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DENSO and NTT DATA are working together to build a shared EV battery dataspace for the sharing of information about emissions and recycling in the battery industry. “The new battery regulation currently being reviewed in Europe will require disclosure of CO2 emissions and the resource recycling rate throughout battery life cycles to the European Commission,”

American Formula 1 team Haas announced on Thursday it will drop current driver Mick Schumacher after the 2022 season. His replacement has been named as fellow German driver Nico Hülkenberg. Schumacher, whose father is F1 legend Michael Schumacher, joined Haas in 2021 as a rookie, and while he’s managed to get some decent points on

Volta, which calls itself “a charging and media company,” makes an infrastructure planning platform called PredictEV, which is designed to help state and local governments to identify optimal charger locations in disadvantaged communities. “This analytical capability aligns with the federal government’s Justice40 goal, which seeks to ensure 40 percent of the overall benefits of certain

Battery manufacturer Verkor has secured over 250 million euros in financing from the European Investment Bank and other investors for its Verkor Innovation Centre, which is nearing completion. Located in Grenoble, the 15,000-square-meter VIC includes an R&D lab for designing batteries, a pilot line with a capacity of 150 MWh per year, and a training

It’s the end of an era at Lamborghini. The automaker is launching its final vehicles powered purely by internal-combustion engines, as starting from next year it will only offer electrified powertrains. A Huracán Sterrato will be launched later in November as the final Lamborghini powered purely by a V-10, and the Aventador LP 780-4 Ultimae

Oil giant Shell seems serious about moving into EV charging—it isn’t just adding a few chargers to its gas stations, it’s targeting the rapidly-growing market for fleet infrastructure solutions. The company is no stranger to the fleet industry—it has fleet customers in 46 markets, and there are 8.5 million active Shell Cards out there. Now

There’s no question that the convenience store/gas station industry sees public EV charging as a major new business opportunity—a 2022 survey by Boston Consulting Group found that 95% of US fuel retailers said they’re currently offering or planning to offer EV charging stations (as reported by Utility Dive). However, there is debate over how large

Anyone looking for a 2023 Ford Bronco Sport have some new options that weren’t available in previous model years. Ford in August announced a Heritage Sport Edition fitted with a number of retro cues, and on Tuesday the automaker announced the Black Diamond Off-Road Package which adds some extra off-road capability for the compact crossover.

Sponsored by Phoenix Contact Phoenix Contact Group is made up of 15 German and four international companies, along with 11 manufacturing locations, and has a footprint in more than 100 countries. The 99-year-old company offers creative solutions in the fields of connection technology, electronics and automation and is independent in its entrepreneurial and decision-making freedom.

It’s well known that Jay Kay, frontman of the British jazz-funk band Jamiroquai, is a lover of cars. One of the many cars he’s owned, a 1968 Mercedes-Benz 600, is now up for auction on Bring a Trailer. The grandfather of today’s S-Class, the 600 was Mercedes’ range-topping luxury car in its day. It acquired

Infinitum, creator of a patented air-core motor, has secured $30 million in additional growth capital from several investors. The company will use the new funds to expand and fully automate assembly at its 65,000-square-foot facility in Mexico to meet a significant increase in demand. The company, which was formerly known as Infinitum Electric, has rebranded

Evolito, a privately-owned company that is developing and manufacturing electric motors and powertrains for aerospace applications, has announced that former YASA CEO Dr. Chris Harris will join the company as CEO. Evolito was spun out from YASA in July 2021. YASA, a developer of axial-flux electric motors and controllers for the automotive sector, was acquired

Digital control developer Silicon Mobility has announced that its control software platform has been certified ISO 26262 ASIL-C compliant by SGS-TÜV Saar. The OLEA APP – T222 INVERTER is part of the OLEA product line, and supports ASIL-D certification for integrating powertrain systems. “Built as a software platform to control a wide variety of technologies

It’s official. The Audi E-Tron has been rebranded a Q8 E-Tron for its mid-cycle update, which was revealed this week. There’s revised styling, enhanced charging, and a lot more range. Mercedes-Benz AMG One laps the Nürburgring in 6:35.183 – Oct. 2022 Mercedes-Benz AMG this week revealed the lap time for the One hypercar around the

Custom Truck One Source is a provider of specialized truck and heavy equipment solutions—it offers sales, rentals, service, customization and remanufacturing. Now the company has added Battle Motors to its truck inventory. Custom Truck will offer Battle Motors’ full cabover line, including electric trucks, in Kansas City, Missouri and other cities. The partnership will enable

Yes, Tesla can still do great things. “In pursuit of our mission to accelerate the world’s transition to sustainable energy, today we are opening our EV connector design to the world,” says the Prodigal Pioneer. “We invite charging network operators and vehicle manufacturers to put the Tesla charging connector and charge port, now called the

Jimmy Johnson decided to come out of retirement, the 2023 Honda Accord made its online debut, and the 2024 Volvo EX90 kickstarted the automaker’s electric future. It’s the Week in Reverse, right here on Motor Authority. Jimmy Johnson announced he’s coming out of retirement in 2023. Just months after announcing his retirement, the racer said

It’s great to see that automakers are now including EVs in their all-pervasive advertising campaigns, after years of ignoring them. But car ads tend to be arty rather than practical, and many prospective customers still don’t understand how charging works. Enter Electrify America, with a new brand-neutral marketing campaign titled “As Seen on EV.” Modeled

It’s anybody’s guess where the UK government stands on e-mobility and clean energy these days. Whatever one may think of Boris Johnson, he at least talked a green game, and his administration implemented some constructive pro-EV policies. His ill-fated successor put climate change deniers in charge of environmental policy, pushed a vast expansion of oil

Bugatti is close to completing the last of its Chirons, after which the company will start building the Mistral, a roadster sharing its platform with the Chiron and destined to be Bugatti’s last car powered by the quad-turbo 8.0-liter W-16 that first appeared in the Veyron almost two decades ago. Bugatti presented the Mistral for

Shell Deutschland, a subsidiary of global oil giant Shell, has acquired SBRS Charging Solutions, a provider of infrastructure products and services for commercial EVs. SBRS, which is headquartered in Dinslaken, Germany, has a client base that includes municipalities, public transport operators and OEMs. “The acquisition brings significant experience in electric bus charging and a material

Skeleton Technologies has introduced a new product that combines supercapacitors and batteries, and has joined a coalition of nine members, including Shell, that aims to electrify mining equipment. The SuperBattery doesn’t use any cobalt, copper, nickel or graphite. The company says it can last for 50,000 cycles. It is currently being used or tested in

BMW’s X1 compact crossover has been redesigned for 2023, and our latest spy shots and video show a prototype for a new performance flagship that’s still in the works. The 2023 X1 currently tops out at 241 hp in internal-combustion guise and 308 hp in electric iX1 form. This new performance flagship, which we expect

Sponsored by Dupont Before this decade is over, even conservative estimates indicate that at least two out of three cars produced in the world will be electrically powered. This figure accounts for both fully battery-powered and hybrid propulsion system vehicles. There are some hard truths involved in engineering mobility for the future. Systems, safety, and

Bosch has begun production of electric motors at its Charleston, South Carolina manufacturing facility. The company plans to invest an additional $260 million to further expand production of electrification products at the site. Bosch is producing rotors and stators, and assembling the motors, in a building where diesel powertrain components were once made. The company

Audi’s E-Tron has undergone a major update and been given a new name in the process. The updated mid-size electric SUV was revealed late on Tuesday as the 2023 Audi Q8 E-Tron, and it is confirmed to reach dealerships in the second quarter of 2023, in both regular SUV and coupe-like Q8 Sportback E-Tron guises.

Mathematical modeling software company COMSOL has released version 6.1 of its Multiphysics software, and the latest version includes modules that add analysis tools for vehicle electrification projects.  “In the AC/DC Module, new functionality for rapid layout of motor windings and magnet arrays ensures a smooth workflow for electric motor design and analysis,” says the company.

AM Batteries (AMB), a pioneer in lithium-ion dry-electrode technology, has closed a $25-million Series A financing round led by Anzu Partners. Other investors include TDK Ventures, Foothill Ventures, Toyota Ventures, Zeon Ventures, SAIC Capital, VinFast, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures, and Creative Ventures. AMB will use the funding to expand its team and accelerate its commercialization efforts,

Lamborghini will join the ranks of top-level motorsports come 2024 when it enters both the FIA World Endurance Championship and IMSA SportsCar Championship with a new LMDh race car. LMDh is a new race car category which will have its first season in 2023. It is eligible for both the Hypercar class of the WEC

Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology promises to be a true win-win: a powerful grid balancing resource for utilities and a source of incremental income for EV owners (electric school buses seem to be an ideal use case). But before V2G can really take off, there needs to be a system for utilities to compensate EV fleet operators