Register now: Smart factory trends and lessons for 2027: Flexibility, AI and global competitiveness In this AMS year-in-review livestream, our editorial team and industry experts will reflect on the developments that shaped automotive manufacturing in 2026 and discuss what they mean for the year ahead.
Toyota's AI push to unify a fractured production language Toyota is deploying artificial intelligence to reconcile 45,000 internal terms into 5,000 common ones across planning, production and sales, aiming to cut translation steps by 30% and speed vehicle delivery by 2028. Ilkhan Ozsevim
Nissan, Chery explore Sunderland manufacturing partnership Nissan and Chery International UK have signed a non-binding MoU to explore building Chery-brand vehicles at Sunderland from 2027, reflecting a wider shift by Chinese automakers towards localised manufacturing across Europe. James McLoughlin
Design for Manufacturing: How OEMs turn early integration into cost, speed and quality advantage Design for Manufacturing has become a strategic discipline rather than a late-stage check. This approach is supporting OEMs and suppliers reduce lifecycle cost, accelerate launches and build vehicles that are practical to produce at scale Nick Holt
JLR shuts IT systems, halts UK plant production after cyberattack Production at Solihull and Halewood have been suspended. JLR said it had taken “immediate action to mitigate” the impact and that it continues to investigate the source and scope of the incident. Anushka Dixit
Volkswagen accelerates AI-powered production with 5-year AWS extension The platform now hosts more than 1,200 AI-driven applications, ranging from real-time image-based quality inspections to energy optimisation, with machine learning executed via AWS services such as Amazon SageMaker. Anushka Dixit
