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Mobility
Water installs 123 chargers at 23 highway rest areas, including 62 400-kW units
Water, Bright Energy Partners\' fast electric vehicle charging network, has started operating a charging station at the Cheongju rest area on the Gyeongbu Expressway in the Seoul-bound direction. It said ultra-fast 400-kW charging is now available at a highway rest area in South Korea for the first time. Water plans to build 123 new chargers at 23 rest areas, including 62 units rated at 400 kW, with more than 10 sites to start operating in October.
Industry
Card-free EV charging market opens as automakers and operators vie for early lead
A pilot rollout of plug-and-charge at public fast chargers at highway rest stops is set to begin in September, sharpening competition between automakers and charging operators for EV customers. The system enables automatic authentication, charging and payment without membership or credit cards, using digital certificates and encryption keys. As authentication is unified under a government system, membership card models lose ground and companies are expected to compete using vehicle features and charging-station operations.
Industry
Tesla-SpaceX merger talk resurfaces as BYD vows to become world No. 1 in 5 years
Talk of a possible merger between SpaceX and Tesla is drawing renewed attention after SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell mentioned the possibility, lifting interest in a broader ecosystem spanning space, AI and mobility. Tesla is expanding its Full Self-Driving program in four European countries and won conditional approval in Denmark, while some on Wall Street cite insurance data to argue it is nearing Level 4. BYD and Xiaomi are also stepping up EV charging and technology moves.
