XPeng CEO He Xiaopeng calls the United States a market the company has to enter eventually and says it would build factories there if American policy permitted it, though there is no timeline. Canada is the more likely first step in North America, with talks underway but no launch decision.

Ford CEO Jim Farley says the company's benchmark factories today are in Mexico and China rather than the US, pointing to stronger process discipline and line-level problem solving, while crediting UAW-staffed US plants with real progress that helped Ford rank first among mass-market brands in J.D. Power's 2026 initial quality study.

Geely has unveiled the Thunder 16-in-1 Intelligent E-Drive, a compact electric drive unit that folds 12 hardware components and 4 control systems into one module. The company says it reaches 93.8% efficiency, among the best figures for a production e-drive, while cutting part count by more than 180 and bringing unit weight down to 75 kg. The unit has already debuted on the Geely Galaxy TT Ultra.

A senior Mercedes-AMG executive told German outlet Manager Magazin the electric AMG GT 4-Door "should never have happened" and was nearly cancelled after the EQS and EQE SUV lineup cost the company roughly 5 billion euros (about $5.4 billion) and AMG's own EV push passed $1 billion, but the car will still launch as the first model on the AMG.EA platform.

Shelby American has revealed the F-150 Super Snake SuperCrew, its most powerful street truck yet, built from a Ford F-150 Lariat with a Whipple supercharger added to the 5.0L V8 for 830 hp. Only 300 will be built, split evenly between rear- and all-wheel drive, with the conversion starting at approximately $105,000 on top of the donor truck. First deliveries begin in 2026, aimed squarely at the supercharged Ram 1500 Rumble Bee SRT.