Tuesday 22nd January 2019
Bridgestone Europe NV/SA, a subsidiary of Bridgestone Corporation in
EMEA, has entered into an agreement with TomTom to acquire its
telematics business, for a cash consideration of €910 million ($1.04
billion).
Tuesday 22nd January 2019
DeepBlue Technology’s Smart Panda Bus, an Artificial Intelligence (AI)
driving bus, made its debut at the “New Generation Artificial
Intelligence Future Development Summit” in Shanghai.
Monday 21st January 2019
Human Horizons (HH), a Chinese startup focusing on “smart” technologies
and new energy vehicles, unveiled its Smart Road Demonstration Project
in Yancheng, China. It is based on Cooperative Intelligent
Transportation System (C-ITS) and is being delivered through HH’s “Open
Urban Road Test Project for Sensor Data Fusion and Computational
Coordination” technology.
Monday 21st January 2019
Friday 18th January 2019
Alto, a new Dallas-based on-demand rides service has launched in Dallas. It is primarily focused on safety and hospitality.
Friday 18th January 2019
Driverless electric shuttles that glide almost silently through city centres and are seamlessly connected with their environment will soon be a common sight on our city streets, whether they are transporting goods or people.
Friday 18th January 2019
DRIVE Software 8.0, which integrates enhanced perception, visualisation and mapping capabilities into one release, makes it easy to see the road ahead for safe self-driving.
Friday 18th January 2019
Sprint announced a ground-breaking project in Peachtree Corners, Ga. where the city is building an intelligent vehicle test track featuring Sprint’s 5G technology combined with Curiosity IoT and micropositioning.
Friday 18th January 2019
The Nissan IMs, unveiled at the 2019 North American International Auto Show, is a completely new type of car – an “elevated sports sedan” that takes advantage of the packaging, platform and powertrain technology developed through Nissan Intelligent Mobility.
Friday 18th January 2019
AFC Energy, an industrial fuel cell power company, announced the successful deployment of CH2ARGE, the world’s first electric vehicle charger based on hydrogen fuel-cell technology. The breakthrough by the UK-based energy technology company could enable 100% clean electricity for future EV charging.
Friday 18th January 2019
Toyota and Lexus are bringing connected car capabilities to their vehicles in the United States. The collaboration of Toyota Motor North America, KDDI and AT&T* will enable 4G LTE connectivity for all new model Toyota and Lexus cars and trucks. This will start with 2020 model year vehicles in the fall of 2019, across all 50 states.
Friday 18th January 2019
Hyundai Mobis and KT announced that they have launched 5G communication in the Hyundai Mobis proving ground in Seosan, Chungcheongnam-do, and have begun to develop connected vehicle technology by actively utilising this network. KT built the infrastructure in the Seosan proving ground so that Hyundai Mobis can aim to gain early advantage in leveraging the 5G-based connected vehicle technology.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
Volvo Group Venture Capital AB, a subsidiary of the Volvo Group,
announced an investment in Momentum Dynamics Inc, a leading company in
high power wireless charging of electric vehicles.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
Daimler owned car-sharing platform, car2go, announced its launch in the French capital.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
Allego and Gireve have signed a partnership to give Gireve customers
access to the Allego charging infrastructure, making Allego’s extensive
charge point network even more accessible to EV drivers throughout
Europe.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
LG Electronics and Microsoft have entered into a memorandum of
understanding to enhance and further grow LG’s autonomous vehicle and
infotainment system business.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
Moovit integrates GoTo Mobility to offer commuters a complete Mobility as a Service (MaaS) experience.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) authorised Consumers
Energy Co. to launch the state’s first electric vehicle infrastructure
pilot programme.
Wednesday 16th January 2019
Making its debut at the 2019 North American International Auto Show, the
Infiniti QX Inspiration mid-sized SUV concept serves as a precursor to
the brand’s first fully-electric vehicle.
Tuesday 15th January 2019
Sumitomo Electric Industries and EV Safe Charge announced collaboration
on a new mobile app to enable electric vehicle (EV) drivers to
experience the optimal road trip.
Tuesday 15th January 2019
Iteris, Inc., a provider of applied informatics for transportation and
agriculture, announced a strategic partnership with Cisco that will
promote Cisco’s Connected Roadway solution through several initiatives
between the two companies.
Tuesday 15th January 2019
Valeo has signed a partnership agreement with Mobileye to develop
and promote a new autonomous vehicle (AV) safety standard based on
Responsibility-Sensitive Safety (RSS), Mobileye’s mathematical safety
model, with the goal of a widespread industry adoption.
Monday 14th January 2019
The Volkswagen brand announced the first production location of its
electric offensive in North America. In future, the Chattanooga plant in
Tennessee is to produce vehicles based on the modular electric toolkit
MEB, a new generation of electric cars.
Monday 14th January 2019
In an update provided to its investors on its comprehensive strategic
plan, General Motors said that Cadillac will be the flag-bearer of the
Group’s electrification activities. The automaker’s autonomous platform,
Cruise, will also be working towards commercialising its autonomous
vehicles.
