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Li Auto has revealed an updated MEGA, its seven-seat electric MPV. The range narrows to a single Home trim at ¥509,800 (about $75,840), ¥50,000 (about $7,400) below what the previous MEGA Home listed at, while the sensor count goes from one lidar to four and combined output rises from 400 kW to 413 kW. A 108 kWh CATL battery is rated at 710 km CLTC.
Taiwan's ProLogium has begun mass production of a large-format solid-state battery cell rated at 381 Wh/kg by TÜV, verified against a new Chinese solid-state standard by UL Solutions. Output is currently about 0.5 GWh a year, roughly enough for 6,250 packs the size of an 80 kWh EV battery, with a much larger plant planned in France.
Volkswagen Group and India's JSW have signed a non-binding memorandum on a joint venture to widen the model range, deepen local component sourcing and raise in-country production and R&D. Nikkei and the Economic Times report a 51:49 split favouring JSW, unconfirmed by either party, with a final agreement targeted before the end of 2026.
Jaguar Land Rover will cut around 4,000 jobs over two years, close to 10% of its global workforce, and lower the volume it needs to break even to 300,000 cars a year. Pre-tax profit before exceptional items fell from £2.5 billion to £14 million in FY2026.
BYD has put the Sealion 08 on sale in China in eight versions between 229,900 and 279,900 yuan ($33,900 and $41,300). Every version uses the second-generation Blade Battery, which brings flash charging to the Ocean flagship: 10 to 70 percent in five minutes on the electric cars, which carry a 115.072 kWh pack and up to 900 km CLTC.
Body-on-frame diesel SUV revealed 2 September 2026, ending a five-year gap since the outgoing generation. 2.4L turbodiesel, 150 kW (201 hp), 480 Nm, 8AT, Super Select 4WD-II plus S-AWC. Built in Thailand; Thailand first, then Japan and Australia in FY2026, roughly 100 markets from FY2027.
Jim Farley calls the troubled 2023 F-Series Super Duty launch a catalyst for change at Ford. About two thirds of the leaders across manufacturing, supply chain and engineering have been replaced since, and the company now says it will slow a line or delay a launch rather than ship a known defect and fix it by recall.
One owner's filing has put the 2024 Ford Maverick Hybrid in front of federal safety regulators. NHTSA has opened defect petition DP26007 over a reported intermittent loss of anti-lock and regenerative braking, which the petitioner says survived four repair attempts and led to a crash. No defect has been found, no recall has been issued, and the agency is still deciding whether to investigate at all.
Land Rover has opened orders for the first battery-electric Range Rover, built at Solihull on the same line as the petrol and plug-in hybrid cars. Two motors give 542 hp and 850 Nm, the usable 118.5 kWh pack is rated at 372 miles WLTP in the UK and 333 miles EPA in the US, and the off-road figures carry over: 900 mm wading, traction control that reacts in 50 milliseconds, and one-pedal descent on 45-degree slopes. Prices start at $138,000 in the US and £154,070 (about $208,200) in the UK.
The second-generation Dacia Spring is a small electric hatchback built at Novo Mesto in Slovenia, replacing a first generation that was assembled in China. A single 60 kW motor drives the front wheels, a 27.5 kWh LFP battery is good for up to 250 km WLTP, and French prices open at 17,990 euros before incentives.
The fifth-generation Hyundai Tucson is a compact SUV revealed in official design images in August 2026. It measures 4,700 mm long on a 2,785 mm wheelbase and is the first Hyundai production model to wear the Art of Steel design language. Powertrains, prices and launch dates have not been disclosed.
A mid-cycle facelift of Lexus's compact SUV, with a stiffened body, variable-ratio steering and a Nürburgring-tuned chassis. The plug-in NX 450h+ gets a bigger 23 kWh battery and DC fast charging for the first time, alongside the self-charging NX 350h hybrid.
Body-on-frame diesel SUV revealed 2 September 2026, ending a five-year gap since the outgoing generation. 2.4L turbodiesel, 150 kW (201 hp), 480 Nm, 8AT, Super Select 4WD-II plus S-AWC. Built in Thailand; Thailand first, then Japan and Australia in FY2026, roughly 100 markets from FY2027.
The Lynk & Co 20 is a China-only compact electric SUV, the same SEA2 car that Europe buys as the 02. The 2026 update dropped the Z from the Z20 name and moved the car onto an 800-volt silicon-carbide architecture with 6C charging, which Lynk & Co rates at a 460 kW peak and 10 to 80% in 12 minutes. A 245 kW rear motor drives it, LFP packs of 61.52 or 70.01 kWh give 535 to 630 km on the CLTC cycle, and lidar is standard on every version. Chinese sales start in the third quarter of 2026 and prices have not been announced.
The Denza N8 is a five-seat electric SUV from BYD's premium brand, 5,150 mm long on a 3,075 mm wheelbase. Chinese certification filings list two second-generation Blade Battery packs, 105.8 kWh and 130.15 kWh, with CLTC range from 800 km to 1,003 km, and three motor layouts topping out at a tri-motor 890 kW (1,194 hp). Prices have not been announced.
The Ram ProMaster City is a front-wheel-drive midsize commercial van sold in the United States from the first quarter of 2027. It is the American version of the Stellantis midsize van sold in Europe as the Citroen Jumpy, Peugeot Expert, Fiat Scudo and Opel Vivaro, and it is built at the Tofas plant in Bursa, Turkey. One powertrain is offered, a 166 hp 1.6-litre turbocharged petrol four with an eight-speed automatic. Cargo van and passenger wagon bodies are sold in Tradesman and SLT trim, listing from $37,400 before a $2,595 destination charge.
The Lincoln Corsair is the brand's smallest and cheapest SUV. For the 2027 model year it is sold in the United States only as a hybrid, with a 2.0-litre turbocharged four, two electric motors, a combined 305 hp and standard all-wheel drive. It is built by the Changan Ford joint venture in Chongqing, China, after US production ended in December 2025, and lists from $46,495 plus a $2,295 destination charge. Deliveries start in early 2027.
Six powertrains are on sale and three of them are called hybrids. What MHEV, HEV, PHEV, EREV and EV mean, how far each goes on its battery, and how to tell them apart.
Norway sells almost nothing but electric cars, and never paid a purchase subsidy to get there. The tax structure that did it, year by year, and how it ends in 2028.
China's car market runs on a handful of giant groups, each fielding a stack of brands. Here is who owns what - the parent companies, the sub-brands, the Huawei alliance, and why the chart keeps changing.
AVILOO's analysis of over 500,000 battery tests across 20 EV models found most retain about 90% of capacity at 150,000 km - but the spread within a single model can exceed 13 percentage points, undercutting mileage as a health signal.
Battery-electric cars took 98.7% of Norway's new passenger car registrations in August 2026, a monthly record. The total market shrank 3.4% at the same time, which is why OFV now frames further emissions cuts as a question about the old fleet rather than about new-car sales.
China's charging network reached 23.683 million points at the end of July, up 41.9% year on year. Almost all of the month's growth was private: 536,000 of the 626,000 points added were home or workplace wallboxes, and public charging now accounts for barely a fifth of the total.
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