News, launches and India prices for electric vehicles and mobility tech.
A draft rule to modernise lighting standards would let driverless vehicles show when the system, not a person, is in control. Nothing is mandatory yet.
Revenue fell to 66.9 billion kronor as tariffs and the end of US incentives bit. Volvo says a lower-priced electric car arrives after summer 2027.
Ford drops the standard-range battery for 2027. The extended-range car gets cheaper, but the cheapest Mach-E now costs more, and a $2,295 Trail package arrives in early 2027.
Revenue was flat at about $28 billion, but research spending jumped 69 percent, and Tesla now says the first unsupervised FSD in owners' cars is targeted for the second quarter of 2027.
BMW, Ionna and Alpitronic staged the first public demonstration in California. The headline range gain depends on whether you use the European or US test cycle.
The smaller battery pack gives VW an entry price in Germany, with 90 kW DC charging and a 10 to 80 percent top-up in about 23 minutes.
The HE1i, a Nexon EV rival built in Tamil Nadu, will start with Chinese Svolt cells because Exide's local cell plant is delayed.
The appeals court did not rule on whether Tesla's claims were false, only that buyers cannot be assumed to have all seen the same statement.
After nine years of delays, Tesla showed a stunt-ready Roadster in Texas, but it named no price and now says real production starts in 2028.
Ford's first Universal EV Platform truck has a price but no range, battery capacity or towing figure. Preorders proper open in early 2027, and a camouflaged prototype was spotted at Ford's Dearborn headquarters this week.
The root cause is still unknown, and a permanent repair has not been announced. It is the latest in a run of ID.4 battery recalls this year.
Geely's first rugged off-road SUV launched in China on October 10, 10,000 yuan below its pre-sale price. It is due in Europe as the Battleship 700 in the second half of 2027.
Nio's own holiday report counts 1,192,221 swaps between October 1 and 7, with a record 183,664 on the busiest return-travel day. The figures are the company's, and one press report disagrees on older records.
BYD opened blind pre-orders on October 9 and launched the car on October 20. It is 425mm longer than the original but starts 4,000 yuan lower, with 5-minute flash charging on higher trims.
The software is unchanged and still needs a supervising driver. Germany backs a faster EU decision if the name goes and speeding is capped at 10 percent, but a vote has slipped to December.
Bloomberg first reported the deal as a $3 billion target that grew to $5 billion. Waymo's post names more than a dozen lenders and gives no ride or fleet figures.
Volkswagen confirms power, torque, a 52 kWh battery and a 6.8-second sprint. The WLTP range is quoted as 424 km or 431 km depending on the source.
Mobility Global's first-half 2026 figures put gasoline-only models at 49 percent, down from 73 percent in 2021, but hybrids outsold battery-electric cars.
The EV maker delivered 3,806 cars, more than it built, as it sells down inventory under a new chief executive. It would need almost 5,000 deliveries in the fourth quarter to match last year.
Elon Musk's explanation for Tesla's limited robotaxi hours points to a weakness that lidar and radar are designed to cover, the very sensors Tesla has refused to use.
Vahan-based data puts September at about 35,000 to 36,000 electric cars and more than 203,000 electric two-wheelers, with Tata, Mahindra and MG leading cars.
A drawdown of inventory, a collapse in the non-Model 3/Y line and weaker energy storage sit under a headline beat.
Q3 deliveries rose 25.4 percent to 109,178, but September growth fell to 7.7 percent and the annual target looks out of reach.
The company's electric SUV range hits a billing milestone as total September sales reach 114,874 vehicles, though tractors and exports fell.
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