ti-purpose vehicles. Under the agreement, following the successful development and testing of the vehicles, the two companies plan to develop and produce no fewer than 30,000 vehicles from Astra over the next five years. The parties expect a 12-month development cycle, with the start of production (SOP) targeted for 2026. The program will launch in the UAE and expand to the broader GCC region. The collaboration covers end-to-end vehicle design, d...

News  Updated at: 2025/10/09

ction of Active Kinematics Control (AKC) and Steer-by-Wire (SbW) at its Zhangjiagang campus in east China. ZF will use an existing plant area approximately 6,900 sqm to increase annual production capacity of AKC products from 400,000 to 600,000 sets, while SbW capacity will reach 380,000 sets, with SOP scheduled for Q1/2026. ZF’s SbW technology, which achieved SOP at Zhangjiagang campus in Q1/2025, is already deployed in the NIO ET9. It will al...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/25

of ProteanDrive, entering production in 2026, will achieve price parity with twin e-axle solutions and offer lower vehicle costs. It will present this new IWM and its advancements at the upcoming IAA Mobility show.  Already nominated by a European OEM in a performance electric vehicle (EV) set for SOP in 2026, the new Pm18 2500 is the first in-wheel motor that has displaced a twin e-axle set-up due to lower costs and improved functionality. This...

News  Updated at: 2025/09/05

a’s new die casting plant has started shipping to a European OEM just four months after LOI, with series production set for Q4 FY 2026.Its Bidkin alloy wheel plant starts this month, with a capacity of 3.6 million wheels yearly, mostly booked by OEMs. Its new battery pack plant near Pune aims for SOP in January 2026, with INR 3 billion peak business secured from a two-wheeler OEM. New R&D and testing centers are operational for suspension (Walu...

News  Updated at: 2025/08/26

project S-CORE creates the basis for a future open-source core stack. Main tasks include process and architecture definition, software coding, integration, and technical support. By 2026, the first complete software release will be available for series projects, with the first start of production (SOP) featuring an integrated open-source software stack targeted by 2030 at the latest. The signing parties are BMW, Continental, Bosch, ETAS, FORVIA,...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/25

Innoviz, Israel to supply advanced LiDAR units for L3 global-production vehicle platform On June 17, Innoviz Technologies Ltd. signed a Statement of Development Work (SoDW) agreement with a Top 5 passenger automotive manufacturer. Through this SoDW, Innoviz will supply advanced LiDAR units for the OEM's L3 highly automated series production program, with a target SOP of 2027. It will support the lead-up to a data collection campaign and future se...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/18

VisIC, Israel to present next generation of inverter solutions at Dritev 2025 in Germany On June 7, VisIC Technologies announced that it will present an inverter prototype (400V/750A, powered by a dedicated NXP driver), designed by AVL Software and Function, at the DRITEV 2025 conference in Baden-Baden, Germany. Powered by VisIC’s GaN-on-Silicon D³GaN components and controlled via AVL’s SOP eDrive controls algorithm, the system reached a ben...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/16

AESC starts battery production at Douai gigafactory, France On June 3, AESC, a global leader in high-performance battery solutions, announced the start of production (SOP) at its gigafactory in Douai, France. The facility has an annual production capacity of 10 GWh and currently supplies advanced batteries to Renault, with the potential to power up to 200,000 electric vehicles per year. The plant has already created 650 green jobs and plans to e...

News  Updated at: 2025/06/04

commercial vehicle sector to be fully U.S.-sourced.   Harbinger's proprietary electric stripped chassis includes all major systems, like the in-house electric drivetrain and high-voltage battery system, positioning them as vertically integrated manufacturer. Harbinger achieved start of production (SOP) in early 2025, and is working to fulfill approximately 5,000 pre-orders from major customers. (Harbinger release on April 23, 2025)...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/24

Harbinger launches production of medium-duty commercial EVs in California On April 8, Harbinger, a medium-duty commercial EV manufacturing startup, announced it has achieved the official start of production (SOP) for its U.S.-made electric vehicles, and has manufactured more than 100 units for customers, reaching this milestone four years after it was founded in February 2021.  First customers include THOR Industries, the world's largest recreat...

News  Updated at: 2025/04/09

d a letter of intent from the OEM for a large-scale multi-year production program award opportunity this year, which includes multiple vehicle models across the OEM’s global platform. The development program focuses on Aeva’s recently announced Aeva Atlas Ultra 4D LiDAR sensor, with Atlas Ultra SOP targeted for 2027. The win builds on Aeva’s momentum as a trusted direct Tier 1 supplier to other top automotive OEMs and autonomous vehicle dev...

News  Updated at: 2025/03/20

idation suite including left shift strategy, middleware platform validation, domain validation, and tools, provides 30%+ cost savings to OEMs. Its Next-gen reference architecture platform eliminates architectural risks, focuses on feature differentiation, improves reliability, and cuts down vehicle SOP timeline by several months.  Based on KPIT Technologies press release ...

News  Updated at: 2025/01/10

Mobileye to use Innoviz's LiDARs for Mobileye Drive platform Innoviz Technologies Ltd. (Innoviz) announced that Mobileye Vision Technologies Ltd. (Mobileye) will integrate Innoviz's LiDARs into its Mobileye Drive platform to support the testing and deployment of autonomous vehicles (AVs). The Start of Production (SOP) will start in 2026. The Mobileye Drive platform enables mobility service providers and car manufacturers to make robotaxis, ride-p...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/12

e production. It features early anomaly detection that prevents thermal runaway and enhanced low-frequency impedance measurement capabilities. By integrating cutting-edge cloud tracking and AI applications, the platform optimizes real-time estimation of the State of Charge (SoC) and State of Power (SoP) of the battery pack. This provides a precise evaluation of the remaining useful life (RUL) and degradation. These result in longer battery life, ...

News  Updated at: 2024/12/04

Sharda Motors, India updates about new order win and suspension business In an investor update, Sharda Motors announced that it won an export order for emission components to the U.S. market with an annual value of approximately USD 7 million and a lifetime business exceeding USD 40 million. The start of production (SOP) is expected by January 2026.Additionally, Sharda Motors is building its suspension business with a new plant expected to begin ...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/21

Varroc Engineering, India updates about its new-age product launches On November 13, Varroc Engineering Limited updated about the new age products SOP (start of production) in H1 FY 2025 ending September. It initiated the production of its Integrated Starter Generator (ISG) system, which integrates engine cranking, electrical generation, and rectification, replacing traditional components like starter motors and clutches. A two-stage soft coverin...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/15

Innoviz, Israel updates about new OEM programs for lidar and ADAS On November 13, Innoviz Technologies Ltd. announced that during the third quarter, it began working with two new OEMs. Innoviz is expected to provide a bundle of nine InnovizTwo short- and long-range LiDARs per vehicle. Start of production (SOP) is expected in 2026.  Innoviz continued to progress its partnerships with Volkswagen Group on existing programs including the Cariad Leve...

News  Updated at: 2024/11/14

supports Valeo with its antenna technology, engineering, and production capabilities. After successful development, Gapwaves will produce and supply the automotive radar antennas in serial volumes to Valeo, starting in 2025. NRE services and related revenue in 2025 to reach the start of production (SOP) are also part of the agreement. The development of a new antenna using Gapwaves’ Multi-Layer Waveguide technology (MLW) enables cost-efficient ...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/28

ange.   Hyzon's refuse collection FCEVs will be built in partnership between Hyzon and New Way Trucks, a privately held, industry-leading refuse truck body manufacturer. Refuse FCEV deliveries are expected to GreenWaste starting as soon as Q4 2025. Hyzon recently announced the start of production (SOP) of its revolutionary single-stack 200 kW Fuel Cell System (FCS), which enables Hyzon to manufacture standardized FCSs at volume for commercial sa...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/23

Hyzon announces start of production of 200 kW fuel cell system in Bolingbrook, Illinois On October 8, Hyzon announced the start of production (SOP) of its single-stack 200 kW Fuel Cell System (FCS). At SOP, all necessary conditions for full-scale manufacturing have been met, enabling Hyzon to transition from building prototypes to producing 700 fuel cell standardized systems per year over a three-shift operation. The assembly line for Hyzon’s i...

News  Updated at: 2024/10/09