Weekly Roundup #24

🚗OEM

1. Pastries and sushi: How Renault and Nissan reset their alliance (Link)

2. Volkswagen announces five-year plan to accelerate EV production and software strategy (Link)

3. Automotive industry to ‘overshoot’ climate target by more than 75 per cent, say Polestar and Rivian (Link)

4. VW recalls nearly 21,000 ID.4s over faulty battery software (Link)

5. Lucid Is Getting in on the EV Price Wars (Link)

6. BMW, VW, Audi fined by S. Korea for rigging diesel emissions (Link)

7. Why Porsche's future might not be electric (Link)

8. Ford teases hot electric truck in Red Bull announcement (Link)

9. GM secures key semiconductor parts for EVs with unique ‘first-of-its-kind’ agreement (Link)

⚡EV

1. BYD more likely to build it’s own plant in Europe than take over Ford’s (Link)

2. This startup’s EV battery can charge to 80% in 10 minutes (Link)

3. Rivian Patents a Low-Range Gearbox for Electric Off-Roaders (Link)

4. Battery Specialist Gouach Is Developing Repairable Battery Packs (Link)

5. Flo to launch redesigned fast chargers (Link)

6. Britishvolt 'days away' from acquisition by Australian EV battery producer (Link)

7. Liminal Raises $17.5 Million in Series A2 Funding to Catalyze Production of Safe, Reliable, High-Quality EV Batteries (Link)

8. Nissan To Launch EV With Solid-State Batteries In Five Years (Link)

9. VW says it's considering a PHEV or electric pickup truck (Link)

10. Ram claims it’s starting a ‘revolution’ with 1500 REV all-electric pickup truck (Link)

11. BorgWarner to supply major German vehicle manufacturer with high voltage battery cooling (Link)

🤖Autonomous Driving

1. Self-Driving Cars Will Be Awful for the Plant (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization

1. Fleet managers say telematics 'almost essential' for EV adoption (Link)

2. Elektrobit reveals role in Sony Honda Mobility’s groundbreaking new EV prototype (Link)

3. Hyundai wants to simplify EV ownership with new Evolve+ EV subscription program (Link)

4. Software fixes on the way to prevent Hyundai and Kia thefts (Link)

5. Google says it’s finally ready to give EV drivers the fastest route (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. NASA’s first all-electric X-57 Maxwell plane is gearing up for flight (Link)

2. Harley-Davidson’s upcoming LiveWire electric motorcycle delayed until later this year (Link)

3. Rivian is working on an e-bike (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Alfa Romeo C43 is ready for the 2023 Formula One season (Link)

2. Here Are the Cars You Think Would Be Better Electrified (Link)

3. What Is the Best Super Bowl Car Commercial? (Link)

4. Lamborghini Sends Off the NA V12 With Two One-Off Supercars (Link)

5. Rolls-Royce celebrates 112 years of the Spirit of Ecstasy (Link)