#Software Defined Vehicle

Tesla's FSD (Supervised) wins MotorTrend's 2026 Best Driver Assistance Award, reversing previous criticisms with v14's urban driving prowess.

Tesla and its key AI leaders, Ashok Elluswamy and Lawson Fulton, scooped up top honors at MotorTrend’s 2026 Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) Innovator Awards at CES.

REE Automotive and Mitsubishi Fuso are joining forces to develop software-defined, x-by-wire box trucks, leveraging REE's "smart corner" tech. This partnership aims to revolutionize commercial EVs, cutting downtime and costs, and showing real progress for REE.

Volkswagen just pulled a strategic masterstroke, opening its first Test Workshop in Hefei, China, allowing it to fully develop and build new EVs *outside* Germany for the first time! They're aiming to slash development time by 30% and cut costs by a staggering 50%, leveraging local tech and suppliers to keep pace with China's rapid EV innovation.

Volvo's admitting software is tough, but their 2026 models, including the EX30 and EX90, are getting major digital overhauls to fix past glitches and annoyances, aiming for a smoother, smarter, and less nagging driving experience.

Lucid issued an OTA recall for 875 Air sedans due to a rearview camera glitch causing blank or delayed images, but the fix was already rolled out via a software update in August 2025.