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Brad Chisholm, a Nissan exterior lighting engineer, says NHTSA’s sudden publication of their version of an ADB regulation caught carmakers a bit by surprise after over a decade’s delay, but Nissan want to put ADB on U.S. models. In the rest of the world, the Nissan Ariya, Murano, and Rogue have advanced adaptive headlamps, but…
Koito’s board of directors have resolved to start negotiations with Cepton, regarding the acquisition of shares to make Cepton a subsidiary of Koito. Koito and Cepton have been co-developing automotive lidar since 2018, completed development and preparation for mass production of medium-range lidar, and are currently working on development of short-range lidar in addition to…
The Zeekr CM2E was spied on in camouflage. But we can immediately highlight its front end, which has the Zeekr Stargate light band first adopted by Zeekr 007. This stargate light band will be shown by Valeo during CES2024 and all details will be explained during DVN Munich event in February 26th and 27th by Head…
BYD received a testing license for level 3 (L3) autonomous driving on high-speed roads. The company said they were the first automaker in China to obtain the permit. In the press release, BYD said that they received the permit on July 21 in Shenzhen; however, they communicated it only as of today. BYD didn’t clarify…
Jiyue was founded as Jidu in 2021 as a joint venture between Geely and Baidu. But the Chinese Government refused the JV permission to go into mass production, so the company was restructured. Its name was changed to Jiyue, and Geely now hold a 65-per-cent stake as well as responsibility for manufacturing. Baidu are responsible…
Dayun Group’s Yuanhang Auto launched its H8 all-electric six-seater SUV. A total of five models were launched with a price range of 349,800 – 559,800 yuan (49,200 – 78,800 USD), available in rear-wheel drive and four-wheel drive. The H8 is the second model launched by Yuanhang after the Y6 all-electric sedan. All Yuanhang H8 models come standard with level 2…
Xiaomi have released two versions of their first car, the SU7 and SU7 Max, positioned so as to compete with Porsche Taycan and Tesla Model S in the Chinese market. The SU7 base model is a rear-drive car with Xiaomi’s in-house developed 220-kw, 400-Nm V6 engine. It is said to have a 0-100 km/h time…
Chinese automaker BYD have been looking for a year to build a factory in Europe, and have chosen the Hungarian city of Szeged—a town of 160,000 inhabitants in the south of the country, near the borders of Romania and Serbia.BYD say the factory will create thousands of jobs and be ‘at the cutting edge of…
The Volkswagen brand will cut “indirect personnel costs” by 20 per cent by 2026, according to human resources director Gunnar Kilian. VW’s management are working to figure out where to find the €10bn in savings, and works council president Daniela Cavallo says negotiations are wrapping up.The first structural lever will be that of the early…
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