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CAMBRIDGE, England—A new report from IDTechEx analyzes the three key technologies currently being used: mechanical, pyrometallurgical and hydrometallurgical recycling.

SEOUL, South Korea—Samsung Electro-Mechanics plans to mass-produce AEC-Q200 compliant power inductors for electric and autonomous vehicle applications.

Zonal architectures are intriguing to automakers and suppliers, because they promise to help reduce costs, save weight, streamline supply chains and improve production processes.

LISLE, IL—BMW Group has selected Molex’s Volfinity Cell Contacting System for use in next-generation electric vehicles.

STUTTGART, Germany—Assemblers at Bosch’s Feuerbach factory have begun producing fuel cell modules for Nikola Corp.’s much-anticipated Class 8 truck.

REDONDO BEACH, CA—Northrop Grumman Corp. has been awarded a contract by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency to design an autonomous vertical takeoff and landing uncrewed aircraft system capable of operating from a moving U.S. Navy ship at sea.

LONDON—Demand for electrified off-highway power train componets will grow from $9 billion in 2023 to $17 billion by the end of this decade.

AMSTERDAM—Stellantis has unveiled a new flexible EV platform dubbed STLA Medium.

CAMBRIDGE, England—European engineers typically favor nickel manganese cobalt (NMC) for construction equipment applications, while their counterparts in China tend to prefer lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries.

SANTA MATEO, CA—Alef Aeronautics Inc. has received a Special Airworthiness Certification for its flying car from the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration.