Slate Truck | Aurora first operation | BYD new energy vehicles | Genesis Athletic Elegance | Kawasaki four-legged vehicle | Intel chiplet SOC

Volume 5 Issue 12

Slate Auto emerges from stealth with low-cost electric Truck

The Troy, MI-based startup revealed its radically simple and affordable pickup with unpainted composite body panels that can be personalized at any point in time, wrapped in any design or color, and even turned into an SUV, pitching it as a used-car option with an expected price under $20,000 after federal incentives.

Aurora begins first commercial driverless trucking operation in Texas

The autonomous vehicle technology company has become the first to operate a commercial self-driving service with heavy-duty trucks on public roads, transforming how goods are moved in the U.S., beginning with regular, round-trip driverless hauls between Dallas and Houston.

BYD has designs on new energy vehicle dominance

The world’s leading maker of new-energy (hybrid and full electric) vehicles used Auto Shanghai 2025 to showcase Denza Z sports car and BYD Dynasty-D full-size SUV concepts, a lengthened Yangwang U8L SUV, and Fangchenbao brand models, as its next-generation game-changing Super e-Platform nears mass production.

Genesis brings ‘Athletic Elegance’ designs to NYC

At the New York International Auto Show, Hyundai Motor Group’s luxury brand revealed the X Gran Equator concept, intended to marry on-road sophistication with off-road resilience, and its first full-scale GMR-001 Hypercar, an LMDh endurance prototype engineered for WEC and IMSA racing.

Kawasaki Group unveils a four-legged off-road vehicle of the future

On display at the Expo 2025 in Osaka, Japan, the CORLEO concept proposal for 2050 is made possible by combining the group’s robotics and motorcycle technology for a new category of horse-like hydrogen-fueled electric personal mobility vehicle that values the “fun-to-ride” features of Kawasaki motorcycles.

Intel shows chiplet-architecture SOC in Shanghai

At Auto Shanghai 2025, Intel unveiled a new auto chip that it says uses the automotive industry’s first multi-process-node chiplet architecture, and it announced expanded collaborations with ModelBest and Black Sesame Technologies—all in its effort to accelerate software-defined-vehicle development.