Rivian R2 | Kosmera roadmap | TI battery monitor | Factorial SSB for Stellantis | AEye, MDOT traffic intelligence

Volume 6, Issue 16

Rivian delivers on its second, more accessible model

Futurride goes deep on the long-awaited and smaller-sized R2, which is built on a new mid-size platform and uses an evolved vertically integrated hardware and software approach with a streamlined electrical architecture for more capability with less complexity while providing ample headroom for the future.

Kosmera reveals electric powertrain and future product roadmap

It is targeting more than 3000 hp from a four-motor distributed-drive architecture and a 1200-V electrical system, and provided product roadmap details including high-performance GT prototypes, a “collection-grade” hypercar, a future luxury SUV program, and the technologies backing them up.

TI reveals industry’s highest-cell-count EIS-enabled battery monitor

The chip company’s BQ79826Z-Q1 features the industry’s first support for up to 26 cells per device, delivering best-in-class sensing accuracy and reduced system costs, and its smart EIS engine enables early warning of thermal runaway in electric vehicles and energy storage systems.

Factorial reaches latest solid-state-battery milestone with Stellantis development program

The inclusion of Factorial’s FEST cells into a Dodge Charger Daytona development vehicle marks the first auto integration of the technology in North America, and it follows the company’s IPO earlier this week, a Karma production win announced in February, and last year’s long-range test with Mercedes-Benz.

\AEye and MDOT to showcase physical AI for real-time traffic intelligence

Next week at ITS America in Detroit, the software-defined lidar provider will show its OPTIS solution, combining its Apollo lidar with Flasheye’s lidar perception software and Blue Band’s Integrator-AI to transform sensor data into traffic intelligence to improve safety, traffic, and awareness on urban streets and highways.