BMW Launches New Battery Recycling Facility in Bavaria to Support Closed-Loop Cell Production

BMW Launches New Battery Recycling Facility

BMW Group and Encory GmbH have officially brought a new Cell Recycling Competence Center (CRCC) online in Salching, Lower Bavaria. The site will employ an in-house direct recycling process designed to recover raw materials from…

Nissan Appoints Victor Taylor to Lead U.S. Manufacturing Operations in Leadership Reshuffle

Nissan Appoints New Manufacturing Leadership

Nissan has announced changes to its U.S. manufacturing leadership, naming Victor Taylor as Division Vice President overseeing US Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Management and Production Engineering. The move is part of the automaker’s multi-year Re:Nissan…

Porsche Rolls Out Next-Generation Digital Configurator for Cayenne Electric

Porsche Cayenne Electric

Porsche has revealed a new digital visualization platform for the Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric, designed to let customers and dealers configure vehicles through interactive 3D and 2D views with highly photorealistic detail. Developed…

Milltek’s Nürburgring-Tuned Exhausts Turn Up the Volume on Hyundai’s N Cars

Hyundai Kona N

Milltek Sport has revealed a new Nürburgring-developed exhaust lineup for Hyundai’s N performance models, delivering sharper throttle response and a more aggressive soundtrack for drivers of the brand’s most hardcore offerings. The UK-based exhaust specialist…

Porsche Reverses Course as Next-Gen 718 Boxster and Cayman Return to Petrol Power

Next generation 718 Boxster and Cayman

Porsche is reworking its next-generation 718 Boxster and Cayman architecture to accommodate petrol engines, marking a sharp reversal of earlier plans to make the sports car duo electric-only. Production of the fourth-generation Boxster and Cayman…

Volkswagen Gen.Urban: VW’s Autonomous Taxi Set to Challenge Tesla Cybercab

VW's Autonomous Taxi

The new Volkswagen Gen.Urban is currently being deployed to test Volkswagen’s forthcoming autonomous-driving technology. Testing is taking place on public roads in Volkswagen’s home city of Wolfsburg, with VW confirming that the Gen.Urban is now…

Mercedes-Benz S-Class Facelift Spotted in UAE as Robotaxi: Level 4 Autonomy and MB.OS Upgrades Expected

Mercedes Benz S Class Robotaxi

Mercedes-Benz has partially revealed its next-generation S-Class in the UAE, serving as a robotaxi prototype. These driverless taxis are intended to act as a rolling laboratory for Mercedes-Benz’s autonomous technology, giving the company real-world testing…