From an attempt to drive an electric vehicle at a higher altitude than any before, to BMW signing a battery deal with CATL from 2025 onward, to various Lucid news and Tesla news, below is a roundup of electric vehicle stories you might have missed.
LG Energy Solution battery powers successful GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® attempt for the highest altitude achieved in an electric vehicle. Image courtesy of Challenge4 GmbH/Daily Blogs About the VW ID.4 High Altitude.
LG Energy Solution battery powers successful GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® attempt for the highest altitude achieved in an electric vehicle
“LG Energy Solution (LGES; KRX: 373220) became a part of history [last week], as Rainer Zietlow, a world-record driver, set another world record with an electric vehicle powered by LGES batteries. Zietlow and his Challenge4 team set a new GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® title for the highest altitude achieved in electric cars, by driving up the dormant Uturuncu volcano in Bolivia, reaching 5,816 meters in altitude.
“The team’s vehicle of choice, the Volkswagen ID.4 GTX, is powered by LGES’s battery cells and modules that employ high energy density for long-distance driving, high-speed charging and even high-altitude drives.
“Zietlow’s team successfully broke the previous record on May 18, and was awarded with the official GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS® certificate in La Paz, Bolivia on May 23. Previously, in 2021, Zietlow achieved the title for the longest continuous journey by electric vehicle in a single country by driving through the U.S. with the VW ID.4.”
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Rainer Zietlow sets a new record for the highest climb in an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle, powered by LG Energy Solution’s battery cells and modules, reaches an altitude of 5,816 meters on Bolivian volcano. Image courtesy of Challenge4 GmbH/Daily Blogs About the VW ID.4 High Altitude.
The Challenge4 team’s record-breaking journey has been chronicled at www.vwid4-highaltitude.com, where visitors can view images and explore a map displaying the route it took up the mountain. As with every project since 2005, Rainer Zietlow is once again supporting an SOS children’s village for a charitable purpose. Image courtesy of Challenge4 GmbH/Daily Blogs About the VW ID.4 High Altitude.
Lucid News
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Lucid EVs found in the real world. Image courtesy of Phillip Hollocher.
Nicolas Minbiole replaces Peter Hochholdinger to oversee Lucid’s manufacturing quality
“Business Insiderreports ‘Lucid Motors is shifting the roles of two top executives as the company pushes to address the ongoing quality issues that have hampered production, sources familiar with the changes told Insider.’
“Peter Hochholdinger, Lucid’s manufacturing vice president and a longtime Audi veteran and former VP of production at Tesla, will no longer oversee manufacturing quality. VP of global quality Nicolas Minbiole will now oversee quality for manufacturing, suppliers, and packaging, in an attempt to address ongoing supply and production snafus, three sources with direct knowledge said.”
Lucid Motors issues recall for glass cockpit instrument panel for 1,117 Lucid Air EVs
“Lucid Motors has sent emails to some customers who have already received their Lucid Air EVs about a new recall. This one is specific to the ethernet wiring harness for the Glass Cockpit instrument panel. Lucid Motors said this harness may have not have been secured properly. This seems to impact both Dream Edition and Grand Touring models but how many were actually impacted is hard to know. The NHTSA site says that the potential number of units affected is 1,117.”
From the Lucid owner’s forum:
“Tesla2.0” said: “I’m at Houston Service Center to troubleshoot my charging cable and showed them the recall notice. They told me it only affects certain batch of production, but not my batch. So I guess I’m lucked out? Meanwhile, I’m joying the waiting lounge.”
Tesla News
Tesla brings better driving visuals, energy predictions, and driver profiles in software update version 2022.16.0.2
“New Driving Visualizations: Tesla has synchronized the driving visualizations for both the FSD Beta and non-FSD Beta car owners, as we have discussed above. In the new driving visualizations, rendering of bicycles and motorcycles has been improved and is particularly interesting as some of the Tesla owners have identified in their tweets,” Tesla Oracle says.