Alex Garin

News digest for the past week.
1. Nissan revealed the Pixo, a sub-£20k Twingo-based city EV with about 161 miles of range.
2. Renault kept 2027 5 E-Tech pricing unchanged while adding range (up to 259 miles WLTP) and software.
3. Rivian said the R3 will be “materially” cheaper than the R2, with an even lower-priced R4 later.
4.Tesla reopened $50,000 refundable Roadster reservations ahead of the October 1 unveil.
5.XPeng showed the G9L flagship SUV; Saudi Arabia’s Ceer launched the Exobot sedan and SUV.
6.VW’s ID. Polo won the German Car of the Year budget category.
7.California signed six bills to speed charging and EV uptake.
8.Lucid agreed to supply Bolt with 25,000 Cosmos-based Level 4 robotaxis for Europe.
9. Royal Enfield’s Flying Flea C6 went on sale in Europe and the UK with Western pricing.
10. Honda unveiled an electric mountain bike.
11. Stark released the limited blacked-out VARG SM Sköll supermoto.
12. Rivian spin-off ALSO put TM-B e-bikes on a U.S. tour rather than fulfilling early customer orders.
13. Tesla added an in-car Grok Bot assistant.
14. Joby’s converted J208 Cessna Caravan finished a 3,199-mile U.S. transcontinental flight with no onboard pilot inputs.
15, China’s VOLANT and Indonesia’s WhiteSky agreed a VE25-100 market-entry plan.
16. Waymo named Singapore as its next international market, added teen accounts in Nashville, and restated a 2027 Japan launch.
17. Tesla started a Cybercab showcase tour in Australia (Sydney from September 21), separate from a local robotaxi launch.
18. Lucid’s Bolt deal became the week’s largest European robotaxi hardware commitment.
19. CATL unveiled Tectrans II for trucks and buses: up to 1,000 km range, 80% charge in about 25 minutes on megawatt charging, ~170 Wh/kg, and a claimed 12-year / 1.5 million km life with swap-or-charge flexibility.
20. MAN and Scania both claimed up to about 720 km on new long-haul battery configurations, Renault cited 660 km;
21. Volvo showed an FH Electric for combinations up to 80 tonnes.
22. Tesla detailed a European Semi and won a 2,500-truck U.S. order through the ZET SCALE shipper alliance—enough to nearly double the U.S. Class 8 battery-electric fleet.
23. BYD brought the ETT 44 tractor to Europe.
24. India’s JSW launched the Ampstar electric bus and truck brand.
25. Iveco showed the eFLEXY electric minibus at FIAA in Madrid.