Automotive News from Eastern Europe

Industry Sibiu Expansion: Siemens Invests €14M in New Romanian Plant → Trade & Logistics Plant Shift: China Builds Where It Sells → Markets Target Raised: BYD Eyes 1.8 Million Overseas Sales → Trade & Logistics Plant Pivot: Chinese Carmakers Localize in Europe → Suppliers Wire Shock: Russian Attacks Stall BMW and Skoda Lines → Industry Wolfsburg Retreat: VW Scraps Advanced Factory Plan → Industry Daily Briefing: VW Cuts, War Shocks, China Pivots → Industry Porsche Holding: Expansion, charging bets and leadership moves in CEE → Markets Porsche Alpenstraße: Salzburg centre unveils Cayenne Electric, steps up events → AI & Automotive AI Gigafactories: EuroHPC resets bids, reshaping the CEE compute race → EV & Technology Recall: VW caps charging at 80% — CEE fleets warned → Industry BMW: Parts shortage cancels shifts at Regensburg, Leipzig, Oxford → Markets Mercedes: Ends EQE and EQS SUV Configurations → New Models · Spy Shots Spy Shots: Project Leo — Twin‑Turbo 911 Eyes 'Ring Crown' → Policy 2035 Ban: Member states reopen EU car CO2 fight → Suppliers Techron: Serbia plant to make plastics for VW → Trade & Logistics Strike: Spain ports shut, Ro‑Ro flows hit CEE car chains → AI & Automotive ADAS: Parliament backs EU-wide rules for automated tests → Markets BYD electric sedan: Polish prices and specs revealed → Markets Sealion 7 (BYD): Sporty e‑SUV reaches European showrooms → EV & Technology Charging: Germany ramps capacity, Austria tops density → Markets Slovakia: VW PowerCo backs €480m Šurany battery plant → Suppliers Inalfa: Trnava centre boosts CEE supplier know‑how → AI & Automotive AI: Mercedes embeds Liquid AI on-device in MBUX → Policy Cybersecurity: WP.29 links CSMS certificates to type approval → Trade & Logistics Krefeld: Nitric‑acid spill halts A57 and rail, snarling CEE car freight → Markets Dragon Flood: China Stockpiles Cars as EU Capacity Sags → Suppliers Žilina EV Hub: Kia May Build All European EVs in Slovakia → EV & Technology Separator Deal: Senior signs 1.56bn m² supply pact with VW → Policy Made in Europe: Turkey Push Raises Stakes for CEE Autos → Industry Geely's Europe Play: Local Build for Most Sales by 2030 → Trade & Logistics Deadly Fog: Bulgaria Crash Sparks Freight Safety Push → Policy Green Light: Tesla Assisted Driving Reaches 11 EU Markets → EV & Technology Semiconductors: Elmos brings car chips to humanoid robots → Markets BYD: Weighs battery plant in Portugal → Industry Siemens: €14m factory breaks ground in Sibiu → New Models · Spy Shots Spy Shots: Cupra Terramar VZ5 — RS3 five‑cyl heard → Suppliers Battery: EcoPro BM eyes major expansion at Debrecen → Trade & Logistics Rhine: Low‑water surcharges hit inland car logistics → Policy AFIR: Uneven charging rollout threatens CEE EV plans → Industry Sibiu Expansion: Siemens Invests €14M in New Romanian Plant → Trade & Logistics Plant Shift: China Builds Where It Sells → Markets Target Raised: BYD Eyes 1.8 Million Overseas Sales → Trade & Logistics Plant Pivot: Chinese Carmakers Localize in Europe → Suppliers Wire Shock: Russian Attacks Stall BMW and Skoda Lines → Industry Wolfsburg Retreat: VW Scraps Advanced Factory Plan → Industry Daily Briefing: VW Cuts, War Shocks, China Pivots → Industry Porsche Holding: Expansion, charging bets and leadership moves in CEE → Markets Porsche Alpenstraße: Salzburg centre unveils Cayenne Electric, steps up events → AI & Automotive AI Gigafactories: EuroHPC resets bids, reshaping the CEE compute race → EV & Technology Recall: VW caps charging at 80% — CEE fleets warned → Industry BMW: Parts shortage cancels shifts at Regensburg, Leipzig, Oxford → Markets Mercedes: Ends EQE and EQS SUV Configurations → New Models · Spy Shots Spy Shots: Project Leo — Twin‑Turbo 911 Eyes 'Ring Crown' → Policy 2035 Ban: Member states reopen EU car CO2 fight → Suppliers Techron: Serbia plant to make plastics for VW → Trade & Logistics Strike: Spain ports shut, Ro‑Ro flows hit CEE car chains → AI & Automotive ADAS: Parliament backs EU-wide rules for automated tests → Markets BYD electric sedan: Polish prices and specs revealed → Markets Sealion 7 (BYD): Sporty e‑SUV reaches European showrooms → EV & Technology Charging: Germany ramps capacity, Austria tops density → Markets Slovakia: VW PowerCo backs €480m Šurany battery plant → Suppliers Inalfa: Trnava centre boosts CEE supplier know‑how → AI & Automotive AI: Mercedes embeds Liquid AI on-device in MBUX → Policy Cybersecurity: WP.29 links CSMS certificates to type approval → Trade & Logistics Krefeld: Nitric‑acid spill halts A57 and rail, snarling CEE car freight → Markets Dragon Flood: China Stockpiles Cars as EU Capacity Sags → Suppliers Žilina EV Hub: Kia May Build All European EVs in Slovakia → EV & Technology Separator Deal: Senior signs 1.56bn m² supply pact with VW → Policy Made in Europe: Turkey Push Raises Stakes for CEE Autos → Industry Geely's Europe Play: Local Build for Most Sales by 2030 → Trade & Logistics Deadly Fog: Bulgaria Crash Sparks Freight Safety Push → Policy Green Light: Tesla Assisted Driving Reaches 11 EU Markets → EV & Technology Semiconductors: Elmos brings car chips to humanoid robots → Markets BYD: Weighs battery plant in Portugal → Industry Siemens: €14m factory breaks ground in Sibiu → New Models · Spy Shots Spy Shots: Cupra Terramar VZ5 — RS3 five‑cyl heard → Suppliers Battery: EcoPro BM eyes major expansion at Debrecen → Trade & Logistics Rhine: Low‑water surcharges hit inland car logistics → Policy AFIR: Uneven charging rollout threatens CEE EV plans →