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Kia is recalling 462,869 Telluride SUVs from the 2020-2024 model years in the United States. A damaged or displaced front-seat adjuster switch can leave the seat's motor running and overheating, with 18 cases of localized fire or melting recorded since October 2024. It is the second recall over the same defect. Dealers will install a free electronic fuse; owner notifications start August 13, 2026.
American startup Slate added five Crayola-branded wraps for its electric pickup and SUV, sold as dealer-installed accessories rather than factory paint. The Blank Slate concept - an unpainted grey base built for post-purchase personalization - stays intact.
Audi is walking back its all-screen, all-touch interior direction, promising more physical buttons, dials and higher-grade materials under a new design philosophy called Radical Next, previewed on the Concept C and the Nuvolari.
A tiny Italian coachbuilder in Piedmont hand-builds around 30 cars a year - a two-seat retro sports car with a naturally aspirated, Ford-sourced 5.0-liter V8 tuned to about 500 hp, a six-speed manual, and no touchscreens. The open Barchetta has been reaching customers since 2025 from $290,000; a fixed-roof Coupe was previewed at Goodwood in July 2026, with the first example due in 2027.
China shipped 1.037 million vehicles abroad in June 2026, the first time monthly exports have passed 1 million, according to CAAM data - up 75.1% year on year. NEV exports reached 523,000 for the month, also a record, as exports offset a 13.4% drop in domestic NEV sales in the first half.
Volkswagen Group, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Porsche all lost China sales in Q2 2026, led by a 36.6% drop for VW Group and 28% for Porsche, as buyers shift to faster-moving domestic EV brands.
Hainan, a Chinese island province of about 10 million people, has restated its plan to end sales of new petrol cars by 2030 - a target first floated in 2020 and formalized in 2022. Private buyers will be required to choose a new-energy vehicle; public and commercial fleets face a 100% clean-energy rule, excluding special-purpose vehicles. No other Chinese province has set a comparable hard date.
Mercedes-AMG's CLA 45 4MATIC+ drops its four-cylinder engine for a three-motor electric powertrain making 680 hp, with sedan and Shooting Brake body styles and up to 670 km of WLTP range.
Ram and Roush Performance built the Ram 1500 Direct Connection by Roush, an off-road package around the naturally aspirated 5.7-liter HEMI V8 rather than the turbocharged Hurricane inline-six used in the Ram RHO.
Tesla tore down its Fremont, California Model S/X assembly line in just 46 days, closing out 14 years of production that began with the Model S in 2012. The freed floor space is being converted into an Optimus humanoid robot line that Tesla wants scaled to roughly a million units a year, with full-scale output targeted for late July or August 2026.
British tuner Urban Automotive debuted the Widetrack Avontur at the Goodwood Festival of Speed, converting a Land Rover Defender 110 Hard Top into a pickup with a hand-built carbon-fiber cargo bed, over 36 custom exterior parts and 23-inch wheels. It remains a prototype; Urban Automotive is taking orders but has not disclosed a price.
FAW-Volkswagen has disclosed the first technical details of the ID.Aura T6, a mid-size electric crossover on an 800V platform co-developed with Xpeng, launching in China before the end of 2026.
Oliver Blume told staff in an internal memo that Volkswagen Group may need to cut 50,000 more jobs on top of the 50,000 already agreed, potentially reaching 100,000 total. He cited costs roughly 20% above competitors, weak China sales, US tariffs, and underused European plants.
From 7 July 2026, every new car and van registered in the EU must carry a camera-based system that tracks the driver's gaze and warns them when they look away from the road for too long. New model types have had it since 2024. This deadline catches the older models still in production.
Ford expects to collect $1.3 billion back after the Supreme Court struck down the IEEPA tariffs. A proposed class action argues that the buyers who paid the tariff-inflated prices are owed a share, and that keeping both would be a windfall.
Slate's $24,950 electric pickup is real: a two-seater with 205 miles of range, unpainted body panels, hand-crank windows and no infotainment screen. The options catalogue is where the money goes, and a fully loaded build has been configured past $46,000. Here is the price ladder.
McLaren revealed the 788HS, the third and final HS-badged special of the 720S/750S generation. The 4.0L twin-turbo V8 makes 788 hp and 800 Nm, dry weight is down to 1,265 kg, and 0-100 km/h takes 2.8 seconds. Just 200 will be built - 100 Coupe, 100 Spider - before McLaren moves to a new supercar platform.
Slate Auto has confirmed it will not sell its sub-$25,000 electric pickup or SUV conversion in Canada. The company has not given an official reason, but a 25% retaliatory tariff on US-built cars would push the truck's Canadian price to roughly $44,500 CAD ($31,100 equivalent before conversion), undercutting the model's entire value pitch.
China has approved new rules requiring physical buttons or switches for safety-related vehicle controls, reversing the touchscreen-only trend led by Tesla and Chinese EV makers. The rules take effect July 1, 2027.
Toyota will invest $3.6 billion to expand its San Antonio, Texas plant and shift Tacoma pickup production there from Mexico, with the new line targeted for 2030.