rt as a driver”,  but also that he believed Autopilot would lead him to have an overall “safer drive” by helping him navigate on his long commute and avoid collisions. “My concept was that it would assist me should I have a failure … or should I make a mistake,” he said. “And in that case I feel like it failed me.” Tesla’s decision not to limit the technology to operate only on roads that meet the criteria in its own user manua...

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e in Brazil, while the new Captiva PHEV will arrive in Argentina towards the end of 2025, where it could later also be available in the same electric version. This global model is a midsize SUV currently undergoing homologation and rigorous testing to meet the brand's high standards, just as in the case of the Spark EUV. (Chevrolet releases on July 25, 2025) 1 / 2...

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e to the company to draw upon through July 28, 2026. Any loans drawn under the credit agreement during that time will mature on December 31, 2028. Company spokesman Ian Thibodeau declined to provide specific reasons as to why Ford took out the line of credit, saying only that the "credit's there in case we need it. It's just an additional measure we take to strengthen our liquidity and provide additional financial flexibility," Thibodeau said. Pr...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/30

n of battery systems is required to improve the charging time and range of electric vehicles (EVs), and electrically isolated photo-relays are used in battery management systems (BMS) that handle high voltages. Generally, a withstand voltage of about twice the system voltage is required, and in the case of an 800V system, a blocking voltage of 1600V or more is required. The newly commercialized TLX9165T photo-relay realizes a blocking voltage of ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/24

(AEP), celebrating the largest Honda auto engine plant in the world.  As part of the Honda EV Hub, AEP is one of three production facilities in Ohio that are advancing the concept of flexible motors on the same production lines. AEP has added three new processes to produce the aluminum EV battery case, including: megacasting, friction stir welding (FSW) and Minimum Quantity Lubrication (MQL) machining. When EV production begins in 2026, the EV ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/22

K Battery Industrialisation Centre (UKBIC). Under the project codenamed PRIMED, Ilika will now build and test its P2 solid-state battery cells and develop them into a 50Ah A-Sample through an industrialisation process. HSSMI will support the project by creating a production scale model and business case review to help plan for future gigafactory-level manufacturing. Based on Ilika press release...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/16

China-led ISO international standards for automated driving testing released On July 7, China’s Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) announced the release of the “Road Vehicles - Test Scenarios for Automated Driving (AD) Systems - Scenario Evaluation and Test Case Generation (ISO 34505:2025)” international standards formulated under the country’s leadership. The standards mainly stipulate the evaluation process and test ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/10

The joint effort aims to streamline the validation of next-generation mobility platforms—including electric, connected, autonomous, and software-defined vehicles—by enabling faster, smarter, and more cost-efficient development cycles. Pilot projects have already shown promising results. In one case, a test rig for electric vehicle powertrain validation was delivered for a European luxury OEM in just five months, cutting the typical build tim...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/09

nt Lee Jae-myung dictating the new tariff rates. Both letters say that the 25% tariffs are separate from additional sector-specific duties on key product categories. The letters also note, “Goods transshipped to evade a higher Tariff will be subject to that higher Tariff.” Transshipping in this case refers to the practice of transferring goods to an interim country prior to their final shipment to the U.S. in order to skirt tariffs. With the ...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/08

Hozon Auto starts seeking potential investors On June 12, the Jiaxing Intermediate People’s Court of Zhejiang Province ruled to accept the bankruptcy reorganization case of Hozon New Energy Automobile Co., Ltd. (Hozon Auto), the parent company of Neta Auto, and appointed three law firms as joint administrators to oversee the process. To expedite Hozon Auto’s bankruptcy reorganization process for effective revitalization of assets and maximiza...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/04

2025. South Africa is seeking, through the Framework Deal, to have some of the key export products exempted from the Section 232 duties, including autos and auto parts, and steel and aluminium through tariff rate quotas. South Africa is also seeking the maximum tariff application of 10%, as a worst-case situation.  Ahead of the 90-day pause expiry on July 9, 2025, African countries, including South Africa, have called for an extension to allow m...

News  Updated at: 2025/07/02

r Vučić reached out to Chinese President Xi Jinping on behalf of Stellantis' Kragujevac plant, Serbia over problems with rare mineral exports due to U.S. tariffs. Xi responded positively and had already instructed Chinese authorities to work closely with Serbia and speed up approvals as a special case. Stellantis Kragujevac plant manufactures the Fiat Grande Panda and Citroen C3, has struggled to get key materials at affordable prices. These in...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/30

ing and monetization, and the Traffic Rules Engine (TRE), which debuted as a conceptual innovation at CES 2024 in Las Vegas. The TRE, developed in close cooperation with TÜV Rheinland, monitors whether automated vehicles (SAE Level 3 and above) comply with applicable regulations, traffic laws, and case law based on sensor and map data. The software module will be integrated into a vehicle for the first time by 2025 and will be validated by TÜV ...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/27

y Yodogawa Left Bank Line (Phase 2). On this section, shuttle buses and test vehicles are being operated to detect and measure vibrations and strain on the road caused by passing vehicles. The collected data will be used for road monitoring to support effective road and traffic management. As a use case, real-time vehicle location data obtained through road monitoring has been shared with autonomous vehicles in a demonstration experiment of mergi...

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Kamaz, Russia boosts transfer case assembly efficiency by 21% at engine plant On June 22, KAMAZ announced that labour productivity at the transfer case assembly site of its engine plant had increased by 21%, due to improvements made using production system tools. The KAMAZ team has rearranged equipment, changed worker positions, provided training, used space better, and improved logistics. This allowed them to move to a single-shift, conveyor-sty...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/23

German Patent Office. When it was founded in 2020, it had just 49 patents and applications. Today, that number has grown to more than 700 — and it’s still rising. Software ideas can be protected if they solve a technical problem in a novel way. In automotive software, this is almost always the case: When you look closely, the ideas are often not just about abstract algorithms, but about the interaction of software and hardware in the vehicle...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/19

s fire trucks and ambulances are also included to increase recycling benefits. The new law introduces phased targets for recycled plastic in vehicles—15% after 6 years, 20% after 8 years, and 25% after 10 years of the regulation taking effect. The Commission can temporarily relax these targets in case of plastic shortages or high costs. It may also add recycled content targets for other materials based on future studies. To ease the burden on c...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/18

or both Vietnam and Thailand for the remainder of the year. Our revised full-year 2025 forecast projects that Vietnam will achieve a record 512k units, while Thailand is expected to fall to a 15-year low of 555k units. The outlook scenarios for Thailand range from a pessimistic 519k units to a best-case of 571k units, while for Vietnam, the forecast spans from 489k units under the pessimistic scenario to 549k units in the most optimistic case. Ho...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/12

. It means that Viasat’s satellites would enable drivers to make calls, access real-time weather information, and send out emergency alerts or messages even from the most remote locations.  It would also enable continuous vehicle tracking to notify recovery or emergency services automatically in case of a breakdown or collision.  The move follows 3GPP Release 17 standards, which enable vehicles and other devices to connect directly to satelli...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/10

employees. The new holding company aims to solve issues surrounding commercial vehicles, such as carbon neutrality and logistics efficiency, while striving to realize a sustainable and prosperous mobility society and to strengthen the commercial vehicle business globally through the development of CASE technologies including hydrogen. (Mitsubishi Fuso and Daimler Truck press release on June 10, 2025)...

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