On May 31, the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) launched initiatives to maintain a fair competitive order and promote sound industry development.
In recent years, China’s New Energy Vehicle (NEV) industry has been rapidly developing, with NEVs now taking up more than 40% of sales of new vehicles.

Announced on June 1, 2025, Toyota Vietnam Automobile Company (TMV) posted sales of 5,831 vehicles in May 2025, including Lexus models.
Of this total, Toyota-branded vehicles accounted for 5,665 units, comprising 2,080 domestically assembled units and 3,585 imported units. Cumulatively, TMV delivered 23,061 vehicles d

Reported on May 29, 2025, Isuzu Philippines Corporation (IPC) maintained its stronghold in the Philippine truck market, capturing a commanding 43% market share from January to April 2025 with 1,592 units sold, based on data from CAMPI and TMA.
Leading the lineup was the Isuzu N-Series, with 905 units sold, an increas

The number of new passenger car registrations in May was up 1.2% yoy to 239,297 units and the total sales for the first five months of the year were down 2.4% yoy to 1,146,596 units, according to the figures released by the Germany Federal Motor Vehicle Office (KBA) on June 4.
Looking at May passenger car registratio

Reported on May 30, 2025, Thailand’s SET-listed Panjawattana Plastics Plc (PJW) anticipates its 2025 performance will align with that of 2023, driven by stable demand for its core products, especially in the automotive sector, and emerging business opportunities.
Despite sluggish economic conditions and delayed gover

Announced on May 30, 2025, POSCO has inaugurated the Australia Critical Minerals R&D Lab (ACMRDL) in Perth, Western Australia.
This facility is the first overseas lab of its kind established by a South Korean steelmaker and is designed to boost technological competitiveness in steelmaking, secondary battery materials

Reported on May 30, 2025, KITA Group officially signed a cooperation agreement with Chery Commercial Vehicle, a subsidiary of China’s Chery Auto Group, to invest in a manufacturing facility in Vietnam.
The factory will produce, assemble, and distribute electric commercial vehicles, with an annual capacity of 20,000 u

On June 4, the Brazilian dealer association Federacao Nacional da Distribuicao de Veiculos Automotores (Fenabrave) announced combined sales of 225,685 new passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, trucks, and buses in May 2025, an increase 16.2% compared to May 2024 and an increase of 8.2% from April 2025.
Vehicle s

On June 4, President Trump’s promised 50% tariffs on imports of “steel and aluminum articles and their derivative articles” went into effect. The two metals had previously faced 25% tariffs on imports from all countries since mid-March, when Trump’s order to remove steel exemptions and raise aluminum’s levy from his

On June 4, DesRosiers Automotive Consultants announced that approximately 187,000 light vehicles were sold in May 2025, very similar to April, but up 7.9% from the same month in 2024, though it should be noted that May 2025 had 1 extra selling day than May last year.
The SAAR for May was 1.81 million, lower than in r

On June 2, Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson spoke about the company’s plant in Ridgeville, South Carolina, and production plans going forward amid tariffs on imported cars.
“We want to bring in something rather fast, and something selling in good numbers, so something midsize core is a good guess,” Samuelsson said, gi

On June 4, the Lucid Group announced the signing of a multi-year supply agreement with Graphite One to supply Lucid and its battery cell suppliers with natural graphite, expected to begin production in 2028. 
Graphite One's natural graphite will be sourced from the Graphite Creek deposit north of Nome, Alaska. This a

On June 3, U.S. insurance company AAA said that despite the wide variety of electric vehicle (EV) models now available, its latest survey highlighted buyers continued hesitation. The survey was conducted March 6-10, 2025, with a total of 1,128 interviewees.
Only 16% of U.S. adults report being “very likely” or “likel

GM obtained a U.S. patent for a new hybrid propulsion system on May 27, giving insight to what we might see from future GM hybrid models. The patent was filed in October 2024 through the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) with patent number 12,311,767 B1. 
The patented powertrain is a hybrid-electric v

On June 4, high-integrity software tooling expert AdaCore announced the introduction of the Ada and SPARK programming languages into the automotive market. Together with their partner NVIDIA, they are set to publish an off-the-shelf reference process, allowing others to follow their lead.
NVIDIA developed Drive OS an

On June 4, Santa Rosa, California-based Keysight Technologies announced it has enabled Shanghai, China-based NIO to successfully validate the wireless systems in its smart EVs using Keysight network emulation solutions. As a result, NIO’s vehicles now comply with 3GPP and IEEE 802.11 standards and deliver improved co