Weekly Roundup #10

🚗OEM

1. Scania decarbonises heavy transport (Link)

2. From drawing board to assembly line in 12 months: Volta Zero truck nears series production (Link)

3. DAF unveils new generation DAF XD and XF electric trucks (Link)

4. Lotus Completes Fundraising Round Valuing Technology Arm At $4.5 Billion (Link)

5. Qualcomm Announces New Automotive Partnerships With Mercedes-Benz And Red Hat (Link)

🔌EV

1. FLEETCOR Acquires Plugsurfing, a Leading European Electric Vehicle Solutions Provider (Link)

2. Hertz and GM team up to put 175,000 rental EVs on the road (Link)

3. Daimler Trucks shifts battery strategy to avoid competition with cars (Link)

4. BYD brings its ultra-safe Blade Batteries to the commercial EV world with new eBus platform (Link)

5. Tesla Megapack caught on fire at giant battery project (Link)

6. Stellantis invests in Italy to boost electrified vehicle production (Link)

7. Chinese EV stocks tumble amid elevated geopolitical concerns (Link)

8. GM investing in Lithion Recycling to support advanced EV battery recycling tech (Link)

9. Automakers Invest Billions in North American EV and Battery Manufacturing Facilities (Link)

10. NXP collaborates with Elektrobit to develop software for next-generation automotive battery management systems (Link)

🤖Autonomous & SW

1. Xpeng launches city-level autonomous driving system (Link)

2. Tesla’s giant ‘safety recall’ of 1 million vehicles is just another software update (Link)

3. Through the eyes of a Volvo car, the world looks so much safer (Link)

4. Software bill of materials: Managing software cybersecurity risks (Link)

5. NVIDIA DRIVE Thor Strikes AI Performance Balance, Uniting AV and Cockpit on a Single Computer (Link)

6. How open source can jumpstart the next wave of software-defined vehicles (Link)

7. As John Deere digitizes, some experts worry about cyber risks (Link)

8. Tesla Accidentally Handed Control Of American Owner’s Car To Driver In Europe, Owner Claims (Link)

9. Daimler & Amazon Are Testing Electric Long-Haul Trucks In Germany (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. Magna Enters Micromobility Market: Investing in Yulu and Creating Battery-Swapping Business (Link)

2. Swedish last-mile delivery companies Instabox and Budbee to become Instabee in $1.7B merger (Link)

3. Record shipping costs add to automotive supply chain woes (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Just make the cars go slower (Link)

2. Logitech Is Finally Getting Serious About Sim Racing With a $1,000 Direct Drive Wheel (Link)

3. The world’s first Tesla solar neighborhood is becoming reality (Link)