Weekly Roundup #23

🚗OEM

1. Volkswagen Won’t Cut Its EV Prices to Match Tesla (Link)

2. VW Group targets significant EV returns from 2026, finance boss says (Link)

3. How Renault-Nissan alliance went from rescue to mistrust (Link)

4. Next-Gen Audi A8 EV's Design "Very Close" To Grandsphere Concept (Link)

5. Lamborghini: “Not The Right Time” For EV Supercar (Link)

6. Zeekr 003 Compact SUV Teased As Brand's First EV Coming To Europe (Link)

7. Mercedes-Benz eliminating 19 of 33 body styles over next seven years (Link)

⚡EV

1. GM invests $650M in lithium mining to lock down EV raw materials (Link)

2. A Volvo FH Electric semi just made a 3,000 km trip across Europe (Link)

3. A vital EV battery nickel product will be made in the US for the first time (Link)

4. The EV price war hasn’t really started yet (Link)

5. Future Ford EVs "Deep Into Development," Will Use Smaller Batteries (Link)

6. Stanford scientists figured out why lithium metal batteries fail (Link)

7. Volkswagen Group (And Partners) Installed Over 15,000 Fast Chargers (Link)

8. Study: Smaller EV batteries would lessen lithium-mining mess (Link)

9. EV maker Rivian to cut 6% of jobs amid price war, internal memo says (Link)

10. Porsche takes a significant stake in EV charging leader ABB E-Mobility (Link)

11. Commercial electric truck demand far outstrips charging infrastructure (Link)

12. BMW Will Spend $870 Million To Make EVs and Batteries in Mexico (Link)

13. Warren Buffett's 14-year bet pays off as Berkshire Hathaway cashes in on BYD (Link)

🤖Autonomous Driving

1. DOJ requests Autopilot, FSD documents from Tesla (Link)

2. California lawmakers want to prohibit fully autonomous trucking (Link)

3. Next-generation pedestrian ADAS target launched (Link)

4. IVECO and Plus Start Public Road Testing of their Highly Automated Truck in Germany (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization

1. Targa Telematics works together with SAP Labs France to achieve greener fleet management. (Link)

2. US car dealerships can now display their stock listings within Google (Link)

3. Audi deepens software expertise with around 400 new IT positions (Link)

4. ZF, Wolfspeed chip factory in Germany will help boost EV transition (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Audi buys minority stake in Swiss F1 team Sauber (Link)

2. Cox Automotive, Roku team up to share how streaming TV ad campaigns impact car-shopping journey (Link)

3. 60 Years of Ford in Formula 1 (Link)

4. Netflix to feature electric cars from GM and others in programming (Link)

5. Freightliner SuperTruck II | Reducing Resistance

6. 2024 Range Rover Velar revealed with tweaked styling, no-button minimalist interior (Link)