CES 2025: Michelin, Sonatus show Tire Digital Twin solutions for next-gen mobility On December 19, Michelin and Sonatus announced they will showcase predictive tire health and maintenance at CES 2026, demonstrating how software-defined vehicles can deliver real-time, in-vehicle tire intelligence. By combining Michelin’s SmartLoad and SmartWear models, which analyze dynamic driving factors like load, braking, and cornering, with Sonatus’s AI...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/20

CES 2026: Siemens to present new PAVE360 Automotive development software On December 18, Siemens unveiled its PAVE360 Automotive technology, a new category of digital twin software that is pre-integrated and designed as an off-the-shelf offering to handle the escalating complexity of automotive hardware and software integration. PAVE360 Automotive empowers automotive manufacturers and suppliers to speed the development of software-defined vehicl...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/19

aiMotive, Hungary, and Macnica, Japan, partner for AI-powered data virtualization On December 11, aiMotive partnered with its Japanese distributor, Macnica, to introduce a new data collection and processing environment powered by the aiData Platform. This platform enables advanced services such as 4D automated annotation and digital twin generation from camera and LiDAR sensor data. aiMotive and Macnica will support the Japanese automotive indust...

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y swapping infrastructure, innovative energy business operations, and brand ecosystems. The two companies will collaborate to operate charging and battery swapping station assets. Taking such stations as core application scenarios, they will deeply integrate technologies, such as intelligent grids, digital twin, and virtual power plants, to explore V2G (Vehicle to Grid) projects and engage in grid demand response. From a NIO press release...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/10

rporates advanced systems such as JIS material sequencing supported by AGVs, Vietnam’s first precision assembly robot line with integrated sensors and machine vision, and a Smart Factory architecture (MES, IIoT, and full robot traceability) that ensures complete technical data tracking and allows digital-twin simulations. Phase 2 will see Kim Long Motor and YUCHAI Group introduce automated machining for key engine parts, increase localization o...

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e integrated with vehicle and zonal control units and thermal components. It enables coordination across the vehicle’s three main energy domains: thermal, propulsion, and electronics. The system aims to enhance battery range, optimize fast charging, and extend battery life. It was developed using digital twin methodologies, allowing for precise virtual modeling of vehicle subsystems and reducing development time and costs. In the thermal domain...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/08

needed knowledge ‘on board’ for each situation. Cost Reductions: The new architecture will remove the need for many cables, making installation easier, and reduce costs. The new functions can be added through software updates, and customers can customize the software just like on a smartphone. Digital twin testing: Using a digital twin of the vehicle, researchers can also create different scenarios and test them ‘live’ on the rig. Even p...

News  Updated at: 2025/12/02

anding with Michelin to advance next-generation tyre technologies for future mobility applications. The new three-year partnership builds upon previous agreements signed in 2017 and 2022 and focuses on joint R&D efforts to develop extreme low rolling resistance tyres, high-performance products, and digital innovation in tyre engineering. The collaboration will center on improving tyre performance for premium electric vehicles, advancing SmartGrip...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/28

Donut Lab, Finland, launches DonutOS software platform for EV development On November 20, Donut Lab presented DonutOS, a software platform. DonutOS links virtual modelling with real vehicle behaviour to create what the company calls Digital Twin 2.0.  DonutOS brings the full workflow into one environment, allowing teams to design, simulate, validate, and prepare vehicle behaviour before hardware exists. Traditional development relies on sequenti...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/21

oke ground in Suzhou Industrial Park. Spanning a total land area of 10 hectares and a planned floor area of approximately 70,000 square meters, the project is expected to be completed and commissioned in July 2026. Once operational, the Nexteer Suzhou location will feature a smart campus powered by digital twin technology, enabling real-time coordination between physical and digital systems. The new facility will integrate full-process automation...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/18

Integrated powertrain test bench jointly developed by DFLZM, Yuchai and Fast Group starts operation Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Group Co., Ltd. (Yuchai Group) announced that together with Dongfeng Liuzhou Motor Co., Ltd. (DFLZM) and Shaanxi Fast Auto Drive Group Co., Ltd. (Fast Group), it held a launch ceremony for an integrated powertrain test bench. The test bench features scenario-based digital twin technology and a multi-dimensional coupled simu...

News  Updated at: 2025/11/17

utoware’s open ecosystem with new industrial domains. ABD Solutions plans to position Autoware as its core autonomy software stack, providing a hardware bridge between Autoware members and platforms traditionally restricted by OEM CAN bus access. It will explore rFpro integration to enable native digital-twin testing and simulation capabilities for Autoware, etc.  ABD Solutions is a UK-based company within the AB Dynamics Group. It specializes...

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MHP and V4Smart launch fully digitalized battery cell production system in Germany On October 29, MHP, a Porsche subsidiary, announced that V4Smart, the joint venture of Porsche and Varta, has built a fully digitalized cloud-based production system to mass-produce first automotive cylindrical battery cells in Germany. Using a Software-Defined Manufacturing approach, the IT setup was completed in 10 months, allowing flexible, efficient, and easily...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/30

BMW Nanjing opened On October 24, BMW (Nanjing) Information Technology Co., Ltd. (BMW Nanjing), a BMW Group subsidiary specializing in AI and industrial digital twin, was opened. BMW Nanjing, formerly LingYue Digital Information Technology Company Limited Nanjing Branch established in 2021, functions as one of BMW Group’s six information technology centers around the globe and the group’s only information technology center in China and larges...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/29

Inc. (JD) and Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL) the “Aion UT super”. The Aion UT super measures 1,385mm in width and 2,750mm in wheelbase. The Aion UT super features: a high-capacity 500km-range battery, with every swap taking as short as 99s; a battery degradation mechanism and digital twin models for real-time battery status monitoring; and a cloud-based in-vehicle operating system developed with Huawei, which comes with a b...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/24

Russia approves plan to introduce driverless trucks by 2026 On October 14, Parliamentary Newspaper, the official weekly publication of the Federal Assembly of the Russian Federation, reported that a plan has been approved to introduce Level 5 automated vehicles, fully driverless trucks, on Russian roads. The plan aims to introduce new routes for driverless vehicles and launch a digital road twin system, including the M-12 Vostok highway, by the ...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/15

Ampere’s Cléon plant, France launches 7DL twin motor line, reaches 1 million EV powertrains On September 23, Ampere opened a new production line at its Cléon plant for the 7DL twin motor, the rear motor unit of the Alpine A390. The twin motor is built with extreme precision. Operators carefully handle every step i.e., assembly, wiring, engraving, and testing which is backed by digital traceability and camera checks. Each motor is tested for v...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/24

s across more than 160 programs. From 2026, Vitoria will produce the VLE, V-Class, Vito, and eVito, flexibly according to customer demand. The VLE will start as an electric vehicle (EV), with combustion engine versions to follow. All production processes were comprehensively checked and adapted – digitally, flexibly, efficiently and sustainably, including a new bodyshop, a flexible paint shop, and a modernized assembly hall. Vitoria plant sets ...

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usage of AI has increased performance in plants by improving speed, agility, and reliability. Nearly 90% of production lines are connected, generating more than 100,000 data points per second, equivalent to 5 billion data points per day across all plants. These data feed the industrial metaverse, a digital twin (virtual assistant) of the factories, allowing real-time monitoring of every step, from stamping to assembly. This helps to predict issue...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/11

IPG, Germany, and Gyeongnam Technopark, Korea, sign MoU for virtualization and digital twin technologies On September 2, IPG Automotive signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Gyeongnam Technopark (GNTP) in South Korea for advanced virtualization and digital twin technologies. Through the MoU, IPG Automotive will offer its solutions to GNTP and regional businesses, supporting the development of innovative products and future-oriented tech...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/02