Frankie Youd

London

Senior Reporter at Just-Auto

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SAIC, Huawei launch Shangjie NEV brand

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Chinese state-owned automaker SAIC Motor launched the Shangjie new energy vehicle (NEV) brand this week, in partnership with local technology giant Huawei Technologies. SAIC Motor is the latest automaker to join Huawei’s Harmony Intelligent Mobility Alliance, which also includes the Aito brand developed with Seres Group, the Luxeed with Chery Automobile, Stelato with BAIC Group, and Maextro with Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group (JAC).
Honda to shift some production from Japan to US

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Honda Motor Company confirmed this week it will transfer some vehicle production from Japan to the US this year in response to the US government’s recent 25% hike in tariffs on vehicles imported into the country. The Japanese automaker said it plans to shift production of the Civic Hybrid for sale in the US from its plant in Saitama Prefecture in central Japan to its facility in the US state of Indiana by July 2025, as it looks to mitigate the impact of the US tariff hike.
Renault showcases Emblème low-carbon demo car

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Renault has shown its Emblème concept demonstration vehicle to create a ‘working prototype of a family car while taking decarbonisation to new levels’. Renault says it is continuing the exploratory studies initiated with the Scenic Vision concept in 2022. Developed by Ampere (Renault’s EV unit), Renault Emblème is a demo car reflecting this approach. A vision of a low-carbon family car, Renault says it emits 90% fewer greenhouse gases (CO2eq) over its entire life cycle than the 2019 baseline.
Tesla begins sales in Saudi Arabia

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

US battery electric vehicle (BEV) manufacturer, Tesla Inc, has launched sales operations in oil-rich Saudi Arabia, taking on existing zero-emission brands such as US manufacturer Lucid and China’s BYD in a market dominated by large petrol-driven SUVs. The US automaker has opened sales outlets in the cities of Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam, as it looks to emulate the relative success it has enjoyed in neighbouring markets such as the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where the company is appealing to a...
Vietnam vehicle market expands 8% in March

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Vietnam’s new vehicle market expanded by 8% to 26,079 units in March 2025 from 24,133 units a year earlier, according to wholesale data released by the Vietnam Automotive Manufacturers Association (VAMA). The data do not include sales by Mercedes-Benz, Hyundai, Tesla, Nissan, domestic automaker VinFast, and a number of Chinese brands that have entered the market in the last two years.
Chery steps up hybrid model launches

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Chery Automobile Company Ltd announced last week that it plans to launch up to 39 new hybrid models globally in 2025, as the Chinese automaker looks to tap in to growing global demand. The Wuhu-based state-owned automaker made the announcement at its “Hybrid Night and Open-Source Initiative” event last week, where it introduced its latest hybrid technologies and also launched an open-source initiative.
Sales of Chinese-made vehicles rise by 8% in March

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Sales of Chinese-made vehicles, including exports, rose by over 8% to 2.915 million units in March 2025 from 2.694 million units a year earlier, according to passenger car and commercial vehicle wholesale data compiled by the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM). Domestic sales rose by 10% to 2.408 million units in this period, while exports increased by just 1% to 507,000 units.
How can generative AI help automotive testing?

1 week ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Software testing is vital for the automotive sector, especially as fitted advanced technology in vehicles proliferates. In a recent study carried out by Harvard Review on developers, results showed that most developers spend more than 35% of their time testing software. To assist with testing, BlinqIO has developed a software as a service (SaaS) based mediation platform that leverages the power of generative AI in the testing world.
Hon Hai promotes BEV contract assembly, licensing business in Japan

2 weeks ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Company Ltd, also known as Apple iPhone subcontractor Foxconn, held a press conference in Japan’s capital city Tokyo this week to promote its fledgling business as a battery electric vehicle (BEV) contract manufacturer and BEV technology licensing company. The open day event was hosted by the company’s chief strategy officer for BEVs, Juni Seki, formerly a Nissan Motor executive.
South Korea: vehicle import sales flat in March

2 weeks ago | just-auto.com | Frankie Youd

Sales of imported light passenger vehicles in South Korea were largely unchanged at 25,229 units in March 2025 compared with 25,263 units a year earlier, according to registration data released by the Korea Automobile Importers & Distributors Association (Kaida). Import sales in the first quarter of the year increased by 11% to 60,657 units from weak year-earlier sales of 54,583 units, when deliveries were held back by shipping delays caused by geo-political tensions in the Red Sea.