Manufacturing

BorgWarner said it would supply its 400v silicon carbide (SiC) inverter for an unnamed European OEM’s battery electric vehicles. The supplier said its inverter has dual side cooled power switches for enhanced driving performance and longer range. Vehicle production is scheduled for 2023. “With the global push for vehicle electrification, there is a significantly increased […]

Credit: Peshkova/Shutterstock Autobrains, previously called Cartica AI, a developer of self learning artificial intelligence for assisted and autonomous driving, said it had raised US$101m in series C financing managed by Temasek, a global investment company based in Singapore. Additional participants in the round included new investors Knorr-Bremse and VinFast plus existing investor BMW and Continental.

ZF’s autonomous shuttle has secured the Innovation Award in the Connectivity and Automation category from European automotive supplier association, CLEPA. The German component manufacturer says the system has been extensively tested. In various projects worldwide, the vehicles have already covered more than 100m km autonomously and carried more than 14m million passengers without safety drivers.

Serbian battery developer ElevenEs plans to spend EUR1bn (US$1.2bn) on construction of a factory to make and recycle electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Subotica, in northern Serbia, the Serbian Chamber of Commerce told SeeNews.com. The company would spend EUR550m on the first phase which would be completed in 2024, ElevenEs development manager Ana Perovic was

Registrations of new commercial vehicles in Slovenia rose 31% year on year in the first nine months of 2021 to 8,914, SeeNews.com reported, citing ACEA provisional data. Registrations of new light commercial vehicles of up to 3.5 tonnes rose by 28% to 7,383 units, the cited ACEA report said. Registrations of new medium and heavy

Lear has agreed to establish a joint venture with Shinry Technologies, a Chinese Tier 1 supplier of electronics for electric vehicles. Joint venture management is expected to be finalised this year after regulatory approval and the Shenzhen based JV will integrate complementary ranges of onboard vehicle chargers and multi-function integrated power modules from both companies

Gefco says it has become Citroën’s logistics partner in Italy for its Ami-100% electric vehicle. Through the contract, Gefco will manage transportation, post-production operations and warehousing, as well as door-to-door delivery and handover to consumers. Gefco Italy will receive the Citroën AMI at its compound in Guasticce (Livorno), where all post-production operations required to get

Credit: Ivan Kurmyshov/ Shutterstock Concept: Indiana’s environmental solutions provider Land Betterment Corporation (Land Betterment) has released Land Betterment Exchange (LBX) Crypto Token. The Environmentally Positive LBX Token aims to boost environmental cleanup by upcycling old coal mining and industrial locations to foster sustainable community development and employment creation. Nature of Disruption: The LBX Crypto Token

Credit: Creativa Images/Shutterstock Concept: Uber has launched a new service called Uber Green that allows passengers in central London to request an all-electric, zero-emission vehicle rather than a regular fossil-fuelled or hybrid car. The service was launched to help reduce emissions and drive a green recovery to the COVID-19 crisis. Nature of Disruption: In London, passengers booking within Zone

Credit: enzozo/shutterstock Concept: Data warehousing giant Snowflake has released its first industry-specific data cloud. It aims to aid the financial services industry to collaborate across departments on data while addressing regulatory standards. Nature of Disruption: An infrastructure-as-code approach to powering auditable, trackable, and reversible infrastructure deployment and management; stricter network, identity, and access policies designed