Ford BEV, ICE Reorg; Global BEV Outlook; NVIDIA-JLR SDV Deal

Ford Reorg Includes BEV, ICE, Commercial-Vehicle Groups

The move will impact dealers, who will be asked to specialize around ICE vehicles, BEVs or commercial vehicles, and transition to new sales and service methods in the process.

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Global Battery-Electric-Vehicle Production Outlook Far from Tipping Point

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As widely reported, global growth in battery-electric vehicles will start accelerating, but the propulsion type still is a long way from dominating the market.

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First-Ever Electrified Alfa Romeo Arrives in '23 Tonale

From a PHEV powertrain to NFT tracking, the ’23 Tonale starts Alfa Romeo’s headlong plunge into a high-tech future that goes all-electric in 2027.

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Hydrogen ICEs Touted as Alternative to Fuel Cells, Batteries

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Jim Nebergall, general manager of the hydrogen-engine business at Cummins, sees hydrogen-fueled engines as a good short- and medium-term solution to decarbonizing the long-haul, heavy-duty truck market.

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Yamaha Latest Automaker Promoting Hydrogen Powered ICE

Yamaha has become another Japanese automaker keen to reprise the technology of ICE powertrains fired by hydrogen.

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New Cummins Engine Platforms Run on Different Low-Carbon Fuels

Described as the industry’s first unified, fuel-agnostic engines, these platforms will use engine blocks and core components that share common architectures and a high degree of parts commonality. This new design approach will be available for diesel, natural gas and hydrogen.

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Bosch Jockeys for Position as Software-Defined Vehicle Takes Hold

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Automakers can’t afford to invent everything from scratch if they want to get SDVs on the market by mid-decade. ETAS is focused on supplying the basic software building blocks that will allow OEMs to meet their objectives.

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Hyundai Creating $50 Million Safety Test and Investigation Lab

A field crash investigation lab, high-voltage battery lab, forensics lab, 1,640-ft. track and a Vehicle Dynamics Area pad are scheduled to be operational in fall 2023.

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NVIDIA Deal Vaults JLR Toward Software-Defined Vehicle

The partners say all new JLR vehicle platforms will deploy the full DRIVE technology beginning with 2025.

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Redwood Collecting Ford, Volvo Batteries; Tesla Lithium Supply; Nissan Mississippi

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The upstart battery recycler is developing a process, starting in California, for the collection of Ford and Volvo’s spent Li-ions.

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