Gigafactory + Europe + Electricity Crisis = Problems Ahead…
The price of Electricity in Europe is going to heavily impact the cost of production in Gigafactories in Europe. With a cost of electricity x10 in Germany, the cost of Electricity needed to manufacture 1GWh of Battery capacity is going to jump by several thousand of euros per Battery Pack…
NIO Day 2021 Review and Analysis
During the NIO Day 2021, NIO presented their new Sporty Electric Vehicle the NIO ET5. The focus is not the sport characters from the EV platform to Engineering developments (Body, Brakes,,,). The ET5 features lot of Technologies in particular related to the ADAS system and the infotainment clearly positioning NIO has a strong High Tech company among the EV brand.
Automotive 2021 Top10 News
What are the Top 10 most important highlights in the Automotive Business in 2021? Tesla valued $1 billion USD, the chip shortage and all the key information you need to prepare your 2022 strategy…
How is Shell oriented towards emobility and Electric Vehicle business?
You believe Petroleum companies are going to disappear as Electric Vehicles are ramping up? Discover how Shell as already a large business in EV charges, Battery Swapping technologies or cooling for e-motors, inverters, Batteries…
Any Future for Combustion Engines? Lessons for IAA 2021
Following IAA 2021, some people said that it was meaning “game over” for the Internal Combustion Engines. Is that true? What could be the future of traditional Engines?
IAA 2021: Electric Vehicles ⭐, Engines ☠️
Complete summary of IAA 2021 in Munich. All car manufacturers only presented Electric Vehicles, very few Hybrids and no internal Combustion Engines
Open-Source, 🚗 Industry Compatible?
Open-source CFD software (Open Foam) are in competition with other commercial options (Ansys, Siemens) in the automotive industry. Some companies use open-source with a great success while some others shout it is a disaster. What make the success of an open-source deployment? Are Open-source options completely free? How to plan and to budget deployment of open-sources in your company?
e-mobility in Africa
Media always presents e-mobility in Europe, United State or Asia but very little is known about EV development and adoption in Africa. However, there are a lot of on-going projects there. Of course, Africa has many challenges and gets its own specificities needing to develop a complete new eco-system and business model.
Truck OEM Cooperation for Future Commercial Vehicles
Commercial Vehicles and more generally Transport are preparing themselves to more stringent pollutant constrains as well as fast decarbonisation. Between future Powertrain with complex Engine, Hydrogen, Fuel Cells and full Electric options, there are a lot of uncertainties
To face the cost of development, we see more and more announcements of alliances and partnerships between Truck Manufacturers such as (Daimler AG and Volvo Trucks ) or (Navistar and Cummins)