On July 14, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Emergency Management urgently pre-allocated 430 million yuan of central natural disaster relief funds to support 10 provincial-level regions (autonomous regions and municipalities), including Guangxi, Zhejiang, Hebei, Liaoning, Tianjin, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Sichuan, in carrying out flood control and typhoon emergency rescue and disaster relief work. Of this amount, on top of the previously pre-allocated 190 million yuan, an additional 150 million yuan was pre-allocated......

According to data from the China Passenger Car Association (CPCA), the pickup truck market showed a boost in production and sales during the late spring and early summer period, with exports being particularly strong in June. In June 2026, pickup truck market sales reached 62,000 units, up 29.1% YoY and 2.8% MoM, the second-highest level for the month in the past five years. Sales from January to June totaled 343,000 units, up 11.9% YoY.

On July 7, Toyota Motor Corporation is shifting production of its Tacoma midsize pickup truck from a factory in Mexico to San Antonio, as part of the automaker's $3.6 billion upgrade plan for the Texas plant. The company will build a second production line at the San Antonio factory, creating approximately 2,000 new jobs by 2030. The factory currently mainly produces full-size pickup trucks and SUVs. The expansion of the San Antonio plant will double its facility size to approximately 5 million square feet. Since its groundbreaking 23 years ago, Toyota's cumulative investment at this site will reach $8.3 billion.

On June 30, according to the U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), Ford Motor is recalling certain 2018–2021 Navigator and Expedition vehicles, 2020–2021 Explorer and Lincoln Aviator vehicles, and 2021 F-150 pickup trucks, totaling 741,195 units.The recall is due to a potential issue in which the transmission park pawl may unintentionally engage while the vehicle is moving, potentially damaging the parking system. This could cause the vehicle to roll away when parked, increasing the risk of a crash.

According to Barron's, the market might have assumed that Tesla would offer bulk buyers a certain discount. However, that was not the case. It turned out that one of the largest buyers of the Tesla Cybertruck was none other than SpaceX. Musk's rocket company spent $131 million to purchase the futuristic-looking pickup truck. According to the S-1 IPO registration statement filed by SpaceX, the EVs were purchased "at Tesla's manufacturer's suggested retail price." SpaceX did not receive any discount. Based on this amount, approximately 1,600 trucks could be purchased. This figure accounted for roughly 8% of the total Cybertrucks Tesla sold in the US market in 2025.

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