From the sensor-packed ‘tiara’ on the roof to the Nuro software stack providing autonomous driving, the Lucid Gravity met all the qualifications for a self-driving luxury Uber. Lucid’s robotaxi is ready for the road—except for one small detail. It still needs to fit the microsprayers that will clean its various Read more
Sweden’s Holyvolt has completed its $73 million acquisition of Wildcat Discovery Technologies, bringing together Wildcat’s high-throughput battery materials R&D platform and Holyvolt’s screen-printing, water-based manufacturing process. The companies say the combination is meant to bridge a familiar gap in the battery business: promising lab results that never make it efficiently Read more
Functional safety requirements are applied across Industrial and Electrical System control and safety systems. In battery standards and certifications, functional safety requirements have become more and more stringent, reducing the reliance on single-fault testing schemes, but often adding confusion and complexity to “legacy” testing and safety certification standards. Join this Read more
Horse Powertrain has unveiled a new hybrid transmission motor that uses amorphous steel in the stator and, the company says, reaches 98.2% efficiency while delivering 140 kW and 360 Nm. The company says the motor’s stator uses amorphous steel alloy layers just 0.025 mm thick—about one tenth the thickness of Read more
Only the Tesla Model Y hit 20,000 units quicker than Rivian is planning for the R2, TechCrunch found.
Tesla has made its latest move that indicates the Model S and Model X are being removed from the company’s lineup, an action that was confirmed by the company earlier this quarter, that the two flagship vehicles would no longer be produced. Tesla has ultimately started phasing out the Model Read more
The Seal 07 EV is one of the first BYD models equipped with its new Flash Charging technology, enabling it to charge from 10% to 70% in just 5 minutes. more…
For many a year, a certain California carmaker dominated the headlines in the EV press—so much so that I created a keyboard shortcut for the company’s name. Despite a relentless tide of naysaying, the company went from strength to strength for almost two decades. Then, coincidentally (?) around the time Read more
Tesla has wiped its entire Canadian Model 3 inventory, and according to sources familiar with the matter, the automaker sent the US-built units back to the United States. The move comes as Canada officially opened its new Chinese EV import program on March 1, allowing up to 49,000 Chinese-built electric Read more
The VW ID.3’s Catalan cousin gets a new face, ditches haptic controls for real buttons, and has more range.