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Nissan’s CEO Ditches Rental-Fleet Sales Strategy as He Presses Cost Cuts and a U.S. Product Reboot

Nissan CEO Ivan Espinosa is overhauling the automaker’s strategy in a high-stakes U.S. turnaround, moving away from a decade-long approach built on selling cars...

Pirelli buys stake in RIDEsense to boost “Cyber Tyre” vehicle intelligence

Pirelli has taken a 24.99% stake in RIDEsense, a start-up spun out of the University of Naples Federico II and the MegaRide mobility technology...

CATL Says Lithium Mining, Not Refining, Is Now the Key Battery Constraint as a Major Mine Restarts

Chinese battery giant CATL is shifting its focus upstream, warning that lithium mining has become the industry’s main bottleneck—rather than mineral processing, an area...

Formula 1’s Simulation Limits Push AI-Powered Overnight Design Optimization

AI Cuts Automotive Design Cycles as Engineers Evaluate Thousands of Variants Jaguar Land Rover Doubles Aerodynamic Iterations After AI Surrogate Models Engineering teams in the auto...

Chinese Automakers Pass Japanese Rivals in Europe Sales for First Time

Chinese Makers Top Japanese in May Europe Auto Sales Amid Subsidies Return Despite EU Tariffs, Chinese EVs Hold Price Edge and Expand in Europe Chinese automakers...

GM and Micron Sign Long-Term Deal to Secure Chips for Next-Gen Vehicles

General Motors has struck a long-term chip supply and innovation partnership with Micron Technology, aiming to secure the memory and storage components needed for...

Mercedes-Benz Shares Anonymised Vehicle Data to Bolster Road Safety and Modernise Infrastructure Management in Europe

Mercedes-Benz is expanding the use of connected-vehicle data to help public authorities improve road safety and infrastructure upkeep. The company says it is providing...

China’s MIIT Puts Mandatory Rules Behind L3/ L4 Autonomy, Sets 10-Second Takeover Deadline for 2027

China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has released a draft mandatory national standard for L3/L4 autonomous driving systems, with an implementation date...

From VLA to Embodied Intelligence: Automakers Battle Over Tech Roadmaps in a Trillion-Yuan Race

As 2026 passes its midpoint, the autonomous driving industry’s biggest debate is no longer confined to research labs—it is increasingly being fought on production...

China’s GB 38031-2025 Battery Safety Rule Kicks In July 1, Demanding “No Fire, No Explosion”

China’s toughest-ever electric-vehicle battery safety regulation—GB 38031-2025—begins enforcing on July 1, 2026, replacing a “time-to-warning” requirement with a stricter “no fire, no explosion” standard....

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