Headlines and links from all the news, including things we didn’t cover in depth here on EVmeme.com this past week. Follow the links for more on each.
Nissan Updates Note Aura NISMO with e-Power 4WD Variant
The Japanese market Nissan Note Aura NISMO gets a new e-Power powertrain adding all-wheel drive and a fully electric drive system. The gasoline engine in the Note Aura NISMO e-Power acts as a generator.
Daimler Truck Opens Battery Tech Center in Mannheim Plant
Daimler Truck opened its Battery Technology Center at the Mercedes-Benz plant in Mannheim, Germany. The center will be the product and process development hub for battery-electric commercial vehicles. Development and production will happen in the new 10,000 square meter facility.
Cadillac Unveils SOLLEI Concept
Cadillac introduced its new SOLLEI concept vehicle as a “design expression of a coach-built luxury electric convertible.” Designed as a 2+2 convertible, the concept showcases future technology and design direction for the luxury automaker.
TUM and NEFTON Demonstrate Prototype Megawatt Charging Systems
The Technical University of Munich and the NEFTON Project partners demonstrated prototypes of megawatt charging systems for heavy-duty trucks. These systems would make it possible to charge a heavy-duty long haul truck to 4.5 hours of distance during a standard driver break.
TRI and Stanford Engineering Achieve Fully Autonomous Tandem Drift Sequence
Toyota Research Institute and Stanford Engineering have teamed up to commit the world’s first autonomously-controlled cars to drift in tandem.
Atlas Energy, Kodiak Announce Autonomous Trucking Technology Agreement
Atlas Energy Solutions and Kodiak Robotics have announced an agreement to outfit Atlas high-capacity trucks with Kodiak’s autonomous driving technology. Test runs, including a driverless delivery of frac sand in West Texas, will expand to more uses for the autonomous truck tech.
Mercedes-Benz and Mortlbauer Present Hydrogen Combustion Prototypes
Mercedes-Benz Special Trucks and Mortlbauer Baumaschinen Vertriebs have jointly presented two prototypes as part of the companies’ WaVe development project to research hydrogen combustion engines. The prototypes include a Unimog multi-purpose utility vehicle and a specialized tracked crawler grader.
Sunrun Launches Vehicle-to-Home Support in Maryland via Ford F-150 Lightning Trucks
Sunrun, a clean energy subscription service, is now operating a vehicle-to-home (V2H) power plant using customer-owned bidirectional electric vehicles. The initial design is with F-150 Lightning trucks, but will soon include others as well.
Toyota, Coca-Cola, Air Liquide Join for Heavy-Duty Hydrogen Fuel Cell Truck Test Program in Europe
Toyota has begun tests with a new hydrogen fuel cell truck in Europe with Coca-Cola and Air Liquide as partners. Coca-Cola is utilizing the truck in supply operations while Air Liquide is supplying the hydrogen to power it.
KLM, ZeroAvia Plan Zero-Emission Demonstration Flight
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines and ZeroAvia are working towards a demonstration flight using ZeroAvia’s ZA2000 hydrogen-electric engines. KLM will supply a large regional turboprop aircraft for the tests.
Sacrilege Motors Launches Virtual Showroom
Sacrilege Motors has launched its first virtual showroom where enthusiasts and potential buyers can custom configure their own Singer, Bollinger, and Sacrilege vehicles.
Daimler Truck Begins GenH2 Customer Trials
Daimler Truck is entering the customer trials stage with its hydrogen-powered GenH2 heavy-duty trucks. Deployment to customer fleets has begun.
Porsche Plans All-Electric 4th-Generation Cayenne SUV
As the most popular vehicle in Porsche’s lineup, the Cayenne will be entering its fourth-generation soon. Porsche plans on designing it as all-electric, but offering three powertrains in all.
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