Geely, NEVC establish joint innovation lab for auto chip assessment On July 22, China’s National New Energy Vehicle Technology Innovation Center (NEVC) established a joint innovation lab for the assessment of automotive chips with Geely. Focusing on areas such as research of SerDes chips for automotive controllers, advancement of cooperative projects on DDR (double data rate) testing and validation, and establishment of a system for automotive-...

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project in Austria and at the ADAS/CAV test circuit at Applus+ IDIADA, in Baix Penedès, Catalonia, Spain, which replicated real metropolitan scenarios. The tests successfully detected over 95% of vulnerable road users and more than 90% of security breaches. Coordinated by the Eurecat technology center and funded with EUR 6 million through the Horizon Europe program, the initiative developed new self-assessment and self-protection tools to enh...

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FAW Group, Alibaba Group inaugurate joint innovation center for large models On July 16, a joint innovation center for large models established by FAW Group and Alibaba Group, also known as the 2053 AI Lab, was inaugurated. Based on Alibaba Group’s Qwen large model, FAW Group will develop a large model for the automotive industry and implement it in all application scenarios. For this partnership, the two groups aim to focus on tackling core is...

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rvice Platform, a platform with full technology empowerment from VDBP to further enhance the service levels of EVCIPA members and promote the efficient circulation of various production factors in the charging and battery swapping sectors. The platform is composed of five sections, namely, In-depth Data, Information Center, Station Center, Industry News, and Member Center. In-depth Data gathers authoritative data and resources from multiple sourc...

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exports totaled 3.083 million units, up 10.4% y/y. Specifically, PV exports totaled 2.581 million units, up 10.3% y/y; CV exports totaled 501,000 units, up 10.5% y/y; and NEV exports totaled 1.06 million units, up 75.2% y/y. From a CAAM press release (China’s monthly sales figures) Vehicle sales data (flash report for June 2025) June 2025 Jan. – Jun. 2025 Sales vol. (1,000 units) Share (%) y/y (%) Sales vol. (1,000 units)...

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MA members (20 manufacturers) sales in June were up 17.3% y/y to 25,793 units. VAMA members passenger car sales were up 10.6%, commercial vehicles were up 29.7% and special purpose vehicles were down 30.6%, and hybrid vehicles were up 100.2% to 1,153 units. By brand sales in June based on MarkLines Data Center figures, Toyota (excluding Lexus) was up 20.0% y/y to 6,213 units with a 19.4% market share. Ford was up 26.0% to 4,167 units with a 13.0%...

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s, cooling systems, and sensors are carefully assembled and connected with high-voltage cables. Each battery is then tested for safety and performance. The Kamenz plant is fully connected to Mercedes-Benz’s MO360 digital production system. This ensures full tracking of each battery and production data. Special tools also help employees handle heavy parts more easily and safely. From 2026, ACCUMOTIVE will also start reconditioning old batteries ...

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R&D site of the group for intelligent connectivity technology. The lab building has a total investment amount of CNY 19.9 million and a floor area of 3,697 square meters. The lab building constitutes an innovative ecosystem covering the entire intelligent connectivity technology chain, including a data center, simulation and real vehicle testing platforms, and an intelligent cockpit development environment, to provide a validation platform for t...

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side of Charleston, South Carolina. The first of Redwood Energy’s storage projects is operational at the company’s Nevada campus with 792 second-life battery packs across 2 acres of desert. Collectively, the batteries provide 12 megawatts of power and 63 megawatt-hours of storage capacity for a data center for Crusoe, an AI infrastructure company that provides cloud services to customers honing inference models. (Redwood Materials release on ...

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Intel closing its automotive chipmaking business On June 25, Intel sent out a company memo saying that it will be shutting down its automotive processor business and laying off most of its staff as part of a broader restructuring at the company. Intel told workers that it plans to lay off “most” employees in the division, citing plans to shift focus to its “core client and data center portfolio.” “As part of this work, we have decided t...

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nsor cables in the asphalt pavement of an expressway at the Ebie Section of the Hanshin Expressway 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 throug...

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AVTOVAZ, Russia partners with CSR to advance automotive industry research On June 20, AVTOVAZ signed a cooperation agreement with the Center for Strategic Research Foundation (CSR) at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum. Under this partnership, both sides will work together on research related to the automotive industry, the auto component industry, and the automotive market. The data obtained from the research work is planned to be ...

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Baojun Flexible Intelligent Manufacturing Center in Liuzhou starts vehicle production On June 19, SAIC-GM-Wuling (SGMW) announced the June 15 start of vehicle production at the Baojun Flexible Intelligent Manufacturing Center (BFIMC) in Liuzhou, Guangxi. The BFIMC boasts the following four technology highlights. -          Replacement of conventional assembly lines with an “island cluster”: This increases the overall efficiency of eq...

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Green NCAP partners with CATARC to launch Sino-European Working Group for automotive carbon footprint alignment On June 12, Green NCAP formed a new Sino-European Working Group to align carbon footprint rules between China and Europe. The group includes Green NCAP, CATARC’s China Automotive Carbon Digital Technology Center, and other industry partners. The goal is to create shared rules for life cycle assessment (LCA) of vehicles. With a “sing...

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(application-specific standard product) solutions that leverage the MIPS Atlas portfolio of advanced, efficient processor IP. The partnership will focus on enabling real-time, safety-critical applications, power delivery, and compute efficiency in demanding platforms for automotive, industrial, and data center markets. The partnership will bring together embedded intelligence and advanced power architectures in custom silicon platforms built on a...

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was 15,410 units. VAMA members (20 manufacturers) sales in May were up 4.1% y/y to 22,658 units. VAMA members passenger car sales were up 2.0%, commercial vehicles were up 10.8% and special purpose vehicles were down 50.0% and hybrid vehicles were 970 units. By brand sales in May based on MarkLines Data Center figures, Toyota (excluding Lexus) was up 5.8% y/y to 5,665 units with a 19.4% market share. Ford was up 24.0% to 4,054 units with a 13.9% ...

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D vehicle exports totaled 2.49 million units, up 7.9% y/y. Specifically, PV exports totaled 2.079 million units, up 7.4% y/y; CV exports totaled 411,000 units, up 10.5% y/y; and NEV exports totaled 855,000 units, up 64.6% y/y. From a CAAM press release(China’s monthly sales figures) Vehicle sales data (flash report for May 2025) May 2025 Jan. – May 2025 Sales vol. (1,000 units) Share (%) y/y (%) Sales vol. (1,000 units) ...

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Apulia regional government to activate a system that will monitor the region’s road network with the goal of creating a map of the state of health of Apulian roads, aiming to improve maintenance and enhance road safety. The system will be the world’s first road monitoring system that integrates data collected by the tires, processed by Pirelli Cyber Tyre hardware and software, with visual data collected by Univrses technology through cameras ...

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reduce the reliance on rare earth elements, typically used to boost the magnets’ heat resistance, while also improving potential motor performance. The eRTS consists of 2 separate components: (i) A wireless mote sensor that draws its energy only from the wired transducer and transmits temperature data and (ii) A wired transducer located outside the EV motor on the chassis, which is connected to the inverter control unit. Both components communi...

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Chery Intelligentization Center established On May 30, Chery announced that to accelerate the implementation of its intelligentization strategy, its Lion Technologies and ZDrive.ai subsidiaries were recently consolidated with related operations of the Chery Automobile R&D Institute to establish the Chery Intelligentization Center. With subordinate centers for R&D in areas such as intelligent cockpits, intelligent driver assistance systems, and e...

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