Weekly Roundup #20

Hi,

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🚗OEM

1. Skoda will bring forward launch of three electric models (Link)

2. Tesla blogs propagate fake news of chip joint venture, but why? (Link)

3. Updated Volkswagen ID.3 announced with new infotainment (Link)

4. VW warns soaring EU energy costs render battery plants unviable (Link)

5. The new Lamborghini Huracán Sterrato: the super sports car that goes beyond (Link)

6. Nissan signs 200 billion yen green loan for zero emission mobility investments (Link)

7. BYD passes VW as China's top-selling brand in Nov. (Link)

8. Scania launches new SEK 2 billion venture capital fund (Link)

9. VW could partner with Foxconn to revive Scout brand in U.S. (Link)

10. Daimler Truck Financial Services starts in Germany (Link)

11. Lancia Returns to Carmaking With Something That's 100 Percent Not a Car (Link)

12. BMW is now building small-series of iX5 Hydrogen model (Link)

13. Production of world's first solar car begins (Link)

⚡EV

1. Honda announces a hydrogen-powered CR-V is coming in 2024 (Link)

2. Stanford Study Forecasts Troubles With Nightly EV-Charging (Link)

3. Vibracoustic introduces modular, lightweight mounting solutions for electric motors (Link)

4. Continental Advances Development of Brake Green Caliper for Electric Vehicles (Link)

5. Tesla, Quebec, LG, and others work on new ‘battery passport’ (Link)

6. BMW will add battery production at new Hungary plant (Link)

7. GM promises profitable EVs, with a boost from Washington (Link)

8. BMW Gen6 Batteries May Foreshadow Class-Leading EV (Link)

9. Airbus and Renault Group partner on new generation of EV batteries (Link)

🤖Autonomous Driving

1. Cruise Applied for Test License for Origin in San Francisco (Link)

2. Mercedes-Benz and Bosch driverless parking system approved for commercial use (Link)

3. Honda is the latest automaker to bring hands-free highway driving tech to the US (Link)

4. Luminar’s quest to become a major auto supplier (Link)

5. Uber Freight and Aurora Expand Pilot to Autonomously Haul Goods for 2022 Holiday Season (Link)

6. VW's Cariad unit to buy paragon's AI subsidiary (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization

1. Honda Unveils Next-generation Technologies to Debut in Honda Sensing 360 and Honda Sensing Elite Safety and Driver Assistive Systems (Link)

2. Mercedes’ $1,200 EV update cuts 0-60 times by a second, but only in one market (Link)

3. iPhone users can share car keys in Wallet with non-iPhone users (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. How Much Does Tesla Semi Weigh Without A Load? (Link)

2. First Semi Trucks Delivered to Customers (Link)

3. Battery-swapping electric scooter company Gogoro adds another country to its list (Link)

4. Tesla Semi completes first 500-mile trip with a full load (Link)

5. France's electric scooter market continues to explode (Link)

6. Riders top 30 million journeys as UK shared e-scooter trial deadline nears (Link)

7. Airbus Will Test Hydrogen Fuel Cell Engines on the First A380 (Link)

8. How to transform your shipping company (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Formula 1 Wants to Trade Mirrors for Screens (Link)

2. BMW Patents Suspension That Harnesses Electricity Going Over Bumps (Link)

3. Pininfarina Wants To Sell You An iPhone Case Inspired By The Modulo Concept (Link)