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Nio expands mass-market lineup with the launch of Onvo L80. cnevpost.com

Leapmotor plans to launch a second higher-end EV brand in 2027. cnevpost.com

ICYMI: Stellantis and Leapmotor announced that they are exploring the expansion of their strategic partnership through a series of initiatives intended to build on the early success of their collaboration. stellantis.com

Stellantis and Dongfeng Group formed a $1.17 billion partnership to produce electric Peugeot and Jeep vehicles in China starting in 2027. wsj.com

BYD is negotiating with Stellantis and ​other European OEMs to take over underused factories. reuters.com

XPeng is in talks to buy a Volkswagen plant in Europe. electrek.co

Chinese automakers gain ground in South Africa as competitive pricing spurs demand. reuters.com

Chinese EVs are coming to Canada, and some dealers can’t wait to sell them. cnbc.com

Elon’s son X Æ A-Xii carried a Chinese-made tiger-head bag during their recent state visit to China, prompting the bag to sell out online. scmp.com

SpaceX plans IPO for June 12. wsj.com

Elon says he’s not selling any SpaceX shares. bloomberg.com

A judge told Elon he wasn’t excused from trial. He went to China with Trump anyway. nbcnews.com

Elon said control of OpenAI should go to his children, Sam Altman tells jury. bbc.com

Elon’s lawyer told jurors that five witnesses, including Elon himself, former OpenAI board members, and former ​OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever, testified that Altman was a liar. reuters.com

A judge hearing an Australian class action lawsuit against Tesla questioned whether Elon’s company was taking the discovery ​process seriously and warned it could expect “a really bad time” if it ‌failed to cooperate. reuters.com

xAI releases Grok Build, an AI coding agent. pcmag.com

Tesla Robotaxis have crashed at least twice since July 2025 while a teleoperator was remotely driving the vehicles. techcrunch.com

Rivian spinoff Mind Robotics raises another $400M. techcrunch.com

Mykhailo Fedorov, Ukraine’s 35-year-old defence minister, sees advancements in AI and robotics as crucial to his country’s survival. nytimes.com

Figure AI says its humanoid robots have now crossed 24 hours of continuous autonomous work, extending what was initially planned as an eight-hour test into a nonstop multi-day operation. interestingengineering.com

Unitree built a manned transformable mecha robot, which it plans to sell for around $650,000. youtube.com

Japan runs out of robot wolves in fight against bears. popsci.com

This AI robot can change your tires in half the time. axios.com

Thinking Machines wants to build an AI that actually listens while it talks. techcrunch.com

Why the world’s most successful robotics founders are systems thinkers. therobotreport.com

Ford stock surges 13% on investor optimism for new energy storage business. reuters.com, fromtheroad.ford.com

The UK delivers Europe’s largest vanadium flow battery system. electrek.co

Trans Mountain Corp. and the federal agency that oversees the Crown corporation say it’s possible Ottawa will own the Alberta-to-BC pipeline indefinitely. bnnbloomberg.ca

The Canadian federal and Alberta governments have advanced a climate and energy agreement that could see construction on an oil pipeline to the West Coast start as early as September 2027. cbc.ca

British Columbia’s energy minister says Mark Carney is making national pipeline deals without involving other provinces. cbc.ca

Global oil stockpiles could hit record lows if the Strait of Hormuz remains closed. cnbc.com

Volkswagen showed off its new, fully electric ID. Polo GTI. theverge.com, volkswagen-newsroom.com

VW’s controlling family shareholders piled pressure on the OEM to overhaul its business model. reuters.com

The ID. Buzz is returning for the 2027 model year, but the ID.4 is still taking a brief hiatus. electrek.co

VW’s CEO says its US Scout brand was designed from the start to pursue a ​potential stock market listing or to ‌allow strategic investors to take a stake. reuters.com

Labour representatives at VW said they would not allow plants ‌to be closed, while remaining open to proposals to secure the future of underused production sites in Germany. reuters.com

GM just laid off hundreds of IT workers to hire those with stronger AI skills. techcrunch.com

After sitting idle for nearly two years, Ford’s Oakville Assembly Complex is expected to be fully operational again by the end of 2026. insauga.com

Honda has abandoned its 2040 target for a combustion-free vehicle lineup after posting an operating loss. autonews.com

Honda unveiled prototypes of two new hybrid models: a hybrid Accord and a hybrid Acura RDX. theverge.com

Honda posts first annual loss on $9 billion EV writedown. reuters.com

Toyota plans to build a new vehicle ​assembly line at its existing manufacturing ‌complex in Texas with about $2 billion in planned investment. reuters.com

Nissan expects more than $1 billion in profit for its fiscal year, predicting a relatively low hit from the Iran war and an increasing impact ‌from cost-cutting. reuters.com

Mazda delays EV launch by 2 years, slashes investment in pivot to hybrids. autonews.com

Mercedes is willing to move into defence ⁠production as long as it makes “business sense”. reuters.com

Mercedes has an instrument panel problem. caranddriver.com

Waymo is recalling 3,791 robotaxis in the US over a ​self-driving software issue that could likely ‌cause the vehicles to drive onto flooded roads. bbc.com

A coalition of auto trade groups is urging President Donald Trump to preserve the free trade agreement with Mexico and Canada as the July 1 deadline to renew the pact approaches. dealershipguy.com

Uganda has announced a new National E-Mobility Strategy that it hopes will energize its manufacturing sector by transitioning the country’s public transit sector fully away from fossil fuels by 2030. electrek.co

Used EVs are not the most affordable vehicles. wsj.com

Global EV demand rises for second month. reuters.com

Fuel prices increase EV sales, just not in the US. nytimes.com