Weekly Roundup 31

🚗OEM

1. Lamborghini’s first plug-in hypercar is the Aventador-replacing Revuelto (Link)

2. All the tech and features in the all-electric Kia EV9 SUV (Link)

3. Tesla Mostly Debt-Free After 20 Years, Sets New Precedent For Industry (Link)

4. Ferrari and Porsche speak out as manufacturers celebrate landmark EU ruling on e-fuels (Link)

5. VW recasts Seat brand for car sharing and subscription role (Link)

6. Polestar’s Design Is Evolving Away From Its Volvo Roots (Link)

7. Renault-Geely JV to include eight Chinese powertrain plants, report says (Link)

8. Porsche SE not obliged to inform shareholders of VW diesel scandal in 2008, court says (Link)

9. China's BYD has no plans to challenge Tesla in U.S. anytime soon (Link)

10. World premiere of the new Mercedes-Maybach EQS SUV on two different stages (Link)

11. Kuwait wealth fund selling $1.5 billion in Mercedes shares (Link)

12. VW Group's controlling family to get $425M dividend from Porsche SE (Link)

13. Volkswagen’s new ID.7 electric sedan spotted for the first time in Germany without camo (Link)

⚡EV

1. Buffett-backed BYD’s net income jumps more than 400% on EV sales surge (Link)

2. Kentucky is about to get a huge non-lithium battery gigafactory (Link)

3. Battery degradation isn't likely to brick your EV, data confirms (Link)

4. Chalmers University of Technology: Electric roads pave the way for smaller car batteries (Link)

5. Battery integration tackles charging network challenges (Link)

6. Stranded Tesla Semis Reportedly The Result Of A Software Issue (Link)

7. Work the core: How auto suppliers can get fit for the EV transition (Link)

8. Automotive powertrain suppliers face a rapidly electrifying future (Link)

9. Tesla Hires Battery Expert To Finalize 4680 Cell Dry Electrode Process (Link)

10. BMW bets on design and recycling, not mining, to lower battery costs (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization

1. Lucid Air OTA update helped narrow recall pool for part defect (Link)

2. How to build the perfect business case for your connected fleet (Link)

3. Hackers breach Tesla Model 3's infotainment system in minutes in competition (Link)

4. VCs invest nearly $650 million for automotive-related startups (Link)

5. GM is ditching CarPlay in all future EVs and teaming up with Google instead (Link)

6. Bring on the retro digital gauge cluster era (Link)

7. New Porsche Driver Experience makes its debut in the Cayenne (Link)

8. BYD Partners With NVIDIA for Mainstream Software-Defined Vehicles (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. Startups Are Building a Charging Network for Electric Trucks That May Never Take Off (Link)

2. European Investment Bank engaging with Volta Trucks for €40 million venture debt funding (Link)

3. Daimler Truck collaborates with Siemens to build an integrated digital engineering platform (Link)

4. This new street-legal electric utility vehicle is a mini pickup with a dump truck bed (Link)

5. How one country set aside nearly $500M for electric vehicle subsidies, but not for cars (Link)

6. MAN electrifies Scandinavia (Link)

7. Rivian is opening up its first Service Center in Europe, but it’s not for what you’d hope (Link)

8. Tesla issues its first Tesla Semi recall (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Tesla Cybertruck Spotted Without Its Massive Windscreen Wiper (Link)

2. Audi to present Formula One design at Shanghai auto show (Link)

3. Aston Martin applies to trademark 'Vanguard' name (Link)

4. The number 1 best-selling product for every automotive category on Amazon (Link)

5. Pagani Utopia - An emotion taking shape.