Toyota and Waymo will start testing an autonomous bZ4X robotaxi fleet in Japan in 2027, with the UK and other markets to follow.
Mazda
Mazda is extending on-site solar power purchase agreements, including battery storage, to its Miyoshi Plant and new KD Center in Japan.
BMW
BMW has released new on-location images of the new 3 Series from Provence, with WLTP figures for the M350 xDrive and the electric i3 50 xDrive.
BMW
BMW Motorrad has invested in electric motorcycle start-up Venna to move into the growing electric off-road segment, while Venna stays independent.
Ford
UK healthcare equipment supplier Prism says Ford Uptime Services cut its 109-van fleet's downtime from 43 days a month to six.
Nissan
Sam Bird and Abbi Pulling stay with Nissan Formula E Team as reserve and simulator drivers for Season 13, the first of the GEN4 era.
Mazda
Mazda's global sales rose 11.3% in September 2026, led by a 31.9% jump in the USA, while global production fell 7.9%.
Denis Ridel won the first Alpine A290 Regional Trophy, a French series for the electric A290 Rallye covering rallies, hill climbs and slaloms.
Read more →Toyota's next-generation hybrid pairs a new four-cylinder 1.5-litre engine with more compact electrics, targeting more than 15% better fuel economy.
Read more →Thomas Fuhr becomes CEO of Audi Formula Racing GmbH, the Neuburg-based company behind Audi's F1 power unit, from 1 November.
Read more →Alpine Academy driver Gabriele Minì makes his Formula One FP1 debut in Franco Colapinto's A526 at the Mexico City Grand Prix.
Read more →Škoda Auto's Škoda Proud employee group turns five, after the company won a gold LGBTQ+ Friendly Employer 2026 award from Pride Business Forum.
Read more →The BMW Group's Automated Driving In-Plant system has passed one million driverless vehicle moves, with MINI Plant Oxford now on board and Spartanburg due in 2027.
Read more →Toyota Mobility Foundation and POLIS launch a multi-year challenge to fund inclusive mobility projects in three to five mid-sized European cities.
Read more →Mazda's all-new CX-5 with Google built-in now gets Google Gemini as a free update, so drivers can control navigation, climate and media by talking normally.
Read more →Rabilloud and Mahinc won the Cévennes finale to end the Alpine A290 Rally Trophy season, and Romain Monti won two stages on his rally debut.
Read more →Gasly scored one point from 10th place in Austin as Colapinto retired with floor and sidepod damage.
Read more →Yuri Yoshida won the 6th BMW Ladies Championship by one stroke, and Andrea Lee won an electric MINI Countryman SE ALL4 with a hole-in-one.
Read more →Audi plans its first US plant in Georgia, investing around $4 billion, creating some 4,500 jobs and building up to 200,000 SUVs a year from the early 2030s.
Read more →Alpine ended Friday in Austin outside the top ten, with Colapinto focusing on long runs because of a grid penalty and Gasly working on set-up.
Read more →The Škoda Kodiaq gets a new Laurin & Klement top trim and a 200 kW plug-in hybrid with DC charging at up to 50 kW, ten years after the SUV's debut.
Read more →Zane Maloney, Nissan Formula E Team's new driver, shares his first impressions of the GEN4 car and his goals for the 21-race Season 13.
Read more →Audi says the new Q9 SUV is the first production car with a three-dimensionally curved digital OLED panel.
Read more →Volvo Cars posted a Q3 2026 operating loss as revenue fell to SEK 66.9 billion, and plans SEK 5 billion in new savings and about 2,500 job cuts.
Read more →Pierre Gasly and Franco Colapinto went to a barbecue pit and a ranch, and Colapinto arrived at COTA on a MotoGP bike, before the United States Grand Prix.
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