Alpina officially joins the BMW Group, ushering in a new era as BMW Alpina. BMW promises to preserve Alpina’s heritage while evolving the brand. The challenge ahead: maintaining Alpina’s unique blend of luxury and performance. As of January 1, 2026, Alpina is officially part of the BMW Group. With the acquisition announced back in 2022…
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. China approved the first foreign automaker generative-AI services this week, clearing Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) and Mercedes-Benz (MBGAF) to offer in-car AI assistants to Chinese drivers. Regulators in Shanghai registered Tesla’s xBot customer-service model, while Beijing’s cyberspace authority listed Mercedes-Benz’s virtual assistant. The approvals let both firms deploy voice assistants that…
On the Dash: Mercedes-Benz sales declined 12% in Q3 to 525,300 vehicles, primarily due to U.S. tariffs and weakening demand in China, while Germany and other regions showed stronger performance. BMW reported third-quarter growth, with 588,300 vehicles sold, led by strong performances in Europe and the U.S. Both automakers are navigating global trade tensions, shifting…
When two of Germany’s biggest luxury brands launch all-electric versions of their best-selling SUVs, the comparisons practically write themselves. The Mercedes-Benz GLC EV (or, as Merc is calling it, the GLC with EQ Technology) debuts exactly two days after BMW’s electrified X3 — talk about timing. Both fight for the same slice of the premium…
DeepSeek’s namesake chatbot would be used for “AI interaction”, which enables a Tesla EV’s driver to have casual conversations with the system, while also getting the latest news and weather information, according to the updated terms of use posted this month on the US carmaker’s mainland website. ByteDance’s Doubao large language model (LLM) would facilitate…
A Mercedes-Benz car has been found abandoned in a metres-deep drainage channel in Hong Kong. Police said they had received a report at 6.28am on Saturday about a vehicle that had crashed into a nullah at On Lok Road in Yuen Long. Police said they had received a report at 6.28am about the abandoned car….
Mercedes-Benz Group AG’s vehicle sales declined in the second quarter after trade tensions led by President Donald Trump’s tariffs hit demand in the US and China. Mercedes’ global car sales fell 9% to 453,700 units from a year earlier, the German company said Monday. Sales dropped 12% in the US and 19% in China —…
In 2007, a Chinese PhD student at the University of Cambridge launched a start-up with a former classmate focused on using speech recognition technology to help foreigners learn Chinese. A year later, Yu Kai and his team returned to China, aiming to draw on the country’s vast market and deep talent pool to propel their…