Volkswagen will discontinue production of the VW ID.4 at its Chattanooga, Tennessee facility, marking a shift towards higher-volume models.

Mercedes-Benz’s new GLC battery-powered SUV available in South Korea from this year. Sales of imported light passenger vehicles in South Korea continued to surge in March 2026, rising by 35% to 33,970 ...

Chinese autonomous driving company Pony.ai has commenced commercial robotaxi operations in Zagreb, Croatia, in collaboration with Uber and Verne. Passengers can book and pay for rides through the ...

US carmakers have warned that EU rules are restricting large pick-up trucks, heightening tensions around an EU-US trade agreement still awaiting ratification.

Taiwan’s new vehicle market expanded by 5.5% to 39,318 units in March 2026 from 37,281 units in the same month last year.

Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Company reported a 7.4% drop in global sales to 245,601 vehicles in February 2026, including models sold under the Nissan and Infiniti brands, with sales in Japan ...

US automakers announce huge restructuring charges to cut BEV exposure.

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution expects a first-quarter operating loss as softer electric vehicle demand weighed on its performance. Announcing its preliminary results for the first quarter of 2026, ...

Volkswagen had previously reached an agreement with unions at the end of 2024 to reduce 35,000 jobs by 2030. Credit: Peter J B / Shutterstock.com Volkswagen Group plans to cut 50,000 jobs in Germany ...

Also’s parent company Rivian has also been raising capital. Credit: mark reinstein / Shutterstock.com Also, an electric vehicle (EV) startup spun out of Rivian, has raised $200m in a Series C round.

Honda Motor will move several thousand engineers working on automotive development into a separate R&D entity from 1 April, reviving Honda R&D as an independent unit, Nikkei Asia reported.

Applied Intuition, a vehicle software supplier, has entered a partnership with LG Innotek aimed at supporting autonomous vehicle development.