increase the level of regional content in North American-built vehicles to 82% to qualify for preferential treatment under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, with ‌50% of that value to be produced in the U.S., according to four people familiar with the U.S. negotiating position at talks in Mexico City. The demand was tabled this week during the bilateral talks, the first formal USMCA Joint Review negotiating round. The sources pointed out that ...

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ways and remains a practical option for long-distance family use. MINI Cooper E earned 5-star rating (95%). It showed excellent energy efficiency (9.7/10), clean air (9.4/10), and greenhouse gases (9.6/10). Its low lifetime emissions and effective regenerative braking make it ideal for eco-friendly city driving. Jeep Avenger Electric earned 5-star rating (96%) with a perfect greenhouse gas score (10/10). It uses about 16.4 kWh/100 km in mild weat...

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Stellantis reveals lineup of Fiat, Citroen, Opel, and Peugeot for Europe during Investor Day 2026 On May 21, Stellantis shared its future model strategy for the European market at Investor Day 2026. Fiat will focus on city mobility with small and practical vehicles. It plans to launch a three-wheeler, a larger version of the Topolino, a new Cinquecento, and its own affordable electric car. The core lineup will include models such as Grande Panda,...

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igent driving, certain variants feature a J6B driving assistance chip, while the ULTRA+ high-end variant is equipped with a J6M chip. It also comes with a sensor suite including one 192-line LiDAR unit, one millimeter-wave radar, 12 ultrasonic sensors, and 11 HD cameras, supporting features such as City and Highway NOA, Highway Assist (HWA), and Lane Change Assist (LCA). From BAIC Arcfox press releases 1/2 and information on the BAIC Arcfox offic...

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f its main products—from China to Japan. As part of a review of its supply chain, the company is responding to customer requests for domestic production in Japan. It will shift production equivalent to approximately 550,000 vehicles per year (about 1.1 million units) to its Miyoshi Plant (Miyoshi City) in Hiroshima Prefecture. Going forward, ZF will monitor customer conditions and consider increasing production volumes and expanding the range o...

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Nissan to reuse calcium carbonate for construction material in collaboration with Takayama Kasei Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) announced on May 27 that it has begun efforts to use calcium carbonate emitted from vehicle coating processes as a construction material. In collaboration with Takayama Kasei Co., Ltd. (Takayama Kasei, Yao City, Osaka), Nissan has already started to use calcium carbonate as a raw material for soundproofing sheets used i...

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the U.S. and Mexico will hold a series of three bilateral negotiating rounds as it approaches the first Joint Review of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). •    On May 28-29, Deputy United States Trade Representative Ambassador Jeff Goettman will lead a U.S. delegation to Mexico City for the first bilateral negotiating round with Mexico, which will feature negotiations on topics of economic security and rules of origin for key...

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proprietary technology. NPR-Riken Corporation (NPR-Riken) exhibited a piston whose design was revised using in-cylinder combustion simulation analysis, along with piston rings and other components. Niterra Co., Ltd. exhibited a spark plug under development for hydrogen engines. Enable Inc. (Kariya City, Aichi Prefecture), an engine test contractor, exhibited a hydrogen engine model equipped with a "dual injection system" that also injects fuel i...

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h just 34 total active vehicles in the broader fleet in the four cities. Unsupervised Tesla Robotaxis in use have dropped to just 20 vehicles, according to the new data from the Robotaxi Tracker, down from the 25 cumulative vehicles reported in late April.  Austin, which was the initial deployment city, dropped from 19 unsupervised vehicles to 14 active in the last week, while Dallas and Houston remain with 3 each, the same as when they launched...

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Sollers Russia unveils pre-production SA9 Tourist Bus On May 25, Sollers Group unveiled a pre-production version of the Sollers SA9 at the TransportFest International Transport Festival in St. Petersburg, Russia. The Sollers SA9, the flagship model in Sollers Group’s bus lineup, is designed for intercity transportation and city tours. The bus is powered by a 370 hp diesel engine that meets Euro 5 emission standards and is paired with a 6-speed ...

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up display, and a large speech model. Regarding assisted driving, the model comes standard with the Huawei ADS (Advanced Driving System) solution, which, powered by 32 high-performance sensors including a 192-line (or optional 896-line dual-optical-path image-level) LiDAR, supports features such as City NCA (Navigation Cruise Assist), RA (Reverse Assist), and D2D (Door to Door). From DFMC press releases 1/2 and information on the Voyah website...

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intelligent cockpit system, which contains a 12.8/15.6-inch center console display. For the top variant, a 12-inch windshield head-up display is equipped. Some variants are available with the DiPilot 300 laser-assisted intelligent driving solution, offering driver assistance features such as CNOA (City Navigate on Autopilot), HNOA (Highway Navigate on Autopilot), and all-scenario parking assistance. From BYD Auto press releases 1/2 and informati...

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United Auto Workers issue trade 'demands' ahead of USMCA talks On May 21, The United Auto Workers union laid out its "demands" to the Trump administration ahead of trade negotiations in Mexico City between the U.S. and Mexico. Canada will not be present at these talks due to an impasse over Trump’s sectoral tariff actions. "Next week, talks are going to kick off in some of the most important negotiations for the working class in years," UAW Pre...

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Toyota Kirloskar Motor, India signs MoU with Karnataka Government to set up TKM Bizintel Hub On May 25, Toyota Kirloskar Motor (TKM) signed an MoU (memorandum of understanding) with the Government of Karnataka to establish the "TKM Bizintel Hub" at KWIN City, Bangalore, spread across 300 acres. The hub will focus on testing and evaluation of mobility solutions, digital transformation across business operations, and intelligent manufacturing. It w...

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cle model features Xiaomi HAD assisted driving functions powered by an Nvidia Drive AGX Thor chip (computing power 700 TOPS) and intelligent sensors including 1 LiDAR, 1 4D millimeter-wave radar, 11 exterior cameras, and 12 ultrasonic radars, supporting upgraded features such as D2D (Door to Door), city/highway NOA, and parking assist. At the launch event, Xiaomi also introduced the YU7 standard version, priced at CNY 233,500. The original standa...

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ions, with 66.3% built in Guangdong (835,000 units), Zhejiang (479,000 units), Jiangsu (425,000 units), Shanghai (312,000 units), Shandong (309,000 units), Fujian (263,000 units), Henan (255,000 units), Anhui (233,000 units), Sichuan (223,000 units), and Hubei (207,000 units). Consumption of electricity for charging was mainly concentrated in provinces and municipalities such as Guangdong, Jiangsu, Hebei, Sichuan, Zhejiang, Shanghai, Shandong, Fu...

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Nissan and Jatco cancel e-axle production plan in UK due to poor sales of Leaf in Europe as part of restructuring plan Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. (Nissan) and Jatco Ltd. (Jatco, Fuji City, Shizuoka Prefecture) announced that they will cancel their plans to produce e-axles for electric vehicles (EVs) in the UK by May 25. Jatco planned to start local production in 2026 and supply the e-axles to Nissan's Sunderland plant in the U.K. The decision forms p...

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Isuzu to establish Japan’s largest-class service site for trucks and buses in Takaishi City, Osaka Isuzu Motors Limited (Isuzu) announced on May 25 that it will establish a new service site in Takaishi City, Osaka. Inspections and maintenance for existing vehicles, and pre-delivery inspection will be consolidated to one location. The company will invest JPY 15 billion to develop the new site, with operations scheduled to begin by the end of the...

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tablishment of the new working group was decided at the association's general meeting held in Tokyo in mid-May. The group mainly consists of sales companies’ young managers who are future executive candidates. It also includes members from Honda, such as the engineers of Honda R&D Co., Ltd. (Wako City, Saitama Prefecture). The goal is to communicate the products that customers and sales companies want to engineers and use that information to de...

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comfortable cabin space. Horiba focused its attention on this thermal management evaluation system for EVs and HVs. The company has developed an evaluation system that can reproduce the thermal environment of batteries, motors, and cabin air conditioning, and installed it at its Biwako Plant (Otsu City). Horiba will propose it as a thermal management evaluation system to support optimization of EV development. (From an article in the Nikkan Jido...

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