Inside Factorial Energy’s latest solid-state battery milestone with Stellantis
The partners successfully validated automotive-sized solid-state-battery cells with 375-W·h/kg energy density, a major step toward commercial use with Stellantis planning a demonstration fleet by 2026, and Factorial’s CEO answers a few Futurride questions regarding her company’s breakthrough technology.
Off-road electrification gets energy boost
Key German and European off-road vehicle debuts at the triennial Bauma 2025 event held last month focused on the electrification of construction and mining vehicles with the latest electric drive systems and energy storage solutions for pure electric and hybrid applications to broaden powertrain diversity.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
TI enables vehicle autonomy advances with new lidar, clock, and radar chips
Today, the company introduced an ‘industry-first’ high-speed, single-chip lidar laser driver that detects objects faster and more accurately than discrete solutions, bulk acoustic wave clocks that are 100 times more reliable than quartz-based clocks, and mmWave tech to enhance front and corner radar sensors.
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.
Inside the development of Pebble’s flagship all-electric travel trailer
The company’s CEO and CTO briefed Futurride on the company’s journey from concept to production of the Flow, which introduces a unique mix of advanced technology to the RV industry, combining a fully electric powertrain, supervised autonomy features, and “seamless” operation and connectivity.
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