Weekly Roundup #1

July 22, 2022

Here are this week’s top updates from the world of automotive and mobility:

🚗VW

  1. Volkswagen closes Europcar transaction, details new mobility platform (Link)

  2. Volkswagen Deep in Hot Water Over Software Woes, Key Flagship Models Delayed for Years (Link)

  3. CARIAD and STMicroelectronics to co-develop vehicle chip (Link)

  4. Porsche Capital Markets Day 2022 “Porsche is committed to a double-e path: e-mobility and e-fuels” and hints of Porsche IPO(Link)

🤖Autonomous

  1. The freight technology company Einride announced they have received approval from the National Highway Traffic Safety ADministration(NHTSA) to operate its Autonomous ELectric Transport(AET) vehicles on U.S. Public Roads. (Link)

  2. NHTSA Releases initial data on Safety performance of advanced vehicle technologies. (Link)

  3. Baidu unveils Apollo RT6 Level 4 autonomous robotaxi with detachable steering wheel (Link)

💻SW Defined Vehicles

  1. BMW starts selling heated seat subscriptions for $18 a month (Link)

  2. Geely founder buys majority stake in troubled phone maker Meizu (Link)

  3. Vehicles of the future could be developed like smartphones (Link)

⚡EV

  1. Stellantis introduces the offer “Electric As You Go”: the new long-term rental program dedicated to Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) designed to offer breakthrough competitive prices to Stellantis customers (Link)

  2. New Tesla Supercharger Design Emerges in Technical Drawings (Link)

  3. Geely’s premium EV brand ZEEKR names all-new MPV ZEEKR 009 (Link)

✨Future

  1. BMW Group hosts first conference on quantum computing for Automotive Challenges (Link)

  2. Airbus to Test an Open-Fan Turbine Engine On an A380 (Link)

  3. CHIPS ACT - Senate advances more than $50 billion bill to boost U.S. semiconductor production (Link)

🔒Cybersecurity

  1. Apple unveils new security feature to block government spyware (Link)