Weekly Roundup #6

August 26, 2022

🔌EV

  1. Volkswagen and Mercedes-Benz secure EV battery materials in partnership with Canada (Link)

  2. Polestar To Supply Batteries For Candela's "Flying" Electric Boats (Link)

  3. Indonesia says Tesla strikes $5 billion deal to buy nickel products (Link)

  4. Tesla releases new deep-dive presentations on its Dojo AI supercomputer (Link)

  5. Tesla, BMW’s EV battery manufacturer, CATL, doubles profits in Q2 earnings (Link)

  6. NIO developing multiple batteries, including 4680-type, report says (Link)

  7. Hero Electric partners with Jio-bp for ease of EV charging (Link)

  8. Mexico founds state firm to extract and process lithium (Link)

  9. Samsung SDI expands battery production in Hungary (Link)

🛴Mobility

  1. France is giving €4,000 to people who trade in their car for an e-bike (Link)

  2. Google’s Waze is shutting down its carpooling service (Link)

  3. Germany Now Has the World’s First Fleet of Hydrogen Trains (Link)

⚡Chips

  1. Samsung Electronics breaks ground on new chip R&D centre, plans $15 billion investment by 2028 (Link)

  2. Hyundai to produce own automotive chips (Link)

  3. Hyundai Motor Group invests in Korean semiconductor start-up (Link)

🚗OEM

  1. Car buyers' focus is shifting gear from bhp to 'EPM', Experiences per mile (Link)

  2. Audi Teases Activesphere Concept Ahead Of 2023 Reveal (Link)

  3. Electric Dodge Charger Concept’s ‘Exhaust’ Is As Loud as a Hellcat V8. Here’s How (Link)

  4. Tesla launches ‘Profiles’ for synchronized settings across multiple vehicles (Link)

🤝Deals and Startups

  1. With Fuel Costs High, Trucker-Focused Fintech AtoB Reaches $800 Million Valuation (Link)

  2. Wisedrive raises USD 1 m seed funding to expand extended warranty business for used cars (Link)

  3. Zitara Raises $12M Series A to Make Batteries Safer and More Profitable (Link)

  4. Geely premium EV brand Zeekr is exploring IPO options, sources say (Link)

✨Interesting

  1. Mercedes-AMG Celebrates 55th Birthday By Building 5 Non-Homologated GT3 Racecars (Link)

  2. Automotive Acoustics: How to Address Complexity (Link)

  3. The Koenigsegg CC850’s Part-Manual, Part-Auto Transmission Will Blow Your Mind (Link)