In EV, battery and charging news are Vattenfall InCharge, WirelessCar, BMW Group, EVelution Energy, Wallbox and CATL. In this Article Vattenfall InCharge and WirelessCar Collaborate on Seamless Charging Solution Vattenfall InCharge and automotive telematics platform provider WirelessCar announced the completion of a pilot phase for Seamless Charging, a cloud-based service designed to automate electric vehicle charging authentication and payment processing without dedicated applications or physical RFID cards. The over-the-air platform leverages connected vehicle telemetry and API orchestration to synchronize signals between the vehicle and the charging station infrastructure, triggering automatic session initiation and billing upon physical plug-in connection. The service architecture relies on established industry protocols to securely transfer data across an ecosystem of vehicles, management platforms, and charging networks. The pilot program involved more than 700 electric vehicle drivers testing the technology across public AC and DC charging networks in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany. Initial deployment supports Volvo and Tesla models equipped with compatible onboard connectivity hardware. To initialize the service, users complete a one-time setup within their digital charging account and approve telemetry data-sharing permissions through the respective vehicle manufacturer’s secure authentication portal. The cloud infrastructure then matches the real-time geographic coordinates and state-of-charge parameters of the vehicle with the specific charging point identifier to eliminate manual customer steps. Commercial deployment is scheduled for autumn and winter across Vattenfall InCharge’s public network of more than 40,000 charging points. WirelessCar positions the backend service as a mechanism to eliminate roaming complexity and multi-network fragmentation, enabling hardware co-design and direct vehicle-to-grid communication. The platform acts as a standalone software-as-a-service layer that can be integrated by external original equipment manufacturers and digital mobility service providers to streamline charging logistics and driver verification workflows. BMW Group Completes $1.7 Billion South Carolina Expansion to Enable Multi-Drivetrain Production The BMW Group announced the