Category: Passenger Cars

Nodar and Leopard Imaging advance 3D stereo vision

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 24, 2025 | Autonomy, Off-Highway, Passenger Cars, Sensors, Trucking, Vehicles

Announced at Nvidia GTC 2025, the collaboration integrates Nodar’s Hammerhead software with Leopard Imaging’s GMSL2 cameras and Nvidia Drive AGX Orin compute to provide enhanced depth perception and point cloud generation at ranges significantly exceeding current market solutions.

McLaren develops ART aerospace-grade carbon fiber scaled for supercar manufacturing

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 14, 2025 | Materials, Motorsports, Passenger Cars, Vehicles

Deployed at the McLaren Composites Technology Centre in Sheffield, UK, the new Automated Rapid Tape production method produces carbon-fiber structures optimized for lighter, stiffer, and stronger parts produced with less waste, the first production application being on the new W1 Ultimate supercar.

New automaker Longbow revives the iconic lightweight British sportscar in electric form

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 12, 2025 | Business Development, Electrification, Passenger Cars, Startups, Vehicles

Led by former Tesla, Lucid, and X Shore execs, the startup says it is the first British electric sports car manufacturer and world-first maker of ‘featherweight electric vehicles,’ with the Speedster and Roadster having an all-electric powertrain and sub-1000-kg mass with first deliveries planned for 2026.

Volkswagen ID. EVERY1 previews entry-level €20,000 electric model

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 7, 2025 | Design, Electrification, Passenger Cars, Vehicles

The show car from Europe for Europe previews the production version backed by a new powerful software architecture and is part of a Volkswagen plan for nine new models by 2027 including four electric models based on the new MEB platform with front-wheel drive.

Pininfarina celebrates 95 years of innovation with Shaping Two-Wheel Aerodynamics event

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 6, 2025 | Design, Electrification, Micromobility, Passenger Cars, Testing, Vehicles

The event explored the role of aerodynamics in harmonizing performance and aesthetics in the design of two-wheel vehicles and it featured the roles of Pininfarina and its wind tunnel in the creation of vehicles from White Motorcycle Concepts, Vmoto, De Rosa, and Aptera Motors.

Volvo’s ES90 defined by software and Superset tech stack experience

Posted by Kevin Jost | Mar 5, 2025 | Design, Electrification, Passenger Cars, Vehicles

The second Volvo on the software-defined SPA2 platform benefits from the development learnings of the EX90 SUV and is based on our Superset tech stack, a single set of hardware and software modules underpinning all of the automaker’s future electric cars.

At EV Day, Kia reveals more on its efforts to make EVs ‘accessible for everyone’

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 27, 2025 | Electrification, Passenger Cars, Vehicles

Two more passenger vehicles complete the brand’s core EV lineup, with the Concept EV2 B-segment SUV previewing an upcoming production model and the EV4 is its first electric sedan and hatchback set to hit world markets throughout 2025, starting with Korea in March.

Mercedes-Benz begins road testing solid-state batteries using Factorial cells

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 24, 2025 | Batteries, Business Development, Passenger Cars, Testing, Vehicles

The German OEM’s passenger car and Formula One engineers have teamed up to develop and patent a solid-state battery pack with cells from Boston-based solid-state battery leader Factorial Energy, with road tests in a slightly modified “1000-km” EQS test car starting this month.

Nio ET9’s SkyRide chassis gets ZF steer-by-wire

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 20, 2025 | Chassis, Electrification, Passenger Cars, User Experience, Vehicles

The development of the system, which eliminates the mechanical steering connection and provides a fully digital, customizable driving experience, is an example of Nio’s long-term innovation strategy for the European market and the many innovations the Chinese OEM has brought to its executive flagship.

Chevrolet goes all-in with performance Blazer EVs for Daytona 500

Posted by Kevin Jost | Feb 14, 2025 | Electrification, Motorsports, Passenger Cars, Vehicles

In the lead-up to NASCAR’s Daytona 500 race this weekend, Chevrolet revealed the Blazer EV.R prototype racer and Blazer EV SS pace car as the production Blazer EV SS is set to go on sale later this quarter with Wide Open Watts (WOW) mode for 0 to 60 mph acceleration in just 3.4 s.