Weekly Roundup 40

June 19, 2023

🚗OEM

  1. VW board to discuss $3.2B savings program, report says (Link)

  2. New Volvo EX30 will make BIG PROFITS for Volvo (Link)

  3. What’s holding back circularity in the tyre industry? (Link)

  4. Stellantis Ventures Seeds Innovation with 11 Key Investments into Sustainable Mobility (Link)

  5. Volkswagen ID.7: sophisticated aerodynamics for long range and high efficiency (Link)

  6. The Lucid Air Is Fastest For 20-Minute Charging: Report (Link)

  7. Performance program: Volkswagen brand aims to become more efficient and more profitable (Link)

  8. VW offering 0% finance on new EVs over the summer (Link)

âš¡EV

  1. Ford opens new EV-focused assembly plant in Germany (Link)

  2. VW's PowerCo, Stellantis, Glencore back $1B nickel, copper SPAC deal in Brazil (Link)

  3. VW masters dry-coating process that could slash EV battery cost (Link)

  4. Aluminum-Ion & Lithium-Sulfur Battery News (Link)

  5. New Mercedes Vision One-Eleven Concept points to future Mercedes EV tech (Link)

  6. Audi redefines quick charging: first Audi charging hub in Austria opened in Salzburg (Link)

  7. GM plans fourth EV battery plant with new Samsung SDI partnership (Link)

  8. Toyota claims solid-state EV battery tech breakthrough could offer +900 miles driving range (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization, Autonomous

  1. Israeli startups chase Mobileye as next automotive tech unicorn (Link)

  2. Tesla patents a new steer-by-wire system (Link)

  3. Mercedes-Benz tests ChatGPT in cars to answer ‘complex questions’ while on the road (Link)

  4. Teardown Of Hardware 4-Equipped Tesla Model X Confirms New Radar Module (Link)

🛴Mobility

  1. Decarbonizing aviation: Executing on net-zero goals (Link)

  2. Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Vestas join forces for sustainable mobility (Link)

  3. Building transit systems around people (Link)

  4. BYD and Cyngn Reveal First Footage of AI-Powered Autonomous Forklift (Link)

  5. This EV charging depot can charge up to 96 electric semi-trucks at once (Link)

✨Interesting

  1. Ferrari Wins Le Mans, Corvette Wins Its Class, Garage 56 Camaro Gets It Done (Link)

  2. Porsche’s new Mission X concept is a bubbly, all-electric hypercar (Link)

  3. Toyota may have lost at Le Mans because of a squirrel (Link)