Frankfurt – October 27, 2026 -- IG Metall chair Christiane Benner has demanded a "very clear" commitment from Audi to its German sites after the carmaker announced a planned plant in Georgia, USA, while workers at four Volkswagen Group plants in Germany fear for their jobs.

PARIS – – October 14, 2026 -- XPENG is opening its full in-house technology stack and engineering toolchains to global automotive partners under a new "XPENG AI Engineering" strategy, after Chairman and CEO He Xiaopeng became the first Chinese automaker chief to deliver a keynote at the Paris Automotive Summit.