Argentine Peso and Turkish Lira) combined with increased sales incentives.  The Adjusted Operating Income (AOI) margins dropped from 12.8% (EUR 24,343 million) in 2023 to 5.5% (EUR 8,648 million) in 2024 due to the decline in volume/mix, incentive levels in North America (NA) and Enlarged Europe (EE) regions, and higher warranty costs in NA partly offset by lower raw material and R&D costs.  In 2024, one of the highlights was the launch of the...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/27

Infosys, India and Polestar, Sweden partner by opening technology hub in Bengaluru On September 25, Infosys announced a collaboration with Polestar, the Swedish electric car brand aiming to create a base for Polestar’s development of in-car infotainment, software, and electrical / electronics (SW&EE) engineering, user experience (UX), and cloud-powered digital services. Infosys will also leverage in-tech, its latest acquisition in the R&D space...

News  Updated at: 2024/09/25

NETA Auto and HiRain Technologies to develop NETA Auto’s first integrated gateway domain controller project, Haozhi Super Computing XPC-S32G platform. This project is intended for NETA Auto’s new models, expected to be released in the second half of 2024. The project involves adopting a future EE architecture (SOA). It combines central gateway, body, power torque, and vehicle thermal management. HiRain Technologies uses Elektrobit’s Adapti...

News  Updated at: 2024/08/09

Green Hills, ST and Cetitec to present zonal controller solution platform at Embedded World 2024 On April 9, Green Hills Software, together with STMicroelectronics (ST), and Cetitec, a Porsche company, announced a collaboration to deliver an integrated and configurable communications platform for use in zonal controllers for the centralized EE vehicle architecture of the Software Defined Vehicles (SDV). Green Hills, ST, and Cetitec will demonstra...

News  Updated at: 2024/04/09

CES 2024: AUTOCRYPT, Korea and Cohda Wireless, Australia sign MoU for security-integrated V2X solution On January 9, AUTOCRYPT, and Cohda Wireless signed a memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at CES 2024, kickstarting their collaborations on bringing a secure, full-stack solution for V2X communications. As part of the collaboration, AUTOCRYPT’s V2X security library, AutoCrypt V2X-EE, will be integrated into the overall V2X software stacks of Cohd...

News  Updated at: 2024/01/12

Mercedes-Benz opens first North American EV charging hub in Sandy Springs, Georgia On November 16, Mercedes-Benz HPC North America (Mercedes-Benz HPC NA), a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz and MN8 Energy, announced the launch of a network of premium EV charging stations across North America by inaugurating its first Mercedes-Benz Charging Hub, located at the Mercedes-Benz USA headquarters in Sandy Springs, Georgia.  The Mercedes-Benz Chargin...

News  Updated at: 2023/11/17

MAZ, Belarus presents electric truck MAZ-4381EE On September 28, Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) presented the electric truck MAZ-4381EE, created for urban cargo transportation. It has a range of 100-130 km. The battery capacity is 126 kW/h. The electric motor generates 105 kW of power. It has a four-speed gearbox with electric drive, due to which the truck consumes less energy during engine starting or acceleration. Its load capacity is 4,700 kg. B...

News  Updated at: 2023/10/02

Infineon launches new NOR flash products with LPDDR interface Infineon Technologies announced the industry's first LPDDR (low power double data rate) interface, NOR flash SEMPER X1, which will help build next-generation automobiles' EE (electrical and electronic) architecture. The new product enables secure and reliable real-time code execution for automotive domain and zone controllers. For this reason, it will realize advanced functions with en...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/30

Yamaha Motor to utilize core technology for “alive” concept mobility products Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Yamaha Motor) has been strengthening the proposal of its “alive” concept brand for automotive products and technologies. The company intends to utilize its technology cultivated in its core businesses such as motorcycles for mobility products, improve added value for the whole mobility products, and accelerate research and development to ...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/29

at the 10th International Congress of Intelligent and Connected Vehicles (CICV 2023) that Hozon Auto aims to sell 1 million vehicles in 2025, among which 300,000 will be sold outside China, with a market share of 10% in the Chinese electric vehicle market. In addition, he said that in the next three to five years, Neta Auto will gradually upgrade the EE automotive architecture from a multi-domain fused domain control platform to a central compu...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/22

Auto Shanghai 2023: DeepWay signs agreement with Innovusion and debuts its first new energy heavy-duty truck On April 18, at the Auto Shanghai 2023 event, DeepWay, an emerging manufacturer of intelligent new energy trucks subordinate to Baidu, held a signing ceremony for a strategic cooperation agreement with Innovusion, a provider of image-grade LiDAR solutions. The two parties will further optimize DeepWay’s software system for intelligent ne...

News  Updated at: 2023/05/04

ntribute to continuous improvement in the safety and reliability of autonomous driving truck products as well as large-scale commercial operations of them. ISO 26262 is an international authoritative automotive functional safety standard that aims to address behavioral hazards of vehicles caused by EE system failures, thereby minimizing risks. ASIL Level D certificate is the highest level of the ISO 26262 functional safety standard. The functiona...

News  Updated at: 2023/01/13

Neta Auto partners with NVIDIA On October 27, Neta Auto signed a cooperation agreement with NVIDIA, an AI chip enterprise, at its plant in Tongxiang, Zhejiang to equip subsequent Neta models with the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin chip so as to bring a feature-rich cockpit interaction experience to users. Adopting a new GPU and a 12-core ARM, the NVIDIA DRIVE Orin chip has a computing power of 254Tops per chip (254 trillion operations per second) and a typica...

News  Updated at: 2022/11/04

in this field under one roof. The Smart Mobility Center follows the unveiling of the company’s new FEV.io global software brand, focusing on intelligent and electrified mobility.  Located in the AutoCluster Pune, FEV India’s Vehicle Development Center offers turnkey and customized vehicle engineering solutions for local and international customers. It has services like Benchmarking, Interior and exterior layout, Body in white, Vehicle archit...

News  Updated at: 2022/07/07

MAZ, Belarus presents MAZ-4381EE electric truck On June 17, Minsk Automobile Plant (MAZ) announced that an Electric Transport Day was held at the National Library in Minsk. The exhibition presents all types of electric transport, from passenger electric vehicles to electric buses. The Minsk Automobile Plant demonstrates the MAZ-4381EE electric truck here. The event is organized by the Ministry of Energy together with the Chinese-Belarusian indu...

News  Updated at: 2022/06/21

Mercedes-Benz opens Alabama battery plant ahead of EQS SUV production On March 15, Mercedes-Benz announced the opening of a new battery plant in Woodstock, Alabama, a few months ahead of the start of production of all-electric Mercedes-EQ vehicles at its plant in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. High-performance lithium-ion batteries will be assembled into a complete system on a production line around 984 feet long with more than 70 work stations. Using a f...

News  Updated at: 2022/03/16

transformation of its Berlin plant within the next six years.The site in Berlin will expand its electric product portfolio to include the assembly of YASA high-performance electric motors. The portfolio of the Berlin plant already includes assembly volumes of electric drive units and the so-called EE Compartment.In addition, the build-up of the Mercedes-Benz Digital Factory Campus - a campus for the development, testing and implementation of pio...

News  Updated at: 2021/11/19

Lifan Technology (Group) Co., Ltd. (Lifan Technology) announced that it has launched the Maple 80V in Chongqing. This is its first battery electric MPV which adopts battery replacement technology. Its price starts from CNY 159,800.The vehicle is 4,706mm long, 1,909mm wide and 1,699mm high, with a wheelbase of 2,807mm.It is equipped with a five-in-one high-efficiency integrated electric drive system. Its permanent magnet synchronous motor delive...

News  Updated at: 2021/08/30

Mercedes-Benz extends contract for software development with Capgemini till 2024 On July 29, Capgemini announced that it has been awarded a contract extension by Mercedes-Benz AG until 2024 for the development and maintenance of the core Electric/Electronic Product Data Management application in a R&D environment. The EE-PDM application is used for the development and documentation of electronic vehicle components and was implemented by an inter...

News  Updated at: 2021/08/02

and the 80X) in 2021 for the online ride-hailing car, taxi and official vehicle segments. The 60S is a car mainly targeting the taxi market, while the 80X is a large SUV intended for users of official vehicles. More battery replaceable models will be rolled out by Lifan Technology in the future to meet market demands. At the roll-off ceremony, Lifan Technology also formed a strategic partnership with two companies (one is an online ride-hailing N...

News  Updated at: 2021/05/20