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IAA Mobility 2025: Autocrypt and Valtech Mobility showcase digital key solution

Autocrypt has partnered with Valtech Mobility GmbH to deliver a secure and flexible digital key ecosystem compliant with CCC standards for global OEMs and users. This strategic collaboration was announced at the IAA Mobility 2025, with both companies unveiling a demonstration of their jointly developed Digital Key management solution. Within this partnership, Valtech Mobility focuses on the development and integration of in-vehicle applications and backend user data management, facilitating seam...

Seeing Machines adds alcohol impairment detection to driver monitoring system

Seeing Machines has announced an enhancement to its Driver Monitoring System (DMS) technology, now capable of detecting non-drowsy driver impairment, including alcohol-related impairment. This system, already in over 3.7 million cars and 60,000 trucks, has previously focused on detecting distracted and drowsy driving. The development allows detection of alcohol impairment to the level required by European NCAP standards. In the US, DMS has mainly been used to ensure driver engagement with system...

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15-Sep-2025

Spanish government grants €54 million to Inobat to set up a battery gigafactory in the city of Valladolid

Spain’s Ministry of Industry and Tourism has awarded Inobat a €54 million grant, plus a €456,000 loan, to build a battery gigafactory in the city of Valladolid, Spain, the ministry announced Sept. 8. Inobat, a Slovakian battery technology company, plans to develop a battery gigafactory, with the project requiring an investment of €712 million. The battery project is expected to generate 260 direct jobs and approximately 500 indirect jobs in the region. The proposed plant is expected t...

Altilium and JLR unveil UK's first EV battery cells with recycled materials at Cenex Expo 2025

Altilium, a UK-based clean technology group, in partnership with luxury-car manufacturer JLR, announced the demonstration of the UK's first electric vehicle battery cells produced using recycled cathode active materials at the Cenex Expo 2025. This project, supported by the Advanced Propulsion Centre UK (APC) under the Advanced Route to Market Demonstrator (ARMD 3) initiative, represents a significant advancement toward a circular economy for EV batteries in the UK. It aims to show the potent...

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17-Sep-2025

Nissan adjusts Leaf electric car production due to delays in battery procurement – report

Nissan Motor has reduced its production plan for the upcoming model of its Leaf electric vehicle by more than 50% for September to November, due to delays in battery procurement, Reuters reported Sept. 16, citing the Nikkei business daily. The revision is primarily due to lower-than-expected battery production at one of Nissan's affiliates. Despite the setback, the Japanese automaker is still aiming to launch the new EV model by the end of 2025. The report said while the Nik...

General Motors plans to idle Wentzville truck plant in US for three weeks amid parts shortage

General Motors (GM) has decided to idle its midsize truck plant in Wentzville, Missouri, for three weeks due to a parts shortage, Detroit Free Press reported Sept. 16. The temporary manufacturing suspension will lead to layoffs, which will commence on Sept. 29 and are expected to last until Oct. 20, affecting approximately 3,800 workers. GM's Wentzville facility produces Chevrolet Colorado and GM Canyon midsize pickups, as well as Chevrolet Express and GM Savana vans. Though GM did not disclo...

NHTSA initiates probe into 174,000 Model Y over door handle issue

The US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has initiated an investigation into nearly 174,000 Tesla Model Y cars from the 2021 model year following reports of inoperative electronic door handles, Reuters reported Sept. 16. The US federal vehicle safety agency confirmed receiving complaints about the inability to open exterior doors, particularly when parents attempted to exit the vehicle to attend to their child or place their child in the rear seat before starting a journey. ...

Sion Power advances anode manufacturing with proprietary vacuum deposition method

Sion Power is advancing the anode manufacturing process by implementing a proprietary vacuum deposition method in place of the conventional mechanical rolling technique. This new process allows it to produce lithium-metal anodes with improved control, efficiency and performance, breaking past the limitations of traditional methods that restrict lithium thickness to 30-50 microns. Instead of using lubricants and additives, Sion Power's vacuum deposition deposits lithium directly onto copper fo...

“We’re building one of India’s first EV charging hubs with off-grid solar plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Gujarat,” Kartikey Hariyani, Founder & CEO, ChargeZone

Kartikey Hariyani, Founder & CEO, ChargeZone spoke to Amit Panday, Senior Research Analyst, S&P Global Mobility, on a wide range of topics, including the growing EV adoption in India and its impact on capacity utilization of its existing EV charging infrastructure. While the capital-intensive EV charging infrastructure business is facing heat globally amid a slowdown in the adoption of battery electric vehicles (BEVs), Hariyani, a Stanford alumnus and an electrical engineer at heart, fir...

Interior Insight: Nissan Qashqai

While there is some debate over whether Nissan “invented” the crossover sport utility vehicle (SUV) with the launch of the Qashqai in 2007, its influence in making this vehicle type a global favorite is clear. This review focuses on the interior technologies and materials of the facelifted third-generation model. Cabin materials The interior focuses on practicality and features upgraded materials that differ by trim level. Base models come with durable plastics and fabrics, while highe...

Interior insight: Subaru Crosstrek

The Subaru Crosstrek has long been a favorite among drivers looking for a mix of tough capability and everyday practicality. For 2025, Subaru continues this tradition, offering an interior that’s functional, comfortable, and well-equipped, although not without a few compromises. Here is our review of its cabin, focusing on seats, infotainment, connectivity, practicality, space and materials. Seating The Subaru Crosstrek, replacing the outgoing XV, arrived in showrooms in January 2024. Bu...

Ford’s bold bid for the next big thing

How cars are built and the concept of the moving assembly line are culturally ingrained in the automotive industry. Every now and again, the automotive industry goes through phases of trying to do things differently. Ford is the latest in a long line of automakers to try and innovate. Electrification, the rise of Tesla, the often best-in-class levels set by mainland Chinese original equipment manufacturers for digital vehicle attributes, and ever-increasing and accelerating new vehicle prices...

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16-Sep-2025

From tailpipe to brake: The new frontier in emission control

Over the past 30 years, automakers in the European Union region have succeeded in reducing the emissions of harmful pollutants such as carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxide (NOX), and particulate matter (PM) from new vehicles, thanks to increasingly stringent emission standards implemented by the European Commission. According to the European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA), vehicular emissions have decreased by 90% between the Euro 1 and Euro 6 emission standards. As emissions from v...

SDVs driving the digitization of the vehicle cockpit

The automotive industry is undergoing a digital transformation, and this trend is manifested nowhere more visibly than in the vehicle cockpit. Software-defined vehicles (SDVs) deploy dashboards with more digital instrumentation and fewer analogue gauges, thanks to their varied information requirements driven by higher levels of connectivity and autonomy, as well as a concerted push for a clean and minimalistic interior design. With the rise in connectivity and shared mobility use cases com...

“We’re building one of India’s first EV charging hubs with off-grid solar plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) in Gujarat,” Kartikey Hariyani, Founder & CEO, ChargeZone

SDVs and DevOps: Made for each other?

The automotive industry is undergoing a significant transformation, driven by advancements in software-defined vehicles (SDVs), connected car technologies, and the integration of artificial intelligence. DevOps practices are at the forefront of this evolution, enabling manufacturers to accelerate development cycles, enhance software quality and ensure compliance with stringent safety standards. The term DevOps is a combination of software development and operations. It is defined as a softwar...

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