Automotive News from Eastern Europe

Industry Site Race: Spain Stays on BYD's Second-Plant Shortlist → Markets EV Surge: Europe's October Sales Jump 49% → EV & Technology Plug-Free: Wireless EV Charging Set for 32.5% Annual Growth → Suppliers Supply Squeeze: Europe Can't Build Cars Without China → Industry Daily Briefing: Supply Squeeze Meets EV Surge → Policy Esthofer: Dealer boss behind local auto searches → Markets Sterne Gruppe: Bavarian expansion, no CEE/Austria push → EV & Technology Battery: CATL's Europe surge reshapes CEE supply → AI & Automotive AI: Autobrains brings NVIDIA Alpamayo reasoning into production cars → Markets Renewables: €367m backs Rezolv Energy’s Dunarea East → Industry Battery: Croatia commissions 60 MW merchant BESS in Šibenik → Policy CJEU: Fit for 55 measures survive Polish challenge → New Models · Spy Shots Spy: Scout test mule wears Audi Q6 body → Trade & Logistics Shipping: MSC adds four LNG car carriers to orderbook → Suppliers Supplier: Chinese plastics group readies Serbia plant → AI & Automotive Claimlane: €5.6M to scale AI agents for aftersales → Markets How polishes are made: AkzoNobel‑Axalta EU clearance reshapes refinish market → Markets Volkswagen: Electric Golf development paused → Markets Calculation of customs duties for cars: Croatia launches eODPP → Industry Wiring‑harnesses: Ukraine attacks disrupt CEE car output → New Models · Spy Shots Alpina i7: Spy prototype hints at first Alpina EV → Markets Charging market: Europe installs 2.5M Type‑2 chargers a year → Policy Policy: Unions rally in Győr for an EU industrial reset → AI & Automotive AI: Gemini Robotics 2.5 proves humanoid kitting on Mercedes line → Trade & Logistics Trade Lanes: Geely's Eastern Europe Shipments Up 114% → Policy Green Bargain: EU Torn Between Lithium and Rule of Law → AI & Automotive Autoware: AutoE2E release speeds open-source AI for cars → Markets Solus: Hungary plant halted after wastewater leak → Policy WP.29: EU clears position ahead of 200th session → New Models · Spy Shots Porsche 718: Journalists name Nov 24, maker remains silent → Suppliers Suppliers: Rosti buys Alvi Group, adds Wrocław site → Trade & Logistics Rail: Chongqing CE trains top 1,000, boosting auto flows → Policy Local First: EU Weighs Tying Car Aid to European Output → AI & Automotive AI Gigafactory: Romania says two offers on the table → Markets Logistics: Waberer’s wins big auto contracts in Hungary → Industry XPeng-Magna: Talks Could Revive Hoče Plant → New Models · Spy Shots Spy: Mercedes GLB EV Arctic test — Hungary plant in focus → Suppliers Suppliers: Hungarian oversight shakes battery-material chain → Trade & Logistics Trieste Ro‑Ro order suspended: DFDS keeps PLT calls → Policy ETS: EU agrees extra free carbon allowances for industry → Industry Site Race: Spain Stays on BYD's Second-Plant Shortlist → Markets EV Surge: Europe's October Sales Jump 49% → EV & Technology Plug-Free: Wireless EV Charging Set for 32.5% Annual Growth → Suppliers Supply Squeeze: Europe Can't Build Cars Without China → Industry Daily Briefing: Supply Squeeze Meets EV Surge → Policy Esthofer: Dealer boss behind local auto searches → Markets Sterne Gruppe: Bavarian expansion, no CEE/Austria push → EV & Technology Battery: CATL's Europe surge reshapes CEE supply → AI & Automotive AI: Autobrains brings NVIDIA Alpamayo reasoning into production cars → Markets Renewables: €367m backs Rezolv Energy’s Dunarea East → Industry Battery: Croatia commissions 60 MW merchant BESS in Šibenik → Policy CJEU: Fit for 55 measures survive Polish challenge → New Models · Spy Shots Spy: Scout test mule wears Audi Q6 body → Trade & Logistics Shipping: MSC adds four LNG car carriers to orderbook → Suppliers Supplier: Chinese plastics group readies Serbia plant → AI & Automotive Claimlane: €5.6M to scale AI agents for aftersales → Markets How polishes are made: AkzoNobel‑Axalta EU clearance reshapes refinish market → Markets Volkswagen: Electric Golf development paused → Markets Calculation of customs duties for cars: Croatia launches eODPP → Industry Wiring‑harnesses: Ukraine attacks disrupt CEE car output → New Models · Spy Shots Alpina i7: Spy prototype hints at first Alpina EV → Markets Charging market: Europe installs 2.5M Type‑2 chargers a year → Policy Policy: Unions rally in Győr for an EU industrial reset → AI & Automotive AI: Gemini Robotics 2.5 proves humanoid kitting on Mercedes line → Trade & Logistics Trade Lanes: Geely's Eastern Europe Shipments Up 114% → Policy Green Bargain: EU Torn Between Lithium and Rule of Law → AI & Automotive Autoware: AutoE2E release speeds open-source AI for cars → Markets Solus: Hungary plant halted after wastewater leak → Policy WP.29: EU clears position ahead of 200th session → New Models · Spy Shots Porsche 718: Journalists name Nov 24, maker remains silent → Suppliers Suppliers: Rosti buys Alvi Group, adds Wrocław site → Trade & Logistics Rail: Chongqing CE trains top 1,000, boosting auto flows → Policy Local First: EU Weighs Tying Car Aid to European Output → AI & Automotive AI Gigafactory: Romania says two offers on the table → Markets Logistics: Waberer’s wins big auto contracts in Hungary → Industry XPeng-Magna: Talks Could Revive Hoče Plant → New Models · Spy Shots Spy: Mercedes GLB EV Arctic test — Hungary plant in focus → Suppliers Suppliers: Hungarian oversight shakes battery-material chain → Trade & Logistics Trieste Ro‑Ro order suspended: DFDS keeps PLT calls → Policy ETS: EU agrees extra free carbon allowances for industry →