WACKER has presented two new material innovations for EV battery safety: a ceramifying silicone for thermal barrier coatings and a pair of potting compounds engineered to resist filler sedimentation during long-term storage. The ceramifying product comes from the ELASTOSIL CM line. Applied as a liquid, it cures to a standard Read more
Denmark has provisionally approved Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (Supervised) system, making it the fourth European country to clear the software in roughly eight weeks. The Danish Road Traffic Authority, Færdselsstyrelsen, confirmed the decision today — notably after Denmark had previously raised concerns about the technology at the EU level. more…
The Mitsubishi Eclipse Sportback is based on the $30,000 Nissan Leaf and hits dealerships later this year.
Kinell, a Fétis Group engineering brand focused on off-highway electrification, has introduced an HVDC coupling system that enables electrified vehicles to safely connect and disconnect external high-voltage systems—range extenders, swappable battery packs or electrically powered implements—without modifying the vehicle’s primary high-voltage architecture. Most high-voltage DC architectures in electrified vehicles are Read more
Truck manufacturer Scania plans to invest 70 million euros in its production site in Angers, France, to expand its capacity for electric truck production. The investment includes an extension of the existing facility and the adaptation of assembly lines for electric truck production. Scania’s Angers facility, in operation for more Read more
The Mitsubishi Eclipse is finally going electric with a little help from Nissan. Set to go on sale in the next few weeks, Mitsubishi unveiled the new Eclipse Sportback EV for the first time. more…
Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) announced it has begun rolling out an over-the-air software update that brings hands-free highway driving to the Gravity SUV in North America. Lucid first promised hands-free driving for its vehicles well over a year ago, but the feature’s actual rollout has been notoriously slow. The Gravity Read more
Despite being unveiled less than a year ago, it feels like we’ve been waiting forever for LiveWire’s new S4 Honcho to reveal its official pricing and begin production. Today, we got both, as the Harley-Davidson spinoff pulled the last curtain off, revealing the final secrets behind the brand’s new low-cost Read more
Waymo has acquired a massive 5,500-acre autonomous vehicle proving ground in Wittmann, Arizona, for $220 million — nearly double the $125 million Apple paid for it in 2021. The facility was the centerpiece of Apple’s now-dead self-driving car program. The deal, recorded June 5 in Maricopa County filings, adds a Read more
Tesla has apparently revised the policy it previously had listed for Full Self-Driving transfers on the newest All-Wheel-Drive Cybertruck that the company had sold for a steal price of just $59,000 earlier this year. After initially stating that customers who bought the pickup would be able to transfer FSD purchases, Read more