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Fastned secures up to €200 million to fund expansion of EV charging network in Europe

Fastned, a leading European charge-point operator (CPO), has secured up to €200 million in new green financing from ABN AMRO, Crédit Agricole, ING, Invest-NL and Rabobank, the company announced Jan. 23. Fastned said it plans to use the newly raised funds to accelerate the expansion of its fast-charging station network across Europe. According to the CPO, the new green financing framework initially includes €100 million in committed capital over the next three years to finance the...

GlobalLogic expands partnership with Elektrobit to advance software-defined vehicle platforms

GlobalLogic Inc., a Hitachi Group company, has announced a strategic expansion of its partnership with Elektrobit to accelerate the development and adoption of software-defined vehicle (SDV) platforms. The two companies have a 15-year history of collaboration, working on products such as Adaptive and Classic AUTOSAR middleware, in-vehicle infotainment systems, and connectivity solutions. This expanded partnership aims to enhance software development in the automotive industry by delivering ...

CATL unveils world’s first mass-produced sodium-ion battery for light commercial vehicles

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world's largest battery-maker, has unveiled its Tianxing II light commercial vehicle (LCV) battery series, introducing the industry's first mass-produced low-temperature sodium-ion battery. Notable for its 45-kWh capacity, the newly unveiled sodium-ion battery pack offers an energy density of 175 watt-hours per kilogram (Wh/kg) and a cycle life of more than 10,000 cycles. It is the first to be certified under the GB 38031-2025 natio...

Mainland China introduces digital IDs for EV battery recycling

Mainland China plans to introduce "digital IDs" for new-energy vehicle (NEV) power batteries to improve life-cycle supervision and promote safe recycling, as announced by the country's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT). The initiative is part of new regulations designed to standardize the handling of retired batteries, with the expectation that the volume of retired batteries in mainland China could surpass 1 million metric tons annually by 2030. Wang Peng, head of the En...

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CATL begins deploying sodium-ion batteries in Changan’s electric cars

CATL has started deploying its sodium-ion batteries in production-ready passenger vehicles, aiming to establish a leading position in developing more sustainable batteries. Together with Changan Automobile, CATL has introduced a sodium-ion battery-powered vehicle in Yakshi, Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia, targeting a mid-2026 market launch. This is the world's first mass-produced passenger vehicle with sodium-ion batteries, although previous announcements by other Chinese automakers did not lead to l...

Mitra EV raises $27 million to scale capital efficient fleet electrification

Mitra EV, a commercial fleet electrification platform, has secured $27 million in new funding. The newly raised funds consist of equity funding from lead investor Ultra Capital and a credit facility from S2G Investments. This funding will support Mitra EV's expansion as fleet operators increasingly demand cost-efficient electrification solutions amid tightening capital markets and a broader industry pullback from electric vehicles. Mitra EV provides a fully managed electrification model th...

Foxconn opens EV technology R&D center in mainland China

Taiwanese technology company Foxconn has started operations at its new research and development center focused on electric vehicles and associated technologies in Zhengzhou, located in mainland China. The local government announced that the facility is positioned close to BYD's factory in Zhengzhou and will concentrate on advancements in next-generation electric and electrical architecture, as well as smart driving technology. Li Guangyao, the general manager of a Henan, mainland China-bas...

Svolt’s Dragon Armor 3.0 battery achieves fire and electricity separation to control thermal runaway

Svolt Energy has introduced its Dragon Armor 3.0 battery, designed to achieve fire and electricity separation, which physically separates the terminals from the pressure relief channels. This design ensures that in the event of thermal runaway, flames are expelled directionally away from the vehicle's passenger area. The separation is achieved by placing the positive terminal on one side and the pressure relief channel on the opposite, each with distinct paths to prevent fire from reaching th...

We have solved the technical limitations associated with switched reluctance motors: Ali Emadi, founder and CEO, Enedym Inc.

Enedym’s switched reluctance motors (SRMs) are expected to not only reduce the dependence on rare earth metals, currently used in a majority of propulsion e-motors produced worldwide, but also significantly reduce the cost of development and production of e-motors in general. Enedym is tackling one of the industry’s most pressing challenges: reducing reliance on rare earth elements (REEs), which are costly, environmentally taxing, and largely sourced from [mainland] China. Dr. Emadi expl...

CES 2026: KPIT’s vision for the software-defined vehicle

As the automotive industry accelerates toward software-defined, electrified and connected mobility, the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2026 has become a critical forum for technology-led transformation. In this interview from CES 2026, Omkar Panse, chief technology officer of KPIT Technologies, outlines how the company is refining its strategic focus — both in how it engages at global events and in the solutions it brings to market. Panse explains that KPIT’s participation at CES is not ...

A conversation with Cerence AI at CES

Conversational artificial intelligence is rapidly reshaping the in-car experience, transforming vehicle systems into intelligent, voice-driven companions. Today’s platforms combine advanced speech recognition with generative AI to enable seamless, hands-free control of navigation, entertainment, climate and more. What was once limited to simple commands has evolved into multi-step dialogue, proactive suggestions and interactions that blend voice, visuals and contextual cues. The industry ha...

Driving the future: NVIDIA’s vision for AI in automotive

NVIDIA is redefining the trajectory of automotive technology, with a vision for AI that extends far beyond the traditional concept of AI-defined vehicles. In a recent interview with S&P Global Mobility, NVIDIA shared insights on the evolution and integration of generative AI, agentic AI and physical AI within the mobility sector. This multilayered approach starts with GenAI, which creates realistic scenarios for autonomous vehicle (AV) training, and advances to agentic AI — capable of auto...

AI in automotive manufacturing: Promise, payoff and the problem of scale

Artificial intelligence has become one of the automotive industry’s buzzwords. It appears in earnings calls, factory tours and investor decks with near-compulsive frequency. Automakers promise smarter factories, fewer defects and lower costs, all delivered by algorithms quietly optimizing production in the background. The reality, however, is more prosaic. AI has proved very useful in specific, tightly bound applications. What it has not yet delivered is the sweeping transformation often impli...

Tariffs, tech and torque: What’s driving — and slowing — vehicle lightweighting

For decades, automakers have sought ways to shed vehicle weight — from early aluminum and high-strength steel use to modern composites — but electrification, with heavy battery packs, has put lightweighting under the spotlight. Reducing mass improves performance, efficiency and range while helping to meet tightening emissions standards. Today, manufacturers are exploring a broad palette of materials — magnesium alloys, advanced steels, aluminum, carbon-fiber and bio-based composites and th...

CES 2026: Key technology highlights in the Autonomy domain

The first Consumer Electronics Show (CES) kicked off in 1967, with 250 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees in New York City. Since then, CES has grown by more than tenfold and now encompasses both traditional and nontraditional tech industries. CES 2026 was held in Las Vegas from Jan. 6–9, with attendance reportedly reaching 148,000 people. CES 2026 marked a clear inflection point for vehicle autonomy, shifting the narrative from long-term promise to near-term deployment. Across the show floor,...

CES 2026: Key technology highlights in E/E and semiconductor domain

The first Consumer Electronics Show kicked off in 1967, with 250 exhibitors and 17,500 attendees in New York City. Since then, CES has grown more than tenfold and now encompasses both traditional and nontraditional tech industries. CES 2026 was held in Las Vegas, on Jan. 6-9, 2026, with attendance reportedly reaching 148,000. Key trends Silicon enters the 3-nanometer (nm) era: CES 2026 highlighted a decisive step change in automotive computing power, with 3-nm-class semiconductors enabl...

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