Brussels confirms a deal with Beijing to moderate China's hybrid and plug-in hybrid exports. The 350,000 cap from 1 December comes from a document reported by Bloomberg. In Portugal, hybrids are 41 percent of new cars this year and Chinese brands have doubled their share.
The office will handle imports, sales, after-sales and marketing, with about 30 new jobs. It replaces a Daimler Truck structure after Fuso's merger with Toyota's Hino into Archion.
Battery electric cars took 47.7 percent of Portugal's new-car registrations in September, up from 36.1 percent in August. Diesel fell to 2.7 percent, hybrids stalled, and Tesla registered 2,749 cars.
The company reaffirmed the Abrantes factory after its parent joined the ARCHION Group, but would not confirm the 20 trucks a day its union has published, would not forecast 2027, and has not reported June or July output to ACAP.
ACAP logs 33,476 Portuguese vehicles produced in May 2026 — an 8.3% year-on-year contraction — even as the YTD line holds +3.3% at 149,828 units. Germany absorbs 21.7% of national output and Europe takes 93.3% of exports as demand softens at Portugal's largest auto end-markets.
Continental Mabor confirmed 215 new Lousado hires in the first half of 2026 — workforce climbs to 3,200, an all-time Famalicão record — as Pedro Carreira marks 80 years of tyre production and 36 years inside Continental AG and signs a FORAVE skills memorandum with the Câmara Municipal.
The Autoridade de Segurança Alimentar e Económica (ASAE, Authority for Food and Economic Safety) has dismantled a counterfeit auto-parts network spanning three Portuguese districts, seizing 14,629 falsified components with a retail value above...
