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China's car sales in 2025 slowed to their weakest pace in three years while exports of made-in-China cars beat estimates, as automakers stepped up overseas expansion to offset a sluggish domestic market. …

Intesa Sanpaolo, through its IMI Corporate & Investment Banking Division led by Mauro Micillo, has finalised a €162.3 million financing deal for Grimaldi Euromed, a Grimaldi Group company. …

The take-up of electric cars gathered speed last year in Germany. …

Global automakers and their dealers in China are pressing ahead with aggressive price cuts and purchase incentives in early 2026, defying Beijing’s efforts to rein in discounts that have roiled the market for more than three years. …

Cyprus can bring back trains for the first time since 1951 - strengthening Europe’s rail future – and strategic rail projects across Europe built by EU companies to European standards. …

In the final week of 2025, Changan shipped the first batch of its Thai-made EVs from Laem Chabang Port in Chonburi, located about 60 kilometres north-west of the company’s local production facility in Pluak Daeng district in Rayong. …

The UK government has topped up the Plug-in Truck Grant with an additional £18 million, increasing the maximum support available for electric lorries and extending the scheme until March 2026. …

More than 30 companies across the automotive supply chain have agreed to collaborate on open-source software to develop next-generation cars and cut costs, the German industry lobby behind the initiative said on Wednesday. …

Mercedes-Benz will move production of its entry-level A-class series from Germany to Hungary starting in the second quarter, a company spokesperson said on Tuesday. …

A rise in the popularity of Chinese brands pushed total car sales in the UK above the 2m mark last year for the first time since 2019, figures reveal. …

In December, Leapmotor delivered 60,423 vehicles, representing a 42.1% increase compared with the same month the previous year—significantly lower growth than for the full year 2025. …

Safety systems in trucks and buses …

Honda Motor said on Monday it will extend a production halt at three car plants in China by two weeks due to a semiconductor shortage, highlighting persistent supply chain strains for Japan's second-biggest automaker. …

In 2025, BYD delivered a total of 4.6 million electric cars and plug-in hybrids (so-called New Energy Vehicles, or NEVs) – representing an increase of approximately 7.7 percent compared to 2024, when it sold 4.25 million NEVs. …

When Porsche CEO Oliver Blume said farewell to employees at a town-hall meeting in Stuttgart earlier this month, he appeared surprised by the upbeat mood. …

Platinum prices are on track for their strongest monthly rally in nearly four decades in December, fuelled by the EU's U-turn on its 2035 combustion-engine ban, a tight supply backdrop and rising investment demand for precious metals. …

The battery-electric car market share reached 16.9% YTD, in line with projections for the year, yet a level that still leaves room for growth to stay on track with the transition. …

The transition to electromobility raises major questions for the transport sector. Transport companies, hauliers and fleet managers in particular want to know: is switching to electric drives worthwhile? …

German car exports to the United States slumped by almost 14% in the first three quarters of 2025, making it the hardest-hit branch of German industry in U.S. …

The MOSOLF Group is restructuring its corporate management with a view to the future and as part of a long-term succession plan. …