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Chavy selected as first pilot operator for Plug and Charge on public fast chargers

Electric vehicle fast-charging infrastructure operator Chavy has been selected as the first pilot operator for the Plug and Charge (PnC) service on public fast chargers promoted by the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, the company said on Monday. Chavy will initially apply PnC to 30 chargers from late October and check service stability in real charging conditions. The company has also applied a hardware security module chip and has operated its own PnC-based service.

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Hyundai Motor Group says it cannot give up on all-solid-state batteries

Hyundai Motor Group reaffirmed it will keep pursuing all-solid-state battery development, its R&D chief Manfred Harrer said. He said the company cannot quit and must stay in the competition, even as lithium-ion batteries improve. Harrer cited smaller batteries, better fast charging and longer driving range as potential advantages, and predicted a symbolic, limited-production vehicle using the technology could appear within five years. He said high raw material costs could delay mass-market adoption.

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Toyota to invest $6.42 billion a year in robots from 2028 as staff train humanoids

Toyota has begun training humanoid robots for factory tasks by having employees teach them how to work on assembly lines. From 2028, it plans to invest $6.42 billion a year to expand factory automation and robot adoption, aiming to deploy about 400,000 robots across the group in the long term. Toyota says the goal is coexistence between humans and robots, not replacement, as wider industry adoption accelerates.