Industry News
BMW has confirmed it will not attend this year’s Paris Motor Show, as new CEO Milan Nedeljkovic focuses on reducing costs following a major profit warning. The automaker said its decision to withdraw from the October event was...
By DCB Editorial
July 23, 2026
Spain is turning to Chinese investment as it seeks to strengthen its automotive sector and accelerate the transition to electric vehicles. A government report highlights Madrid’s strategy of attracting major Chinese-backed projects while aiming to...
By DCB Editorial
July 22, 2026
Volvo CEO Håkan Samuelsson has pushed back against criticism that Chinese automakers are gaining global market share through unfair practices, arguing that their success comes from strong strategy, innovation and investment. Responding to White House...
By DCB Editorial
July 22, 2026
Remember when the pandemic left carmakers desperately hunting for chips like they’d vanished off the face of the Earth? Bosch certainly does. And rather than risk another semiconductor famine, the German engineering giant has switched...
By DCB Editorial
July 14, 2026
BMW and Volkswagen Group reported declining second-quarter vehicle sales, mainly due to a sharp downturn in China, where weaker consumer spending, a property crisis, and intense competition from domestic EV makers such as BYD have...
By DCB Editorial
July 13, 2026
The decision by Qatar’s sovereign wealth fund to block a proposed Volkswagen partnership with Israel’s Rafael defense company reveals the collision of three powerful forces shaping our age: the collapse of industrial security, the expansion...
By Anthony Henson
July 13, 2026