The automotive industry just reached a massive milestone. On June 24, the United Nations passed the world’s first international regulatory guidelines on fully autonomous vehicles (AVs). That means a universal safety standard now exists that will help drive the international testing and adoption of self-driving technology, moving past the confusing patchwork of country-specific rules that […]
Ghosn’s Name Resurfaces in a Tense Nissan Shareholder Showdown
It was the sort of moment that makes a corporate annual meeting feel more like a high-stakes play than a tedious duty. At a hotel in Yokohama that hosted the 127th Ordinary General Meeting of Shareholders for Nissan Motor Co., tension crackled the moment an investor raised a hand. “We need a person like Carlos […]
Volkswagen Weighs Historic Overhaul With Deep Job and Factory Cuts
Volkswagen Is reportedly planning to restructure itself for the first time in 89 years “This is what we have planned,” said Oliver Blume, the company’s Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer, Arno Antlitz. Volkswagen is considering eliminating up to 100,000 jobs across the world, as well as closing four of its manufacturing plants […]
Lithium’s Volatile Market Reshapes the Future of Electric Cars
Switching to electric cars is now shaping up as a major turning point in industry. With support from national leaders, cleaner ways to get around are gaining ground. Billions flow into fresh tech as car companies adapt fast. People see these vehicles not as novelties but as real options instead of gas models. Hidden beneath […]
Stellantis Powers Up Peugeot with a Billion-Euro French Investment
Big spending usually shows what a company truly values. Not just cash flow, but direction. Into cars, choices like these point toward tomorrow’s roadmaps. Stellantis poured over €1 billion into its old factory at Mulhouse, France a site rooted in history. Though framed as modernization, it’s really about transformation. Peugeot shifts gears here, building electric […]
Michael Schumacher’s Personal Ferrari F355 GTS Heads to Auction
The ultimate bond: the driving legend and their chosen steed the relationship between a legend of the road and their personally owned vehicle gives us a truly unique insight into what lies behind the helmet of the man, out of his element, away from the sheer blistering speeds of the racetrack. Especially when that legend […]
Li Auto Targets Tesla FSD with In House AI Chip and Bold Roadmap
Li Auto Declares Open War on Tesla With Full-Stack AI Push “Chinese electric vehicle maker Li Auto has officially thrown down the gauntlet. The company today laid out a full-stack AI strategy that aims to fundamentally disrupt Tesla’s autonomous driving leadership.” Reuters (via Inside EVs). “The company stated at its comprehensive software and embodied intelligence […]
Toyota’s Strategic Masterclass Reclaims the Le Mans Crown
Strategic masterclass, tactical genius and endurance. That’s the way Toyota have won the Circuit de la Sarthe on two occasions (most recently this year) but here’s why they will in fact triumph and deny Ferrari their fourth consecutive 24 Hours of Le Mans title as the #7 Toyota Gazoo Racing entry. In a breathtaking, strategic […]
Porsche Reverses Course, Embracing Scarcity Over Sales Volume
For twenty years Porsche’s future seemed set, and perfectly happy. Make a sportscar; make more of that sportscar, build it; flog it. In the decades that the Stuttgart firm developed from a boutique creator of two-door icons to high-volume luxury giant delivering 320,221 cars in 2023, an all-time record few outside its offices gave a […]
Why BYD’s Potential Formula 1 Entry Changes Everything
Change moves fast in car making worldwide, yet hardly any firm shifted things like BYD did. Started out building batteries, now stands among top electric car builders globally, redefining what cheap tech and mass output can look like. Lately, talk has spread fueled by rumors that the company might step into Formula 1. That idea […]