Author: David Smith

Germany is setting up 6.3 billion euros ($6.17 billion) over the next three years to expand the country’s charging network for electric vehicles in hopes of accelerating their electrification targets. The country’s transport minister on Wednesday presented a “master plan” to expand the electric vehicle charging network that had been endorsed by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s cabinet earlier in the day. “We are not just any automotive location, but a leading one in the world. And that’s why it’s important to us that what we’re preparing succeeds well,” Volker Wissing told reporters in Berlin. “We need a forward-looking expansion of the…

IKEA and Kodiak Robotics announced a partnership agreement to start a pilot autonomous freight forwarding program in Texas. A heavy-duty truck with a Kodiak autonomous drive system will make daily deliveries from the IKEA warehouse to the nearest store The journey between the distribution warehouse and the store is approximately 300 miles one way. The truck will be equipped with a Kodiak autonomous drive system with a human safety driver on board. “Adopting autonomous trucking technology can improve drivers’ quality of life by focusing on the local driving jobs most prefer to do,” Kodiak Robotics CEO Don Burnette said. “Together…

For Rolls-Royce Motor Cars, naming “Spectre” for the company’s first electric car based in Goodwood, West Sussex, England, United Kingdom is a long process. Quoted from the official Rolls-Royce Motor Cars release as received by Suara.com, choosing a name for the latest and first electric-powered Rolls-Royce car is a very important process. Highly considered, even exhausting, where the brand’s unique heritage plays a central role. “Despite being separated by nearly a century, the Spectre name was used by Rolls-Royce in the 1930s and ours today is the proving ground for propulsion technology that will shape our product and client experiences…

The electric vehicle battery business is believed to continue to grow in line with the electrification trend. Even major electric car manufacturers continue to expand to make battery production facilities in the midst of the current economic pressure. One of them is Stellantis, an electric vehicle manufacturer from the US. “Stellantis will need four electric vehicle battery plants in North America by 2030,” Stellantis chief operating officer Mark Stewart said at Tuesday, Oct. 18, the Reuters Events auto conference in Detroit. Stellantis has previously announced two joint-venture battery plants – one in Indiana and the second in Canada, and will…

ID.Buzz has indeed stolen the attention since it was first launched earlier this year. Combining classic retro style with the latest electric vehicle technology, ID.Buzz continues the success with other ID.3, ID.4 and ID.5. And now VW brings a longer ID.Buzz and more power but sporty style. The new electric van will measure 4,710 mm in length, offer five seats, have 204 bhp and be equipped with a 77 kWh battery. Volkswagen’s 100-percent electric van will not only offer seven seats and a large battery, but it will also benefit from the GTX variant. But the manufacturer plans to soon…

Audi is testing a new filter technology that is said to be able to clean city air from pollution using the Audi e-tron electric car. Called the Audi Urban Purifier, this filter technology is being tested using the Audi e-tron electric car in a collaborative project between Audi and MANN+HUMMEL. This new filter project is primarily aimed at solving the problem of particulate matter pollution generated by any vehicle including electric cars. Yup, although it no longer produces exhaust emissions, electric cars still produce pollution in the form of particulate dust. As one solution, Audi and MANN+HUMMEL developed the Urban…

The Volkswagen Group through its software company CARIAD will partner with Horizon Robotics, one of the leading providers of computing solutions for smart vehicles in China. The collaboration between CARIAD and Horizon Robotics will focus on regional development of Advanced Driver Assistance System (ADAS) and Autonomous Driving (AD) systems in China. CARIAD and Horizon Robotics will establish a joint venture, with CARIAD as the majority shareholder. VW will invest around 2.4 billion euros, which is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023. https://twitter.com/cariad_tech/status/1580515962369241088 “The partnership with Horizon Robotics is a key cornerstone of our strategy to realign…

Mercedes-Benz officially introduced the EQE electric SUV, completing its electric vehicle portfolio into eight models. The EQE SUV is a tough version of the EQE electric sedan and is built on a bespoke EV platform. From the exterior, the appearance of the EQE SUV looks like a smaller version of the EQS SUV with several characteristics that make it stand out. Compared to the EQE sedan, this electric SUV has a shorter wheelbase of 3.5 inches (9 centimeters). Dimensionally, the EQE SUV measures 191.5 inches (4.86 meters) long, 76.4 inches (1.94 meters) wide and 66.4 inches (1.68 meters) high. With…

BMW announced a partnership with AirConsole that will bring casual gaming to BMW electric vehicles, starting next year. AirConsole is a gaming platform, and the company considers that the services it provides are a perfect match for the BMW Curved Display and offer a large and diverse catalog of games. The game is run directly within the entertainment system in the latest BMW vehicles. AirConsole technology allows games to be sent instantly over the air and controlled using a smartphone. “With the AirConsole we will leverage innovative technology combined with a wide variety of fun and multiplayer gameplay,” said Stephan…

Hyundai announced that it will embed the new technology on all its models. This latest software will make all Hyundai cars integrated. Hyundai announced a new global strategy to transform all vehicles into Software Defined Vehicles (SDV) by 2025. By 2025, it is targeting 20 million vehicles to be registered with connected car services worldwide. With SDV technology, consumers are given the freedom to remotely enhance vehicle performance and functionality anywhere and anytime. HMG’s ever-evolving mobility technology and software will ensure that all models, including those already purchased, stay ahead of the curve. Thus, enabling vehicle functions, including safety, comfort,…

Hyundai, a car manufacturer based in South Korea, plans to build a lodging place with an electric car (EV) concept. The car manufacturer said that it would utilize Ioniq 5’s Vehicle-to-Load (V2L) technology to provide electrical power to all lodging facilities. Quoted from Teslarati, Tuesday (11/10/2022) Ioniq 5 has at least two battery options, namely the standard-range 58kWh package and the long-range 72.6 kWh package. Meanwhile, Hyundai states that the V2L can supply up to 3.6 kW of power. The Korean automaker says the IONIQ 5 can charge high-voltage electrical equipment using a converter. Sophisticated again, the car can also…

Stellantis will seek to increase its medium-term target for the minimum percentage of recycled materials in its vehicles to 35%. This was revealed by Senior Vice President Global Circular Economy, Alison Jones, Tuesday, October 11. In its business plan, Stellantis has set a target to increase revenues from its recycling business tenfold to more than 2 billion euros by 2030. It also aims to double revenues from long-lived parts and services. “We’re talking about a target of at least 35% recycled material in our vehicles, that’s going to vary by vehicle,” Jones said. “Of course we will try to increase…

Peugeot will take advantage of the Mondial de l’Automobile event in Paris to introduce its newest line of electric vehicles, through the Peugeot E-Streetzone. In the Mondial de l’Automobile exhibition scheduled from 17 to 23 October 2022, the e-Streetzone will be one of Peugeot’s highlights, the e-Streetzone is the second e-bike in the brand’s lineup for future vehicles. The Peugeot E-Streetzone will come with a battery capable of traveling 100 km on a single charge, the e-Streetzone’s reported range is 112 kilometers (69.59 miles) when in eco mode. The scooter has two batteries one of which is removable, and if…

Stellantis signed a non-binding initial agreement with GME Resources to secure supplies of nickel and cobalt sulfate for electric vehicle batteries. The deal marks a further move by the world’s fourth-largest automaker to lock in the supply of the metal needed for the batteries that power EV cars, ahead of a spike in global demand expected as the transition to cleaner mobility gains traction with citizens. Earlier this year the Franco-Italian group signed a lithium supply agreement with developer Vulcan Energy Resources and said it would invest 50 million euros to buy an 8% stake in it. Stellantis and mining…

BMW Motorrad has announced a recall for the BMW CE 04 electric scooter in Europe. The recall was due to a problem with the bracket connecting the horn to the electric scooter’s chassis. To note, BMW tucked the CE 04 horn under the bodywork of the front-end model. If the horn bracket or fastener loosens over time, the component may fall directly into the front wheel track. If this happens, it can cause the steering wheel to lock when turning left. BMW itself has not revealed whether it will replace the horn bracket or will change the position of the…

British electric car modification and conversion company, Everrati, recently launched the Porsche 911 generation 964 cabriolet which has been converted to an electric powertrain. Instead of using the standard bodywork of the Porsche 911, Everrati gave a modified widebody graft with a wide tire tread for this electric Porsche 911. This wide tire is intended to compensate for the car’s power which reaches 500 hp. Everatti embeds a self-developed electric powertrain, a design that is specifically matched to the model fitted to maintain the original Porsche 911 driving experience. The built-in electric motor is also positioned to maintain a similar…

The trend of the emergence of autonomous vehicles was realized by Yamaha and the giant Japanese manufacturer was very interested in making it. The proof of their seriousness is by creating a new company that specializes in making autonomous vehicles, Eve Autonomy. The company also revealed that it had conducted a test run of the ‘Eve Auto Autonomous Transportation Service at the Panasonic factory. Yamaha’s mission is very clear to make autonomous vehicles in the future will be the vehicles that are needed by contemporary society in the future. It should be noted that Panasonic’s relationship with Toyota has also…

ChargePoint Holding Inc. announced the launch of the CP6000, a global AC EV charging solution for all types of vehicles. The CP6000 is claimed to be the most flexible and serviceable charger currently available for all vehicle types and sizes. “Today, we are pleased to announce that ChargePoint is taking our industry-leading charging portfolio to the next level with the addition of the ChargePoint 6000 Series (CP6000), a complete global platform for AC charging,” the company wrote in a statement. https://twitter.com/ChargePointnet/status/1577698478876155907 ChargePoint has become an industry leader for superior software, hardware and services, and the CP6000 is the next stage…

Nowadays, touch screens are starting to take over the interiors of modern vehicles. Mercedes’ UX design director, Klaus Frenzel, still thinks that a widescreen dashboard is the right move for the industry today. It may come as no surprise that Mercedes supports this, as Mercedes is the maker of the Hyperscreen for touchscreen-enabled dashboards. Indeed, Frenzel recently explained to Car Design News how a good screen opens up a lot of possibilities for various advanced features. “The screen is like a playing field, the bigger the screen, the more you can do. The visual part isn’t all, the rest is…

Toyota Motor Corp said it would restart production of its first electric vehicle, the bZ4X, on Thursday, October 6, 2022, after fixing a potential safety issue that had halted sales of the new battery-powered model for more than three months. Japan’s largest automaker recalled 2,700 bZ4X globally in June after discovering that there was a risk the car’s wheels could fall off. Subaru, the fifth company owned by Toyota, will also have to recall the Solterra model unit (the bZ4X twin) which was developed with Toyota. A recall notice submitted to Japan’s transport ministry by Toyota in June said that…