The Renault Niagara is a midsize pickup built on the RGMP platform specifically for Latin America, progressively replacing the Oroch. It is built at Renault's Santa Isabel plant in Córdoba, Argentina, with Brazil, Argentina and Colombia as lead markets. At launch it runs a 1.3-litre turbocharged three-cylinder petrol rated 156 hp, with front-wheel-drive manual and 4x4 dual-clutch automatic versions; a hybrid follows later. Sales start in November 2026 and Renault has not announced prices.
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Renault has revealed the production Niagara, a midsize pickup built on the RGMP platform for Brazil, Argentina and Colombia. It replaces the Oroch and is built at the Santa Isabel plant in Córdoba, Argentina, launching with a 1.3-litre turbo petrol rated 156 hp and sales starting November 2026.
Dacia has revealed the second-generation Spring and opened orders in France. The cheapest electric car in its range is no longer assembled in China: it moves to Renault Group's Novo Mesto plant in Slovenia, onto the new RG-EV small platform, with a 60 kW motor, a 27.5 kWh LFP battery and up to 250 km WLTP. Prices start at €17,990 (about $19,600) before incentives.
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 has confirmed more than 30,000 European orders for the ID. Polo, with dealers quoting a minimum ten-month wait on individually configured cars - order now and delivery falls in May-June 2027. The company points to demand and to planned capacity at its Martorell plant. Sibling MEB+ models show the same pattern: Skoda has over 35,000 orders for the Epiq, and the Cupra Raval is booked out for months.
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.
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Volkswagen Group's supervisory board has signed off Future Plan 2030, which cuts the model range by up to 50% and configuration options by up to 75%, and sizes the production system for around 9 million cars a year. SEAT says no final decision has been taken on its future.
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.
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All models →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.
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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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