Automotive technology
Articles
- Top Chinese expert predicts BEVs will account for 90% of market by 2040
- Nio CEO urges industry-wide battery and chip standardisation to cut costs
- China shifts sodium‑ion battery cathodes toward polyanion (NFPP) materials as layered oxides decline
- Ford Thailand develops AI-based self-repairing welding system
- Opel adds vehicle-to-load (V2L) capability to Astra Electric and other models
- BMW introduces flat hydrogen storage system for the iX5 Hydrogen
- Chery and Geely shift to HEV in 2026, claiming ~2–3 L/100 km fuel use and challenging Toyota
- BYD: solid-state batteries at a critical breakthrough stage but commercialisation constrained
- BMW and Rimac Technology partner on Gen6 high-voltage battery for new BMW i7
- Lynk & Co 10 charges 10%–70% in 4:22 and 10%–97% in 8:42 using 900V Energee Golden Brick battery
- Chinese researchers develop sodium‑ion battery that prevents thermal runaway and survives 300°C
- Ford Parasol design team uses parametric visual coding to speed vehicle design
- Steer-by-wire system introduced in the Mercedes‑Benz EQS
- BMW Plant Munich upgraded for production of the Neue Klasse
- Zeekr to roll out Europe-focused Android Automotive infotainment 'Entertainment Hub' with 15+ streaming providers
- Sodium‑ion batteries could reach cost parity with lithium by 2027; truck tests show ~20% longer range, Hina reports
- BYD reaches 5,000 flash charging stations 27 days after launch
- China launches national power-battery traceability platform; mandatory integration from April 1
- Ford Pro telematics tools to help fleets reduce idling and fuel use
- Baidu Apollo Go robotaxi fleet suffers system-wide failure, stranding passengers on Wuhan highways