Monday 19th August 2019
The Automated Vehicle Safety Consortium (AVSC) announced that Uber
Advanced Technologies Group (Uber ATG) has joined the consortium.
Monday 19th August 2019
rideOS, a technology platform designed to accelerate the safe, global
rollout of next-generation transportation fleets, launched its new
Ridehail Platform — including a Ridehail API and open-source mobile
apps.
Monday 19th August 2019
Silicon Valley supercar manufacturer, Drako Motors, introduced its first
limited production electric supercar, Drako GTE, in a World Premiere
taking place at the prestigious Quail Motorsports Gathering in Carmel,
California.
Monday 19th August 2019
Plug-in hybrids are an important milestone on the road to zero-emissions
driving.
Monday 19th August 2019
Southern California-based Karma Automotive, the creator of luxury
electric vehicles and high-tech incubator, set the price of its 2020
Revero GT at $135,000 with retail deliveries starting in the fourth
quarter.
Monday 19th August 2019
To support regional and statewide goals to reduce air pollution and
greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from tailpipes, San Diego Gas &
Electric (SDG&E) will launch a major effort to help electrify large
vehicles and industrial equipment, revving up zero-emission
transportation beyond passenger vehicles.
Friday 16th August 2019
The lighting and electronics expert Hella will be presenting solutions
for the mobility of the future at the IAA in Frankfurt, Germany’s
largest motor show, from September 10 to 15, 2019.
Friday 16th August 2019
Lime and Uber announced that they are expanding their partnership to include cities like Prague, Warsaw and Stockholm.
Friday 16th August 2019
Asia Electric, an electric vehicle charging solutions company and
DrivAMP, a smart charging technology provider, have announced the merger
of their business operations.
Friday 16th August 2019
Commsignia, Inc., a market leader in V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything)
solutions, announced the closing of a $11 million fundraising round led
by Karma Ventures and the Samsung Catalyst Fund, together with Partech,
Inventure, and existing investors Credo Ventures and Day One Capital.
Friday 16th August 2019
The Technology Group, Rheinmetall, is systematically supplementing its
automotive product portfolio in the direction of new driveline systems.
Friday 16th August 2019
Leoni, a global provider of energy and data management solutions in the automotive sector and other industries, is broadening its commitment to electromobility.
Friday 16th August 2019
One of the biggest challenges facing e-mobility is the sustainable extraction of raw materials.
Friday 16th August 2019
South Korean battery manufacturer, SK Innovation, has secured green
loans worth KRW800 billion ($656 million) from banks across United
States, Europe and China to expand its production capacity of EV
batteries as well as Li-ion battery separators (LiBS).
Thursday 15th August 2019
Magna celebrated the opening of a new electronics manufacturing facility in Grand Blanc Township, Michigan. The facility consolidates three nearby locations into a single state-of-the-art facility that combines 21st-century manufacturing with people-first workplace design and functionality.
Thursday 15th August 2019
Indian Government’s Department of Heavy Industry has approved the sanction of 5595 electric buses to 64 Cities/State Government Entities/STUs for intra-city and intercity operation under FAME India scheme phase II to give a further push to clean mobility in public transportation.
Thursday 15th August 2019
The UEone from British charging start-up Urban Electric Networks Ltd is the world’s first pop-up charge point that solves the problem of charging for the 50% of urban drivers that park on-street at night.
Thursday 15th August 2019
The 2019 Audi e-tron SUV, the first fully electric Audi model, has earned the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety’s 2019 “Top Safety Pick+” award, the nonprofit’s highest designation. A true midsize luxury SUV built for everyday use, the e-tron is the first pure battery-electric vehicle to earn the 2019 distinction.
Thursday 15th August 2019
There are now almost 1,000 more public places to charge electric cars than there are forecourts to pump petrol in the UK – 9,300 EV charging locations compared to 8,400 fuel stations. The crossover happened more than a year before Nissan’s 2016 prediction of August 2020 – a result of the accelerating adoption of EVs (electric vehicles) amongst UK motorists.
Thursday 15th August 2019
The IAA is where the new Opel Corsa and the Grandland X Hybrid will make their debut, perfectly tailored to customer needs. The new Opel Corsa is not only available as an efficient, classic combustion-engine version, but for the first time also as a battery-electric Corsa-e – with a purely electric range of up to 330 kilometres according to WLTP.
Thursday 15th August 2019
BP Chargemaster, the UK’s leading electric vehicle charging company, powered up its first 150kW ultra-fast electric vehicle (EV) chargers on a BP retail site, the first in a planned network of ultra-fast charging infrastructure stretching across the UK.
Thursday 15th August 2019
Hyundai Motor will provide a glimpse into the future of mobility at the 2019 Frankfurt International Motor Show, which takes place from 10 to 22 September. The company will showcase its full electric design concept which visualises its future EV design direction.
Thursday 15th August 2019
Gentex Corporation recently began shipping the latest version of its HomeLink car-to-home automation system to VOXX Electronics Corporation for sale in the automotive aftermarket. The system consist of a Bluetooth-enabled automatic-dimming mirror with integrated buttons that can be programmed to operate a myriad of radio frequency and cloud-based home automation devices.
Thursday 15th August 2019
UPS said that its venture capital arm, UPS Ventures, has made a minority investment in autonomous driving company TuSimple.
