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Stellantis wants to make sure that its customers keep new vehicles connected as long as possible so it has simplified and reduced the cost of connected vehicle packages

The Republican majority in congress has approved a massive tax and spending bill that will add trillions to the US debt and make electric vehicles more expensive for American car buyers after Sept 30 2025

Automakers need to have more robust testing and validation processes in place for software before pushing out over-the-air updates

V1.5 of Ford BlueCruise adds automated overtaking capability

Redwood Materials is expanding from just battery recycling to integrating energy storage from second life EV batteries

After spending a week driving a 2025 Mini Countryman EV, I found it delivered better than expected range, but there are still issues with public charging infrastructure

Uber and its fomer CEO Travis Kalanick are reportedly in talks to buy the US assets of automated driving system developer Pony AI

Intel has decided not pursue competing against the likes of Nvidia, Qualcomm, NXP, Huawei and Horizon Robotics in the automotive chip market and is shuttering its automotive division.

The day after visiting Ford's still unfinished lithium iron phosphate battery plant in Marshall, MI, we visited the LG Energy Solution plant in Holland, MI that has recently undergone an expansion and is now the first in the US to be producing LFP cells at scale. While Ford is planning to use its cells in new EVs, LGES is targeting the stationary energy storage market

Despite the controversy and opposition from some local residents in Marshall Michigan, Ford is progressing with construction of its first lithium iron phosphate battery plant for EVs with production due to start in 2026.