Automotive

Škoda Auto has begun series production of the all-electric Peaq at Mladá Boleslav, where the seven-seat flagship joins three other models on a line building one vehicle per minute.

General Motors and SAIC Motor extended their 50-50 China joint venture by 20 years to 2047, committing SAIC-GM to at least 30 new energy vehicles by 2030.

Freelander 8 has entered mass production at the Chery Jaguar Land Rover Changshu base, a site backed by more than $3.1 billion, ahead of the brand's September Abu Dhabi debut.

UL Research Institutes' Fire Safety Research Institute burned 18 vehicles in full-scale experiments, finding water controls most EV fires while fire blankets carry an explosion risk from accumulated flammable gases.

McMurtry Automotive brings the production Spéirling PURE to The Quail on August 14, its first public showing, followed by a Laguna Seca display and a US tour.

Audi says the A2 e-tron 140 kW with the efficiency package consumes a preliminary 12.8 kWh/100 km on WLTP, aided by a 0.24 drag coefficient and an LFP battery.

Scout Motors has named former General Motors executive Todd Johnson vice president of manufacturing, handing him a Blythewood plant targeted at 200,000 vehicles a year and 4,000-plus employees.

OMODA&JAECOO UK reports its JAECOO 7 SHS-P covered 828 miles and the OMODA 7 SHS-P 770 miles in a two-day economy test at UTAC Millbrook, both above official WLTP figures.

Mercedes-Benz reports the electric C-Class cuts lifecycle carbon by two-thirds versus the combustion model, with supply chain emissions down 23 percent through carbon-reduced aluminum, steel and expanded recycled thermoplastic content.

LEPAS has moved its L4 EV, L6 EV, and L8 PHEV into the global launch phase, led by an L8 PHEV rated at more than 808 miles of combined NEDC range.

Green SM has launched its first European electric taxi service in Copenhagen, operating a company-owned fleet of VinFast VF 6 and VF 8 vehicles with directly managed drivers.