Automotive & Mobility

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — July 03, 2026 — Stellantis brought together close to 300 suppliers in Paris for its Europe Supplier Convention, pairing them with roughly 100 company buyers and managers alongside regional and global purchasing leadership. The event centered on faSTLAne 2030, Stellantis' long-term strategy for product renewal and profitable growth across Europe, and pressed suppliers on the operational discipline needed to hit that roadmap. Leaders used the day to walk through vehicle launch plans and brand strategy through the end of the decade. The gathering signals that Stellantis is treating supplier execution as a determining factor in whether faSTLAne 2030 succeeds on schedule.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — July 03, 2026 — Stellantis Pro One will bring 13 vehicles and four professional brands to a 1,000-square-meter stand at IAA Hannover, anchoring the presence around the unveiling of Box on Wheels, a new autonomous concept vehicle. The stand also marks the first live public appearance of the Smart Compact Van, which had its digital reveal in mid-June, and will highlight Stellantis CustomFit conversion capabilities across the full commercial vehicle range. The Box on Wheels reveal, scheduled for the September 14 press conference in Hall 13, signals Stellantis Pro One's shift toward positioning itself as an integrated logistics solutions provider rather than solely a vehicle manufacturer.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — July 03, 2026 — Stellantis has confirmed its participation at Automechanika Frankfurt 2026, running September 8 to 12 at Messe Frankfurt, where it will showcase the Eurorepar Car Service network to independent repair shops. The stand, built as a live workshop environment, will demonstrate how independent garages can plug into Stellantis' 360° aftersales ecosystem, from parts sourcing to digital workshop tools. The move reflects a broader push by Stellantis to grow its Independent Aftermarket business alongside its franchised dealer network. Eurorepar Car Service now counts over 6,200 all-makes workshops worldwide, more than 4,900 of them in Europe.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — July 03, 2026 — Stellantis Fleet & Business Solutions brought more than 50 of its largest European B2B clients to Turin on June 17 for "Future is Fleet, Future is Now," an event combining strategy presentations with hands-on vehicle testing. Joël Verany, Head of Stellantis B2B Enlarged Europe, used the gathering to report that fleet and rental sales topped 1.3 million vehicles across Europe in 2025, a 10% increase in orders year over year. He also outlined a three-pillar plan covering portfolio expansion, pricing, and plant utilization through 2030. The event gave rental companies and large corporate fleet buyers direct access to Stellantis account managers and a preview of vehicles still entering the market.

B2B Sales Now Anchor More Than Half of Stellantis Volume

Verany told attendees that the fleet and rent-a-car segment now accounts for over half of Stellantis' total sales in Europe.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING — July 03, 2026 — Stellantis Pro One, the commercial vehicles business unit of Stellantis, has introduced a new version of its Compact Van family built specifically around the needs of solo professional drivers. The Smart Compact Van adds a redesigned cabin, a modular passenger seat called Flexiseat, and a new battery-electric powertrain option to a range that already leads the European market. Order intake opens in September, with market launch following in November. The move targets fleet renewal programs, small and medium-sized businesses, and new commercial operators looking for a lower entry price point.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 25, 2026 -- General Motors senior vice president of global manufacturing Mike Trevorrow has outlined the scale of GM's current U.S. manufacturing commitment, citing $9 billion in American plant and facilities investment in 2026 alongside $7 billion in domestic research and development. Writing as the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, Trevorrow frames the spending not as a one-time commitment but as the infrastructure necessary to scale advanced technology through skilled workers, supply chains and local economic ecosystems. GM employs one in every 10 American autoworkers and contributed nearly $50 billion to U.S. GDP in 2025.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 25, 2026 -- Cadillac Racing has been named winner of the 2026 DHL Sustainable Endurance Award in the Hypercar category, a recognition presented by the FIA, ACO and DHL in connection with the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The award acknowledges a structured sustainability program spanning race logistics, hospitality, waste reduction, procurement and community engagement. Judges cited Cadillac Racing's submission as one of the most complete and measurable dossiers received in this year's competition, with every element tied directly to Le Mans race operations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 25, 2026 -- General Motors has published details of EMWU, an offboard data pipeline designed to extract rare, safety-critical driving scenarios from millions of miles of autonomous vehicle fleet footage without proportional increases in compute cost. GM's autonomous vehicle fleet generates continuous sensor and camera streams across hundreds of test vehicles, and the volume of that data has made brute-force AI analysis economically and technically unworkable. EMWU separates the problem into three distinct tiers — domain projection, candidate retrieval, and deep visual reasoning — each calibrated to spend compute only where it is warranted.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 24, 2026 -- Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has confirmed it is supplying its ADVAN Sport EV tire as original equipment for Porsche AG's fully electric Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric SUVs, launched globally in November 2025. The staggered fitment runs 255/55R20 110Y at the front and 305/45R20 116Y at the rear. The ADVAN Sport EV joins the all-season ADVAN Sport EV A/S V35 as a second Yokohama OE tire approved for the new electric Cayenne, maintaining the ADVAN brand's unbroken presence across all four Cayenne generations.

SHERIDAN, WYOMING -- June 24, 2026 -- Yokohama Rubber Co., Ltd. has begun supplying its ADVAN Sport EV A/S V35 tires as original equipment for Porsche AG's fully electric Cayenne Electric and Cayenne Turbo Electric SUVs, which launched worldwide in November 2025. The fitment covers two staggered sizes — 255/55R20 110V front and 305/45R20 116V rear — and extends a supplier relationship that dates back to 1988. For Porsche's Cayenne line, Yokohama Rubber's ADVAN brand has been standard equipment from the first-generation model through the current fourth-generation electric variants.