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    Japan earthquake: Automotive semiconductor supply chains show resilience
    A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck Japan's Kumamoto Prefecture on Kyushu Island on July 28, prompting precautionary inspections, temporary disruptions and localized power outages across the region. While several chipmakers suspended operations for safety checks, initial assessments indicate limited facility damage and gradual resumption of production. This report provides an update to our previous insight on the July 28 Kumamoto earthquake and its potential implications for the semiconductor a...
    Pax Silica: The car industry enters the silicon security state
    For most of the postwar era, the automotive industry focused its anxieties on the traditional pillars of steel, oil and labor. As the sector evolved, it later found itself preoccupied with the complexities of battery supply chains. Now, it must contend with lithography, gallium, trusted foundries and the unsettling question of whether a chip buried in a door controller carries the wrong geopolitical ancestry. This is the logic behind Pax Silica, the latest American attempt to turn...
    Hubject and Plugo partner to expand ISO15118-based Plug&Charge adoption in Japan
    Hubject and Plugo Inc. partnered to expand ISO15118-based Plug&Charge adoption in Japan, the companies said Aug. 27. The Berlin- and Tokyo-based companies said the collaboration will combine Hubject’s Plug&Charge portfolio and technical expertise with Plugo’s position in Japan’s EV charging market. They will support charge point operators, eMobility service providers and vehicle manufacturers using the technology. The work will include technical onboarding for companies imple...
    Andersen EV partners with Rightcharge to automate home charging reimbursement
    Andersen EV and Rightcharge have partnered to automate reimbursement for electric fleet drivers who charge company vehicles at home. The integration links Andersen home charge points with Rightcharge’s EV fleet payment platform. Charging data from Andersen chargers is sent to Rightcharge, which calculates the cost using the driver’s actual home energy tariff and pays it directly to the driver’s energy bill. For employers, charging activity and costs can be viewed through a single das...
    Korea Institute of Energy Research team develops battery-recycling process restoring more than 99% capacity
    South Korean researchers developed a battery-recycling process that restored used NCM and LFP cathodes to more than 99% of new-material capacity, the Korea Institute of Energy Research said Tuesday. The institute said a team at its Gwangju Clean Energy Research Center developed a solution-based method to separate current collectors from cathode material without specialized solvents containing hazardous chemicals. Current collectors are conductive components that facilitate the flow of el...
    BluE Nexus, Aisin and Denso partner to jointly develop two-motor hybrid drive module for Stellantis’ Jeep Cherokee SUV
    BluE Nexus has collaborated with Aisin Corp. and Denso Corp. to jointly develop a two-motor hybrid drive module for Stellantis’ new Jeep Cherokee sport utility vehicle. The new module uses a high-efficiency, high-torque transaxle and control optimization for both the motor and the boost converter, which increases voltage. The system contributes to the Jeep Cherokee’s off-road capability and fuel efficiency. BluE Nexus is a joint venture between Aisin and Denso established in 2019. Toyota ...
    BMW expands standard active safety features in Neue Klasse vehicles starting with iX3
    BMW is introducing a broader range of active safety and driver-assistance technologies as standard equipment with its Neue Klasse vehicle architecture, beginning with the new BMW iX3 and gradually extending to models such as the BMW i3, X5 and 7 Series. The expanded package includes an exit warning function with an active door-opening delay to reduce “dooring” accidents, which occur when a parked vehicle's door opens into traffic. BMW said side radars monitor nearby vehicles, bicycles and...
    YFORE inaugurates Atlanta factory, debuts US-built in-cabin sensing system and digital key
    Automotive electronics supplier YFORE has inaugurated its 62,225-square-foot American headquarters in Suwanee, Georgia, integrating research and development (R&D), manufacturing, procurement, sales and delivery for automotive customers. The company said the facility is intended to support local automotive partners with engineering and supply-chain operations closer to their sites. Local officials, global original equipment manufacturer partners, and supply chain executives attended the ...
    China launches one-year intelligent connected vehicle safety inspection campaign
    China has launched a one-year nationwide campaign to inspect intelligent connected vehicle safety, automakers' research and development (R&D) and production capabilities and product conformity, state broadcaster CCTV has reported.  The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, and the State Administration for Market Regulation have jointly issued a notice announcing the campaign. The drive will ta...
    Mazda adds real-time roadside safety alerts with AAA and HAAS Alert
    Mazda North American Operations has partnered with the American Automobile Association (AAA) and HAAS Alert to add real-time roadside safety alerts for all eligible Mazda vehicles with 24/7 emergency roadside assistance. The collaboration uses AAA’s Roadside Assistance Program and HAAS Alert’s Safety Cloud Protect service to warn approaching motorists when a Mazda customer is stopped on the roadside and has requested help. When a Mazda customer seeks roadside assistance through the M...
    Aptiv supports Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano 2 for edge AI deployments
    Aptiv PLC said it is supporting Nvidia Jetson Orin Nano 2 to help customers deploy production-ready physical AI and intelligent edge systems. The announcement extends Aptiv’s collaboration with Nvidia on commercially deployable edge AI platforms based on Nvidia Jetson, including Jetson Thor. Aptiv said its role covers sensing, software, life-cycle support and systems integration for delivery and inspection drones, robotics and other autonomous systems moving from prototypes to production. ...
    Pure Lithium reports 9,315 cycles for Advanced Anode lithium metal battery
    Pure Lithium Corp. said its Advanced Anode lithium metal battery has achieved more than 9,315 cycles in laboratory testing, with cells still cycling. The company said the results were achieved with negligible capacity fade at 100% depth of discharge and charge rates of 1C: 1C. It said the performance exceeds commercial lithium-ion battery cycling requirements in many applications, which typically range from 250 to 2,000 cycles depending on use. Pure Lithium said that, to its knowledge, no ...
    Tantalum prices nearly triple as AI demand and African supply disruptions push EV capacitor lead times beyond 1 year
    Tantalum capacitor lead times for electric-vehicle makers have stretched beyond 1 year as AI demand and disruptions in African mining tighten supply, according to a report published by TrendForce. Tantalum ingot prices rose to 6,650 yuan per kilogram as of Aug. 11, 2026, from 2,600 yuan per kilogram at the end of 2025, nearly tripling. Higher prices are benefiting upstream smelters, while EV makers face increased margin pressure. Tantalum capacitors are used in high-reliability applicati...
    Automotive World 2026: Tier IV showcases software-defined vehicle solution
    Tier IV will showcase a software-defined vehicle (SDV) solution at Automotive World 2026 that combines its Co-MLOps autolabeling platform with a reference end-to-end (E2E) autonomous driving AI model. The exhibition will be held at Makuhari Messe from Sept. 9 to 11, 2026. Tier IV said its demonstration will run the reference E2E AI model on an automotive computer, showing a process that spans data collection, data processing, AI model development and deployment on an automotive computing plat...
    Rivian to add Waze police and speed camera alerts in next software update
    Rivian will bring Rivian OS 2.0 and Waze real-time alerts to all R1S and R1T electric vehicles through software version 2026.31, including first-generation models with older hardware. Wassym Bensaid, Rivian’s chief software officer, confirmed the update for all R1 models, though the rollout schedule has not been disclosed. The R2, which is already shipping with Rivian OS 2.0, is also set to receive Waze alerts. The Waze integration will add real-time alerts to Rivian’s in-vehicle ...
    AS Mobi deploys Cerence's Emergency Vehicle Detection in Japan autonomous bus trials
    Cerence Inc., a provider of AI-powered conversational experiences for mobility, has announced that Advanced Smart Mobility Co. (AS Mobi) is deploying its Emergency Vehicle Detection (EVD) technology in autonomous bus field trials across Japan. The collaboration aims to enhance safety by enabling autonomous vehicles to detect approaching emergency vehicles and respond appropriately in complex operating environments. Recognizing emergency vehicles remains a key challenge for autonomous transpor...
    Tata Communications, Tata Motors partner to launch 5G-powered Sierra.ev
    Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles has partnered with Tata Communications to add in-built 5G cellular connectivity to its newly launched Sierra.ev electric sport utility vehicle. Under the partnership, Tata Communications’ MOVE Connected Vehicle Platform will be integrated with Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles’ proprietary software-defined vehicle platform, N.IO. The companies said the deployment will provide the digital foundation for connected capabilities and AI-enabled applications across t...
    Generative AI fast becoming foundational for vehicle cockpits
    Generative AI, or GenAI, is rapidly moving from experimentation into production automotive systems. Its impact is extending across the full vehicle value chain—from engineering and software development to in-car assistants, design, manufacturing, sales and aftersales. The most important shift is that AI is no longer being treated simply as an embedded feature; it is increasingly becoming a software layer that can interpret intent, generate content, reason across data sources and orchestrate ac...
    Addionics introduces battery architecture for low-temperature performance
    Addionics has introduced a Battery Architecture for Low-Temperature Performance aimed at improving cold-weather operations and charging for electric vehicles, trucks, defense drones, space systems and electric aviation. The company said the architecture is designed to extend mission capabilities, increase usability range, speed charging and improve performance when temperatures fall. It targets applications where traditional lithium-ion batteries lose capability in cold weather. Addionics ...
    Driivz integrates WEX payments into EV charging platform
    Driivz said it has integrated WEX payments into its electric vehicle charging platform, allowing electric fleet drivers to pay at Driivz-managed chargers globally. The companies said the Open Charge Point Interface (OCPI)-certified integration is designed to give fleet drivers and managers access to chargers across different networks without requiring multiple accounts. Drivers using the WEX DriverDash mobile app or a WEX RFID card will be able to charge at public ports managed by the Driivz ...
    China proposes requiring automakers to handle fully autonomous vehicle violations
    China has proposed a 170-article revision to its road-safety law that would require automakers or importers to handle traffic violations committed while vehicles operate in fully autonomous mode, CCTV reported. The draft revision to the Road Traffic Safety Law was submitted on Aug. 25 for an initial review by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, CCTV said. It contains 9 chapters and includes a new section, “Special Provisions for Autonomous Vehicles,” covering public-...
    Waymo plans Munich autonomous vehicle tests before 2027 German ride-hailing launch
    Waymo said it will start testing autonomous vehicles in Munich in the coming weeks, ahead of a planned German commercial ride-hailing launch toward the end of 2027. The vehicles would initially be driven manually across Munich to map local roads. It also plans to test with trained autonomous specialists behind the wheel. Waymo said the testing period is intended to help its autonomous driving system adapt to Munich’s driving conditions before commercial operations begin. The company sa...
    Sony plans to license Wichef in-car AI agent as early as 2027
    Sony Group plans to offer an in-car AI agent featuring its Wichef character as early as fiscal 2027, targeting automakers through a licensing model. Wichef, an original rabbit-sheep character created for AI applications, would appear on an in-car screen as a conversational companion for drivers. Sony is considering uses including navigation help, casual conversation and serving as a brainstorming partner. The company envisions automakers paying licensing fees for the service, with separate...
    IAR, Neusoft Reach collaborate to advance AUTOSAR and RISC-V automotive toolchain
    Embedded development tool provider IAR and Neusoft Reach Automotive Technology (Shanghai) Co. have signed a strategic cooperation agreement aimed at deepening integration between Neusoft Reach's NeuSAR OS and IAR's development tools, enabling the two companies to offer integrated software and toolchain solutions tailored to China's automotive development environment while supporting closer alignment between the AUTOSAR software ecosystem and RISC-V automotive-grade chips. The agreement c...
    Geely develops 1,000-V architecture to compete with BYD’s Flash charging technology
    Zhejiang Geely Holding Group is developing a 1,000-V high-voltage vehicle architecture aimed at significantly reducing electric vehicle charging time. Geely's 1,000-V platform is expected to reduce the 10%-to-80% charging time to less than 5.5 minutes. The Hangzhou-based automaker said it is integrating 800-V high-voltage systems into its vehicles to improve charging speed, range and efficiency. It said vehicles using the architecture include 800-V components across batteries, electric motors...
    Zhejiang Geely recalls over 74,000 Lynk & Co vehicles for defect in lidar sensor
    Zhejiang Geely Automobile will recall 74,037 Lynk & Co vehicles in mainland China over a potential defect in the lidar sensor, the CarNewsChina.com portal reported on Aug. 25, citing the State Administration for Market Regulation (SMAR). Geely also recalled 18,878 Galaxy M9 vehicles for the same reason, taking the total across two brands and five models to nearly 93,000. The recall covers vehicles from the Lynk & Co brand of the mainland Chinese automaker, including the 900, 10 E...
    Continental develops concept tire with 43% recycled materials
    Continental has developed a concept tire containing about 43% recycled materials as part of the EU-funded Zero Emission Electric Vehicles Enabled by Harmonized Circularity (ZEvRA) project. The tire uses recycled tall oil, steel, rubber from end-of-life tires and polyester fibers made from recycled polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles. It also contains materials from pyrolysis, including recovered carbon black from end-of-life tires, and uses recycled sand to produce an alternative silica var...
    Kempower delivers first Mega Satellite Flex charging system in Sweden to Dagab
    Kempower will deliver its first Mega Satellite Flex charging system in Sweden to Dagab’s depot in Bålsta in August, with commissioning planned for later in the year. Erinion, Kempower’s end-to-end partner for heavy-duty fleet charging infrastructure and part of the Scania Group, will supply, commission and monitor the charging solution. Dagab manages the Axfood Group’s supply chain, including warehousing and transport. Dagab operates nearly 40 electric trucks, including 13 based at ...
    Blink Charging launches EnergyConnect at 13 Florida DC fast-charging sites
    Blink Charging Co. has launched EnergyConnect, an AI-driven energy management system, with initial deployment across 13 Blink-owned DC fast-charging sites in Florida. The company said on Aug. 18 that the platform is designed to help electric vehicle (EV) charging site operators to increase charging capacity within the constraints of their existing electrical infrastructure while improving visibility and control over energy use. Blink said that early results from the Florida deployment are exp...
    TIER IV and Renesas develop AI-native computing platform for software-defined vehicles
    TIER IV is collaborating with Renesas Electronics Corp. to build an open AI-native computing platform for software-defined vehicles using Renesas’ next-generation R-Car automotive system-on-chips. The platform will combine TIER IV’s autonomous driving software, including Autoware and its reference AI models, with Renesas’ R-Car technology. The work is intended to support systems ranging from Level 2+/2++ advanced driver assistance to Level 4 autonomous driving. TIER IV will adopt Ren...
    Volkswagen Group China adds CARIZON HS8 to 7 new-energy models
    CARIZON's HS8 driver-assistance system will be installed on seven Volkswagen Group China new-energy vehicle models this year, starting with SAIC Volkswagen's ID. ERA 5S. HS8, also called Hyper Sense 8, is Volkswagen Group's first in-house full-scenario Level 2++ advanced driver assistance system for the mainland Chinese market, developed by CARIZON, CARIAD's joint venture with Horizon Robotics. The first vehicles equipped with it are entering the market this year. The system uses CARIZON's...
    Andes Technology receives ISO 26262 ASIL-B and ASIL-D certification for D23-SE processor
    Andes Technology said its 32-bit AndesCore D23-SE RISC-V processor received ISO 26262 ASIL-B and ASIL-D certification for automotive and industrial applications. The company said the certification confirms full compliance and expands its lineup of functional safety-certified RISC-V processors. The D23-SE was developed under the ISO 26262 requirements as a safety element out of context (SEooC) to help customers accelerate the development and certification of ASIL-compliant systems. The proc...
    Brembo unveils Boldika brake caliper for heavy-duty pickups and SUVs
    Brembo has unveiled the Boldika, a six-piston brake caliper producing more than 8,500Nm of braking torque for heavy-duty pickup trucks and SUVs. The Italy-based brake systems supplier claims the Boldika is the most powerful caliper it has built for passenger car application and marks its first entry into the heavy-duty pickup truck segment. The caliper is designed for electrified and internal combustion engine (ICE) pickup trucks and SUVs. Boldika will launch first with a Brembo disc on ...
    Indian Ministry of Road Transport and Highways proposes changes in vehicle-lighting rules to reduce headlight glare
    The Indian government is preparing to introduce stricter vehicle lighting regulations aimed at improving road safety and reducing accidents caused by excessive headlight glare. The proposed amendments to the Central Motor Vehicles Rules are expected to come into effect from April next year. The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways has proposed reducing the maximum permissible intensity of vehicle headlights. For two-wheelers (motorcycles and scooters), the limit would be lowered from 150,0...
    Kia unveils details of India-bound Sorento SUV ahead of launch next week
    Kia India has revealed the Sorento sport utility vehicle (SUV) ahead of its scheduled launch on Sept. 4, highlighting its interior and advanced lighting features. The Sorento, which will become Kia's flagship internal combustion engine (ICE)-powered model in India, has a three-row layout and is expected to be the same size as the global model, at 4,815 mm long, 1,900 mm wide and 1,700 mm tall, with a 2,815 mm wheelbase. The SUV will be offered with both hybrid and diesel powertrains, with the hy...
    The cold truth about EVs
    The electric vehicle (EV) industry has spent years peddling what is easiest to measure: battery size, motor power and charging speed. These are the metrics that fill brochures and shape consumer perception. Yet as the market matures and subsidies begin to fade, a quieter contest is taking shape — one fought not in kilowatt-hours or horsepower, but in degrees Celsius. Thermal management, once a background concern, is emerging as a decisive competitive frontier. At first glance, this may seem...
    Porsche introduces gallium nitride for high-end automotive audio solutions
    Porsche plans to introduce gallium nitride (GaN) chip technology to series production in a future vehicle in 2027 to power a 400-watt Burmester subwoofer amplifier. The technology, developed with the University of Stuttgart, has been adapted by Porsche for its first automotive application in the Burmester 3D High-End Surround Sound System. A GaN-based high-performance chip performs the voltage conversion needed for the subwoofer amplifier. Porsche said it has filed several patent applicati...
    Cinemo, Dolby and SmashLabs join hands to enhance immersive in-car gaming experiences
    Cinemo has partnered with Dolby Laboratories and SmashLabs to bring immersive, music-led gaming to vehicle cabins. The Germany-based in-car infotainment company said the collaboration combines three technologies aimed at making the cabin part of gameplay across driving, parked and charging scenarios.  SmashLabs’ games are being integrated with Cinemo’s standardized In-Car Game APIs, which translate in-game events into real-time vehicle responses. Dolby Atmos provides immersive a...
    Kaspersky discovers Android malware targeting vehicle infotainment head units
    Kaspersky said it has uncovered the first documented Android malware campaign tailored to infect vehicle head units through their software update chain. The cybersecurity company said the June campaign targeted Android-based head units, which combine multimedia functions and, in some cases, car controls. The malware used a stealth, multistage downloader designed to deploy further malware for ad fraud and other malicious activity. Kaspersky said the malware was distributed through firmwar...
    Asahi Kasei develops lithium pre-doping technology raising battery energy density by 10%
    Asahi Kasei has developed a lithium pre-doping technology that raised energy density by 10% in internal tests of a silicon-containing lithium-ion battery cell. The company said the technology is intended for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries using silicon-based anodes, where irreversible capacity loss during the first charge can reduce lifespan and total energy density. The tests used an NMC nickel-manganese-cobalt cell with an anode made of 90% graphite and 10% SiO. Asahi Kasei said the ...
    Hyundai Motor Group selects Kaluza as global EV smart charging partner
    Hyundai Motor Group has selected Kaluza as its global technology partner for EV smart charging across its brands starting in August 2026. The partnership will begin with Kia and Hyundai in the UK before launching in Australia and expanding globally, the companies said. Kaluza co-developed an integration with Hyundai Motor Group’s new digital ecosystem, the Kia App and myHyundai App, to let drivers charge their electric vehicles at times intended to minimise cost and carbon emissions. ...
    Genesis unveils GV90 full-size, electric SUV featuring lounge-like cabin, advanced lighting and premium chassis solutions
    Hyundai’s luxury-car brand Genesis unveiled its first full-size flagship electric sport utility vehicle, the GV90, on Aug. 19. The electric SUV offers a blend of high-end interior craftsmanship, immersive lighting technology and a sophisticated chassis package aimed at redefining luxury mobility. Inside, the GV90 has been designed more like a premium living space than a conventional SUV. A flat-floor layout enabled by the dedicated electric platform helps create a spacious cabin, while furn...
    The most expensive material may be the one you cannot prove
    For most of the past half-century, carmakers treated materials principally as an engineering and purchasing problem: meet the specification, minimize weight, control cost, and buy at scale. Recycled content and lightweighting mattered, but they were generally secondary considerations. This is changing as carbon, provenance, and traceability acquire direct economic value. A material now has to perform in the vehicle, meet regulatory requirements, and increasingly come with evidence of where it ca...
    Vedanta Aluminium launches two Primary Foundry Alloy products at AutoEdge 2026
    Vedanta Aluminium launched two new Primary Foundry Alloy products, including one developed with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, at its AutoEdge 2026 industry conclave, held in Gurugram, India, on Aug. 19. The company introduced a Copper-Doped Alloy and Vedanta Foundry Alloy (VFA), expanding materials targeted at automotive casting applications. VFA was developed in collaboration with the IIT Delhi. The Copper-Doped Alloy uses copper to improve high-temperature performance...
    Waymo unveils 5-nm ASIC for autonomous driving system
    Waymo unveiled a purpose-built 5-nm application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) for its autonomous driving system, saying the chip delivers over 1,000 tera operations per second (TOPS) of machine-learning performance for front-end processing and machine learning (ML) models. The Alphabet-owned robo-taxi company said the chip is designed to process, fuse and run neural networks on raw sensor data in real time before it reaches the core ML system. The ASIC handles lidar, radar and camera str...
    Uber launches Baidu Apollo Go driverless robo-taxis on app in Dubai
    Uber Technologies said Baidu's fully driverless Apollo Go robo-taxis are now available on its app in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the first step in a multiyear partnership to deploy thousands of vehicles globally. New Horizon Luxury Transport will serve as the fleet operator for the service, Uber said. Dubai is the launch market for the companies’ plan to expand Apollo Go vehicles across Uber’s global network. Riders in Dubai who request UberX or Uber Comfort may be matched with a full...
    Tier IV and Renesas build open AI-native platform for software-defined vehicles
    Tier IV and Renesas Electronics are collaborating to build an open AI-native computing platform for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) using Autoware and Renesas’ next-generation R-Car automotive system-on-chips (SoCs). The companies said the platform will combine Tier IV’s autonomous driving software technologies, including its reference AI models and Autoware, with Renesas’ R-Car processors. The effort is intended to support systems ranging from Level 2+/2++ advanced driver assista...
    BC Hydro opens 8-vehicle EV charging hub in Campbell River
    BC Hydro has opened an electric vehicle charging hub at Campbell River's Strathcona Gardens Recreation Complex in British Columbia with capacity for eight vehicles at the same time. The site, developed with the Strathcona Regional District, is in the parking lot of the complex at 225 South Dogwood Street. It has two 180-kW fast chargers that can add up to 180 km of driving to an average EV in about 10 minutes, BC Hydro said. Each fast charger can serve two vehicles at once by splitting out...
    California Energy Commission approves $95.2 million zero-emission vehicle infrastructure plan
    The California Energy Commission approved a $95.2 million plan for fiscal 2026–2027 to expand zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure across California, US. The annual Clean Transportation Program Investment Plan Update, approved Aug. 17, covers spending in the current fiscal year and includes projected allocations through 2028–2029. The money is intended to support electric vehicle charging and hydrogen refueling for light-, medium- and heavy-duty ZEVs. The plan allocates $48 milli...
    ChargePoint deploys 10 overhead fast-charging dispensers at Portland airport
    ChargePoint has deployed 10 overhead dual-port fast-charging dispensers at Portland International Airport, allowing up to 20 rental electric vehicles to connect at the same time, the company said. The system, installed in PDX’s Quick Turnaround (QTA) Facility, uses retractable cable management and mounts charging equipment above vehicles rather than at ground level. ChargePoint said the approach is intended to preserve space, reduce installation complexity and lower the risk of vehicle dama...
    Mercedes-Benz updates C-Class with premium cabin, advanced lighting and enhanced driving dynamics
    Mercedes-Benz has updated its popular C-Class saloon and estate, placing a strong emphasis on cabin refinement, intelligent lighting technologies and enhanced driving dynamics. According to the German carmaker, the facelifted model has received the most extensive technical upgrade in its history, bringing luxury features traditionally associated with higher segments into the midsize sedan and wagon. Inside, the updated C-Class adopts a more upmarket feel with new upholstery colors, additional...
    Momenta and Xheart select QNX OS for Safety for autonomous driving platform
    Momenta and Xheart have selected QNX OS for Safety from BlackBerry’s QNX division as the foundation for a Physical AI-defined autonomous driving platform. The system combines Momenta’s full-stack autonomous driving solution, Xheart’s X7 automotive-grade system-on-chip (SoC) and QNX OS for Safety, which is built on QNX SDP 8.0. The companies said the production-ready package is intended to help automakers accelerate deployment while meeting global functional safety standards. The solu...
    Cedar Electronics selects TomTom Orbis maps to enhance speed awareness across the US
    Mapping and location technology solutions provider TomTom announced that Cedar Electronics, a provider of automotive safety and driver awareness solutions, has selected its Orbis Maps platform for integration into the company's Escort and Cobra radar detector products in supported markets. The integration will enable Cedar Electronics to leverage TomTom's speed limit data to validate and maintain updated posted speed information across the US road network. The collaboration is inten...
    Volkswagen partners with Samsung Wallet to extend Digital Key access to EV drivers
    Samsung Electronics has said its Wallet app will add Digital Key access for select Volkswagen ID. electric vehicles in Europe starting Aug. 18. The feature will let owners use compatible Samsung Galaxy smartphones to lock, unlock and start eligible Volkswagen models without a physical key, Samsung said. Supported vehicles include the ID.Polo, ID.Cross, ID.3neo, ID.4, ID.5, ID.7 and ID.Buzz. Availability is limited to eligible Volkswagen ID. vehicles produced on or after April 27, 2026, r...
    Paua integrates Humax MX7 charger into fleet reimbursement platform
    Paua is integrating Humax’s MX7 smart home charger into Paua Reimburse to automate home charging payments for commercial electric fleets. The partnership will feed charger and vehicle data into Paua’s fleet platform, which covers charging at home, on public networks, at workplaces and at shared depots. The integration is currently in development, with further availability information to follow. Paua said the Humax MX7 will use ISO 15118 technology to identify which vehicle is connected...
    Hevo receives US patent for dynamic wireless roadway charging for EVs
    Hevo Inc. said Aug. 18 that it has received a US patent for systems enabling continuous wireless charging of electric vehicles while moving along a roadway. The Brooklyn, New York-based developer and tier 1 supplier of Rezonant wireless charging hardware and the Journey software platform said the patent is titled "Systems and methods for dynamic roadway charging." It covers the use of multiple wireless charging pads placed along roadways to transfer power to receivers on one or more el...
    LG Energy Solution starts production at Lansing battery plant
    LG Energy Solution said on Aug. 18 that it has started production at a 226-acre battery plant in Lansing, Michigan, targeting more than 35 GWh of annual capacity at full scale. The facility, LG Energy Solution Michigan-Lansing, will make large-format battery cells for energy storage systems and electric vehicles. Employment is expected to rise to 1,700 people at full-scale production from about 900 currently. The plant produces lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cells for energy storage systems,...
    Mainland China introduces 5 automotive chip certification standards for 2026
    Mainland China has introduced five automotive chip certification and accreditation industry standards, effective Oct. 1, to help locally designed semiconductors qualify for use in production vehicles. The State Administration for Market Regulation and the Certification and Accreditation Administration of China said the framework is the world's first national-level capability assessment system for institutions across the automotive chip supply chain. Regulators said the absence of unif...
    LG begins mass production of 5G smart telematics unit for European automaker
    LG Electronics has begun mass production of a 5G Release 16 smart telematics unit integrating up to 12 antennas and has started deliveries to a premium European automaker. The company said the supply deal marks the solution’s first deployment in a production vehicle in Europe. The product combines a communications module and multiple antennas in a single unit, aiming to improve connectivity while reducing radio-frequency cabling, wiring complexity, vehicle weight and cost. Conventional...
    HERE Technologies and Octave partner to enhance incident response across Australia
    HERE Technologies said it has partnered with Octave Intelligence PLC to integrate HERE location data into Octave OnCall Dispatch, a computer-aided dispatch product for incident response operations. The companies said the integration is intended to improve dispatch times and operational efficiency across Australia by providing more accurate maps, current real-time data and faster response support. Octave Intelligence provides software for mission-critical facilities and infrastructure. Octa...
    Hyundai partners with Cinemo to integrate Cloud-based music streaming in group vehicles
    Hyundai Motor Group has partnered with Cinemo to enhance the in-car digital media experience across selected Hyundai, Kia and Genesis vehicles by enabling access to leading online music streaming services through the vehicle infotainment system. The collaboration leverages Cinemo's CORE Online and Live Service technologies to deliver a cloud-based streaming platform that allows drivers and passengers to access and control popular music services directly from the vehicle interface. Supported s...
    Charging becomes a grid-native service
    For most of the electric vehicle era, success was measured by infrastructure: how many chargers were installed, how quickly they were deployed and how reliably they operated. That focus reflected the first phase of electrification — expanding access, improving uptime, reducing payment friction and enabling drivers to move across charging networks. Success meant more plugs, wider coverage and the confidence that drivers could charge when they needed to. As EV adoption grows, grid capacity sh...
    The Cabin OS Wars
    For years the car’s interior was sold like a small theater: bigger screens, smoother menus, more connectivity, richer graphics and better ambient lighting. The cockpit mattered because it signaled taste and modernity, and was where the brand performed for the customer. That model is giving way to something more strategic. In software-defined vehicles (SDVs), the cabin is becoming a logged-in environment: an identity layer, an authentication surface, a commerce channel and a portal through w...
    Lighting that speaks
    Automotive lighting was once a largely solved engineering discipline. Headlamps illuminated the road, indicators and brake lights communicated driver actions, and distinctive lighting signatures helped manufacturers differentiate their brands. The priorities were visibility, compliance, and styling. Automation introduces a new requirement. As vehicles increasingly operate with reduced human oversight, they must communicate with people who cannot see their internal decision-making processes. A...
    TU Graz researchers develop EV battery design guidelines for safer repair and reuse
    Researchers led by Graz University of Technology have developed electric vehicle battery design guidelines after finding that battery cells account for about 75% of pack mass and are critical to reuse. The guidelines, developed in the E-Track research project, are intended to make traction batteries safer, easier to repair and more sustainable over their life cycle, TU Graz said. The work involved TU Graz’s Vehicle Safety Institute, the Institute of Environmental Systems Science at the Univ...
    Nano One produces LFP cathode material with lithium carbonate from Standard Lithium
    Nano One Materials Corp. has produced lithium iron phosphate (LFP) cathode active material (CAM) and in-house battery test cells using Standard Lithium Ltd.'s lithium carbonate, with initial tests showing about 155 mAh/g on first discharge. Vancouver-based Nano One said the battery-quality lithium carbonate came from Standard Lithium’s pilot plant at its South West Arkansas Project. Nano One processed the material through its patented One-Pot process to make LFP CAM, then assembled and...
    VinFast plans Level 2+/Level 2++ driver-assistance upgrade for next-gen vehicles
    VinFast plans to upgrade its next generation of vehicles from Level 2 driver-assistance systems to Level 2+/Level 2++ capability, executive Anne Pham said at the Bloomberg Sustainable Business Summit. Pham, Vingroup’s head of International Capital Development, said VinFast’s current vehicles use Level 2 advanced driver assistance systems, including adaptive cruise control and lane-centering, which assist drivers but keep them in control. She said the next phase would expand the conditions...
    Mahindra and Google Cloud launch BE 6 SPORTEQ series with Gemini AI agent
    Mahindra, in collaboration with Google Cloud, has launched the BE 6 SPORTEQ electric sport utility vehicle series with an AI agent built on Google Cloud’s Gemini Enterprise, making Mahindra the first Indian OEM to integrate the technology, according to the companies. The companies said the automotive agent is being added to the updated Mahindra Artificial Intelligence Architecture (MAIA) platform. The system is designed to move beyond fixed voice commands and use Gemini models to inter...
    Mahindra introduces BE 6 SPORTEQ electric SUV series with BaaS option
    Mahindra introduced the BE 6 SPORTEQ electric sport utility vehicle series at 1.145 million rupees (about $12,000) with battery-as-a-service (BaaS) and a battery charge of 3.75 rupees per kilometer. The company said deliveries will begin on Aug. 26. The series is offered in eight variants — ONE, TWO, THREE, THREE+, FOUR, FE, FE FOUR and Launch Edition. The BaaS option will be offered with the ONE and TWO variants, which come with a 59-kWh battery pack. The BE 6 SPORTEQ also gets a 70-k...
    EVgo plans 500-kW EVgo Supercharger deployment across US metropolitan fast-charging network
    EVgo plans to deploy V4 EVgo Superchargers capable of up to 500-kW/1,000 V across its US metropolitan fast-charging network, the company said Aug. 5. The Los Angeles-based company said deployments will begin soon, with the first EVgo Supercharger sites expected to be operational in the second half of 2026. The chargers will broaden access to North American Charging Standard (NACS) charging options. EVgo said the Supercharger locations will appear in Tesla's in-car navigation, allowing...
    Karsan launches autonomous e-ATAK bus service at Efteling
    Karsan’s Autonomous e-ATAK began carrying passengers on an approximately 6-km route at the Efteling theme park in the Netherlands on Aug. 12. The bus connects Efteling’s main public transport hub with hotels, accommodation facilities and visitor amenities in the area. It runs between the Efteling Hoofdingang and Wonderhotel stops in mixed traffic using SAE Level-4 autonomous driving technology. Commenting on the project, Karsan CEO Utku Ayyarkın said: "We are extremely proud that Ka...
    Kodiak AI receives California DMV permit to test heavy-duty autonomous vehicles
    Kodiak AI received a California DMV permit on Aug. 13 to test heavy-duty autonomous vehicles on public roads with a safety driver. The authorization was granted under the California Department of Motor Vehicles’ newly expanded Autonomous Vehicle Tester program. The program allows permitted heavy-duty autonomous vehicle developers to test and deploy their technology on California roads for the first time. The permit lets Kodiak operate in California with a safety driver behind the wheel. ...
    Tier IV joins program to develop Level 4 autonomous driving SoC
    Tier IV has joined a Japan Science and Technology Agency program to develop a software-defined system-on-chip (SoC) for Level 4 autonomous driving. Under the Next-Generation Edge AI Semiconductor Research and Development Program, a team led by Professor Yoshihiro Kawahara of the Graduate School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo, will study use-case-driven physical AI chip design. Tier IV will work on the logic design of an AI chip for inference processing in end-to-end autonomous drivin...
    Volteras adds Hyundai vehicle data to Connect API and Platform
    Connected vehicle data provider Volteras has added Hyundai vehicle data to its Connect API and Platform through a partnership with Hyundai Connected Mobility, expanding its OEM coverage to 36 brands. The integration gives fleets, leasing companies and mobility providers access to connected vehicle data from Hyundai’s eligible model range. Volteras said it delivers OEM-grade data through a single, normalized API and does not require aftermarket telematics hardware. Customers connect throu...
    Nexteer introduces High Mount Direct Drive Steer-by-Wire Hand-Wheel Actuator
    Nexteer Automotive has introduced a High Mount Direct Drive Steer-by-Wire Hand-Wheel Actuator (HMDD) that can reduce overall mass by up to 23% compared to legacy steering columns, depending on vehicle and packaging requirements. HMDD is designed for steer-by-wire systems, which replace the mechanical link between the steering wheel and road wheels with an electronic connection that sends driver inputs as digital commands while maintaining steering feedback. The system combines a motor...
    Einride and DAF integrate autonomous driving system into electric truck platform
    Einride AB and DAF Trucks will integrate Einride’s autonomous driving system into DAF’s electric truck platform, with initial tests planned in 2026 and software commissioning in 2027. The joint initiative is aimed at commercializing SAE Level 4 autonomous electric freight transportation, as the industry faces driver shortages and rising operating costs. Level 4 automation allows a vehicle to handle repetitive driving tasks independently under predefined conditions, without human intervent...
    LX Semicon starts LX61101 MCU mass production for Hyundai Motor and Kia
    LX Semicon has begun mass-producing its LX61101 automotive microcontroller (MCU) for Hyundai Motor and Kia vehicles, due to enter production in the second half of 2026. The MCU is optimized for motor control in automotive body electronics and will initially be used in Hyundai Motor and Kia vehicles before expanding gradually to more models. It is the first tangible result from LX Semicon’s automotive semiconductor business, which the company has been building since 2022 to diversify beyond ...
    WeRide reports 73% rise in H1 2026 revenue
    WeRide reported first-half 2026 revenue of $51.0 million, up 73% year over year, as overseas revenue and autonomous driving businesses expanded. Second-quarter revenue rose 82% from a year earlier and 103% from the prior quarter to $34.2 million. Gross margin increased to 37.5%, up 9.4 percentage points from the second quarter of 2025. Overseas revenue rose 154% year over year in the first half. In the second quarter, overseas revenue increased 164% from a year earlier and 169% from the pr...
    BYD launches Seal 06 with second-generation Blade battery, offers 630 km on a single charge
    BYD has launched its 2027 Seal 06 sedan in Shenzhen, China, pricing the 12-version lineup from 99,900 yuan (about $14,712).  BYD said the DM-i plug-in hybrid variants are priced from 99,900 yuan to 141,900 yuan, while the all-electric versions range from 109,900 yuan to 155,900 yuan. The currently available BYD Seal 06 EV went on sale in June 2025 at prices between 109,800 yuan and 129,800 yuan. According to BYD, the all-electric version is equipped with a flash-charging pla...
    The software-defined chassis
    For decades, the chassis was defined by hardware. Engineers competed through suspension geometry, steering kinematics, hardpoints and years of painstaking calibration. Competitive advantage lay in mechanical integration, platform scale and the accumulated knowledge of proving grounds. Once a platform entered production, its character was largely fixed. Carmakers could stretch the same architecture across several models, adjusting ride and handling while leaving the fundamentals intact. Today,...
    The micro-scale challenge of simulating vehicle interiors
    From July 2026, the EU’s General Safety Regulation makes Advanced Driver Distraction Warning mandatory on all new vehicles, and Euro NCAP’s 2026 protocols sharply increase the weighting given to driver and occupant monitoring systems. Almost overnight, sensing what is happening inside the cabin has become one of the most consequential areas of vehicle safety development, and it is accelerating in step with wider shifts in vehicle architecture and human–machine interaction. As Level 2/2+ fu...
    Hong Kong issues pilot license for autonomous car trial between Kowloon stations
    Hong Kong's Transport Department issued a pilot license for four autonomous private cars to trial a route between Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and Kowloon Station. The trial, approved under section 4(1) of the Road Traffic (Autonomous Vehicles) Regulation, will run between the Express Rail Link's Hong Kong West Kowloon Station and the Airport Express's Kowloon Station. The vehicles will operate in autonomous mode along Wui Man Road, Jordan Road, Nga Cheung Road, Station Perimeter Road Sou...
    Greater Cambridge secures £3.88 million to expand self-driving bus program
    Greater Cambridge has secured £3.88 million in UK government grant funding to expand its self-driving bus program beyond trials toward public transport services. The award will fund the Greater Cambridge Partnership (GCP) and partners’ Commercialising Connector project, building on the Connector program. The work will examine how autonomous buses can move from trial projects into real-world services, including customer experience, ticketing, safety and accessibility. Self-driving Connec...
    Tesla unveils first Cybercab with integrated Starlink antenna
    Tesla's robo-taxi account has posted photos of what it called the first Cybercab with a Starlink antenna integrated into the vehicle's roof. The images show a gold Cybercab at Gigafactory Texas with a low-profile satellite antenna built into the roof. One photo shows the vehicle from the front with its door raised near US and Texas flags, while another shows the rear, the roof-mounted antenna and the "Cybercab" badge. The account captioned the post, "First Cybercab with @Starlink integra...
    Ryde partners with HERE Technologies to enhance ride-hailing routing in Singapore
    Ryde Group has partnered with HERE Technologies to improve routing accuracy, estimated time of arrival (ETA) predictions and driver dispatch on its ride-hailing platform in Singapore. The Singapore-based mobility and quick commerce company has integrated HERE Location Services, including AI-powered advanced routing and real-time traffic intelligence, after evaluating routing providers. Ryde said the partnership is intended to support more accurate dispatch decisions, more efficient navig...
    Ford announces expanded rollout of new AI assistant
    Ford Motor Co. is broadening the rollout of a Ford and Lincoln AI assistant in its owner apps to 8 million eligible retail customers. The company said it began the rollout in the first half of 2026 and is expanding it across vehicle lines in waves. The tool is available through the Ford and Lincoln apps for eligible model year 2021 and newer vehicles equipped with an activated modem and the app. The assistant is designed to answer vehicle-specific questions because the app is already lin...
    2026 Mobility Global Connected Car Consumer Sentiment Study: United States
    Findings of Mobility Global’s 2026 Connected Car Consumer Sentiment Study, conducted among 6,590 recent vehicle owners across the US, reveal a market that is becoming increasingly sophisticated in its assessment of automotive technology. The study provides a comprehensive assessment of feature desirability, willingness to pay, and purchase motivations across 67 automotive technologies and vehicle features. While the industry continues to emphasize automation, artificial intelligence, connectiv...
    Automat Solutions launches LyteMatch and LyteGuide battery software platforms
    Automat Solutions Inc. has launched two battery software platforms, LyteMatch and LyteGuide, to support electrolyte selection, research review and data-driven materials decisions. The California-based AI-powered materials company said the Battery Electrolyte Selection Platform, called LyteMatch, is intended to help battery researchers, startups and manufacturers identify, compare and assess electrolyte options for specific applications. The platform allows users to filter by chemistry, applic...
    Kognic partners with Mobilix to provide human feedback tooling in South Korea
    Kognic has partnered with South Korea’s Mobilix to provide production-grade human feedback tooling and expert services for autonomous driving and physical AI data flywheels in South Korea. The collaboration will make Kognic’s annotation platform and Mobilix’s field execution services available to South Korean customers who are building data pipelines for autonomous vehicles and robots. The companies said the services are intended to support data collection, curation, annotation and iter...
    Aurrigo wins £1.43M UK funding to test autonomous airport safety vehicles
    Aurrigo International PLC has been awarded £1.43 million in UK government funding to test autonomous vehicles for airport safety tasks under a project named SENTRY. The company will use the CAM Pathfinder grant to deploy its Auto-Shuttle vehicles on routine airport work, including security patrols, perimeter inspections and counting birds and encouraging them to move somewhere safer. The vehicles will also inspect runway and taxiway surfaces for cracks, wear and loose objects that can d...
    Forvia Hella joins BMW and others in German-funded circular headlamp research project
    Forvia Hella has joined BMW and other partners in a three-year KOLLEKT research project to design vehicle headlamps and industrial products for reuse, repair and recycling. The project is backed by the German Federal Ministry of Research, Technology and Space (Bundesministerium für Forschung, Technologie und Raumfahrt [BMFTR]) under the CircularGlowUp funding guideline and managed by Projektträger Karlsruhe (PTKA). KOLLEKT will examine how products can be designed from the outset for c...
    Asahi Kasei signs China Acetolyte license agreement with HighChem Shanghai
    Asahi Kasei signed its first China license agreement for Acetolyte, granting HighChem Shanghai nonexclusive rights to produce and sell the electrolyte locally. HighChem Shanghai, an affiliate of HighChem with operations focused on trading in China, will supply the acetonitrile-containing electrolyte to battery manufacturers in the Chinese market. Asahi Kasei said the agreement is part of its licensing strategy for Acetolyte and is intended to support sales to local battery-makers. The...
    Hongqi and Lishen test EV battery that charges under 4 minutes
    FAW Group said its Hongqi brand and Lishen Battery have tested an electric vehicle battery that charges from 10% to 70% in 3 minutes and 41 seconds. The test was conducted at 25°C, the Chinese state-owned automaker said. FAW said the result was the fastest 10%-70% charging time yet recorded for Chinese passenger EV batteries, either in development or production. The battery also charged from 10% to 97% in 8 minutes and 3 seconds, FAW said. It reported a peak charging rate of 12C, far abov...
    Torc Robotics joins Auto-ISAC for autonomous truck cybersecurity collaboration
    Torc Robotics has joined the Automotive Information Sharing and Analysis Center to collaborate on cybersecurity practices for connected and autonomous vehicle systems. The company said its membership in Auto-ISAC will allow it to work with automakers, suppliers and commercial vehicle organizations on cyberthreat intelligence, emerging best practices and resilience for connected vehicle technologies. Torc is developing autonomous trucks for long-haul freight operations in the US. As autonom...
    MediaTek qualifies Infineon 512-Mb Quad SPI NOR Flash for Dimensity Auto Cockpit C-X1
    MediaTek has qualified Infineon Technologies’ 512-Mb Quad serial peripheral interface (SPI) NOR Flash for use in its Dimensity Auto Cockpit platform C-X1, making it an approved memory option for future smart cockpit systems. The qualification allows automotive OEMs, tier 1 suppliers and design partners using MediaTek’s cockpit platform to adopt Infineon’s automotive-grade NOR Flash memory in vehicle designs. The memory is intended to store firmware and boot code needed to support AI-...
    Adient and Dow launch SPECFLEX REN automotive seat foam with ISCC PLUS-certified renewable content
    Seat supplier Adient has partnered with chemical company Dow to introduce SPECFLEX REN, an advanced polyurethane (PU) seating foam made with ISCC PLUS-certified bio-circular-attributed feedstocks using a mass-balance approach. The new product is intended to reduce reliance on fossil-based raw materials while maintaining comfort and resilience comparable to conventional seating foam. The collaboration combines Dow’s materials science and circular chemistry capabilities with Adient’s seatin...
    Lectron launches Nexus Level 2 home EV chargers
    Lectron has launched its Nexus line of Level 2 wall-mounted home electric vehicle chargers on July 28, offering four configurations for SAE J3400 (NACS) and J1772 EVs.  The Los Angeles-based EV charging hardware company said the Nexus products expand its residential charging portfolio and use engineering, manufacturing and validation processes informed by its OEM automotive programs. The lineup includes a Nexus 48A hardwired model for NACS and J1772 vehicles, designed for permanent in...
    Stellantis Canada opens new battery research center in Ontario
    Stellantis Canada and the University of Windsor marked 30 years of their joint automotive research center on Aug. 4 by opening a new battery technology facility in Windsor, Ontario. The anniversary event for the Stellantis Canada-University of Windsor Automotive Research and Development Centre (ARDC) was held inside the new North American Battery Technology Centre. The battery center covers more than 8,600 square meters near Windsor International Airport. It is Stellantis’ North Ame...
    Emobi partners with OmniTrust to extend secure Plug & Charge authentication
    Emobi has partnered with OmniTrust to extend secure Plug & Charge authentication to about 80% of chargers and vehicles unable to support conventional systems. The companies said the partnership combines OmniTrust’s cryptographic trust capabilities with Emobi’s JustPlug, a cloud-based Plug & Charge platform built on the ISO 15118 standard. JustPlug is designed to work across modern and legacy hardware without relying on cards or apps to authenticate and start charging sessions...
    AEye’s Apollo lidar sensor gains validation on Nvidia Drive AGX Thor
    AEye Apollo lidar sensor has been validated on Nvidia Drive AGX Thor, Nvidia's compute platform for next-generation autonomous vehicles and physical AI systems. The company said the validation, along with sensor-to-compute interoperability confirmed against Nvidia DriveOS, places AEye as a sensor partner in the Nvidia Drive Hyperion Ecosystem. OEMs and tier 1 suppliers using the Nvidia Drive platform can source Apollo as a pre-qualified sensor, reducing integration risk and shortening th...
    Pirelli develops six tire fitments for Porsche’s all-electric Cayenne
    Pirelli collaborated extensively with Porsche to develop tires for the Cayenne Electric Turbo, the first all-electric model from the German-based sports-car maker. The Italy-based tiremaker developed six tailor-made tire fitments for the electric sport utility vehicle model using a fully virtual design process. The fitments are designed for different vehicle specifications and seasonal conditions. They include the fifth generation of the P Zero, the P Zero R for the high-performance Cayenne T...
    ChargePoint and Mercedes-Benz extend EV charging partnership to UK and Germany fleets
    ChargePoint and Mercedes-Benz have extended their partnership to provide end-to-end electric vehicle charging services for fleet and workplace customers in the UK and Germany. The companies said the offering is aimed at Mercedes-Benz business customers and covers the process from site assessment and infrastructure planning to installation, operation and ongoing support. It is designed for businesses and fleets of various sizes, including company car drivers, passenger cars and light- and medi...
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