Weekly Roundup 60

🚗OEM

1. World premiere to mark the 50th anniversary: the new Golf is more attractive, intelligent and efficient than ever before (Link)

2. Porsche: Sophisticated endurance tests successfully mastered (Link)

3. BMW Group to launch direct sales model across Europe, starting from 1 January 2024 with MINI in three countries (Link)

4. Volvo Cars Tech Fund, Coway International TechTrans to co-build ecosystem for startup development (Link)

5. Tesla’s big recall today is a software update from a month ago (Link)

6. Volkswagen unveils ambitious 2030 goals in China, focused on electrification and innovation (Link)

7. Maserati Claims 100% Italian Made Standard (Link)

8. BMW’s First Neue Klasse EVs Will Be X3-Sized Crossover, 3 Series-Sized Sedan (Link)

9. Audi workers in Mexico hold first strike, seek 15.5% wage increase (Link)

10. Tesla's Next-Generation Platform Will (Hopefully) Launch In 2025, Musk Says (Link)

11. Porsche Investors Lose Hope of a Supercar Stock Like Ferrari (Link)

⚡EV

1. Iveco Joins BASF's European BEV Battery Recycling Project (Link)

2. Hundreds Of Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Vans To Flood The Streets (Link)

3. Redwood Materials Building Huge Cathode Factory In USA (Link)

4. Moog modular battery concept for heavy equipment is too smart to ignore (Link)

5. Porsche produces Macan EV with CATL battery (Link)

6. Lucid Motors expands Arizona plant ahead of Gravity launch (Link)

7. EV battery research gets $131M funding boost (Link)

8. Hyundai unveils ‘Active Air Skirt’ to improve EV range, stability (Link)

9. Could 2024 be the year of LFP batteries? (Link)

10. Electric truck development gets $131 million boost – sulfur is a winner (Link)

💾SW Defined Vehicles, Connectivity, Digitalization, Autonomous

1. Volvo Trucks unveils VNL high-tech truck platform for electric, diesel, hydrogen powertrains and autonomous driving (Link)

2. Qualcomm’s Digital Chassis Takes Hold (Link)

3. TuSimple was once valued at $8 billion. Now it's delisting from the Nasdaq. What went wrong? (Link)

4. Kia launches Kia Connect store and OTA update subscription service (Link)

5. 48-inch panoramic display kicks off Ford and Lincoln Digital Experience (Link)

6. Stellantis' STLA Large Platform Is 'Most Flexible In Industry' For Dodge, Alfa Romeo, Jeep, Maserati (Link)

7. Ford's New Digital Experience Leans Into Apple CarPlay And Android Auto (Link)

8. Stellantis acquires CloudMade’s AI technology for software-defined vehicles (Link)

9. GM-Honda Begin Commercial Production At Hydrogen Fuel Cell System Manufacturing Joint Venture (Link)

10. Valeo and Applied Intuition Partner to Provide Digital Twin Technology for ADAS Simulation (Link)

11. Elon Musk: automakers don’t believe Tesla Full Self-Driving is real (Link)

12. Software-Defined Vehicles Should Be More Open, Modular, and Upgradable (Link)

13. Apple Car Could Debut in 2028, but With Reduced Autonomy (Link)

14. Renesas’ new four-channel video decoder for automotive cameras enables economical surround view applications (Link)

15. Infineon and Anker open joint Innovation Application Center for PD fast charging and CO2-saving solutions (Link)

16. Targa Telematics enhances smart mobility and fleet management solutions with HERE Technologies (Link)

🛴Mobility

1. Traton Group sells 338,200 vehicles for the first time in 2023 and starts 2024 with a good order book (Link)

2. Flexport may lay off workers yet again (Link)

3. Fuso’s all-electric light-duty eCanter truck introduced in Hong Kong; first Asian market launch outside Japan (Link)

4. Flexport taps Shopify for cash, behind the wheel of the Kia EV9 and where Amazon wants to invest (Link)

✨Interesting

1. Pininfarina launches Classiche certification program for vintage cars (Link)

2. January: The Busiest Month Of The Year In Mercedes F1 (Link)

3. Ferrari takes to the water with Soldini for new sailing venture (Link)