At EV Day, Kia reveals more on its efforts to make EVs ‘accessible for everyone’

Two more passenger vehicles complete the brand’s core EV lineup, with the Concept EV2 B-segment SUV previewing an upcoming production model and the EV4 is its first electric sedan and hatchback set to hit world markets throughout 2025, starting with Korea in March.

Pininfarina celebrates 95 years of innovation with Shaping Two-Wheel Aerodynamics event

The event explored the role of aerodynamics in harmonizing performance and aesthetics in the design of two-wheel vehicles and it featured the roles of Pininfarina and its wind tunnel in the creation of vehicles from White Motorcycle Concepts, Vmoto, De Rosa, and Aptera Motors.

Mercedes-Benz begins road testing solid-state batteries using Factorial cells

The German OEM’s passenger car and Formula One engineers have teamed up to develop and patent a solid-state battery pack with cells from Boston-based solid-state battery leader Factorial Energy, with road tests in a slightly modified “1000-km” EQS test car starting this month.

Warwick Acoustics says its speaker technology can deliver improved EV range

The company’s electrostatic-based systems offer automotive designers significant freedom over speaker and cabin integration with panels that can be molded into many forms and incorporated into almost all interior surfaces while reducing overall energy consumption by up to 5% in premium EVs.

Integrals Power world-first LMFP battery cathodes pass QinetiQ test

The next-gen lithium manganese iron phosphate cathode active materials were shown to deliver significant improvements in usable energy capacity at high discharge rates, with prototype pouch cells tested by QinetiQ showing 99% capacity retention at 2C and 92% capacity retention in 5C discharge.