Why Sony Honda Car Is One to Watch

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Sony’s CES 2023 presentation hammers home this point: Afeela isn’t so much about selling cars as it is about offering consumers another space in which to play Sony’s video games and watch its movies.

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BMW Embracing Hydrogen, Again

BMW is producing 100 iX5 hydrogen fuel-cell-powered utility vehicles to take advantage of Europe’s renewed build-out of hydrogen.

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Battery Manufacturing: An Area Overdue for Improvements

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The battery in an electric vehicle can account for up to 50% of its production costs. Battery chemistry receives most of the cost-reduction attention. But the battery-manufacturing process offers many opportunities for cost savings, too.

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Mercedes-Benz Previews New Operating System

The new chip-to-cloud architecture will launch in 2024, initially on the CLA compact coupe.

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Building A Better Battery: The Race is On

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Bob Galyen, currently chairman emeritus of NAATBatt, the largest battery industry association in the U.S.,and chairman of the SAE’s international battery standards steering committee, discusses the future of battery-electric vehicles and batteries.

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Subaru’s EV Future Includes Hybrids

The Subaru Solterra is the start of Subaru’s EV transformation away from ICE engines.

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VW’s Cariad Software Arm Now Has Clout to Tackle Task at Hand

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Cariad is charged with developing three new electronic architectures simultaneously, ultimately leading to one that will underpin most of the models coming from the Volkswagen Group toward the end of the decade. That third platform will come only when Cariad says it’s ready.

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