Europe's car safety agency Euro NCAP revealed on Wednesday the safest vehicles in each segment according to its stricter 2025 testing protocol.

Samsung Electronics will supply automotive 5G modems to Tesla, to be applied first on the US giant's Robotaxis, the Korean media outlet The Elec reported on Tuesday.

Porsche, which has been struggling to compete with domestic luxury carmakers in the Chinese market, guaranteed on Tuesday that customers impacted by the recent closure of two service centers will receive full support from the German brand.

Swedish automaker Volvo Cars shared on Tuesday that it has halted the operations for its battery start-up, NOVO Energy.

McLaren said on Monday it is securing "more than $2 billion" from its owner — the Abu Dhabi-based investment vehicle CYVN Holdings — to expand its portfolio over the next five years.

General Motors (GM) CEO Mary Barra said on Monday that the automaker's "destination is to get to the all-EV (electric vehicles) future", despite sales of fully electric models more than halving sequentially in the final quarter of 2025.

Industrial and Commercial Bank of China's (ICBC) Guangdong Branch has granted XPeng a 10 billion yuan ($1.37 billion) credit line, following a cooperation agreement signed on January 6 at the carmaker's Technology Park.

Mercedes-Benz sold 168,800 fully electric passenger vehicles last year, a 9% decline from the 185,100 units recorded in 2024.

MINI saw its EV sales nearly double in 2025 to more than 100,000 units, BMW Group announced on Monday.

BYD's upcoming sedan model – Seal 08 – was spotted on Monday being transported in China, images shared on the social media platform Xiaohongshu showed.

South Korean automaker Hyundai unveiled on Friday the fully electric version of its Staria multi purpose van (MPV) model at the Brussels Motor Show.

Tesla revealed on X this Friday that the Model Y Standard Long Range RWD has become available in the Old Continent.

China Passenger Car Association (CPCA) reported on Friday that sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEV) decreased almost 10% sequentially in December, while extended-range electric vehicles (EREV) vehicles rose both year-on-year and month-on-month.

A Hyundai robotics engineer cautioned that humanoid robots remain far from meeting public expectations, even as the South Korean automaker's Boston Dynamics unit unveiled its electric Atlas robot at CES 2026 to compete directly with Tesla's Optimus.

South Korean carmaker Kia provided a first glimpse on Wednesday of its new EV2 model, ahead of the official debut scheduled for the Brussels Motor Show later this week.

Ford announced on Wednesday at CES 2026 that its hands-free highway driving system — BlueCruise — is targeting eyes-off capability by 2028.

Xiaomi announced on Wednesday that the launch of the new generation of its SU7 model is scheduled for April.

Volvo Cars said on Wednesday that Thomas Ingenlath, Polestar's former CEO, will be returning to the carmaker as Chief Design Officer from the first day of February.

A US House Committee will hold a hearing on January 13 on bills to ease autonomous vehicle deployment without human controls.

EV maker Lucid Motors said on Tuesday that its Gravity SUV model has been named 'Best Public Charging Experience' by the MotorTrend Best Tech Awards.