eration of 28 lines at 14 vehicle assembly plants in Japan due to a system failure at a domestic supplier. The 28 lines will resume all operations from the first shift on March 2. The system failure occurred at Kojima Industries Corporation. It was reported that the system failure could be due to a cyber-attack. The 28 lines include Hino Motors, Ltd.’s (Hino’s) Hamura Plant Production Lines #1 and #4, and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s Kyoto (Oya...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/04/02

eration of 28 lines at 14 vehicle assembly plants in Japan due to a system failure at a domestic supplier. The 28 lines will resume all operations from the first shift on March 2. The system failure occurred at Kojima Industries Corporation. It was reported that the system failure could be due to a cyber-attack. The 28 lines include Hino Motors, Ltd.’s (Hino’s) Hamura Plant Production Lines #1 and #4, and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s Kyoto (Oya...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/04/01

eration of 28 lines at 14 vehicle assembly plants in Japan due to a system failure at a domestic supplier. The 28 lines will resume all operations from the first shift on March 2. The system failure occurred at Kojima Industries Corporation. It was reported that the system failure could be due to a cyber-attack. The 28 lines include Hino Motors, Ltd.’s (Hino’s) Hamura Plant Production Lines #1 and #4, and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s Kyoto (Oya...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/30

man manufacturing plants i.e., Emden, Zwickau, and Osnabrueck, and also impacted some other facilities outside Germany. On September 28, the issue has been resolved in the morning, and the network is now stable again. The exact cause of the failure is currently unknown, but it's been ruled out as a cyber attack. On September 11, multiple sources reported that VW faced production disruptions due to a shortage of engine parts from Slovenia, impacti...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/27

eration of 28 lines at 14 vehicle assembly plants in Japan due to a system failure at a domestic supplier. The 28 lines will resume all operations from the first shift on March 2. The system failure occurred at Kojima Industries Corporation. It was reported that the system failure could be due to a cyber-attack. The 28 lines include Hino Motors, Ltd.’s (Hino’s) Hamura Plant Production Lines #1 and #4, and Daihatsu Motor Co., Ltd.'s Kyoto (Oya...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/27

source(s) stops fails. 38 AgreementregardingUNregulation 150 1 S2-C1  WP.29/2024/27/Corr.1 2025/3/12 2024/9/22 Retro-Reflective Devices (RRD) Addition of corrections  missed at the amendment of R150-01 Supplement 2. 39 AgreementregardingUNregulation 155 S3 WP.29/2024/55 2024/6/26 2025/1/10 Cyber Security and Cyber Security Management System ・Changed the scope of approval to all L category (L1 to L7) vehicles. ・Revised the transitiona...

Regulations  Updated at: 2026/03/27

makes extensive use of lightweight materials such as aluminum and magnesium, together with high-performance steel. This approach is paired with the new Atlantis High electrical/electronic architecture, based on canFD messages sent at speeds of up to 2 ms. The system also comes with advanced level 5 cyber-security and flash-over-the-air features. On October 25, Maserati announced that the new Maserati GranCabrio prototypes are now taking to the st...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/26

man manufacturing plants i.e., Emden, Zwickau, and Osnabrueck, and also impacted some other facilities outside Germany. On September 28, the issue has been resolved in the morning, and the network is now stable again. The exact cause of the failure is currently unknown, but it's been ruled out as a cyber attack. On September 11, multiple sources reported that VW faced production disruptions due to a shortage of engine parts from Slovenia, impacti...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

at Chengdu Motor Show 2023. On August 24, SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle announced that it will exhibit nearly 20 models of its sub-brands such as Roewe and MG and unveil four blockbuster New Energy Vehicles (NEVs): the new Roewe D7 EV mid-to-high-end sedan, the new Roewe D7 DMH hybrid sedan, the MG Cyberster, China’s first electric roadster, and the MG Mulan (named MG4 EV overseas), the first global model in China’s automotive industry, at Ch...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

SAIC Motor Corporation Limited Passenger Vehicle Fujian Branch MG: PHV SUV eHS (2019-), SUV Linghang (2020-), SUV Linghang PHV (2020-), MG 5 (2020-), SUV MG ONE (2021-), MG 5 Scorpio (2022-), EV Mulan/MG4 Electric (2022-), EV Cyberster (2023-), EV SUV MG 4X (2026-planning); Roewe: SUV RX5, SUV RX9 (2023-), SUV eRX5 PHV (2022-), EV D6 (2025-), PHV M7 DMH (2025-), i6 (2026-planning); MG: SUV MG ONE α (2021-2023), SUV MG ONE β (2022-2023); Roewe:...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

w product series, a face-lifted RX5 PLUS SUV, a 4-seat concept of the iMAX8 MPV and a face-lifted i5 sedan. Other vehicles to be exhibited include the recently-launched RX3 PRO SUV and the Ei5 wagon. The MG brand will exhibit 7 vehicles. The brand will unveil its first battery electric hypercar MG Cyberster and launch the first crowd-creation vehicle project (crowd-creation is about involving prospective customers in the development process of a...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

full-size SUV were unveiled. On August 24, SAIC Motor Passenger Vehicle announced that it will exhibit nearly 20 models of its sub-brands such as Roewe and MG and unveil four blockbuster New Energy Vehicles (NEVs): the new Roewe D7 EV mid-to-high-end sedan, the new Roewe D7 DMH hybrid sedan, the MG Cyberster, China’s first electric roadster, and the MG Mulan (named MG4 EV overseas), the first global model in China’s automotive industry, at Ch...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/17

nufacture 100,000 units a month. Alps Alpine also has an “offshore development center” on the premises of Tata Elxsi Limited in Kerala, a local IT company with which it develops automotive software. The center will increase the number of engineers for the development of connected technology and cyber security software from the current approximate of 100 to 150 by the spring of 2024. (From an article in the Nikkan Jidosha Shimbun on October 20...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/03/16

Kasai Kogyo confirms no significant damage to its operations by cyber attack at U.S. subsidiary Kasai Kogyo announced on March 12 that its U.S. subsidiary had been hit by a cyber-attack. As of the same day, there is no significant impact on its operations, according to the company. On March 11 (Japan time), the company detected unauthorized access to the server of its U.S. subsidiary, Kasai North America Inc. (Kasai North America). In response, t...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/13

Deloitte India launches ConnectSafe cyber facility for connected infrastructure On March 10, 2026, Deloitte India unveiled ConnectSafe, a 4,500 sq ft cyber‑security facility that provides a live environment to simulate cyber‑threat scenarios across automotive, MedTech, industrial, and consumer ecosystems, allowing organisations to test and validate security controls without disrupting live operations.​ The facility is focused on risks from ...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/10

30, with the exception of the Miyata Plant and the Kyoto (Oyamazaki) Plant. The resumption of the system from the first shift is a temporary measure, with operations expected to resume at all 14 plants from the second shift onwards. Toyota says that the malfunction of the system was not caused by a cyberattack and is investigating the cause. The 28 lines in 14 plants are as follows: Toyota's Motomachi Plant (Five production lines) / Takaoka Plant...

OEM Plants  Updated at: 2026/03/09

GigaDevice, Singapore, joins SOAFEE SIG On March 3, SOAFEE (Scalable Open Architecture for Embedded Edge) announced that GigaDevice Semiconductor Inc., a global leading fabless supplier, joined the SOAFEE SIG (Special Interest Group). GigaDevice will bring advanced semiconductor experience to SOAFEE and propose an understanding of cyber security and functional safety for the SOAFEE framework. GigaDevice also hopes to work together with many indus...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/06

including eSIM, V2X, and car access. With its Common Criteria (CC) certification at the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) and integrated post-quantum cryptography (PQC), the SLI22 enables compliance with relevant security standards and delivers robust protection against evolving cyber threats posed by advances in quantum computing. It is based on the advanced Infineon Integrity Guard 32 architecture. With an optimized cache th...

News  Updated at: 2026/03/05

s 75.7%.In the first eleven months of 2025, total vehicle production decreased 16.7% (y/y) to 710,298 units. The passenger car production was down 9.4% to 665,235 units, commercial vehicle was down 62.0% to 45,063 units.Mike Hawes, CEO of SMMT said Car production is normalising following August’s cyber incident and, with the manufacture of a new EV model starting this week in Sunderland, the sector can look forward with some optimism. Growth is...

Automotive Production Data  Updated at: 2026/03/02

announced that it has supplied its new electronic brake systems for Electronic Stability Control (ESC), the MK 120 ESC, to Changan’s Oshan X5 Plus and Uni-T models, which has firstly entered series production worldwide in Shanghai, China. The MK 120 ESC offers over-the-air (OTA) functionality and cyber security features, such as secure boot, data security protection, etc. It adopts an embedded hardware security module in line with the high requ...

Major Suppliers  Updated at: 2026/02/27