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In this issue:
Data
- Global light vehicle sales forecast – November 2025 edition
- Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance model plans and production forecast to 2029
Results
- BMW’s capex discipline shields it from China headwinds
- Ferrari leans on personalisation to score 8% profit growth
- The changing EV market hits Honda’s finances hard
- High tariff costs offset Hyundai’s revenue growth, again
- Li Auto hit by low sales in Q3, margin drops 12.3pts YoY
- Mazda stems losses in Q2, forecast remains unchanged
- Mitsubishi lowers 2025/26 guidance as forex and tariffs bite
- Nissan: turnaround underway, with more pain to come
- Subaru’s Q2 margin drops 8.9pts from previous year
- Suzuki sticks to forecast, cites chip supply uncertainty
- Toyota addresses US tariff impact, updates forecast
- Toyota shines a light amid the automotive gloom
- Xpeng and Zeekr: up on paper, down in the market
Strategy
- BMW embraces both promise and risk of quantum computing
- General Motors and Stellantis confront supplier challenges
- Hyundai continues to invest as export focus increases
- JLR cyber attack fallout erodes Tata Motors’ profits in Q2
- Nissan and Honda to explore joint product development in US
- Nissan’s production geography is changing
- Musk floats Tesla chip factory to meet AI demand
- Is Volkswagen running out of money?
Markets
- Global car sales expected to rise 3% year-on-year in 2025
- In China for export: VW considers new global growth plans
- Is India’s automotive industry turning Japanese?
- Indian vehicle exports gain ground in European markets
- Tesla reportedly encouraging shift away from China sourcing
- EV sales already dropping following end of US tax credits
Autonomous mobility
- Xpeng teams with Alibaba to launch robotaxi services in 2026
- Abu Dhabi launches MENA region’s first AV oversight platform
- Aurora extends autonomous freight network to El Paso
- Japan targets 10,000 AVs on roads by 2030
- Inside GM’s vision for autonomy
- Waymo expands to the freeway for the first time
- Should autonomous transit take a ‘disaggregated’ approach?
Software-defined vehicle
- Here and AWS propose ‘revolutionary’ SDV short-cut
- Difficult realities of LiDAR: Volvo backs away from Luminar
- How will ADAS trends shape the radar roadmap?
- EVs and calibration: raising the bar on complexity
- SDV digital chassis demands new design strategies
- Here’s Deon Newman on supporting Chinese automakers in the SDV era
Electric mobility
- NXP brings lab-grade diagnostics into EVs
- UK launches probe into Yutong buses over remote access fears
- AEM cuts out rare earths for e-motor supply chain security
- How EV body design reveals a global technology divide
- Ford trial offers smart charging blueprint for fleets
- Xiaomi reaches EV profitability just 19 months after launch
- EV energy efficiency: what levers are left to pull?
Manufacturing
- Geely to produce EVs, PHEVs at Renault’s Brazil plant
- Will aluminium shape the future of mobility?
- From UX to engineering: gaming engines power new mobility
- AI-based generative design guides OEM transformations
- Politics has become a core auto supply chain risk factor
Suppliers
- Continental schedules more cuts, targets ContiTech division