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2026-07-03

July 3 engineering brief: Honda's F1 catch-up, V2G moves toward market, and SDV security

Motorsport & Car Tech Daily Audio Brief
Motorsport & Car Tech Daily Audio Brief@TheActualHansen
July 3 engineering brief: Honda's F1 catch-up, V2G moves toward market, and SDV security

Good morning. Today’s engineering brief is about catch-up work: a Formula One engine supplier trying to regain combustion performance, carmakers trying to make parked E V s earn their keep, and software teams treating the vehicle like a networked system that has to be attacked before customers do. Three signals, all from the last daily source window, and each one is less about headline speed than about how vehicle systems are now validated.

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Episode guide

A short morning audio brief on three technical signals: Honda's controlled catch-up route under Formula One's engine development rules, the move to package bidirectional charging as a European customer product, and practical security validation for software-defined vehicles.

In this episode

  • Why Honda's planned combustion-chamber and pre-chamber work matters under the 2026 Formula One power-unit rules.
  • How Volkswagen, Valeo and Nissan are turning vehicle-to-grid from a charger feature into a vehicle, tariff, wallbox and grid-service system.
  • Why ECU validation, penetration testing and repeatable security workflows are becoming part of the software-defined vehicle stack.

Sources

  • Racecar Engineering: Honda to bring major F1 engine update to Dutch GP
  • ADT: Is vehicle-to-grid finally becoming a European business case?
  • EVTech.News: BITS Pilani WILP showcases software-defined vehicle security at Autonomous Vehicle Technology Expo 2026 in Germany
Motorsport & Car Tech Daily Audio Brief
Motorsport & Car Tech Daily Audio Brief@TheActualHansen

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