Matt Brogan

TATA Motors is preparing a major passenger vehicle expansion that will see it move further upmarket, accelerate its electric vehicle rollout, and sharpen its focus on product quality and aftersales support. The Indian manufacturer, whose cars and utes were last officially sold in Australia in 2019, is targeting a near doubling of passenger vehicle volume by FY2031 as it seeks to grow beyond its value-led roots.

Cloud-based development process to help Nissan beat Chinese vehicles to market NISSAN says it can now reduce months of software development work to hours as it accelerates plans for a new generation of software-defined vehicles. The Japanese manufacturer says it will use cloud-based artificial intelligence to design, test and troubleshoot new automotive software systems, allowing it to shorten development cycles and respond more quickly to fast-moving Chinese and global rivals.

JEEP will dramatically broaden its European line-up before the end of the decade, confirming plans to introduce three all-new SUVs as part of a six-model portfolio that will include its first Chinese-built global model. The expansion underlines the American marque’s growing importance within the Stellantis empire, with Jeep identified alongside Peugeot, Alfa Romeo, and Ram as one of four global brands earmarked for the group’s largest investment through to the end of the current decade.