Automotive and Electric Vehicles Deal Tracker
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May 2026
Automotive & Electric Vehicles
Partnership agreements, joint ventures, supply deals, and strategic alliances across the automotive and EV industry – confirmed and structured each month by CatchAll. Covered events include OEM-to-OEM partnerships, battery supplier agreements, EV charging network expansions, and software integration deals. Each record shows the companies involved, deal type, announced value where disclosed, and announcement date. CatchAll scans thousands of automotive, financial, and business news sources per edition.
Automotive analysts and equity researchers use it to follow supply chain consolidation and OEM strategy. EV-sector investors monitor it for partnership signals that precede larger capital events. Supply chain managers at Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers use it to track competitor relationships. Insurers and fleet operators follow the EV infrastructure build-out through it.
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<table class="catchall-table"><thead><tr><th style="min-width:40px">#</th><th style="min-width:180px">Event</th><th style="min-width:180px">Partnership Scope</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Partnership Announcement Date</th><th style="min-width:200px">Automaker Company</th><th style="min-width:200px">Battery Charging Company</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Investment Amount</th><th style="min-width:120px;white-space:nowrap">Source</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td style="min-width:40px">1</td><td style="min-width:180px">V2G Alliance Austria Meeting on Bidirectional Charging</td><td style="min-width:180px">Joint development agreement for solid-state battery technology to be integrated into GM electric vehicles starting in 2028, including a dedicated production line at a new facility in Ohio</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-02</td><td style="min-width:200px">Renault</td><td style="min-width:200px">QuantumScape</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.emcaustria.at/blog/v2g-alliance-austria-treibt-umsetzung-voran-von-der-technologie-zum-bidirektionalen-laden-in-der-praxis" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.emcaustria.at/blog/v2g-alliance-austria-treibt-umsetzung-voran-von-der-technologie-zum-bidirektionalen-laden-in-der-praxis</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">2</td><td style="min-width:180px">Shanghai Zhida Technology Secures EV Charger Contracts</td><td style="min-width:180px">Agreements secured for EV charger sales with MG Sales (Thailand) CO., LTD, a subsidiary of SAIC Motor.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-16</td><td style="min-width:200px">MG Sales (Thailand) CO., LTD (SAIC Motor's Thailand subsidiary)</td><td style="min-width:200px">Shanghai Zhida Technology</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.minichart.com.sg/2026/05/16/shanghai-zhida-technology-achieves-significant-growth-in-thailand-with-major-ev-charger-contracts-and-new-global-clients" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.minichart.com.sg/2026/05/16/shanghai-zhida-technology-achieves-significant-growth-in-thailand-with-major-ev-charger-contracts-and-new-global-clients</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">3</td><td style="min-width:180px">Automakers form ChargeScape for EV grid integration</td><td style="min-width:180px">Joint venture to transform EVs into grid assets by integrating electric vehicles into grid programs at scale, standardizing data and communications protocols, and accessing EV drivers directly through automaker channels.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-05</td><td style="min-width:200px">BMW, Ford, Honda, and Nissan</td><td style="min-width:200px">ChargeScape</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,000,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/how-utilities-are-using-evs-as-grid-assets-qa-with-chargescape-ceo-joseph-vellone" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.renewableenergyworld.com/electric-vehicle/ev-charging/how-utilities-are-using-evs-as-grid-assets-qa-with-chargescape-ceo-joseph-vellone</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">4</td><td style="min-width:180px">Ford's Battery Storage Ambitions</td><td style="min-width:180px">battery storage ambitions</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-05-15</td><td style="min-width:200px">Ford</td><td style="min-width:200px">battery storage</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,000,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://rocketnews.com/2026/05/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-cerebras-microsoft-servicenow-papa-johns-more-2" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://rocketnews.com/2026/05/stocks-making-the-biggest-moves-midday-cerebras-microsoft-servicenow-papa-johns-more-2</a></td></tr><tr><td style="min-width:40px">5</td><td style="min-width:180px">BMW Group and University of Zagreb AI Battery Cell Production Partnership</td><td style="min-width:180px">Development of AI-based solutions for battery cell production, applying predictive models and data analysis to improve efficiency, quality and resource management.</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">2026-04-27</td><td style="min-width:200px">BMW Group</td><td style="min-width:200px">University of Zagreb</td><td style="white-space:nowrap">1,000,000,000</td><td style="white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://auto-innovaciones.com/news/110358-inteligencia-artificial-para-la-producci%C3%B3n-de-celdas-de-bater%C3%ADa" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://auto-innovaciones.com/news/110358-inteligencia-artificial-para-la-producci%C3%B3n-de-celdas-de-bater%C3%ADa</a></td></tr><tr 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<h3>What types of deals are included?</h3><p>Formal partnership agreements, joint ventures, supply contracts, licensing deals, and strategic alliances. Informal collaborations or unconfirmed reports are excluded.</p><h3>Are EV charging infrastructure deals included?</h3><p>Yes – charging network expansions, grid integration partnerships, and automaker-to-charging-network agreements are all included where publicly announced.</p><h3>How does this differ from monitoring individual company press releases?</h3><p>CatchAll aggregates confirmed events across all OEMs, suppliers, and new entrants simultaneously, giving a full-sector view rather than requiring analysts to monitor dozens of sources independently.</p><h3>What is the refresh rate of this dataset?</h3><p>We rerun this dataset once a month. You can create your own dataset that updates as frequently as every one hour on <a href="https://platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall">platform.newscatcherapi.com/catchall</a></p>