Automotive, E-Mobility & Autonomous Driving

JAKARTA – November 13, 2026 -- GAC launched the AION i60 battery-electric model in Indonesia on November 7, its overseas debut after more than 100,000 units sold in China. The launch makes Indonesia the first market where the model's performance outside China can be measured.

The 100,000-unit figure refers to China only. The company gave no sales count for any other market and did not disclose Indonesian pricing or a sales target.

Shared platform ties the i60 to the Toyota bZ3X

The i60 is built on GAC's in-house AION Electric Platform, which also underpins the Toyota bZ3X. One battery-electric architecture therefore serves models sold under two brands.

Osnabrück – November 13, 2026 -- Mercedes CEO Ola Källenius has linked the allocation of future products and investments to labor costs and annual working hours. The statement follows an investment freeze in Germany, according to an interview with Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung (noz).

Mercedes is pressing for longer working hours without wage compensation, noz reported. If no agreement is reached with employee representatives, the company would build new models increasingly abroad. In Germany, it is examining plant closures.

Källenius said the company is working on all major cost blocks: energy, logistics, structures, processes and labor costs. Of the five, he singled out only labor costs as a lever that companies and employees can influence directly and jointly. Working longer without extra pay lowers the labor cost per hour worked, and that is the mechanism the company is asking for.

Villarreal – November 12, 2026 -- GAC is using its role as Official Automotive Partner of Villarreal CF to promote two electric models, the AION V SUV and the AION UT hatchback. Both carry five-star Euro NCAP safety ratings and are manufactured in Austria in partnership with Magna.

GAC links its LaLiga sponsorship to Villarreal's 2-0 win over Getafe

Villarreal beat Getafe 2-0 at the Estadio de la Cerámica on November 8. GAC used the result to promote the partnership. It says the goal is to build brand familiarity and trust among European consumers through football rather than traditional automotive communications.

GAC describes the club, nicknamed the Yellow Submarine, as combining strong local Spanish roots with an international following. That gives the carmaker access to both audiences.

Maumee – November 12, 2026 -- Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) will put Chief Financial Officer Timothy Kraus in front of investors on November 19 for a fireside chat of approximately 35 minutes at the Barclays 17th Annual Global Automotive and Mobility Tech Conference.

Kraus Takes the Stage at 8 a.m. EST on November 19

Kraus, who is also Executive Vice President at Dana, will open the session at 8 a.m. EST. The 35-minute format gives the CFO of the Ohio-based drivetrain supplier a direct channel to the investors and analysts attending the Barclays event.

Dana Enters the Session After Reporting $7.5 Billion in 2025 Sales

Dana supplies propulsion solutions to the light- and commercial-vehicle markets. Its product range covers drive systems, electrodynamic technologies, and thermal and sealing solutions. The company reported sales of $7.5 billion in 2025 and employs 27,000 people across 24 countries.

WASHINGTON – November 12, 2026 -- An estimated 61% of U.S. adult drivers, more than 145 million people, have driven while impaired by sleepiness, according to the National Sleep Foundation's 2026 Drowsy Driving Report, released at the group's Drowsy Driving Forum at the National Press Club on October 29.

Regulators, investigators and automakers share one panel

The Forum, titled Advancing Sleep Health to Reduce Impaired Driving, anchored NSF's expanded year-round Drowsy Driving Prevention Program. The Leadership Panel featured NHTSA Administrator Jonathan Morrison, NTSB Member Thomas Chapman and Alliance for Automotive Innovation CEO John Bozzella.

Las Vegas – November 12, 2026 -- Olight brought its Oclip 2 Series to the SEMA Show (Nov. 3–6), pitching a clip-and-magnet work light with a 115° tilting head and a 360° rotating clip to automotive technicians, mechanics and inspectors.

The company is targeting work in tight vehicle spaces, such as recessed engine-bay connectors, where both of a technician's hands are occupied. Olight says bulky work lights cannot fit these spaces and that conventional magnetic torches point only where their brackets face.

Dual-axis design lets technicians aim the beam without moving the mount

The head tilts up to 115° and the clip rotates 360°, supported by self-locking pivots and dual magnetic points. Technicians can clip, magnetically attach or hang the light on strut towers, control arms, chassis rails, panel edges or toolboxes. At SEMA, mechanics and trade media described it as a "third hand," according to Olight.