a cooperation agreement between BMW Brilliance Automotive Limited and the People’s Government of Jianye District, Nanjing for the establishment of BMW (Nanjing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (BMW IT), a wholly-owned subsidiary. The new company is one of BMW Group’s six IT R&D centers in the world, the group’s first and only IT R&D center in China, and its largest IT R&D site in Asia. BMW IT was formerly known as LingYue Digital Informat...

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td. (Broad-Ocean Motor) launched a Chongqing New Energy Vehicle (NEV) powertrain project and introduced a centripetal oil-cooled (U+X) PIN stator-rotor product. The first phase of Broad-Ocean Motor’s Chongqing site has an investment amount of over CNY 1 billion and a planned annual NEV powertrain production capacity of 1 million sets, where the production lines allow for simultaneous manufacturing of the U-PIN, Mini-PIN, and X-PIN stators. The ...

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Honda prepares for EV, ICE production on flexible lines at Anna Engine Plant On July 21, Honda announced it will mark the 40th anniversary of the Anna Engine Plant (AEP), celebrating the largest Honda auto engine plant in the world.  As part of the Honda EV Hub, AEP is one of three production facilities in Ohio that are advancing the concept of flexible motors on the same production lines. AEP has added three new processes to produce the aluminu...

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IAA Motility 2025: CUPRA to reveal Raval EV and new showcar On July 17, CUPRA announced that it will share its future vision through several exciting events in IAA Mobility 2025 in Munich starting from September 7, 2025.At the Volkswagen Group Media Event on September 7, 2025, CUPRA will reveal the camouflaged series-production version of the CUPRA Raval, which is an all-electric urban car, set to launch in 2026. On September 8, 2025, during the ...

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GM, Redwood Materials plan use of U.S.-built batteries for energy storage On July 16, General Motors announced it has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Redwood Materials to accelerate deployment of energy storage systems using both new U.S.-manufactured batteries from GM production plants and second-life battery packs from GM EVs. This collaboration marks a significant step toward taking GM’s advanced battery technology beyo...

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XPeng AeroHT closes Series B financing worth USD 250 million On July 15, XPeng AeroHT closed a Series B financing worth USD 250 million. The proceeds will be used to secure the smooth R&D, mass production, and commercialization of the company’s flying cars. XPeng AeroHT is sparing no effort to accelerate the mass production of the Land Aircraft Carrier modular flying car. The world’s first XPeng AeroHT flying car mass production plant was top...

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Bridgestone to sell off tire subsidiary in China to local manufacturer On July 14, Bridgestone Corporation (Bridgestone) announced it will sell off its subsidiary for the manufacturing of truck and bus tires in Shenyang, China to a local manufacturer. This is part of Bridgestone’s efforts to promote the shift to high-value-added products and restructure its global operations. Production at the subsidiary was discontinued in January 2024. It wil...

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PT UABS Indonesia celebrates Line-Off Ceremony for XPeng EV battery at Cikarang plant On July 8, 2025, XPeng Motors’ first overseas knock-down (KD) battery pack officially rolled off the production line at PT UABS Indonesia, located in the SAIC International Industrial Park, Cikarang, West Java. The partnership has drawn widespread attention across the industry and marks a major milestone in the growing collaboration between SAIC Group and XPen...

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Nissan reported in early talks to supply vehicles to Honda in U.S. Nissan is in early talks to build pickup trucks for Honda in the U.S. at its under-utilized plant in Canton, Mississippi, according to reports from Japan. A person familiar with the matter said that building vehicles for Honda at Canton is one of several options on the table to increase production capacity at Canton. If a deal materializes, the person said, Nissan could develop an...

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Tata Steel UK secures funding for AI-powered research to develop low-CO2 automotive steel On July 9, Tata Steel UK announced a new research initiative, ADAPT-EAF (Accelerating the Development of Automotive and Packaging steel Technology for Electric Arc Furnace production) aimed at developing a new generation of advanced steel products from its EAF. It will address controlling residual elements in high-recycled-content steel for demanding applica...

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the Legacy SR3 Neo Panorama bus by PT Laksana Bus Manufaktur. This latest shipment to Sri Lanka highlights the growing potential of the South Asian market. Designed for premium transport needs and built on a European chassis, this right-hand drive model reflects Laksana’s commitment to producing world-class, Indonesian-made buses. Founded in 1967 in Semarang, Laksana began as an automotive workshop and entered the bus body industry in 1977. To...

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d comfortable at 22°C. Rear axle steering proved very helpful, making tight mountain roads and narrow city streets easier to navigate. It improves agility and makes everyday driving more relaxed. The trip is part of a broader testing program that includes digital simulations, lab testing, and real-world driving across various climates and road types. These tests help speed up the development process and ensure the vans are ready for production. ...

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-year. The rapid growth of NEV exports is promoting China’s automotive industrial chain to expand abroad. In addition to finished vehicle exports, several industrial chain companies are accelerating the implementation of localization strategies for markets outside of China, including establishing production sites, R&D centers, and diversified sales networks. For instance, the first XPeng production site outside of China will go into operation t...

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mimik and Tech Mahindra unveil agentic AI production center On June 30, San Francisco-based mimik announced it has joined forces with Tech Mahindra to launch Agentic AI Production Center. The center will function as an operational hub for designing, developing, deploying, scaling, and commercializing agentic AI systems on real-world infrastructure hosted at Tech Mahindra labs. The center is a Physical AI production-first environment that trains, ...

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Changan Auto executive deems polarization of auto sales in China to be intensifying According to multiple press releases dated June 18, Xiaoyu ZHANG, executive vice president of Chongqing Changan Automobile Co., Ltd. (Changan Auto), delivered a keynote speech at the Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC25 Shanghai), pointing out that Chinese automobile brands are demonstrating unprecedentedly strong momentum in the global market, and that the Chinese a...

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icles, and fuel cell vehicles (FCVs)), three vertical technology paths (passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles, and public vehicles), three cores (core technologies, core components, and core platforms)” of the automotive industry as the development focus, the Plan aims to build Guangzhou into a world-class “city of intelligent vehicles”. The Plan specifies that Guangzhou’s automotive industry will strive for the following goals by 2027....

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Murata Manufacturing to start volume production of noise-suppressing chip ferrite beads for automobiles Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd. (Murata Manufacturing) announced that it will start the volume production of its “BLM15VM series” chip ferrite beads in July. The BLM15VM series is the world’s first chip ferrite beads that support measures against 5.9 GHz band automotive C-V2X (Cellular Vehicle-to-Everything) communication noise. With its u...

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e, a 28% decrease in water consumption, and a 22% cut in waste generation. As part of its innovation efforts, VWCO developed Brazil’s first Arla 32 tank made from sugarcane-based bioplastic. In 2024, this initiative prevented the emission of 1,150 tons of CO2e and reduced electricity usage in its production by 20%, contributing to lower operational costs. The company also promotes plastic waste reduction on its production lines in line with the...

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MAN Truck unveils ebus strategy and plans for fully automated bus On June 16, MAN Truck announced that it is moving forward with plans to develop a fully automated city bus by 2030 to help shape the future of urban mobility. To build expertise, the company is partnering with tech leaders and working on pilot projects such as MINGA, which tests automated ebuses in real-world conditions. MAN has also participated in other initiatives such as @City ...

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Hyundai Steel to supply automotive steel to GM Korea, replacing Chinese supplier On June 13, Korean multiple sources reported that Hyundai Steel has signed a deal to supply GM Korea with approximately 100,000 tons of automotive steel annually, starting as early as September. This supply will replace the volume previously sourced from China’s Baoshan Iron & Steel, the world’s largest steelmaker by crude steel output. Until now, GM Korea had so...

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