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Auto China 2026: Pateo and NVIDIA collaborate to debut software-hardware integrated AI box solution

Pateo announced at the 2026 Auto China event in Shanghai that it has reached a series of deep collaborations with NVIDIA and a leading new-energy vehicle (NEV) original equipment manufacturer. The company said it is accelerating the transition of on-vehicle large models from technical verification to large-scale mass production and has achieved substantial progress in implementing in-vehicle AI large models and in applying advanced computing platforms. As automotive intelligence ent...

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Technology Trends
11-May-2026

Quantinuum and BMW Group extend quantum computing partnership for advanced materials and mobility

Quantinuum has expanded its collaboration with BMW Group into a multiyear partnership focused on applying quantum computing to advanced materials science to unlock future mobility. The two companies have been working together since 2021 on joint research aimed at addressing complex challenges in industrial chemistry to support the advancement of next-generation mobility. Their work has progressed from foundational algorithm development to advanced simulations of molecular systems, e...

Hyundai Mobis unveils scalable 160-kW PE system for mainstream EVs

Hyundai Mobis has developed a 160-kilowatt Power Electric (PE) system for general-purpose models, following its earlier development of a high-performance 250-kW PE system. The company also plans to complete the development of a 120-kW PE system tailored for small mobility vehicles by the first half of 2026. Through these developments, Hyundai Mobis aims to establish a drive system lineup covering all types of electric vehicles and to further enhance its global competitiveness in electrificati...

Einride to co-develop autonomous all-terrain vehicle for dual-use transport in Sweden

Einride AB announced that it will colead the development of an autonomous tracked vehicle capable of transporting standard EU pallets as part of an initiative to strengthen Sweden's civil and military preparedness. The tracked vehicle will be equipped with Einride's proprietary autonomous drive software, the Einride Driver, which is expected to enable autonomous transport of critical supplies in rural areas. In peacetime, the vehicle can be used for delivering food and medicine to locations such...

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Technology Trends
15-May-2026

MFG EV Power selects AMPECO platform to expand ultra-rapid charging network across the UK

MFG EV Power, the electric vehicle (EV) charging division of Motor Fuel Group (MFG), has selected AMPECO's EV charging management platform to support the nationwide expansion of what it describes as the UK's largest ultra-rapid charging network. The partnership currently covers more than 2,800 charge points across over 550 charging locations and is intended to support a consistent, reliable charging experience for UK drivers. MFG, the UK's largest independent forecourt operator with approxima...

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Supply Chain
15-May-2026

GM and Samsung SDI pause $3.5 billion Indiana battery plant amid weaker EV demand

A $3.5 billion battery project led by a joint venture (JV) between Samsung SDI and General Motors (GM) in New Carlisle, Indiana, has been put on hold as GM adjusts its electric vehicle (EV) strategy in response to moderating demand. A spokesperson for the Indiana Economic Development Corporation, chaired by Indiana Governor Mike Braun, confirmed that the project is being paused. The suspension will delay the original plan to begin mass production in the fall of 2027 with an annual capacity of...

Honda scraps long-term EV targets and Canadian project after posting annual loss

Honda Motor reported its first annual loss in nearly 70 years as a listed company, driven by more than $9 billion in costs to restructure its electric vehicle (EV) business, and scrapped its long-term EV sales targets. The company posted an operating loss of ¥414.3 billion ($2.63 billion) for the year ended March 2026. Honda booked total EV-related losses of ¥1.45 trillion for the business year ended March 2026 and expects additional EV write-down costs of ¥500 billion for the current year...

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Investments
15-May-2026

Germany launches €1 billion program to expand charging network for electric heavy trucks

Germany is launching a €1 billion, four-year funding program through the Federal Ministry of Transport (BMV) to boost charging infrastructure for heavy-duty electric commercial vehicles, with the aim of accelerating the electrification of road freight transport. This sector is described as important for the German economy but hindered by inadequate infrastructure. According to Transport Minister Patrick Schneider, the transition of heavy transport will only be viable if there is a high-perform...

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Supply Chain
14-May-2026

The V-Model, recompiled: Q&A with MAHLE Powertrain

For decades, the automotive industry has relied on the V-model as its preferred blueprint for engineering discipline. Conceived in an era when vehicle systems were largely mechanical and development cycles stretched comfortably over several years, the model offered manufacturers a reassuringly linear logic: requirements flowed downward through design and implementation before climbing back upward through validation and verification. Each stage mirrored another, and every requirement could, in pr...

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Supply Chain
14-May-2026

The V-Model, recompiled: Q&A with Elektrobit

For decades, the automotive industry has relied on the reassuring geometry of the V-Model. Conceived for an era when vehicles were defined chiefly by mechanical engineering, the framework brought order to complexity: requirements cascading down one side of the “V”, implementation at the base and validation climbing methodically back upward. In an industry where failure can trigger recalls, regulatory scrutiny or safety crises, such discipline became indispensable. Yet, the rise of the sof...

The V-Model, recompiled: Q&A with Aptiv

In automotive development, the V-Model has long served as the backbone of the engineering discipline, mapping requirements to verification in a mirrored structure that ensures traceability from concept to production. For decades, it provided the industry with a predictable rhythm: define, design, implement, test — then validate back up the chain. But the model was born in an era of hardware-dominated vehicles, when software changes were infrequent and tightly controlled. Each electronic con...

What Europe can learn from China about controlling the growing mass of EVs

Electric vehicles are significantly heavier than the internal combustion engine (ICE) cars they are replacing, and vehicle mass has climbed by more than 25% over the last decade. Balancing added weight, with rising consumer expectations for ride comfort and refinement, is driving demand for more sophisticated suspension technologies. In China, semi-active suspension is being rolled out at scale, even on midmarket EVs. In Europe, the pressure to hit aggressive price points has largely confined th...

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Supply Chain
14-May-2026

The V-Model, recompiled: Q&A with MAHLE Powertrain

For decades, the automotive industry has relied on the V-model as its preferred blueprint for engineering discipline. Conceived in an era when vehicle systems were largely mechanical and development cycles stretched comfortably over several years, the model offered manufacturers a reassuringly linear logic: requirements flowed downward through design and implementation before climbing back upward through validation and verification. Each stage mirrored another, and every requirement could, in pr...

insights
Supply Chain
14-May-2026

The V-Model, recompiled: Q&A with Elektrobit

For decades, the automotive industry has relied on the reassuring geometry of the V-Model. Conceived for an era when vehicles were defined chiefly by mechanical engineering, the framework brought order to complexity: requirements cascading down one side of the “V”, implementation at the base and validation climbing methodically back upward. In an industry where failure can trigger recalls, regulatory scrutiny or safety crises, such discipline became indispensable. Yet, the rise of the sof...

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12-May-2026

The unfinished business of clean cars

For much of the past decade, the automotive industry’s climate strategy followed a comforting logic. Electrify the drivetrain, clean up factory operations and allow tailpipe emissions to fall away. The arithmetic looked reassuring. The remaining emissions — those buried in steel mills, chemical plants, logistics networks and mines — were acknowledged but treated as a distant second-order problem. That assumption is now harder to sustain. For most automakers, the largest share of life-cy...

The V-Model, recompiled: Q&A with Aptiv

In automotive development, the V-Model has long served as the backbone of the engineering discipline, mapping requirements to verification in a mirrored structure that ensures traceability from concept to production. For decades, it provided the industry with a predictable rhythm: define, design, implement, test — then validate back up the chain. But the model was born in an era of hardware-dominated vehicles, when software changes were infrequent and tightly controlled. Each electronic con...

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