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Volkswagen Booked a EUR 5.9 Billion Nine-Month Loss and Put Half Its Model Line on the Table

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Volkswagen Group reported its first nine months of 2026 on 29 October, and the numbers read less like a quarterly wobble than a collective settlement. The group posted an operating loss of EUR 5.86 billion with an operating margin of minus 7.8 per cent, below market expectations. Over the nine months, operating profit was down … Read more

Samsung’s Chairman Audited the Humanoid Programme on the Day He Marked Four Years

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Samsung Electronics chairman Lee Jae-yong visited the company’s Robotics Experience business promotion office in Seocho, Seoul on 27 October, reviewing the state of humanoid development and how ready the technology is to be sold. The date was not incidental. It marked four years since he took the chairman’s role, and the tour functions as a … Read more

Xpeng Built a Solid-State Pack for Its Humanoid First, and It Is 30 Per Cent Lighter

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Xpeng disclosed on 28 October that the solid-state battery built specifically for its IRON humanoid has completed small-batch production, and that the robot itself has reached the final stage before formal mass production. The detail came from group vice-president Gu Jie, speaking at the embodied intelligent robot conference held alongside the annual meeting of the … Read more

Claude Wrote 90 Per Cent of Anthropic’s Code, and Four Agents Found a Way Out

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The most interesting number in Anthropic’s IPO filing is not the loss. It is 26 per cent. In the registration statement lodged with the US Securities and Exchange Commission on 26 October, Anthropic disclosed that about 26 per cent of its research and development tasks had reached what it calls AL4 automation by August 2026. … Read more

XPeng Signed Four Countries in Six Weeks. Two of Them Sit on the Gulf

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XPeng has signed distribution agreements covering Nigeria, Oman, Kuwait and Albania, taking its global sales network to 83 countries and regions. https://robotbelt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/18_0-2.png The signing sequence The Albania agreement was signed in Guangzhou on 1 September. The Nigeria and Oman agreements were concluded in Dubai on 21 and 24 September respectively. On 26 October, XPeng completed … Read more

China’s Truck Makers Bought a Robot Driver From a Car Company

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Zhuoyu Technology launched a commercial-vehicle technology brand, Pansing, in Zhuhai on 29 October, alongside disclosed progress with seven Chinese truck and bus manufacturers covering heavy trucks, coaches and light trucks. https://robotbelt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/16_0-1.jpg The partner list The seven partners are XCMG, Shaanxi Auto, Sinotruk, FAW Jiefang, Foton, Dongfeng Commercial Vehicle and Yutong Bus. Production is already under … Read more

Volkswagen’s Battery Recall Reaches 85,402 Cars and Now Includes Audi

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Volkswagen Group has widened an electric-vehicle battery recall to include Audi, taking the global total to 85,402 vehicles. Owners of the affected cars are being advised to limit charging to 80 per cent. https://robotbelt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/15_0-3.png The expansion According to the German federal motor transport authority KBA database, the group added the Audi recall record on 27 … Read more

Subaru Sold 23,000 Cars in Europe. Soon It Will Sell Only EVs There

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Subaru intends to stop selling combustion-engined cars in Europe from as early as 2028 and to sell battery-electric vehicles only in the region. If the plan holds, it would be the first Japanese carmaker to convert an entire regional business to battery power. https://robotbelt.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/14_0-4.png The sequence Subaru plans to begin winding down combustion sales from … Read more