Weekly Roundup #4

August 12, 2022

đźš—OEMs

  1. Porsche and Piech families seek tighter control of VW (Link)

  2. Autonomy buys 23,000 EVs in $1.2B expansion of subscription company (Link)

  3. Geely Automobile Holdings Limited total sales volume for July 2022 was 122,633 units total sales volume up 24% YOY (Link)

  4. Chinese Automaker NIO Is Reportedly Developing A Smartphone (Link)

🌍Geopolitics/Current Affairs

  1. Europe's car industry could be headed for a crash amid high inflation (Link)

  2. Germany auto industry would suffer in trade war with China (Link)

đź“»Infotainment

  1. New Xpeng G9 Flagship Electric SUV’s Interior Leaked, Is Dominated By Three Massive Screens (Link)

  2. Unity is partnering with Mercedes-Benz AG to power the infotainment domain of its new operating system (Link)

  3. Volvo and Epic Games partner for pioneering real-time 3D HMI (Link)

⚡EV

  1. Tesla teases Optimus humanoid robot prototype with new image (Link)

  2. Tesla supplier CATL commands 34.8% of the battery market in 1H22 (Link)

  3. Giga Ontario May Be Next For Tesla (Link)

  4. ABB launches the world’s fastest electric car charger (Link)

  5. Jaguar Land Rover opens new facility to test next-generation EVs (Link)

  6. CATL to build €7.34 billion battery production base in Hungary (Link)

  7. Mercedes-Benz expands battery supply partnership with CATL (Link)

🤖Autonomous

  1. Nvidia Vehicle Spotted in Sunnyvale (Link)

  2. Ford Patents App to Tell Pedestrians When Autonomous Vehicles Won't Stop for Them (Link)

  3. Einride announces five-year plan to provide electric trucks to Beyond Meat’s US shipping network (Link)

  4. XIAOMI enters testing phase with 140 self-driving vehicles in China (Link)

đź“ŠInvestments

  1. Porsche courts Gulf sovereign funds for landmark IPO (Link)

  2. Chris Sacca's Lowercarbon Capital and Toyota Ventures invest in an $11M Series A round in River, a Bangalore-based Electric Mobility Startup (Link)

  3. JP Morgan Chase adds 1.4M NIO shares increasing its holdings by 33% in Q2 (Link)

  4. BNP PARIBAS sell 90% of its NIO holdings, Adds 3.4M Polestar Shares (Link)

đź’«Interesting

  1. Porsche Taycan Turbo S Tops Tesla Model S Plaid Nurburgring Record (Link)

  2. More Details On Tesla’s Innovative Carbon-Wrapped Motor (Link)

  3. FIRST DRIVE OF MY 2,000HP HYPERCAR!! | Nico Rosberg x Rimac Nevera (Link)