Weekly Roundup #9

September 16, 2022

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Car brands with the highest customer satisfaction ratings in 2022 (Link)
Swiss Startup Piech Automotive Hires Former AMG And Aston Martin Boss (Link)
Honda patents airbag system for scooters in India (Link)
GM is first brand to integrate with NBCU’s data platform (Link)
Tesla app sends push notifications for 12V battery replacements (Link)
Stellantis invest in Africar Group to create Auto24, African used vehicle start-up (Link)
Volkswagen Sets Up New Dedicated Division For Autonomous And Electric Cars (Link)
Volkswagen announces new appointments to key positions on the Brand Board of Management (Link)
Thieves Can Unlock And Start A Tesla Model Y In Seconds Using New Hack (Link)

Northvolt partners with Swedish cleantech startup to upcycle 200,000 tons of salt per year (Link)
Mercedes To Test Long Haul Electric Trucks With Help Of Amazon (Link)
Lucid motors more power dense and easier to build than Tesla (Link)
Lithium prices hit record highs as global EV sales surge (Link)
Software supplier Aptiv to bolster EV power portfolio with $600 million Intercable acquisition (Link)
Traton sells some assets in Russia, incurs 550 million euro loss (Link)
Ex-Googler’s TeraWatt raises $1B to expand commercial EV charging (Link)
GM partners with Lear for Ultium battery platform components (Link)
Electric Vehicles 101: V2G Charging & The Grid (Link)
Tesla has access to all the batteries it needs for the first time (Link)

Supply chain digitalisation offers greater freight transparency (Link)
Automotive Supply Chain Update - CAR Group (Link)
TruckSmarter comes out of stealth with a free load board for truckers (Link)
Iveco Group announces pay-per-use offering of electric trucks (Link)
Toll operating companies going public: Dubai’s Salik (Link) and Phillipines’ Metro Pacific Tollways Corp (Link)

GM’s Cruise follows Tesla’s lead in developing its own chip for autonomous driving (Link)
VW software issues point to iOS, Android-like future for cars - Apex.ai CEO Interview (Link)
Why Mixed-Criticality Is the Future of Automotive Architectures (Link)
HARMAN Ready Care: Context-Aware Interventions for Safer and Smarter Drives (Link)
Elon Musk still estimates 6 billion Tesla FSD miles for global regulatory approval (Link)