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Automotive
Ford to run 2 separate units, Blue (ICE vehicles) & Model e (connectivity & EVs), under the same corporate umbrella
Ford to increase its investment to EVs from $30B by 2025 to $50B by 2026
Tesla's Gigafactory Berlin was approved by the state gov't to begin production after fulfil more requirements
Tesla offers free Supercharging in cities in Poland, Slovakia and Hungary to support Ukrainians' fleeing
Lucid decreased 2022 goal from 20K to 12K-14K EVs due to supply chains and logistics issues; delivered 125 EVs in 2021
Rivian rolled back 20% price increase on R1T & R1S for preorders before March 1 and published a letter with apology
Sony and Honda to establish a JV for EVs development and sales to launch the first model in 2025
Toyota restarted production in Japan after 1 day factory halt due to a cyberattack on a supplier, Kojima
The JV of Toyota, Hino and Isuzu to produce a battery-electric low-floor bus in 2024
Toyota exports and imports vehicles between UK and EU via Channel Tunnel rails to reduce CO2 emissions
General Motors sold its stake in Lordstown Motors; Lordstown struggles to meet production targets
Stellantis' Jeep to launch the first battery-electric SUV in 2023
Stellantis unveiled a teaser of all-electric RAM pickup planned in 2024
Stellantis considers to produce and sale an electricity and ethanol hybrid vehicle in Brazil by 2025
Volvo to test wireless EV charging in Sweden with XC49 Recharge e-SUV for 3 years
Volkswagen to invest €2B investment in a new EV plant in Germany
Polestar unveiled O2 convertible EV concept with bespoke aluminum unibody and integrated drone
Lastmile_Micromobility_Logistics
Tier Mobility acquired Spin from Ford; enters into North America market
Waymo acquired a permit to charge riders for robotaxi ride-hailing in SF service area
Uber to offer unlimited free rides for Ukrainians between national border and 2 Polish cities
Cruise's co-founder, Kyle Vogt, is back to CEO after a sudden resignation of former CEO
Starship Technologies, autonomous delivery robot maker, raised additional $42M funding
Tortoise, a startup pivoted to mobile smart stores on delivery robots, operates with 17 retailers in US & 1 in EU
Gopuff, a local instant delivery startup, expanded its service to France
Location_Technology
Google and Apple maps disable live traffic and incident data in Ukraine to protect citizens
Apple Maps show Crimea as part of Ukraine for users outside of Russia
Satellite Vu raised $21M funding to launch thermal imaging satellite constellation in 2023
Battery_Chips_Materials
Panasonic to start production of Tesla's 4680 battery cell by March 2024; looking for a land for factory in the US
StoreDot to deliver battery cells with a 100 mile-range in 5 min charge by 2024; in 3 min charge by 2028
Gogoro's e-scooter battery swap stations remained operational during a massive power outage in Taiwan
Nvidia was stolen sensitive data due to cyber-attack happened in last week
Aviation_Ocean_Space
SpaceX Starlink user terminals arrived in Ukraine to keep internet connection; now focusing on cyber defense and overcome of signal jamming
Elon Musk and security experts warn Starlink antennas can be targeted by Russia for attacks
NASA awarded SpaceX for 3 more missions for Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract, total value at $3.49B
Roscosmos, Russia's space agency, stops to deliver rocket engines to the US
Volocopter, a German-based eVTOL startup, raised $170M funding for its first commercial air taxi service targeting big cities
Wing, Alphabet's drone delivery service, hit 200K commercial deliveries with a supermarket chain in Australia
AirAsia launched a financial product marketplace in Indonesia
Reports & Articles
Hyundai Motor investors day: To invest $80B by 2030 in future businesses including electrification and software capabilities; targeting 1.87M BEVs annual-sales in 2030 (7% of global market share) with introduction of 17 new BEV models including Genesis - Read full article
Kia investor day: To launch 14 EV models by 2027; targeting 1.2M BEV annual-sales in 2030; to focus on connected car and autonomous driving technology - Read full article
Stellantis plans carbon net zero by 2038, 50% reduction by 2030; double net revenues to $335B a year by 2030 with double-digit profit margins; to produce 75 BEVs globally and have 34M connected cars by 2030 - Read full article
Measures taken by automakers towards Russia after its invasion of Ukraine; Halting production in Russia - Volkswagen, Toyota, Daimler Truck, Mercedes-Benz, AB Volvo, Ford, Renault, Hyundai, Sakoda, Mitsubishi; Sales & export suspensions against Russia - Mitsubishi, Toyota, General Motors, Volvo Cars, Volkswagen, BMW, Harley-Davidson, JLR, Aston Martin - Read full article
More Readings...
Short Trips: Will the Ukraine war slow the momentum for EVs? (Smartcitiesdive)
Biden touts charging network expansion in State of the Union amid 85% jump in 2021 US EV sales (Smartcitiesdive)
Light-duty EVs have 64% lower life-cycle emissions than ICE vehicles - Ford study (Electrek)
EV revolution could crank up classic car values (CleanTechnica)
Opibus: The mobility startup converting Kenya to electric vehicles (CNN)
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