March 2022

Volvo Cars plans to invest SEK 10 billion ($1.07 billion) in its Torslanda manufacturing plant in Sweden over several years, in preparation for the production of its next generation of EVs. The company will introduce a number of new technologies and manufacturing processes at the plant, including the Tesla-pioneered technique of megacasting of aluminum body

Materials technology and recycling company Umicore will introduce a new generation of its proprietary battery recycling technology in 2022, and has reached an agreement with Automotive Cells Company (ACC) to provide battery recycling services. Umicore says the new generation of its battery recycling technology recovers 95% of the cobalt, nickel and copper from batteries, as

Sponsored by Simscale Adopting digital prototyping techniques to explore the full design space and reduce the typical trial-and-error approach of physical prototyping, has been stifled by the limited computational resources available to engineers. Local computing power does not scale up on-demand, nor offers continuously evolving full-spectrum simulation and analysis capabilities. In this whitepaper, we discuss

A United Launch Alliance Atlas V 541 rocket has successfully launched the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) – T mission for NOAA, NASA, and NASA’s Launch Services Program on March 1st, 2022. Liftoff took place at 4:38 P.M. from Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station (CCSFS). GOES-T is a powerful weather satellite

Rivian has launched a new Dual Motor variant for its R1T all-electric pickup and the future R1S all-electric SUV while increasing the prices of its Quad Motor configurations of both vehicles, citing “price inflation of supplier components and raw materials.” The R1T is available in two packages: Explore, starting at $67,500, and Adventure, starting at

More than 2,000 units were delivered in the first month. Source: InsideEVs – Articles Read More

We love the dual-motor option that employs new motors designed in-house. The price increases, not so much. Source: InsideEVs – Articles Read More