Friday 2nd August 2019
Bird unveiled Bird Two, a next generation e-scooter that will be part of Bird’s global fleet of shared e-vehicles.
Friday 2nd August 2019
Electromobility sets challenging requirements for new high-performance
batteries – cruising range, life span, safety, or charging times, to
mention only a few.
Friday 2nd August 2019
The new minibus for HEAT (Hamburg Electric Autonomous Transportation),
Germany’s unique research and development project to integrate an
autonomous shuttle bus into regular street traffic has been revealed.
Friday 2nd August 2019
New technologies require new ways of thinking and working, including in
quality management. That’s why, in preparation for its next step into
electromobility, Porsche has created an extensive new training programme
and adapted its processes.
Thursday 1st August 2019
A second version of the Audi e-tron charged with opening up the benefits
of the first fully electric Audi to a wider audience has been confirmed
for series production and will launch in the UK in 2020.
Thursday 1st August 2019
The BMW Group is accelerating the pace of e-mobility activities by
further increasing their upfront expenditure for mobility of the future,
the company announced in their Q2 2019 quarterly report.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Indian auto major, Tata Motors is planning to launch four new EV models
in the country in the coming 12 to 18 months. N Chandrasekaran,
Chairman, Tata Motors revealed the company’s plans at the 74th Annual
General Meeting.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Avis Budget Group announced a partnership with Otonomo, the leading
automotive data services platform, to unlock new avenues for value
creation from the data generated by its connected fleet. The fleet will
cover an estimated 4 billion road miles this year and is anticipated to
generate over 7 billion road miles of data with its fully connected
fleet in 2020.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Bosch eBike Systems and MAGURA announced closer cooperation in service and replacement parts distribution.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Recogni Inc., the designers of a vision-oriented artificial intelligence
platform for autonomous vehicles, announced $25 million in Series A
financing led by GreatPoint Ventures with participation from Toyota AI
Ventures, BMW i Ventures, Faurecia, Fluxunit (VC arm of lighting and
photonics company OSRAM), and DNS Capital.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Hitachi Automotive Systems, Ltd. announced a partnership for
collaboration with Plug and Play, a global innovation platform that
brings together the best startups with the world’s largest corporations.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Didi Chuxing, a leading multi-modal transportation platform, and BP, one
of the world’s leading fuels retailing and convenience business
company, announced that they have agreed to form a new joint venture to
build electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure in China.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Human Horizons has launched a premium all-electric smart brand, HiPhi,
with the vision to change human mobility and define a new breed of
vehicles. In addition, the first production-ready prototype vehicle,
HiPhi 1, was revealed.
Thursday 1st August 2019
TSD, the industry’s largest rental fleet management software provider,
announced its partnership with Zubie, a leading connected-car platform
and telematics data insights provider, to give fleet operators a
seamless connected car solution.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Nidec Corporation announced that at a meeting of the Board of Directors
held on August 1, 2019, a resolution has been passed to execute a
contract with GAC Components Co., Ltd. (GAC Components), a subsidiary of
China-based GAC Motors, to establish a joint venture to manufacture
automotive traction motors. The closing of this case will be subject to
approval by competition authorities.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Electrify America announced an agreement with San Francisco-based
electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging company Stable Auto to deploy
robotic charging solutions for self-driving vehicles in a pilot
demonstration site in San Francisco, as both companies develop
infrastructure solutions needed to deploy self-driving and electric
vehicle fleets.
Thursday 1st August 2019
Dana Incorporated announced that it will provide its Spicer Electrified
e-Propulsion solution with integrated TM4 SUMO HP motor-inverter system
to power Class 8 tractor-trailer units that will move freight year-round
between Edmonton and Calgary in Alberta, Canada.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
Porsche Digital is expanding to Atlanta, its second US office and sixth
worldwide, as it grows to map the future of the Porsche experience in a
digital world.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
Volkswagen is expanding its activities in the field of charging
infrastructure and is to cooperate closely with has·to·be GmbH, a
leading provider of operating systems for e-mobility. Volkswagen Group
company Elli is to acquire a minority stake in the company.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
The battery electric Mercedes-Benz eActros is in operation at logistics
company Logistik Schmitt, located near Rastatt in southern Germany.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
Owning the all-electric Jaguar I-PACE is now easier than ever before
thanks to a pair of features focusing on use and cost; the new online
range calculator and the Go I-PACE app.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
Volvo Car UK is boosting its in-car connectivity offering by fitting a data SIM card as standard to all its new models.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
London EV Company (LEVC) announced that it has produced 2,500 examples
of its all-new TX electric taxi – and the vehicles are already making a
huge contribution to reducing urban emissions in London, cities across
the UK and in Europe too.
Wednesday 31st July 2019
InstaVolt has begun construction of its 400th rapid
charger, making it the UK’s largest owner-operated network of rapid
electric vehicle chargers in the UK.
