Auto Industry Reports

A rare 1996 McLaren F1 GTR nicknamed the 'Pop Art F1,' chassis 10R, is heading to RM Sotheby's Monterey 2026 auction with an estimate north of $35 million, which would make it the most expensive McLaren ever sold at public auction.

Walmart's in-house EV fast-charging rollout outpaced every network except Tesla in the second quarter of 2026, leaning on its thousands of store parking lots to become an unlikely leader in the charging race.

Ford CEO Jim Farley told employees at a town hall that the company is preparing for Chinese automakers to potentially enter the American market within the next five to ten years, despite steep tariffs and import restrictions currently in place.

Fiat has quietly suspended imports of the 500e and Abarth 500e electric hatchbacks in Australia, leaving the Italian brand with just two diesel vans on sale. With passenger car sales down 30% and no replacement EVs confirmed, Fiat's decades-long presence in Australia looks closer to an end than ever.

Amazon's Zoox has issued a voluntary software recall across its entire 105-vehicle robotaxi fleet after one drove into heavy smoke at an active emergency scene, adding to growing federal scrutiny of driverless cars near first responders.

Byrnihat — a tiny industrial town on the Assam–Meghalaya border — has been ranked the most polluted city in the world by IQAir for the year 2024, with PM2.5 levels of 128.2 µg/m³, over 25 times the WHO limit. But even with factory shutdowns and government action, the air hasn't cleared. Here's the complete story — from its bowl-shaped geography and 80+ factories to health crises, data wars between states, and what 2025–2026 actually looks like on the ground.