December 2023

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Disassembly Report:

BYD SEAL - Whole picture of thermal management system

Automotive Report:

Heated debate in Belgium inspires Sumitomo Bakelite to sense EVs’ “shake-up”
Aisin acceleratingly shifts to growing areas, discussing with Toyota on Gigacasting
Rotary engine revives in Japan to review design from scratch
NCT to mass-produce amorphous alloy laminated core, reducing motor loss at high rotation speed
Mitsubishi Fuso receives first order for new EV truck
Ask Lamborghini CEO on electrification strategy and possibility of continuing engine vehicles
BlackBerry launches IVY, vehicle data platform in Japan

New Car Report:

Development head of Toyota new Century talks about “necessity” of PHEV
Honda dares not change mainstay light car N-BOX for full-model change
Surprising Tesla new Model 3: levers are gone from steering wheel
BYD new EV DOLPHIN comes equipped with child presence detection using 60GHz band millimeter-wave radar
Nissan to launch NISMO version of Skyline, increasing max torque by 75Nm to 550Nm
Honda new EV for North America achieves cruising range of over 480km
Ferrari PHEV over JPY100 mil increases engine power to max 758kW

Cover Story:

Comfortableness in EV & SDV era

Features:

Safety performance of new Alphard/Vellfire
Level 4 autonomous driving system of Mitsubishi Electric

Interview:

Interview with Panasonic Energy CTO on EV battery strategy

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