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Volkswagen's regional Amarok will be a separate vehicle from the global, Ford-based one, built on the architecture under SAIC's Maxus Interstellar X. It goes into production at General Pacheco in Argentina in 2027, backed by $580m, and Volkswagen says it is doing the design, chassis tuning and testing itself rather than rebadging.
BMW has run a prototype of the i3 Touring at the Nurburgring, confirming an all-electric wagon for the Neue Klasse i3 family. The test car is believed to carry i3 50 xDrive running gear: dual-motor all-wheel drive, a 108.7 kWh battery and 400 kW DC charging. It is built alongside the sedan in Munich, with sales due in 2027.
GAC Aion has unveiled the Ray 7, the first car in its new Ray line and the first to wear the brand's redesigned logo. The rear-drive electric fastback runs a 180 kW Huawei DriveONE motor, quotes 700 km of CLTC range, and takes its lidar, its brakes and much of its driver assistance stack from Huawei and WeRide. Prices have not been announced.
An Conghui, the new chairman of Geely Automobile, told the company's half-year results conference that from 2028 cars from the Geely Auto portfolio will be built at Volvo Cars' European plants. No model has been confirmed, but Geely Auto covers Geely, Zeekr and Lynk & Co, and Ghent is the plant with the electric lines already running.
Skoda has revealed a facelifted Slavia in India, the only market where the sedan is built and sold. The 1.0 TSI swaps its 6-speed automatic for an 8-speed torque converter, the 1.5 TSI gains rear disc brakes, and bookings are open against a ₹15,000 deposit (about $155) ahead of pricing in October.
JPMorgan analysts visited Tesla's Fremont factory and came away with the company's clearest statement yet on hardware: the HW4 computer already fitted to cars on the road is sufficient for Full Self-Driving without driver supervision. The note also covers FSD v15, a faster AI4.5 chip, Cybercab scaling from late 2026 and an Optimus line going into the old Model S and X space.
Canada restored federal electric-car incentives on 16 February 2026 through the Electric Vehicle Affordability Program, and EV sales rose more than 80% in March over February. The rebate is deducted at the dealership and reimbursed by Ottawa afterwards, and dealers report waits of up to 90 days against a 20-business-day service standard, with some carrying more than C$200,000 in unpaid claims.
Genesis has revealed the GV90, its first full-size SUV and its new flagship, with what it says is the first airbag fitted above a car's panoramic roof. The electric SUV makes 490 kW (657 hp) from two motors, carries a 123.5 kWh battery and charges at up to 350 kW. The top GV90 Neolun drops the B-pillar for coach doors that open independently.
Hyundai has published the first official images of the fifth-generation Tucson, which switches to the Art of Steel design language and grows 60 mm longer on a 30 mm longer wheelbase. Powertrains were not disclosed.
Nissan deleted the SV grade from the 2027 Murano, so the range now opens on the SL at $43,990 before destination, $2,320 above last year's starting price. The SL itself is $2,770 cheaper than it was. A new Dark Armor grade slots in at $46,990.
Tesla has put the rear-drive Model 3 Premium back on the Canadian price list at C$39,490 ($29,000) before delivery, supplied from Gigafactory Shanghai rather than California. It is the lowest price the Model 3 has carried in North America, and it exists because Canada cut its duty on Chinese electric cars from 100% to 6.1% for the first 49,000 imported each year. The same origin disqualifies it from the federal C$5,000 rebate.
LG Energy Solution has started production at its $2 billion battery plant in Lansing, Michigan, and Toyota is the named automotive customer. The site builds the NMC cells for the 2027 Highlander EV, which Toyota assembles in Kentucky. General Motors part-built the plant, then sold its stake.
Audi has posted the first hard numbers for its entry-level electric compact: four power levels from 125 kW to 240 kW, up to 646 km WLTP and a German list price from €38,200 (about $41,600). Production starts in Ingolstadt this autumn.
Bentley says the cabin of its first electric car uses the world's first 100% merino wool automotive fabric to meet luxury-car standards, woven with Somerset mill Fox Brothers and offered in six colourways. The Torcal also gets a veneer pressed from up to 1,000 layers of walnut and recycled paper, and a system called the Curation Engine that runs light, sound, air and screens together.
Ford is rolling out its AI Assistant to up to 8 million eligible Ford and Lincoln vehicles through the brands' phone apps. It answers questions about the specific car using live telemetry, reads photos, and moves into the dashboard from 2027. Google Gemini arrives separately as a voice assistant option.
The 2027 Lincoln Nautilus gets a wider grille, a redesigned hood, slimmer tail lights and three new cabin themes, with the 250 hp 2.0T and the 285 hp hybrid carried over unchanged. It arrives at US dealers in early 2027, still built in China, and still under a 52.5% import duty Ford has said it will stop paying by 2030.
Mercedes has updated the combustion C-Class saloon and estate for Euro 7, moving every petrol and diesel badge up a step in output, dropping the 1.5-litre engine and the diesel plug-in hybrid, and replacing some of the steering wheel's touch pads with physical rockers and rollers. Orders open in Germany on 18 August 2026 from €48,844 (about $53,700).
Ford revealed the Mustang Dark Horse SC Convertible in August 2026, putting the supercharged 795 hp 5.2-litre Predator V8 in an open-top Mustang for the first time. The engine and seven-speed dual-clutch carry over from the coupe unchanged; what is new is a magnesium tower-to-tower brace and MagneRide dampers at all four corners, retuned for touring. Ford has not announced a price.
Genesis unveiled its first hybrid system on 13 August 2026, five years after committing to sell nothing but electric and fuel-cell cars from 2025. It debuts in the GV80 Hybrid next month: a 2.5-litre turbo petrol engine with two motors in a P1 plus P2 layout, 352 PS (347 hp) and 54.0 kgf-m (529 Nm), a new seven-speed rear-wheel-drive automatic, and no charging port.
Aston Martin revealed the Valen at Monterey Car Week on 14 August 2026, a 150-car V12 special making 850 PS (838 hp) and 1,000 Nm. It is the third limited-run V12 the company has built in four years and the first of them without a manual gearbox, using an eight-speed ZF transaxle with shift strategies from the Vantage GT4 race car.