BYD Hits 10,000 Cumulative Sales in Japan

▶️ First car sold January 2023, just under 4 years ago
▶️ Target now: 10,000 every single year
▶️ Racco kei car drew 5,000 plus orders in week one
▶️ 56 outlets now cover all 47 prefectures

#BYD #Japan #EV #AutoAsia #automotive #car
#Battery #Hybrid

Hyundai Overtakes Honda in US Hybrid Sales

▶️ Hyundai Group's hybrid sales jumped 65.5%
▶️ Toyota, Honda, Hyundai control 86% of segment
▶️ EV sales fell 9.7% for Hyundai Group
▶️ BMW just cut 8,000 EV jobs

#Hyundai #Honda #Toyota #AutoAsia #hybrid #PHEV #car #Automotive #EV

Chery, BYD Race Into Canada Before Quota Fills

▶️ Chery's Omoda, Jaecoo confirm late 2026 launch
▶️ BYD targets same window, 20 dealerships
▶️ Quota: just 49,000 units a year at 6.1% tariff
▶️ Tesla already using it for a China built Model 3

#Chery #BYD #Canada #AutoAsia #Jaecoo #OMODA #China #Export

India's 21% Car Sales Jump Reflects Last Year's Tax Freeze

▶️ PV wholesales hit 463,081 units in Sept
▶️ Compared against a GST confused Sept 2025
▶️ Small car GST cut from 28% to 18%
▶️ Maruti led with 36.9% growth

#India #Maruti #GST #AutoAsia #newcar #automotive #Tata #mahindra #Hyundai #Suzuki

Gas Cars Lose Global Majority, Except in the US

▶️ Gas vehicles fall below 50% of sales globally
▶️ Europe, Asia, Latin America surge toward EVs
▶️ US BEV sales fell 20.5% in Q2 despite $120 oil
▶️ Americans bought hybrids instead

#EV #USA #AutoAsia #petrol #diesel #car #automotive

India Settles 27 Month Fight Over Small Car Rules

▶️ CAFE-3 norms effective April 2027
▶️ No explicit small car carve-out
▶️ But target line flattened, easing Maruti's load
▶️ Tata, Mahindra, Hyundai, Kia had opposed it

#India #Maruti #AutoAsia #emission #cafenorms #smallcars #automotive #EV

China Ends 11 Year Battery Tax Break

▶️ 2% tax from Sept, rising to 4% in 2027
▶️ Automakers, battery makers fighting over who pays
▶️ Battery makers' H1 profits nearly 2x automakers'
▶️ Sodium-ion, solid-state stay tax free to 2028

#China #CATL #EV #AutoAsia #battery #car #automotive

Ford's CEO Pushes Back on Washington Over China Ties

▶️ US official urged Ford to cut CATL, BYD ties
▶️ Farley: "They aren't mutually exclusive"
▶️ Defends CATL license as better than importing
▶️ GM's president also pushes back on the politics

#Ford #GM #CATL #AutoAsia #automtoive #car #EV

Toyota's $1.34B Argentina Plant Is the Country's Biggest Ever

▶️ Largest single auto investment in Argentina history
▶️ $1.28B in annual exports, 70% going abroad
▶️ Over 6,200 jobs expected
▶️ Comes as automakers race China in Latin America

#Toyota #Argentina #EV #AutoAsia #Automotive #Battery

EU's 'Buy European' Rule Could Hit Toyota Too

▶️ EVs must be EU assembled, 70% local parts
▶️ Rule aimed at blocking China, not Japan
▶️ Toyota imports nearly all its EU sold EVs
▶️ "Trusted Partner" exemption still debated

#Toyota #EU #Japan #AutoAsia #EV #Hybrid #Battery #automotive #car

VW Sells Down Gotion Stake, Hands It 2 Plants

▶️ Sells 5.3% equity stake in Gotion
▶️ Gotion gets 51% control in Slovakia, Morocco
▶️ VW keeps majority only in Valencia, Spain
▶️ Total investment: €3.22 billion across 3 sites

#Volkswagen #Gotion #China #AutoAsia #EV #Battery

Confirmed: GAC Buying FAW's Stake in FAW Toyota

▶️ Shares priced at 5.75 yuan each
▶️ A-shares resume trading Sept 29
▶️ FAW becomes GAC's 2nd largest shareholder
▶️ GAC's control stays unchanged

#GAC #FAW #Toyota #AutoAsia

China's Cars to Europe: Real Number Nearly Double Official Data

▶️ Exports counted at departure, not arrival
▶️ Vehicles sit in ports for weeks before registering
▶️ Real market share could hit 20%, says UBS
▶️ Regulators may be reacting to old numbers

#China #Europe #AutoAsia #EV #hybrid #automotive

Momenta Adds Stellantis to Its Growing Client List

▶️ New deal covers Peugeot, Jeep models
▶️ Cars sold in China, Europe, globally
▶️ Momenta already powers Mercedes, BMW, Toyota, GM
▶️ Few major automakers left without Chinese ADAS

#Momenta #Stellantis #China #AutoAsia #ADAS

Geely, Nio Merge Rival Battery Swap Networks

▶️ Geely gets 30% of Nio Power, valued at ¥16B
▶️ Nio takes 10% stake in Geely's Haohan Energy
▶️ Geely trades its Yiyi Power business + cash
▶️ Infrastructure consolidating before the cars do

#Geely #Nio #China #EV #AutoAsia

Toyoda Gosei's New India Plant Times Perfectly With Toyota's

▶️ INR 5.76bn ($65M) investment in Bidkin
▶️ Production starts H1 2029
▶️ Same site, same timeline as Toyota's new plant
▶️ 8th Toyoda Gosei facility in India

#ToyodaGosei #Toyota #India #AutoAsia

Honda Commits Up to $2.53B for New Ohio Hybrid Plant

▶️ Investment: 300-400 billion yen
▶️ Production starts in 2030
▶️ Follows Honda's pivot away from EVs
▶️ Adds to its $14.5B Ohio footprint

#Honda #Ohio #Hybrid #AutoAsia #automotive #car #EV #battery

CATL's Biggest Plant Outside China Starts Up in Hungary

▶️ Trial production began Sept 22 in Debrecen
▶️ Planned capacity: 100 GWh
▶️ Follows a safety suspension over nickel exposure
▶️ Hungarian authorities confirm issues resolved

#CATL #Hungary #Europe #AutoAsia #battery #cars #automotive

BYD, Chery Overtake MG in Europe

▶️ Chinese brands hit record 11.7% share in Aug
▶️ BYD, Chery post triple-digit sales gains
▶️ Growth driven by tariff-dodging PHEVs
▶️ BYD Seal U was top Chinese seller in Europe

#BYD #Chery #MG #Europe #AutoAsia #ChinaEV #EV #Car #Automotive

Pakistan's New Policy Reignites an Old Japan Trade Fight

▶️ Export targets rise to 20% by 2030-31
▶️ Same rule Japan flagged at WTO in 2024
▶️ Toyota, Honda, Suzuki dominate the market
▶️Chinese makers better placed to comply

#Pakistan #Japan #China #AutoAsia #CIVIC #Automotive