivity by integrating satellite and 5G networks, Smarter Operations showcases AI-powered optimisation for real-time, seamless network switching, ensuring vehicles stay connected without interruptions and the Future is Hybrid emphasises UNIO’s partnership with OIQ G...

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Hybrid employs dual 12.3-inch panoramic curved displays, a head-up display, and the Blue Link digital key for mobile phone remote vehicle control. The model supports all-scenario intelligent driver assistance features such as HDA (Highway Driving Assist) II, RSPA (Remote Smart Parking Assist), and SEA (Safe Exit Assist). Going forward, Hyundai will introduce New Energy Vehicle models such as range-extended electric and battery electric models. F...

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otorbikes, and financial and logistics services. The head of CCAG stated that the company will focus on building “new quality productive forces”, such as intelligent automotive robots and embodied intelligence, and exploring the establishment of a new ecosystem for three-dimensional mobility by sea, land, and air. He also remarked that globalization will be accelerated through the development of five regional markets, namely, Southeast Asia, ...

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cated at the estuary of the Yangtze River, the Shanghai Haitong International Automotive Terminal (Haitong Terminal) in the Waigaoqiao Port Area has become one of the top choices for automobile exports along the Yangtze River for its geographical advantage of connecting the river and the East China Sea, as well as the density of shipping routes to major automobile terminals around the globe. To date, the export routes from the Haitong Terminal ha...

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n addition, we will work together Militarily,” Trump said in a Truth Social post announcing the deal, which came shortly after Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos left the White House. Marcos said his country has been forced to modernize its military due to Chinese aggression in the South China Sea. The Philippines has yet to confirm that a deal has been struck. Neither the White House nor the Philippine Embassy in Washington, D.C., have resp...

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es a 646 hp all-wheel-drive powertrain, a 100-kWh CATL battery, and accelerates from 0 to 100 km/h in 3.8 seconds. It offers a 423 km range under Inmetro standards and supports ultra-fast charging from 10% to 80% in 13 minutes using 360-kW high-power charging stations.   Developed in Sweden on the SEA 800V platform, the 7X emphasizes luxury, safety, and connectivity to compete with Western premium brands and Tesla. Although full equipment detail...

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Zeekr unveils technologies for 9X SUV poised for pre-orders at end of August On July 9, Zeekr held an event to unveil the SEA-S luxury super dedicated hybrid architecture based on an electric architecture. The architecture is for the 9X SUV, a model poised for pre-orders at the end of August. The SEA-S, the world’s first full-stack 900V hybrid architecture, makes the global debut of a megawatt-level hybrid electric drive, delivering a maximum p...

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UNEX EV introduces intelligent mobility platform to power Thailand’s e-mobility future On April 4, 2025, UNEX EV launched Thailand’s first intelligent mobility platform, designed to support all types of electric mobility (on land, sea, and air) across private, commercial, and public transport sectors. The company plans to develop a nationwide battery-swapping network that meets the needs of both the transportation and clean energy industries....

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and emissions. Compared with the Thermo Pro 50 Eco, it retains the same dimensions and weight of just 2.2 kg. Thanks to an analog and the new digital LIN interface, the new heater allows for custom configurations and centralized control. It has automatic altitude adjustment up to 4,000 meters above sea level as standard. It also meets the ISO 21434 cybersecurity and ISO 26262 functional safety standards. (From a press release dated April 8, 2025)...

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BaekSong to build new EV battery cover plant in Gumi, South Korea South Korea’s BaekSong Co., Ltd. announced that it will build a new electric vehicle (EV) battery cover plant in Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-do. The capital investment will be KRW 12.7 billion (JPY 1.27 billion), and the company aims to launch full-scale production in September 2025. The company plans to collaborate closely with SEA Mechanics Co., Ltd., a Gumi-based EV module manufacture...

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