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Lightning eMotors’ Reeser on Commercial EVs, Batteries, and Supply Chains
An interview with Tim Reeser, CEO of Lightning eMotors. He talks about batteries, China’s COVID lockdown’s effect on supply chains and grid readiness for commercial vehicle charging.

A New Report on The Rapidly Evolving Automotive Cybersecurity Market
Understand why Information Technology (IT) cybersecurity does not directly translate to automotive cybersecurity

ChargePoint’s Hughes Talks Mercedes Deal, Turning Points, NEVI Funding
The battery-electric-vehicle sector is moving from early adopters to the early majority, a senior ChargePoint official says. “They’re not driving electric because they have a purpose in driving it. They’re not willing to suffer” bad charging experiences.

Tesla’s Investor Day Lays Out Legacy Automakers’ Barriers to BEV Success
Tesla’s Investor Day presentation left its intended audience disappointed but underscored the constant improvement Tesla manufacturing undergoes and just what’s stopping legacy automakers from doing the same.

AutoTech Check: ’23 ID.4 Raises ADAS Standard to New Level
The ’23 Volkswagen electric ID.4 SUV gives the one of the best ADAS performances yet in our test drive, handling every highway curve without disengagement and providing a great overall driving experience.

U.S. DOE and Trade Groups Outline Steps for Independent U.S. Battery Supply Chain
The U.S. faces several challenges before it can create a domestic battery supply chain. Foremost among them, how to increase domestically sourced and produced lithium battery cells from 8% to 90%?

New BEVs from Ram, Cadillac and VW; Washington Issues Charging Standards
Three new Cadillac BEVs are coming, a new Ram BEV might be coming and VW may be leaning on old names for two future models.

Building A Better Battery: The Race is On
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.

Battery Manufacturing: An Area Overdue for Improvements
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.

What's Next for Electric-Vehicle Battery Technology? (Part 2)
Battery chemistry is advancing rapidly, spurred on by the high cost of raw materials and a coming gap in their supply. But the next big thing in batteries won’t be anything exotic or even that new. It’s a revived failure from the first Nissan Leaf.

Tesla Unstoppable?; Honda, Toyota Make Moves; Nissan and UK Charging News
Reports of Tesla’s decline are greatly exaggerated, per CEO Elon Musk, while Honda and Toyota try to get on track with the rest of the industry.

Forvia Says Has Size, Breadth to Tackle Industry’s Affordability Issues
In pulling together Faurecia and Hella to form Forvia, executives say they have created a Tier 1 supplier with the size and breadth to continue to innovate. A key, they believe, will be developing products consumers really want and can afford.

FreeWire Talks Benefits of Battery-Backed Chargers, Why Fed Funding Isn’t Holy Grail
The company’s DC fast chargers have batteries integrated into the unit, to lessen energy demands at a site. Site preparation for traditional DCFCs can require a megawatt or more of power be brought to a location.
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