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A ministerial review of EV quotas is underway with civil servants talking to car companies about revising the zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) mandate, reports the Sunday Times. Car companies are reported to have been asked by Whitehall for their production plans for battery electric vehicles and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles between now and 2035. “We recognise manufacturers are facing challenges, but ...
Unifying embedded software files, datasheets and applications notes for Renesas’ RA family of MCUs, Renesas 365 is the company’s cloud-based environment for system development, device lifecycle management and concept validation. It is powered by Altium and, according to Renesas Electronics, is the first platform to bring silicon and systems together across an open ecosystem at scale. It allows engineering teams ...
Axivion for CUDA has been announced by Qt Group as part of Nvidia’s Halos AI Systems Inspection Lab for automated safety checking of robots and autonomous vehicles. It provides continuous GPU/CPU code analysis measured against Nvidia guidelines and industry standards and generates the documentation needed by Halos for sign-off. It also enables the early detection of problematic issues to reduce ...
Honda has cancelled three US EV model launches – the Honda 0 Saloon, Honda 0 SUV and Acura RSX – and said it expected expenses and losses totalling $15.7 billion, reports the Nikkei. $8.1 billion of the losses will be taken in the current FY ending this month resulting in a loss of $4.3 billion for the FY – the ...
Nissan, Uber and Wayve are to collaborate on a plan to put robotaxis on Tokyo streets this year. The plan is to use Nissan Leaf EVs with Wayve’s ADAS tech. “We have been testing our technology throughout Japan since early 2025,” said Wayve CEO Alex Kendall, “partnering with Uber and Nissan to begin pilot deployment of Robotaxis allows us to ...
The ST64UWB family from STMicroelectronics supports both the IEEE 802.15.4z and the upcoming .4ab ultra-wideband standard with multi-millisecond ranging (MMS) including narrow-band assistance radio (NBA). The new UWB standard offers eight times the range of 802.15.4z and better non-line-of-sight performance for key fob functionality. And the chips address automotive, smart building and smart device applications. And Read all our Embedded ...
EV sales, including Battery EVs (BEVs), Plug-In Hybrid EVs (PHEVs), and Fuel Cell Vehicles (FCVs), reached 20.53 million units in 2025, up 26% YoY, says TrendForce. Growth is expected to moderate in 2026. With China’s market expansion slowing, global EV sales are projected to reach 23.4 million units, representing a reduced growth rate of 14% YoY. China accounted for approximately ...
The Tensor Robocar, a Level 4 ADAS vehicle being launched this year, has 433 safety-capable, power-efficient Arm-based cores in each vehicle. The San Jose car company is defining its vehicle around Arm’s compute intelligence rather than fitting ADAS technology onto legacy platforms. The Robocar claims to have the world’s most vertically integrated Level 4 autonomy stack, a sensor suite of ...
Lane Motorsport. the specialist division of Lane Electronics, has signed a UK- and Ireland-wide distribution agreement with Axon’ Cable. Axon’ have been manufacturing high performance miniature connectors and complex cable assemblies since 1965 and the agreement signals a move by the company to develop new business within the motorsport market. The Axon’ connector ranges are designed and manufactured for high-performance ...
Wayve, the UK driverless car startup, has raised $1.5bn at an $8.6bn valuation to fund its robotaxi roll-out, which starts this year in London. Baillie Gifford, Balderton Capital. the British Business Bank, Eclipse Ventures, Microsoft, Nvidia, Ontario Teachers Pension Fund and Uber provided $1.2bn. Uber will kick in another $300m if certain milestones are met. In 2024 Wayve raised $1.05bn ...
