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About AutoRevolution Edition · Founded 2019
An Editorial Profile By the Editors

A Note from the Editor-in-Chief

The intelligence layer for the autonomous, electric, and connected vehicle era.

AutoRevolution is an independent research and news platform decoding how AI, electrification, and connectivity are rewriting the four-trillion-dollar auto industry. We publish original analysis, OEM teardowns, and proprietary data the global mobility industry reads before it moves.

By Maria Chen Founder & Editor-in-Chief · Former battery-systems engineer, Tesla Model 3 program, 2015–2018
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Editorial Mission

What we cover, how we work, and why independence is non-negotiable.

Three chapters. One set of rules. AutoRevolution covers the four forces rewriting the auto industry — and is funded entirely by the readers it serves.

Chapter 01

The four-pillar coverage lens

Every story we publish maps to one of four pillars: artificial intelligence (perception stacks, foundation models for driving, on-device inference), electrification (battery chemistries, cell-to-pack architectures, charging infrastructure), connectivity (software-defined vehicles, E/E architecture, over-the-air pipelines), and mobility intelligence (the proprietary AutoRevolution EV Adoption Index, dealer economics, fleet data). If a story does not advance one of those four, we do not run it.

  • AI & Autonomy
  • Electrification
  • Connectivity & SDV
  • Mobility Intelligence
Chapter 02

How we report

Twenty-seven full-time analysts, editors, and data scientists work across nine countries. We source every quantitative claim, label every forecast as a forecast, and disclose every material relationship with the companies we cover. Our flagship annual report — The State of the Software-Defined Vehicle, 312 pages — is downloaded by 84,000 industry readers each year and is built on primary data from S&P Global Mobility and our own OEM teardown program.

The average analyst response time on reader questions is six hours. Industry inquiries to competing trade outlets, by contrast, sit unanswered for an average of eleven days.

Chapter 03

Why independence is non-negotiable

Since 2022, AutoRevolution has run on a single revenue model: reader subscriptions. We do not run sponsored content. We do not accept OEM briefings under embargo in exchange for coverage. We do not allow our analysts to hold material positions in the equities they analyze. The result is a publication cited more than 4,200 times in academic and trade journals — and a publication our readers can quote in a board meeting without a footnote.

Advisory Board

The people who keep our reporting honest.

Four former automotive technology leaders who review our methodology, challenge our sourcing, and sit with us twice a year to red-line the editorial calendar. Listed in their personal capacity; affiliations are former roles.

  • 01

    Dr. Anika Volkov

    Former Chief Technology Officer, Bosch Mobility Solutions (2018–2023)

    Twenty-six years in automotive powertrain and ADAS systems. Advises AutoRevolution on methodology for teardown reporting and supplier-tier sourcing.

    Methodology
  • 02

    James Okafor

    Former Chief Technology Officer, Rivian (2019–2022)

    Led electrical/electronic architecture work on the R1T and R1S programs. Advises on coverage of software-defined vehicle stacks and zonal architectures.

    SDV & E/E
  • 03

    Yuki Tanaka

    Former Senior Vice President of Engineering, Mobileye (2014–2021)

    Worked on perception and mapping programs across three generations of driver-assist silicon. Advises on AI and autonomy coverage, particularly regulatory framing in EU and Japanese markets.

    AI & Autonomy
  • 04

    Helena Brandt

    Former Director of Battery Cell Development, Northvolt (2018–2023)

    Cell chemistry and gigafactory operations. Advises on electrification reporting and on the proprietary AutoRevolution EV Adoption Index methodology.

    Electrification

Board members serve in a personal capacity. Affiliations listed reflect former roles and are not intended to imply current endorsement or partnership with their prior employers.

By the Numbers

The reach and recognition behind the byline.

1.4M Unique professionals read AutoRevolution each month (SimilarWeb, Q4 2024).
218K+ Verified subscribers on the Weekly Briefing newsletter list.
124 Countries where the publication is read monthly.
4,200+ Citations in academic and trade publications since 2020.
7:42 Average reader session — versus a 2:18 trade-publication benchmark.
27 Full-time analysts, editors, and data scientists across nine countries.
84K Downloads of the 2024 State of the Software-Defined Vehicle report.
2024 Tabby Award winner — Best B2B Trade Publication. 2023 Online Journalism Awards finalist, Business Reporting, Small Newsroom.

Available in four languages: English, German, Mandarin, and Japanese. Data partnership with S&P Global Mobility since 2021.

The Independence Manifesto

“Zero sponsored content. Zero paywalled OEM access. One hundred percent reader-supported, since 2022.”

— Maria Chen, Founder & Editor-in-Chief, in a letter to readers on the publication's third anniversary.

If we ever break that promise, we will say so on this page. We have not had to.