Weekly Roundup #16

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🚗OEM

1. BMW says it will have a hydrogen car available by 2030 (Link)

2. China's Geely to spin off and list its Zeekr EV brand (Link)

3. Porsche Invests $400 Million Into Group14 Technologies, Silicon Batteries (Link)

4. Tesla has mulled over buying 20% stake of mining giant Glencore (Link)

5. Polestar takes $1.6 billion loan to achieve growth targets (Link)

6. VW offloads German car-sharing business for EV sales boost (Link)

7. BMW, Stellantis warn on surging costs as recession looms in Germany (Link)

8. Electric Hummer is sold out for the next two years (Link)

9. CATL presents skateboard platform & first customer (Link)

10. Stellantis’ Jeep joint venture files for bankruptcy, setting expiry in China (Link)

11. NIO Almost Tripled Electric Car Sales In October 2022 (Link)

12. Toyota Innova Hycross India debut on November 25 (Link)

13. Einride November Release (Link)

⚡EV

1. Meet the UK’s fastest EV charger: 62 miles of range in 3 minutes (Link)

2. Saudi Arabia is launching its own EV brand with its oil money (Link)

3. A reckoning for EV battery raw materials (Link)

4. European Parliament Moves To Mandate EVs By 2035 (Link)

5. Dodge performance parts boost future muscle car EVs horsepower with 800V Banshee system (Link)

6. Why Auditory Experiences Are So Important To EV Drivers (Link)

7. GM & Microvast announce plans for battery material plant (Link)

🤖Autonomous Driving

1. Robotaxis Are More Than a Decade Away, Says Luminar’s CEO Austin Russell (Link)

2. TuSimple reportedly under investigation for ties to Chinese firm, ousts CEO (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization

1. Certain 2022 Lamborghini Urus Models In The U.S. And Canada Need A New Infotainment System (Link)

2. Ring is almost ready to release its first car alarm (Link)

3. Embracing the SDV: Welcome to Life in the Software-Defined Fast Lane (Link)

4. The Android-ification of Cars (Link)

5. Where next for automotive eCommerce? (Link)

6. SoundHound & Harman partner on conversational voice AI (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. Is Micromobility Disruptive? (Link)

2. The future of mobility: Transforming to be ahead of the opportunity (Link)

3. GMC And VanMoof Team Up For This One-Off Electric Bicycle (Link)

4. The Hummer EV e-bike is just as over the top and ridiculous as the electric truck it’s based on (Link)

5. These Futuristic Tram-Buses Will Be On London's Streets From 2023 (Link)

6. 25 years of fleet and mobility milestones (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Weird cars are becoming the new normal (Link)

2. Porsche Design is selling a $12,000 speaker built from a 992 GT3 exhaust (Link)