Weekly Roundup #17

🚗OEM

1. The new, fully electric Volvo EX90: the start of a new era for Volvo Cars (Link)

2. Chameleonic BMW iX Flow named to TIME’s List of Best Inventions 2022 (Link)

3. CATL and Daihatsu reached strategic cooperation agreement (Link)

4. Volvo delivers electric trucks with fossil-free steel to customers (Link)

5. VW brand hires Google exec to head marketing (Link)

6. Stellantis to double production capacity in Morocco, adds new small cars (Link)

7. VW and SEAT to invest €10 billion in EVs in Spain (Link)

8. BYD plans new premium EV brand (Link)

9. Tesla recalls 40,000 U.S. vehicles over potential loss of power steering assist (Link)

10. Stellantis halts paid Twitter ads after Elon Musk takeover (Link)

11. Lamborghini has been developing an IPO strategy 'for a long time' (Link)

12. Daimler Truck Financial Services starts business in Spain (Link)

13. BMW Says It Wants Design Controversy As It Drives Up Sales (Link)

14. Toyota Reportedly Considering Electric Vehicle Strategy Reboot (Link)

⚡EV

1. Lamborghini sets a date for going electric, but hybrids will have to satisfy your need for speed for a while (Link)

2. Hyundai’s ‘Defying Convention’ Documentary Is All About Ioniq (Link)

3. 2024 Volvo EX90: InsideEVs First Look Debut (Link)

4. Tesla Announces The Opening Of Its Proprietary Charging Standard (Link)

5. Your EV’s future trade-in value may depend on this one battery metric (Link)

6. On the hunt for a big EV battery breakthrough (Link)

7. A Battery Passport can create a circular economy for EVs (Link)

8. EV drivers need charge point installations to quadruple by 2025 (Link)

9. Solid State Batteries Still A Decade Away, Battery Company Boss Claims (Link)

10. Younger buyers fuel transition to online car buying (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization

1. How Bosch and IBM are using supercomputers to boost critical EV mineral supply (Link)

2. HERE powers hands-free driving for BMW (Link)

3. Tesla vehicles will soon have Zoom video conferencing (Link)

4. Volvo’s flagship all-electric SUV embraces software-defined vehicle trend (Link)

5. Foxconn-led Mobility in Harmony Consortium Announces ‘Project X', an Open, Modular Electric Vehicle Platform (Link)

6. Renault, Google expand pact to make cars 'like mobile phones' (Link)

7. Unique in its class: the new ID. Buzz01 impresses with innovative driver assistance systems (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. Miles acquires WeShare car-sharing services from VW (Link)

2. ŠKODA launches Pay to Park service in Europe (Link)

3. Aprilia Electrica is a fun, budget electric bike concept (Link)

4. Euro NCAP Vision 2030: a Safer Future for Mobility (Link)

5. Nissan establishes new mobility service company in China (Link)

✨Interesting

1. VW builds an electric office chair with a 12-mph top speed (Link)

2. Sakura wins Japan Automotive Hall of Fame Car of the Year (Link)

3. Alfa Romeo F1 Team | Beyond the visible | Episode 2 (Link)

4. Rolls-Royce Britannia Pickup By Design Student Looks Worthy Of The Spirit Of Ecstasy (Link)