Tuesday 13th November 2018
Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, has announced that it has invested in the latest round of funding in Enevate Corporation, an advanced lithium-ion (Li-ion) battery technology company based in Irvine, California.
Monday 12th November 2018
The testing centre is developing its facilities for testing these cutting-edge technologies in the UK. In addition to modifications to existing road and test track infrastructure, Millbrook is making a significant investment in high-precision instrumentation and soft targets that allow contact without damage. It has recently been running a number of demonstrations.
Monday 12th November 2018
Karamba Security, a leading provider of automotive cybersecurity, and STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor leader, announced the integration of Karamba’s Carwall end-to-end protection on ST Telemaco3P STA1385 Automotive Telematics and Connectivity Processor.
Monday 12th November 2018
Telenav, Inc., a provider of connected-car and location-based services, announced that its Scout GPS Link (SGL) mobile application now features Yelp ratings and reviews for the U.S. and Canada. The addition of Yelp content provides SGL users with an easy way to locate highly rated restaurants and local businesses from their in-car entertainment system when connected to SGL.
Monday 12th November 2018
Hyundai Motor Group and Grab Holdings Inc., Southeast Asia’s leading mobile platform, announced an agreement under which Hyundai Motor Company and Kia Motors Corporation will invest an additional $250 million into Grab and establish a partnership to pilot EV programs across Southeast Asia.
Monday 12th November 2018
HyreCar Inc., the carsharing marketplace for ridesharing, announced that the Company has expanded access to its proprietary platform for drivers and vehicle owners in all 50 U.S. states.
Monday 12th November 2018
In response to widespread interest from European customers, Nikola Motor Company has created a hydrogen-electric truck for European markets.
Monday 12th November 2018
Continental intends to increase its team of experts in the field of artificial intelligence (AI) by 2021 from its current figure of approximately 400 employees to approximately 700 employees.
Saturday 10th November 2018
Cohda Wireless has successfully demonstrated its connected autonomous vehicle technology in a live trial on the streets of the city of Adelaide. The trial proved the potential for connected self-driven vehicles to make streets much safer than they are and that Cohda’s technology is effective even in the most challenging of environments – the so-called ‘urban canyons’ of a typical city.
Friday 9th November 2018
In an Australian first, Toyota Australia is partnering with a Melbourne council for a real-world trial of environmentally friendly, zero CO2 emitting hydrogen-electric vehicles.
Friday 9th November 2018
Alliance Ventures, the strategic venture capital arm of Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, announced that it has invested in the latest round of funding in Transit, a multi-modal transportation mobile app company based in Montreal, Canada.
Friday 9th November 2018
Friday 9th November 2018
Toyoda Gosei Co., Ltd. will establish a Corporate Venture Capital Department in January 2019. This new department will serve as the company’s centre for flexible and swift investment in startups and venture capital to accelerate open innovations for practical application and commercialization of new technologies and products.
Friday 9th November 2018
InMotion Ventures, Jaguar Land Rover’s venture capital fund, has invested in Montreal-based journey planner app, Transit. Transit helps people navigate and make better transport decisions in more than 175 cities worldwide.
Friday 9th November 2018
Generali Country Italia and the Fiat Chrysler Automobiles Group have signed a letter of intent, the first step in a business and technological partnership which will develop innovative products and services for the automotive and connected vehicles sectors, and offer them to the insurance market.
Friday 9th November 2018
Rheinbahn and moovel Group GmbH are now offering the "Mobil in Düsseldorf" app, which lets users search and compare various means of transport and directly book the respective ticket.
Wednesday 7th November 2018
The Volkswagen Group continues to expand its software competence and is forging ahead with its digital transformation.
Wednesday 7th November 2018
Monday 5th November 2018
DriveNow, a flexible car sharing service from BMW Group has announced its expansion into five new London boroughs – Westminster, Barnet, Tower Hamlets, Southwark and Brent.
Monday 5th November 2018
The Volkswagen Group is making further progress with its work with quantum computers. For the first time, Volkswagen experts have succeeded in using a quantum computer to develop a traffic management system that will replace forecasting for urban traffic volumes, transport demand and travel times with precise calculations.
Monday 5th November 2018
Project lead is CloudMade, with partners Aimsun, Birmingham City Council and Trakm8.
1-year feasibility study will take anonymized telematics data to help improve connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs)
Friday 2nd November 2018
Immense Simulations announce the appointment of Shaleen Srivastava as their new Chief Commercial Officer.
Friday 2nd November 2018
Ford Motor Co. and Volkswagen AG have been holding discussions to explore possibilities of jointly developing self-driving and electric vehicles. This kind of a strategic alliance, if it were to go through, could mean saving costs by billions of dollars for both companies.
Friday 2nd November 2018
Volvo Cars has reached an agreement with Baidu, the leading Chinese internet search provider, to jointly develop electric and fully autonomous drive-compatible cars with the aim of mass producing them for China, the largest car market in the world.
