Honda Designing Cars for Humanoids; VW's New China Partnership Failing - Autoline Daily 4402

Autoline reports breaking global car news, with great insight and analysis. Also, top auto executive interviews. We cover electric vehicles (EV), autonomous vehicles (AV) and internal combustion engine technology (ICE), as well as car sales & financial earnings and new car reviews. 0:00 GM Sales Down But Profit Up 0:58 GM Buys Back 40% of Shares 1:32 VW's New China Partnership Failing 2:38 EV Sales Growing Fast in Europe 3:27 Honda Designing Cars for Humanoid Workers 3:52 EV Trucks Sales Take Off in China 4:40 CATL Expanding HD Battery Swapping 4:56 CATL Reveals EV Truck Range Extender 5:21 Refreshed G-Class Not Coming Until 2032 5:42 Car Prices Up Less Than Housing, Medical & Education 6:58 Waymo Has Big Growth Plans Story Links: GM Sales Down But Profit Up: https://investor.gm.com/static-files/c79ce1e6-c1f9-41cc-b503-1b98e1dbdfb2 GM Buys Back 40% of Shares: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/gms-core-profit-rises-22-strength-pickup-truck-business-2026-10-20/ VW's New China Partnership Failing: https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/volkswagen-bet-xpeng-save-its-china-business-its-not-going-plan-2026-10-20/ EV Sales Growing Fast in Europe: https://www.reuters.com/business/europe-ev-sales-rose-70-september-almost-30-market-share-2026-10-19/ Honda Designing Cars for Humanoid Workers: https://www.autonews.com/toyota/an-toyota-honda-humanoid-robots-ai-eley-avatar-1019/ EV Trucks Sales Take Off in China: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-20/vw-s-scania-hastens-china-e-truck-push-as-drivers-abandon-diesel CATL Expanding HD Battery Swapping: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-20/catl-to-grow-e-truck-business-with-battery-upgrades-swap-sites?srnd=phx-industries-transportation CATL Reveals EV Truck Range Extender: https://carnewschina.com/2026/10/20/catl-launches-dual-electric-range-extender-to-drive-heavy-duty-truck-electrification/ Refreshed G-Class Not Coming Until 2032: https://www.autoforecastsolutions.com/ Car Prices Up Less Than Housing, Medical & Education: https://www.cargroup.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/CAR-Vehicle-Affordability.pdf Waymo Has Big Growth Plans: https://www.semafor.com/article/10/19/2026/waymo-plans-to-quintuple-its-fleet Read the transcript here: https://www.autoline.tv/daily/ad-4402-honda-designing-cars-for-humanoids-vws-new-china-partnership-failing-gm-buys-back-40-of-shares/ PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/Autoline INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/autolinenetwork TWITTER: https://twitter.com/Autoline FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/autolinenetwork WEBSITE: http://www.autoline.tv