Monday 4th June 2018
The GENIVI Alliance, a collaborative community of automakers and their
suppliers developing open software for in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and
the connected car, and Future of Automotive Security Technology
Research (FASTR), a nonprofit research consortium dedicated to
automotive cybersecurity, are joining forces as a single automotive
security team to advance both organizations’ efforts, interests and
expertise in automotive cybersecurity.
Monday 4th June 2018
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced a new $250 million electric
vehicle expansion initiative, EVolve NY, with the New York Power
Authority. In addition to state funding, the program will also seek to
create private sector partnerships through 2025 to aggressively
accelerate the adoption of electric vehicles throughout New York State.
Monday 4th June 2018
SF Motors, a global intelligent electric vehicle company that aims to
accelerate the growth of the EV industry at large, announced today that
including initial acquisition costs it will invest $160 million in the
Mishawaka, Indiana facility that was acquired in November 2017.
Friday 1st June 2018
Friday 1st June 2018
NAVYA, a specialist in autonomous vehicles and new urban
mobility solutions announces two new appointments within
its management team. Jérôme Rigaud is taking up the position of Deputy
CEO and Franck Maccary as CFO.
Friday 1st June 2018
General Motors announced that the SoftBank Vision Fund will invest $2.25
billion in GM Cruise Holdings LLC (GM Cruise), further strengthening
the company’s plans to commercialise AV technology at large scale.
Thursday 31st May 2018
The team at Å koda Auto DigiLab Israel Ltd has started work and is currently
collaborating with ten start-ups of which four are already in a concrete
project development phase.
Thursday 31st May 2018
General Motors has announces that the SoftBank Vision Fund will invest
$2.25 billion in GM Cruise Holdings LLC (GM Cruise), further
strengthening the company’s plans to commercialize AV technology at
large scale. GM will also invest $1.1 billion in GM Cruise upon closing
of the transaction.
Thursday 31st May 2018
StreetScooter GmbH, a subsidiary of Deutsche Post DHL Group and a
producer of electric delivery vehicles, has opened its second
manufacturing facility.
Thursday 31st May 2018
A Memorandum of Understanding has been signed between Enel X, Enel’s division
dedicated to innovative products and digital solutions, and the
Association of Orange Flag Municipalities to
bring electric mobility to the Italian towns.
Wednesday 30th May 2018
Trucks, buses and cars were showcasing the geofencing technology, an
important step toward creating a connected transport system with digital
infrastructure and shared interface in Stockholm, featuring participants from Veoneer, Scania, Volvo Cars and Volvo Group as well as the City of Gothenburg and the City of Stockholm
Wednesday 30th May 2018
Airbus has appointed Eduardo Dominguez Puerta, 40, Head of Urban Air
Mobility (UAM), a new Airbus unit, effective 1 June 2018. In his new
function, he will report to Patrick de Castelbajac, Executive Vice
President Strategy and International.
Wednesday 30th May 2018
Taxify - a cab hailing service based in Estonia and operating across
Europe has raised $175 million in funding from a group led by German
automaker Daimler. The investment also included Europe-based Korelya
Capital and Taavet Hinrikus, founder of Transferwise. China’s Didi
Chuxing was among the returning investors.
Tuesday 29th May 2018
A team of researchers coordinated by Carlo Ratti, director of MIT’s
Senseable City Lab, unveiled a computationally efficient solution to the
problem, which they dub the “minimum fleet problem.â€
Tuesday 29th May 2018
The BMW Group’s campus for autonomous driving is a state-of-the-art
centre of excellence that covers every base when it comes to offering
greater capacity for innovation and increased development efficiency –
and ultimately securing the company’s future sustainability.
Tuesday 29th May 2018
Volkswagen and car-sharing company Zipcar struck up a partnership in
2016 which, in the two years since, has led thousands of Londoners to
get behind the wheel of the petrol-electric Golf GTE or internal
combustion-engined Polo. Now that choice of car will increase further,
with a significant order from Zipcar for 325 all-electric e-Golfs.
Monday 28th May 2018
Getaround is rolling into Seattle to help its booming population get
from point A to point B and even point C at the tap of a button.
Monday 28th May 2018
Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) announced that sales began on March 7
of the “Soraâ€, the first fuel cell bus (FC bus) to receive vehicle type
certification in Japan.
Monday 28th May 2018
SK telecom along with Hyundai Motor Co. and Seoul National University to take part in a South Korean government initiative to develop a
public transport system based on the lines of autonomous driving
vehicles.
Monday 28th May 2018
BMW i has launched a factory-fitted, fully integrated inductive charging
facility for the high-voltage battery in a plug-in hybrid vehicle.
Production will start in July.
Monday 28th May 2018
Veoneer, Autoliv’s electronics business, has been selected by a world leading automaker as a partner to develop and produce mono
vision camera systems comprised of camera hardware, software and
algorithms.
Saturday 26th May 2018
SSB will launch its new service on June 1, 2018, SSB Flex will pool similar journey requests in three areas to provide additional, more flexible journey options in certain high-traffic areas or at specific times in order to supplement the existing transportation services offered.
Saturday 26th May 2018
Ten electric Solaris Urbino 12 buses will reinforce the fleet of Hamburg public transport operator Hochbahn. In line with the agreement two of the commissioned vehicles shall be supplied in autumn this year. The remaining ones will be handed over in September 2019.
Saturday 26th May 2018
Following successful launches in Perth, Sydney and Melbourne, Ola, the ride sharing platforms, is now available in Brisbane, Gold Coast and Canberra.
