Powering the Future of Freight: Toyota and Iveco’s EMPOWER Project Paves the Way for Next-Generation Hydrogen Heavy-Duty Transport
BRUSSELS / TOKYO — In the high-stakes transition toward zero-emission commercial transport, range anxiety, heavy payloads, and long refueling downtimes have long plagued fleet operators. While battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) have made substantial…
Chery’s British Invasion: How the Chinese Automotive Giant Sights Volkswagen and Redefines the UK Mass Market
By Stewart Burnett Automotive Industry Analysis Main Facts Chinese automotive titan Chery is officially rewriting the playbook for international market expansion, identifying the United Kingdom as its single strongest overseas growth opportunity.…
Driving Toward 2030: A Comprehensive Analysis of Mercedes-Benz’s Production Forecast, Strategic Pivots, and Electrification Journey
By Automotive Industry Correspondent Based on recent strategic data insights and industry forecasts by Jonathan Storey Main Facts As the global automotive landscape undergoes its most radical transformation since the invention of the internal combustion…
Navigating the Tipping Point: Mercedes-Benz Faces a Long Road to Recovery in New Production Forecast to 2030
BERLIN — In the high-stakes theater of the global automotive industry, few legacies command the immediate prestige and engineering reverence of Mercedes-Benz. Yet, the storied German marque finds itself navigating one of the most turbulent transitional…
Tripo AI Secures $447M: A Watershed Moment for Generative 3D Foundation Models
In a move that underscores the explosive growth of the generative AI sector, Tripo AI—a pioneering force in 3D foundation models and world models—has successfully closed a monumental funding round. The company announced it has secured approximately 3…
A Tale of Two Markets: How US Policy Reversals and Diverging EV Trajectories Splintered the Global Automotive Industry
By Stewart Burnett Introduction: The Great Automotive Schism The global automotive landscape has officially fractured. For more than a decade, legacy automakers, nimble startups, and policymakers shared a relatively cohesive vision of the future: an…
PrusaSlicer 3.0: A Monumental Leap in 3D Printing Workflow and Ecosystem Design
On September 1, 2026, Prusa Research marked a significant milestone in additive manufacturing history. Exactly 15 years after the initial commit to the Slic3r project—the foundational architecture upon which the current industry standard was built—the…
China Accelerates Toward an Electric and Autonomous Future: A Comprehensive Analysis of the 15th Five-Year Automotive Roadmap
By Stewart Burnett China’s industrial policy machinery has once again signaled its intent to aggressively steer the global automotive landscape. On September 10, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) unveiled its sweeping blueprint…
Revolutionizing Automotive R&D: Hyundai’s Strategic Integration of Large-Format High-Speed Sintering
In a significant leap for industrial additive manufacturing (AM), South Korean automotive powerhouse Hyundai has bolstered its Namyang R&D Center with the installation of two VX1000 High Speed Sintering (HSS) polymer 3D printers. Provided by German…
Thailand’s EV Crossroads: How Chinese Automakers Captured 89% of the Market and Forced a Tax Overhaul
By Stewart Burnett Enriched and Expanded Report Executive Summary: A Paradigm Shift in Southeast Asia’s Automotive Hub Thailand, historically known as the "Detroit of Asia" for its dominance in traditional internal combustion engine (ICE)…
