Friday 12th April 2019
Renault and Nissan, the French and Japanese automotive alliance
partners, announced the establishment of a new research and development
joint venture in Shanghai, China, the Alliance Automotive Research and
Development (Shanghai), Ltd., which will be referred to as Alliance
Innovation Lab Shanghai (AIL-SH).
Friday 12th April 2019
Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., announced that Didi Chuxing Technology
Co.’s primary auto solutions platform, Xiaoju Auto Leasing Division, and
Kandi Electric Vehicles Group Co., Ltd. (a joint venture by Kandi
Vehicles and Geely Group, Ltd. including its affiliates), a well-known
Chinese pure electric vehicle manufacturing enterprise, took the next
step in their collaboration by establishing a strategic partnership in
order to take advantage of shared resources and opportunities. As a
result of a series of key discussions, the JV Company and Didi Chuxing
signed a major customer cooperative framework contract.
Friday 12th April 2019
Affectiva, a provider of Emotion AI and the pioneer of Human Perception AI, announced that it has closed $26 million in funding.
Friday 12th April 2019
Solid Power is teaming up with Ford Motor Company to develop all
solid-state batteries (ASSB) for next-generation electric vehicles.
Thursday 11th April 2019
CMBlu Energy AG and MANN+HUMMEL GmbH have signed an agreement for the
joint development and industrialisation of energy converters for organic
redox flow batteries.
Thursday 11th April 2019
Electrification will rapidly increase the need for batteries. A new
solution by Nordic clean energy company Fortum makes over 80% of the
electric vehicle (EV) battery recyclable, returns the scarce metals back
into circulation and resolves the sustainability gap by reducing the
need to mine cobalt, nickel, and other scarce metals.
Thursday 11th April 2019
TransPower, an advanced clean transportation technology company, and
Meritor, Inc., a leading manufacturer of axles and brake systems and
investor in TransPower, announced the completion of two multi-year
projects for the development, testing and evaluation of advanced,
zero-emission electric yard tractors and Class 8 trucks.
Thursday 11th April 2019
MG (Morris Garages) recently unveiled its global pure electric SUV, the
MG eZS, scheduled for launch across international markets soon. To be
introduced in India by December this year, MG eZS will be one of the
first global pure electric SUVs in the country.
Thursday 11th April 2019
BYD announced the launch of the K12A at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, the world’s first 27-m pure electric bus.
Thursday 11th April 2019
EVgo, a public fast charging network, announced that it has completed or
has in construction 14 battery storage systems located at 11 fast
charging stations, the largest deployment of battery storage systems at
public fast charging stations in the US.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Toyota Motor Corporation announced that it has newly introduced
SimpleFuel to its Motomachi Plant in Toyota City, Aichi Prefecture.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Hyundai Motor India Ltd, India’s second largest car manufacturer, and
largest exporter since inception, showcased the Global ‘Blue Link’ Car
Connected Technology and Beyond. The company also shared various pan
India initiatives across Sales, Service and Customer Relationship
Management (CRM) for the seamless rollout of Hyundai Blue Link
Connectivity.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
The Alfa Romeo Giulietta MY19 is being projected into the future of
mobility with the launch of U-Go by Leasys, the first innovative and
integrated mobility platform that offers peer-to-peer car sharing
solutions to retail customers.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Mercedes‑Benz has received a record-breaking order for the eCitaro electric urban bus.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Jim Farley has been appointed President, New Businesses, Technology & Strategy, effective May 1.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
T-Systems and Argus Cyber Security, an independent subsidiary of
Continental, will work together on cyber defence for cars. This was
announced by the companies at the Hanover Industrial Trade Fair.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Spanish automaker, Seat, announced its strategic collaboration with the
electric kicksharing start-up UFO, through XMOBA Ventures, to make 530
Seat eXS kickscooters powered by Segway available to the public in
Madrid.
Wednesday 10th April 2019
Danlaw announced that its RouteLink DSRC Roadside Unit (RSU) has received OmniAir Consortium certification for V2X applications.
Tuesday 9th April 2019
MINIEYE, a Chinese company concentrating on developing sensing systems
for autonomous driving, recently announced the completion of its Series B
financing.
Tuesday 9th April 2019
Ford has come up with a concept that uses big data to identify the most beneficial places to locate new rapid-charging points.
Tuesday 9th April 2019
Automotive Grade Linux, a collaborative cross-industry effort developing
an open source platform for connected car technologies, has announced
that Volkswagen has joined Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) and the Linux
Foundation, the nonprofit organisation enabling mass innovation through
open source.
Tuesday 9th April 2019
San Jose-based Shanghai Automotive Industrial Corporation’s (SAIC)
Innovation Centre has been demonstrating its automated, all-electric
shuttle around a defined loop of the solar-panel-lined in University of
California, Davis’ West Village neighbourhood.
Tuesday 9th April 2019
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, announced the introduction of world’s
toughest vehicle emissions standard in central London to help reduce
toxic air pollution and protect public health.
Tuesday 9th April 2019
Geotab, a provider of IoT and connected transportation, announced that
it has signed an arrangement agreement whereby it plans to acquire BSM
Technologies.
