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Baidu and Freenow test RT6 robotaxis in London
Public rides are planned for 2027, subject to approval. Safety operators ride along for now.
Chery picks Omoda C4 for its South Africa plant
Rosslyn plans 15,000 cars in its 2027 ramp-up and 50,000 a year eventually.
Honda to sell a Mitsubishi Triton-based pickup
The Honda is due in ASEAN in 2028. Honda has no pickup there today.
NHTSA proposes cyan lamps for automated vehicles
The cyan lamps would be optional. A 30-day comment period opens once the notice is in the Federal Register.
Audi plans its first US plant, in Georgia
A $4 billion plant for up to 200,000 premium SUVs a year, with production due in the early 2030s.
Battery cell shortage halts Cupra Raval and ID. Polo line
The cells come from PowerCo. SEAT expects a restart on Tuesday; the CCOO union sees no cell forecast.
CATL and BAIC sign a deal on a million-vehicle swap network
BAIC opens its dealer network to CATL swap stations. No timeline or station count was given.
Chery shows 1.44 MW Volt-dragon charging
A 10-97% charge in 6 minutes 50 seconds is claimed. Chery plans 100 stations in 10 Chinese cities.
Mercedes electric CLA and GLC now carry a six-month wait
Over 71,000 electric CLAs registered in Europe in 13 months, and a custom order now arrives in April 2027.
EU electric cars edge past petrol in 2026 sales
BEVs hold 22.7% to petrol's 21.2% year to date. Full hybrids are still ahead on 36.3%, plug-in hybrids on 10.1%.
Used Chinese EV sales to the EU up 280% at CEVM
Used cars avoid the EU duty on new Chinese BEVs. CEVM lists over 2,600, some about 40% under the Chinese list price.
ANCAP marks two five-star cars down over touchscreens
Aion UT and Xpeng X9 kept five stars but lost points; ANCAP gives no points figure.
Tesla falls out of CAM's EV innovation top 10
Tesla scored 78 points, up 3.4, and still dropped five places. Geely leads on 207, Volkswagen Group has 204.
Easelink licenses automated charging to Luxshare
Luxshare is the first Asian licensee. First carmaker projects are under way, with no rollout date yet.
Mercedes brings city point-to-point driving to Germany
A Level 2 system with 27 sensors and 254 TOPS. Early access in Stuttgart and Munich from late 2026.
Huawei's Yinwang joins CATL's Choco swap network
Signed on 19 October. Reports say five swap models follow in 2027, the first from Epicland.
Changan and CATL raise battery capacity to 75 GWh
A new 25 GWh site, about 5 billion yuan, starts up in 2027. The 1,500 km target is a separate Changan programme.
Leapmotor B10 production starts in Spain
Series output of the all-electric B10 is under way at Zaragoza, Leapmotor's first European plant.
Ultium Cells will retool Spring Hill for LMR cells
Work starts later this year and ends in 2028, adding about 500 jobs. Ultium cites 33% more energy density than LFP.
Europe's September EV registrations rise 70%
Norway hit 98.8% and Poland 6.2%. Germany and France together made up about half of September BEV registrations.