Toyota, Navya, PowerCell Sweden, nanomaterials.

More batteries from Southeast Asia? Thai-paper The Nation writes that Toyota is looking to launch a new production facility in the ASEAN region. Up till now, the Japanese has produced cells almost exclusively in Japan. Its new factory in China is a first attempt at cutting the cost of the batteries.
nationmultimedia.com

Autonomous shuttles in Lyon: After Sitten in Switzerland, company Navya is launching two self-driving electric shuttles in the French city, where they will service a 1.35 km long route with a total of five stops for the next year. Riding the shuttle is free and just like in Sitten, there still is a person at the wheel for safety reasons and the EV won’t go past 20 kph.
theiet.org, thelocal.fr

Fuel cell range extender: PowerCell Sweden has received an order from an unnamed Chinese manufacturer that wants to use S2 fuel cell stacks as range extenders in its electric vehicles. The fuel call stacks are designed for efficient power generation in the 5 to 25 kW range, which suggest a small passenger car.
greencarcongress.com

Doubling power: Researchers from Japan and the U.S. have developed silicon-iron based nanomaterials to use in lithium-ion anodes. The new nanostructures have about twice the capacity (about 689 mAh/g) as conventional materials and it are said to be more stable.
greencarcongress.com