The Global Light Vehicle (LV) selling rate rose to 93 million units/year in June, from 89 million units/year in May.\nNorth AmericaThe US Light Vehicle market continued to show strong levels in June, as sales increased by 20.0% YoY, at 1.4 million units.\nThe selling rate also increased, reaching 15.7 million units/year in June, up from 15.1 million units/year in May.\nThe selling rate accelerated from 1.3 million units/year in May, to 1.4 million units/year in June, on a par with pre-pandemic levels.\nThe East European selling rate grew to 3.8 million units/year in June from 3.7 million units/year in May.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Meet the CAN Invader – How Can Automotive Ethernet Curb Car Theft?","slug":"meet-the-can-invader-how-can-automotive-ethernet-curb-car-theft","publishDate":"2023-07-24 11:40:33+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:58.203826","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Claude Gauthier, Director of Strategic Innovation for Automotive Ethernet Solutions in NXP’s In-Vehicle Network Group, presented that part of the keynote.\nFigure 1 illustrates the growing bandwidth needed in these evolving in-vehicle networks through the thicker and thicker lines used to interconnect various functions.\nOverall, cameras consume 90 percent of a car’s network bandwidth, he explained.\nHe made the following comparisons:Skeletal and nervous systems – Vehicle electrical/electronic architecture, networking, sensorsMuscular system – Vehicle dynamics control (motor, traction control, chassis, etc.)\nHowever, the exponential increase in the use of electronics in vehicles now demands more performance than the CAN Bus can provide, while efforts like the Automotive SerDes Alliance continues to reduce the cost of automotive Ethernet networks, so the shift to Ethernet is inevitable.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Clevon to delist without buying back minority shares","slug":"clevon-to-delist-without-buying-back-minority-shares","publishDate":"2023-07-24 15:23:00+03:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:56.001751","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Autonomous vehicle developer Clevon is planning on initiating a delisting of its shares on the First North alternative market without taking over the shares of the company's minority shareholders, claiming this is the only way they can avoid ceasing operation altogether.\nClevon, which first listed on First North, the Nasdaq Tallinn-operated multilateral trading facility (MTF), last June, announced earlier this year that it was planning on delisting and buying out its minority shareholders, citing the company's increased financial needs.\nIf adopted, the company must then request the MTF delist the company's shares from trading, as well as have its request for termination of trading approved by the listing body of Nasdaq Tallinn.\nSince the announcement Monday morning, Clevon shares dropped sharply, from €0.93 per share at opening to just €0.42 by midday.\nDuring its IPO last June, the Estonian company's shares went for €1.87.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Tesla in talks to license Autopilot, Full Self Driving autonomous tech to major automaker","slug":"tesla-in-talks-to-license-autopilot-full-self-driving-autonomous-tech-to-major-automaker","publishDate":"2023-07-24 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:54.489408","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"In International News, Technology, Tesla Motors / By Mick Chan / 24 July 2023 7:04 pm / 3 commentsTesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the American electric vehicle maker has entered into talks with a ‘major’ automaker to license its self-driving technology, Electrek has reported.\nThe identity of the major automaker in talks with Tesla was not identified, however Musk said that licensing the FSD suite was also part of the plan.\nThe carmaker’s autonomous driving systems, Autopilot and Full Self Driving have not had the easiest of times, however; it stopped the rollout of FSD Beta for the United States and Canada in February this year until a firmware update could be issued.\nThe National Highway Traffic Safety Administration of the US said the driver assistance system could cause crashes when in operation, and ordered Tesla to issue a recall.\nAutonomous driving isn’t the only area where Tesla is contributing its technology to other carmakers.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"More Than Money, Tesla Wants FSD Licensing to Provide Validation and Surrender","slug":"more-than-money-tesla-wants-fsd-licensing-to-provide-validation-and-surrender","publishDate":"2023-07-24 11:56:38+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:53.643017","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"What made things different this time was that the Tesla CEO said the BEV maker is in early discussions \"with a major OEM about using Tesla FSD.\"\nIf this can be trusted more than everything else Musk says, rest assured that the BEV maker wants more than money from such a deal: it wants validation and surrender.\nSo far, it has worked perfectly for the BEV maker.There's another delicate aspect of licensing FSD: implicitly admitting your team was unable to create anything similar or better.\nIn other words, the idea behind licensing FSD would be to have an inside view of what the American BEV maker has genuinely achieved.\nHe also stated in 2016 that Tesla vehicles had all the hardware they would need for full autonomy with HW2.5.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Samsung starts mass production of automotive power inductors","slug":"samsung-starts-mass-production-of-automotive-power-inductors","publishDate":"2023-07-24 12:45:20+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:52.908196","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Samsung starts mass production of automotive power inductors New Products | July 24, 2023 By Nick FlahertySamsung Electro-Mechanics has started production of automotive power inductors for electric vehicle cameras in autonomous driving systems.\nThe power inductor market size is expected to reach approximately $3.65 billion by 2028, at a CAGR of approximately 9%.\nThe market for automotive power inductors is expected to show growth at a CAGR of about 12%.\n“Power inductors are expected to experience high growth as the market for autonomous driving and electric vehicles expands,” said Chang Duckhyun, CEO of Samsung Electro-Mechanics.\n“Samsung Electro-Mechanics plans to develop power inductors into the ‘second MLCC’ based on our differentiated technology through the convergence of materials and package substrate technologies.”www.samsungsem.comShare:
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"China to be center of Mercedes 2025 EV sales drive","slug":"china-to-be-center-of-mercedes-2025-ev-sales-drive","publishDate":"2023-07-24 03:11:33-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:51.365415","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Mercedes-Benz is making China, the world's top auto market, central to its next electric-vehicle campaign starting in 2025.\nThat is what our customers expect,\" CEO Ola Kallenius said in an interview with Automotive News Europe sister publication Automobilwoche.\nFrom 2025, all of Mercedes's new vehicle platforms will only make EVs under a strategy th automaker outlined in 2021.\nChina remains the most relevant market for Germany's automakers, but local brands are in control with an 81 percent share of the Chinese EV market in 2022, Counterpoint Research found.\nChina also has a significant stake in Mercedes, whose top two shareholders are Beijing Automotive Group and Geely Chairman Li Shufu.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Waymo Vs. Cruise in San Francisco: Who Drove It Better?","slug":"waymo-vs-cruise-in-san-francisco-who-drove-it-better","publishDate":"2023-07-24 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-07-24 14:30:50.625075","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Much ado has been made of San Francisco’s major autonomous vehicle companies, Google-owned Waymo and General Motors-backed Cruise.\nCruise and Waymo offered very different routing options, with the Waymo choosing a more direct route along busier roadways and Cruise opting for a more circuitous route.\nCars, Apps, Hardware and GamesAt first glance, Cruise cars are most readily identifiable, with their blood orange stripes and clunky rooftop robotaxi gear.\nWaymo cars offer a slightly sleeker experience: Set in a mid-sized Jaguar SUV, the all-white car—sans cutesy name—blends in slightly better with other cars on the road and relies on minimal branding.\nA cohort of anti-autonomous vehicle activists in San Francisco has even taken to placing traffic cones on the hoods of Cruise and Waymo robotaxis to literally stop their progress.
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