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Japan's Toyota Motor, opens new tab plans to announce in about a month steps to overhaul its small-car specialist Daihatsu Motor after an investigation into misconduct at its unit related to rigged collision-safety tests found issue …

BYD's first vehicle vessel has set sail from China's southern city of Shenzhen carrying electric vehicles bound for Europe. …

Volkswagen, whose drive to develop a solid-state electric car battery with the US startup QuantumScape has been dogged by delays, is holding talks with France's Blue Solutions on the technology, a source with direct knowledge of the …

Similarly to the rest of the globe, hydrogen cars are currently anything but successful in Japan. Sales of hydrogen cars in the island nation have fallen by 83% in the past two years – to just 422 units in 2023. …

Owners of BMW’s automaking partner in China are considering options to raise funds, including selling the company’s stake in its joint venture with the automaker, according to people familiar with the matter. …

BMW has passed the tipping point for combustion-engine vehicle sales and now generates most sales growth from electric cars, its chief financial officer, Walter Mertl, said in a media roundtable. …

Stellantis will temporarily lay-off about 2,250 workers at its Mirafiori plant in the Italian city of Turin in the coming weeks in response to weak demand. …

Suzuki's plant in Hungary will suspend output of the Vitara and S-Cross models amid supply shortages caused by attacks on shipping in the Red Sea. …

China’s auto production and exports climbed to record highs in 2023 as its domestic market recovered and manufacturers filled the void left by Western companies that pulled out of Russia. …

Tesla’s Cybertruck, the EV maker’s most anticipated model in years, would face challenges to be homologated in Europe, experts said. …