The past year will be remembered as the moment China’s BYD crossed a symbolic threshold in the global auto industry. For the first time, BYD’s worldwide vehicle sales moved ahead of Ford’s, pushing ...
Auto executives from Michigan to Wolfsburg are confronting a new yardstick — one defined by rapid-fire development cycles, software-first design and relentless cost compression born of China’s EV boom ...
The map of global carmaking is being quietly redrawn. Not with press releases or ribbon cuttings, but with factory schedules, supplier relocations, and new accents on the shop floor. Production that ...
The global automotive hierarchy did not simply rearrange itself last year; it fractured under the sheer tonnage of 27 million ...
If the years from 2021 to 2023 marked an era of idealism—when the global auto industry appeared to sprint in unison toward an all-electric future—2025 signals the beginning of a different phase ...
A Chinese-made Leapmotor C10 was traveling down Germany’s fast-moving Autobahn last year when the driver-assistance system braked sharply and jolted it to the side, as if boxed in by scooters in a ...
Global automotive sales are likely to edge higher in 2026, returning roughly to pre-pandemic levels, but the industry should not expect a swift or robust recovery, according to Jay Shen, managing ...
The growing strife in the Middle East is no longer a mere geopolitical news item. It is beginning to change the expectations of the economy, and the automotive industry is poised to feel the pinch.
The Iran war poses several risks to the global auto industry: oil price spikes mean higher raw material, manufacturing, and transport costs, among other things. The pain at the pump that comes with ...