Tokyo seeks to widen international partnerships on military equipment as Trump administration rattles confidence
Demand for humanlike two-legged machines is growing fast
World’s largest carmaker to deliver homegrown operating system with RAV4 sport utility vehicle in test of tech mettle
New machines are smaller, cheaper, safer and more flexible than traditional industrial robots
Ukraine has paid $770mn to foreign arms brokers for weapons that have not been delivered
Court’s verdict concludes near four-year trial but prosecutors’ attempts to uncover scope of emissions fraud continues
Companies in sector generate €87bn in annual revenue
Electric vehicle leader announces fresh round of price cuts for its models
Fincantieri CEO says threat of attacks on subsea cables and other critical marine infrastructure will increase
Europe’s limited production and dependence on outside explosives producers exposed by war in Ukraine
Military build-up enables Beijing to switch from peacetime to war operations quickly
The changing nature of military operations will affect both markets and politics
More than a fifth of all EU goods exports are to the US market
Also in this newsletter: Dutch minister urges greater vigilance on corruption in military procurement
New technology that extracts the metal from underground brines has been compared to the shale revolution
Chinese car manufacturers are pushing to replicate their success with EVs
Range anxiety and emissions rule changes drive continued production and sales growth
Range anxiety, threatening charging stations and ‘mansplaining’ marketing all affect uptake
Helping elite buyers to design their dream vehicle is now a lucrative sideline for carmakers
Marketing potential and the chance to transfer tech to road cars is luring back big names
Manufacturer vows to rebuild supply chains to end American carmakers’ reliance on China
Transition rule changes could slow this year’s sharp rise in EV purchases, campaigners fear
Executives seek deal with US but sales set to fall in sector facing structural problems
President expected to approve Republican measure to overturn state ban on petrol-fuelled cars
Swedish start-up’s fate raises fears its European peers will also perish in the ‘valley of death’
