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McLaren und Cadillac mit neuen Fahrern für WEC-Saison 2027
Antonio Felix da Costa und Ricky Taylor werden in der Saison 2027 der Sportwagen-WM (FIA WEC) im Werks-Cadillac sitzen. Alex Lynn wechselt hingegen von Cadillac zu Hypercar-Neueinsteiger McLaren. FIA WEC 16.10.2026 - 08:50 In der FIA WEC neigt sich die Saison 2026 dem Ende zu – und das Stühlerücken für 2027 hat bereits begonnen. So werden Antonio Felix da Costa und Ricky Taylor im kommenden Jahr für das Cadillac Hertz Team Jota antreten und im Cadillac V-Series.R starten.
Vorläufige Entrylist für 6h Barcelona der FIA WEC nun bekannt
Am kommenden Wochenende (16. bis 18. Oktober 2026) ist es soweit: Dann gibt es das siebte Rennwochenende der Saison 2026 in der Sportwagen-WM. Schauplatz ist der bekannte «Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya» in Montmeló. Dort war die FIA WEC einmal zum Prologue genannten Vorsaisontest unterwegs. Ein WEC-Rennen gab es auf dem 4.657 Kilometer langen Kurs aber noch nicht. Barcelona-Catalunya ist somit die 16. Rennstrecke, an der die (2012 gegründete WEC) ein Rennwochenende austragen wird.
Alex Lynn und Ricky Taylor für Cadillac in FIA WEC 2026
In der FIA WEC-Saison 2026 stehen noch vier Läufe an. Zunächst geht es auf den Circuit of the Americas in Austin/Texas. Dann folgen Fuji in Japan sowie Barcelona-Catalunya und das Finale in Monza. Cadillac ist in der Sportwagen-WM bekanntlich mit zwei V-Series.R unterwegs, die vom Cadillac Hertz Team JOTA eingesetzt werden. Das Fahrzeug mit der Startnummer #12 wird bei den anstehenden Rennen jedoch mit unterschiedlichen Piloten besetzt sein. Das war bereits die ganze Saison über so.
6h Sao Paulo: Erste vorläufige Entrylist für FIA WEC ist bekannt
Vom 10. bis 12. Juli gastiert die Sportwagen-WM zum vierten Saisonlauf der Saison 2026 in São Paulo/Brasilien. Dort war die FIA WEC schon von 2012 bis 2014 unterwegs, machte dann aber eine Pause. 2024 gab es das Comeback. Seitdem wird wieder regelmäßig auf der «Autódromo José Carlos Pace» genannten Rennstrecke in Interlagos gefahren. Nun wurde eine erste vorläufige Startliste für das Event verkündet. Diese besteht erwartungsgemäß aus 35 Fahrzeugen - 17 Hypercars und 18 LMGT3-Autos.
Delétraz für Lynn: Fahrerwechsel bei Cadillac für 24h Le Mans
Die diesjährige Ausgabe der 24h Le Mans wirft bereits ihren Schatten voraus. Am Wochenende des 13./14. Juni 2026 wird der große Langstreckenklassiker an der französischen Sarthe ausgetragen – und bei Cadillac wurde nun nochmals die Cockpit-Besatzung angepasst. Eigentlich war geplant, dass Alex Lynn zusammen mit Norman Nato und Will Stevens im V-Series.R mit der Startnummer #12 fahren soll. Jedoch wird nun Louis Delétraz diesen Platz erhalten. Lynn hat 2026 noch kein WEC-Rennen im Cadillac bestritten.
Cadillac zeigt Aussehen des V-Series.R für WEC-Saison 2026
Cadillac zeigt Aussehen des V-Series.R für WEC-Saison 2026 Das Cadillac Hertz Team Jota wird auch in der Saison 2026 wieder zwei V-Series.R in der Hypercar-Klasse der Sportwagen-WM (FIA WEC) aufbieten. So sehen die amerikanischen Autos mit V8-Power aus. FIA WEC 14.04.2026 - 05:42 Die Saison 2026 der FIA WEC startet vom 17. bis 19 April in Imola. An der Spitze des Feldes werden dann 17 Hypercars um die Gesamtsiege fighten.
Cadillac-Pilot Alex Lynn verpasst Saisonauftakt der WEC
Wenn die FIA WEC vom 17. bis 19. April in Imola in die Saison 2026 startet, wird Alex Lynn fehlen. Beim Briten ist ein Eingriff wegen anhaltender Nackenprobleme geplant. Neben dem Rennen in Italien wird Lynn auch beim zweiten WEC-Rennwochenende im belgischen Spa-Francorchamps Anfang Mai nicht im Cockpit des Cadillac V-Series.R sitzen. Wenn alles gut läuft, soll Lynn für die 24h Le Mans im Juni dann aber wohl wieder zurück sein.
WEC Monza: Kobayashi lands Toyota pole ahead of Ferrari
Kobayashi claimed the top spot in qualifying by just over one hundredth of a second aboard the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar, in a closely fought session in which the top three cars were separated by a tenth. A 1m35.358s from Kobayashi compared with Fuoco’s 1m35.375s in the #50 Ferrari 499P LMH, while Brendon Hartley was just behind on a 1m35.480s in the second of the Toyotas.
WEC Monza: Toyota edges Ferrari in second practice
Kamui Kobayashi was quickest initially in the #7 Toyota GR010 HYBRID Le Mans Hypercar and then improved to a 1m36.363s to give him a margin of just under two tenths over Antonio Fuoco in the #50 Ferrari 499P LMH. The Italian driver jumped to second just under halfway through the 90-minute afternoon session to split the Toyotas, his 1m36.533s just shading Brendon Hartley’s 1m36.686s in the championship-leading #8 GR010.
Daytona 24: Ganassi Cadillacs top final GTP practice at Daytona
The GTP teams practiced fuel stops, tyre stops, driver changes and, in the case of the #01 Chip Ganassi Racing Cadillac V-LMDh, practiced a swift nose change. Out on track, the teams were also testing the softer Michelin compound for use at night in the colder temperatures.
Daytona 24: Porsche leads Acura in night practice
The Penske-run #7 Porsche 963 of Campbell was the first car to duck below the 1m36s barrier, turning a 1m35.802s after 20 minutes to eclipse the Cadillac V-LMDh cars of Alex Lynn and Alexander Sims by over 0.4s. Ricky Taylor moved up to also shade the Cadillacs, but was still over 0.33s off top spot. His full-time partner Albuquerque cut the deficit back to 0.172s with half an hour to go, pulling clear of the Ganassi and Action Express Racing Cadillacs.
Rolex 24: Porsche leads Acura in night practice at Daytona
The Penske-run #7 Porsche 963 of Campbell was the first car to duck below the 1min36 barrier, turning a 1min35.802sec after 20mins to eclipse the Cadillac V-LMDh cars of Alex Lynn and Alexander Sims by over 0.4sec. Ricky Taylor moved up to also shade the Caddys, but was still over 0.33 sec off top spot. His full-time partner Albuquerque cut the deficit back to 0.172sec with half an hour to go, pulling clear of the Ganassi and Action Express Racing Cadillacs.
21% Surge in IC Unit Shipments Forecast This Year
This week, IC Insights will release its Mid-Year Update to The McClean Report 2021 that includes its most current forecast for the global IC market from 2021 through 2025. After a six percent drop in IC unit shipments in 2019, and an eight percent increase in 2020, IC Insights forecasts a huge 21% jump in IC unit shipments this year. Unit shipments in 2021 are forecast to reach 391.2 billion, more than 11x the 34.1 billion units shipped over 30 years ago in 1990.
First Look At Medical Cart Power Innovation
A new medical cart power system, jointly designed by Accutronics and Ultralife , will be unveiled at this year’s Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (HIMSS) exhibition. The event runs from August 9th to 13th, 2021 in Las Vegas, USA. Healthcare settings are fast-moving environments where equipment such as computers, monitors, printers and other peripherals must be transported quickly between wards to treat patients, usually via medical carts.
Improving How Data Accelerates Autonomous Vehicle Technology
NI and Seagate Technology have announced a new collaboration to enhance data storage and transfer services, including a first-of-its-kind advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) record offering. The announcement was made during NI Connect, the test and measurement company’s premiere digital event for engineers.
3D Printing Composites Will Be A $2bn Industry Within the Next Decade
3D printing of fiber-reinforced polymers is rapidly approaching a commercial tipping point. This is quickly becoming one of the most exciting and impactful areas of 3D printing; over the next decade the market will grow to $2bn, the installed base and applications will expand, and technology will continue to mature.
Battery Elimination In Electronics Grows
The rapid increase in adoption of batteryless solutions is tracked in the IDTechEx report, ‘Battery Elimination in Electronics: Market Impact IoT, 6G, Healthcare, Wearables 2021-2041’. In India, Pune-based Jeevtronics has just announced a hand-cranked, battery-less defibrillator, which can be used in the absence of electricity. That matters, because according to a report by Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology Review (AER), 17 million people yearly die of sudden and unexpected cardiac arrest.
REE Automotive Opens US Headquarters in Texas
REE Automotive has announced that it will open its US headquarters in Austin, Texas to address the growing US market demand for mission-specific EVs from delivery and logistics companies, Mobility-as-a-Service and new technology players. In addition, Austin will be the location of REE’s first asset-light Integration Center for the assembly and testing of its disruptive REEcorner technology and ultra-modular EV platforms.
Demand for Wireless Portable Monitoring Medical Devices to Surge
As per a new report published by a market research and competitive intelligence provider, the global wireless portable medical devices market was valued at $15bn in 2020, and is projected to top $33bn by 2031, expanding at a CAGR of 11%.
REE and 10X Announce Closing of Business Combination
REE Automotive has announced the completion of its merger with 10X Capital. The business combination was approved at a special meeting of 10X’s stockholders on July 21st, 2021 and closed today, July 22nd, 2021. Following the merger, the combined company is named REE Automotive Ltd. Beginning on Friday, July 23rd, 2021, REE’s Class A ordinary shares and warrants will trade on Nasdaq under the ticker symbols ‘REE’ and ‘REEAW’, respectively.
Connected Vehicle Insurance Opportunities Extended
NXP Semiconductors and MOTER Technologies, an insurtech company focused on bridging the gap between the automotive and insurance ecosystems, have announced a secure data exchange platform that links deep data from connected vehicles to the insurance industry to power data science solutions for risk assessment, cost modeling, and more.
The Necessity Of Reliable Power In Reduced-Workforce Facilities
The COVID-19 pandemic has put increasing pressure on industry to move towards reduced physical workforces and ever-increasing automation. While it is not a new phenomenon, so-called ‘lights out manufacturing’ has taken on a new importance in a landscape where the overcrowding of people could present a health and safety hazard. However, this comes with its own challenges, not least ensuring the proper maintenance of industrial robots.
EdTech Virtual Internships in hypergrowth as it secures $2.5m
Virtual Internships today announced a $2.5m fundraise led by Sequoia Capital India’s Surge with participation from 500 Startups, iSeed, Arc Impact and Hustle Fund. The EdTech company delivers global work experience programmes across 18 career fields, helping young people kick-start their career and prepare for the future of work in a digital, borderless world.
Top 10 Post-Pandemic Tech Trends Streamed Worldwide
OurCrowd has livestreamed its top 10 Post-Pandemic Tech Trends to a global audience. The event, based on a popular session of the OurCrowd Global Investor Summit held every year in Jerusalem, was broadcast online after the pandemic prevented the Summit from being held this year. “We are not getting together in person, but we’re bringing the tech trends to the people online,” said Jon Medved, OurCrowd’s Founder and CEO, opening the broadcast.
Contactless Product Personalization for Fast, Flexible, Cost-Efficient Logistics
STMicroelectronics and Feig Electronic have combined their RFID know-how in a time-saving logistics solution that can help cut numerous costs and enhance flexibility for vendors of high-tech products such as smart industrial, consumer, and medical devices.
Integration Brings Improved PCB Quoting Experience for EMS Companies
CalcuQuote customers will benefit from a valuable integration between QuoteCQ, the RFQ management system designed for Printed Circuit Board Assembly (PCBA) contract manufacturers, and Stackrate, a PCB fab manufacturing software product by Germany based company, Electronic Fellows. “We believe that the quoting process in the Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) and PCB sectors is subject to fundamental change.
Future Of Energy Must Meet The Needs Of The Many
As the world continues to progress multiple energy transitions, the numerous top-down roadmaps on climate-related action require humanising, with more detail about their actual implementation, an influential voice on energy and sustainable development said.
Tech Innovation: Are Electricians Keeping Pace?
The importance of technological innovation in the advancement of any industry cannot be denied. The reality is those who adapt to the continuously changing landscape will thrive, while the remainder will struggle. The same is true in the electrician industry.
How Will Food Be Made In The Future
From free-range chicken to food miles on alfalfa, eating ethically is becoming more and more of a head-scratcher. Even for vegans, there are the questions of how sustainably agave was sourced, or whether environment-damaging pesticides were used to grow kale – and all that is without even considering how the food tastes. Advances in the food and agriculture industry could answer every one of these questions, plus some the regular consumer hadn’t yet thought to ask.
A New Database for Electric Car Sales, Models and Technologies
The electric car market has grown rapidly over the past five years, with 2020’s global sales of battery-electric vehicles (BEVs) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) being 5.5 times larger than in 2015. In fact, 2020’s sales were 44% higher than that of 2019 despite the impact of COVID-related shutdowns on the automotive industry. Within this growing market, several trends can be seen when looking at batteries and traction motors.
Growth Drives €10 million Investment For COPA-DATA
Demand for digitalization has not faltered during the pandemic. In fact, it has thrived. Automation software and digitalization expert, COPA-DATA experienced this first-hand during 2020 – increasing turnover, expanding its team, and investing in new subsidiaries. Now, the company is making a €10 million investment to headquarters in Salzburg, Austria.
Gas and particle sensors: a $2.2B market in 2026
“The quality of the air we breathe remains a major global issue for the health and safety of people. The World Health Organization links 4.2 million deaths per year to pollution issues and exposure to toxic or dangerous gases. The cost of pollution is also a significant economic impact. The World Bank estimates it to be 4.8% of global GDP” according to Jérôme Mouly, Team Lead Analyst, Sensing & Actuating at Yole Développement (Yole). But outdoor pollution is not the only concern today.
IoT Industry Leaders at ‘Works With’ 2021 Developer Conference
Silicon Labs has announced it will host its second annual Works With 2021 Conference on September 14th to 15th. Launched in 2020, last year’s event was experienced virtually by over 6,000 global attendees and focused on advancing the smart home through keynotes, training sessions and workshops with Amazon, Comcast, Google, Ring and many others. This year, the conference is expanding its breadth to include smart home and three additional tracks: Smart Cities, Industrial IoT (IIoT) and General IoT.
Buck Regulators Bring Feature Set For Home Appliances
Renesas Electronics has unveiled a family of new 700V buck regulators that offers designers numerous advantages over competitive solutions. The new RAA2230XX devices deliver superior power consumption, noise and EMI suppression, as well as reduced overall system cost. They are suited for a wide range of applications, including home appliances, sensing systems such as smoke alarms and gas sensors, white goods, power meters and industrial controls.
RF Design Advanced With The Latest AWR Design Environment Platform
Cadence Design Systems has announced AWR Design Environment Version 16 (V16) with cross-platform interoperability to support RF to millimetre wave (mmWave) intellectual property (RF IP) integration for heterogeneous technology development across the Cadence Virtuoso design platform as well as the Allegro PCB and IC package design platforms.
5G Service Now Reaches 1,662 Cities Worldwide
Viavi Solutions has released new research demonstrating the accelerating pace at which 5G is growing, with coverage extending to an additional four countries and 301 cities worldwide since the beginning of this year. The new total — 1,662 cities across 65 countries — represents an increase of more than 20 percent during 2021 to date, according to the latest edition of the VIAVI report ‘The State of 5G’, now in its fifth year.
Ensuring Flexibility And Stability In The Grid
According to Bloomberg, January 2021 saw the latest in a series of near misses for the European power grid, a sudden drop in frequency and narrowly avoided widespread power failure. Increasing reliance on renewable energy sources — while essential to lower CO2 emissions — also leads to a fluctuating energy supply. Here, Jurgen Resch, Energy and Infrastructure Industry Manager at COPA-DATA, has investigated why stable renewable grid integration is crucial for Europe.
EV & Fast Charging Move To The Next Level
The IDTechEx report ‘Charging Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles and Fleets 2021-2031’ finds that the total number of electric vehicle charging outlets surpassed 1 million in 2020, with both China and Europe at or below the optimum 10 electric vehicles per charging outlet. The US is lagging at ~17 electric vehicles per outlet, but with a cool $174 billion earmarked by the Biden administration for electric vehicle and charging infrastructure market development, the tide is turning.
IC Packaging For Automotive And IoT Markets
Presto Engineering and Cadence Design Systems have announced a collaboration to broaden semiconductor package design solutions and expertise for high-performance system-in-package (SiP) development for the automotive and Industrial IoT markets.
Technology Development To Drive Long-Term EV Adoption
The resilience of global electric vehicle (EV) sales during 2020 provided some optimism as to the maturing state of the electric vehicle market. However, sales are still primarily underpinned by government policy, and improvements in cost and performance to Li-ion cells and packs, not to forget other aspects of the vehicle or grid infrastructure, are needed for widespread adoption.
Personalized Air Quality Experiences With Sensor Platform
Renesas Electronics has expanded its popular ZMOD4510 Outdoor Air Quality (OAQ) gas sensor platform with an IP67-qualifed waterproof package and a new AI-based algorithm that enables ultra-low power selective ozone measurements. The enhanced ZMOD4510 is a fully calibrated, miniature digital OAQ sensor solution with selective ozone measurement capabilities, offering visibility into the air quality in users’ immediate environments for a personalized experience.
5G: Take It Or Leave It?
“A sharp transition toward 5G is ongoing in mobile devices,” according to Cédric Malaquin, Technology & Market Analyst, RF Devices & Technology at Yole Développement (Yole). “The number of 5G phones will more than double in 2021 compared to 2020. This is a significantly faster penetration rate than the LTE standard 10 years ago.
MEMS Semiconductors Strengthen After Holding Up Well in 2020
Sales of semiconductor sensors and actuators made with microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) technology are expected to grow about 16% in 2021 to a record-high $15.9bn after an 11% increase in 2020 during the economic havoc caused by the COVID-19 virus pandemic and the automotive industry’s worst year in decades, according to IC Insights’ 2021 O-S-D Report—A Market Analysis and Forecast for Optoelectronics, Sensors/Actuators, and Discretes.
NAND Consolidation As The Memory Business Keeps Growing
“NAND and DRAM are the workhorse memory technologies,” said Simone Bertolazzi, PhD. Senior Technology & Market analyst at Yole Développement (Yole).“They are used, respectively, as storage and working memory for a broad spectrum of applications and systems, including smartphones, tablets, SSDs, PCs, servers, and vehicles.” The market research and strategy consulting company, Yole announced a combined DRAM and NAND revenue rose 15% from 2019, reaching about $122 billion in 2020.
Less Car Charging Beats Fast Charging Any Day
Imagine a few years from now. You can buy a car that often needs charging but it can be fast charging or you can choose the opposite. You only need to charge one-third of the number of times so you do that at home, at the hotel or supermarket, never in the street, once a month or less. It is a no-brainer – less charging beats fast charging any day. Put it another way. You want to vacation around Scotland or even large countries like Australia, Canada, even live there.
Cybersecurity For Behavior-based Cognitive Trust Security Platform
Elisity, the creator of Cognitive Trust, the new platform for identity and behavior-based enterprise cybersecurity, has announced a Series A funding round totaling $26 million, co-led by Two Bear Capital and AllegisCyber Capital, with previous seed investor Atlantic Bridge also participating.
Machine Vision Accelerates Emerging Image Sensors
Image sensing is an essential capability, utilized across multiple applications that range from webcams and smartphone cameras to autonomous vehicles and industrial inspection. The brand new report from IDTechEx, ‘Emerging Image Sensor Technologies 2021-2031: Applications and Markets’, comprehensively explores the market for emerging image sensors, covering a diverse range of technologies that span from thin film flexible photodetectors to event-based vision.
Tiny Machine Learning Surges With Voice Interfaces
OEMs are gearing up to add voice interface to their brands, according to expert analysis by SAR Insight & Consulting. The latest report from the market intelligence firm— ‘Tiny Machine Learning and Audio: Technology & Hardware Market Sizing’—explores market opportunities across 51 end-market devices, including detailed forecasts for adoption for audio machine learning, always listening, battery-powered and non-audio machine learning.
World’s First Commercial Narrowband IoT Over Satellite Solution
Skylo, a satellite-based narrow-band (NB) IoT solution company, has announced that Inmarsat will provide the satellite capacity backbone to deliver its IoT solutions for connecting machines and sensors.
Marelli Motorsport And 1NCE Announce Partnership
Marelli Motorsport and 1NCE are joining forces to develop new real-time tracking solutions in the world of motorsport. Marelli Motorsport develops electronic and electro-mechanical systems for two and four-wheel racing vehicles, supplying all the top teams in all of the most important motorsport world championships such as Formula 1, Formula E, the World Endurance Championship, MotoGP, and many others. The company is a specialist in Motorsport telemetry and delivers connected track technologies.
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