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Rivian to acquire ABRP (A Better Route Planner) in c/electricvehicles@lemmy.ml
[–] driest@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

effects for the end user will likely the the same as with all other takeovers by big companies:

  • lockdown of apis to prevent others from using the data
  • development stops for functionality useful to competitors
  • the only one who benefits is a rivian customer
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Rivian to acquire ABRP (A Better Route Planner) (electrek.co)
 

Sources tell Electrek that Rivian has been in talks to acquire the world’s most popular EV route planning service, Sweden-based A Better Route Planner (...)

We’re also told that Rivian has no plans to shut down either the front-end service for other EV owners who still want to use the service for their non-Rivian EVs nor the back end service for other carmakers and services. Polestar and some European brands currently use the backend service native in Android Automotive.

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ProLogium’s solid-state battery unveiled with twice the energy density (prologium.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by driest@feddit.de to c/electricvehicles@lemmy.ml
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  • high silicon anode
  • ceramic electrolyte
  • twice the volumetric energy density of unspecified current battery chemistry
  • gravimetric energy density not specified, but likely at least 30% less than current NMC chemistries
  • assessment samples go to automakers this year
  • extremely high cost