Your weekly roundup of the key developments in automotive manufacturing and materials.
The latest edition of the Automotive Manufacturing Newsletter contains details of Germany and France agreeing a joint position that would trade the EU’s 2035 climate-neutral car goal for stricter ‘Made in Europe’ content rules; the EU capping Chinese hybrid imports at 350,000 a year while exempting EU-assembled vehicles; and Hyundai Motor Group tripling its India investment commitment to US$15.5bn through 2032.
Elsewhere, Leapmotor has begun producing the B10 at its first European plant, in Zaragoza, Spain, set up with Stellantis.
https://www.automotiveworld.com/newsletters/automotive-manufacturing-newsletter-october-19-2026/
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