Tuesday 16th April 2019
During a press conference at the Shanghai Motor Show, Thierry Bolloré,
CEO of Groupe Renault, presented a clear road map for the Group in China
by 2022: a target of 550,000 units sold per year, in line with the
Drive the Future plan.
Tuesday 16th April 2019
The Transparent Factory in Dresden is expanding its electric charging infrastructure.
Tuesday 16th April 2019
EVgo, a public fast charging network, became the first North American EV charging network to debut Autocharge technology.
Tuesday 16th April 2019
Vietnam’s leading information technology company FPT, Japanese
motorcycle maker Yamaha Motor (Yamaha) and urban developer Ecopark have
entered into a memorandum of understanding to develop self-driving
electric vehicles through FPT’s autonomous technologies.
Tuesday 16th April 2019
ABB and Porsche have entered into an agreement to deliver its
market-leading electric vehicle infrastructure for Porsche Japan’s EVs,
including Taycan, the automaker’s first fully electric car, set to enter
the Japanese market in 2020.
Tuesday 16th April 2019
Chongqing Nan’an District government, Chongqing Panda Automobile Rental
Company and Chongqing Geosciences Industry Technology Institute Co.,
Ltd. signed a three-party strategic cooperation agreement to launch the
hydrogen “sharing car” project, which will be the first of its kind in
China.
Tuesday 16th April 2019
The eSync Alliance announced the release of Version 1.0 of the eSync
Compliance Specifications. The specifications define compliance with the
eSync platform, a bi-directional data pipeline for over-the-air (OTA)
updates and diagnostics data in the automotive electronics space.
Monday 15th April 2019
Škoda has founded another spin-off of its innovation workshop in
Beijing, called Škoda Auto DigiLab China, which is networking with the
local start-up community to collaborate on projects. Here, the focus is
on mobility of the future, digitalisation and the development and
implementation of new business models.
Monday 15th April 2019
Volvo Cars is making its ground-breaking, industry-first connected
safety technology available across Europe as another step in its
ambitions to improve traffic safety.
Monday 15th April 2019
Renault and Nissan, the French and Japanese automotive alliance
partners, announced the establishment of a new research and development
joint venture in Shanghai, China, the Alliance Automotive Research and
Development (Shanghai), Ltd., which will be referred to as Alliance
Innovation Lab Shanghai (AIL-SH).
Monday 15th April 2019
Volkswagen presented the newest member of the ID. Family, the ID.
ROOMZZ, at the “Brand SUV Night” in the run-up to Auto Shanghai.
Monday 15th April 2019
The Swedish transport administration announced that the Smart road
Gotland consortium, led by Electreon AB, a wholly owned subsidiary of
Electreon Wireless, won a tender to demonstrate electric road technology
in Sweden.
Friday 12th April 2019
There is a new way to drive engines, and it begins in the household rubbish bin.
Friday 12th April 2019
Mobile-device and application-security technology company Trustonic
announced that Hyundai Motor America will demonstrate its new Digital
Key app, secured by Trustonic Application Protection, at the New York
International Auto Show 2019.
Friday 12th April 2019
Renault and Nissan, the French and Japanese automotive alliance
partners, announced the establishment of a new research and development
joint venture in Shanghai, China, the Alliance Automotive Research and
Development (Shanghai), Ltd., which will be referred to as Alliance
Innovation Lab Shanghai (AIL-SH).
Friday 12th April 2019
Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., announced that Didi Chuxing Technology
Co.’s primary auto solutions platform, Xiaoju Auto Leasing Division, and
Kandi Electric Vehicles Group Co., Ltd. (a joint venture by Kandi
Vehicles and Geely Group, Ltd. including its affiliates), a well-known
Chinese pure electric vehicle manufacturing enterprise, took the next
step in their collaboration by establishing a strategic partnership in
order to take advantage of shared resources and opportunities. As a
result of a series of key discussions, the JV Company and Didi Chuxing
signed a major customer cooperative framework contract.
Friday 12th April 2019
Affectiva, a provider of Emotion AI and the pioneer of Human Perception AI, announced that it has closed $26 million in funding.
Friday 12th April 2019
Solid Power is teaming up with Ford Motor Company to develop all
solid-state batteries (ASSB) for next-generation electric vehicles.
Thursday 11th April 2019
CMBlu Energy AG and MANN+HUMMEL GmbH have signed an agreement for the
joint development and industrialisation of energy converters for organic
redox flow batteries.
Thursday 11th April 2019
Electrification will rapidly increase the need for batteries. A new
solution by Nordic clean energy company Fortum makes over 80% of the
electric vehicle (EV) battery recyclable, returns the scarce metals back
into circulation and resolves the sustainability gap by reducing the
need to mine cobalt, nickel, and other scarce metals.
Thursday 11th April 2019
TransPower, an advanced clean transportation technology company, and
Meritor, Inc., a leading manufacturer of axles and brake systems and
investor in TransPower, announced the completion of two multi-year
projects for the development, testing and evaluation of advanced,
zero-emission electric yard tractors and Class 8 trucks.
Thursday 11th April 2019
MG (Morris Garages) recently unveiled its global pure electric SUV, the
MG eZS, scheduled for launch across international markets soon. To be
introduced in India by December this year, MG eZS will be one of the
first global pure electric SUVs in the country.
Thursday 11th April 2019
BYD announced the launch of the K12A at the company’s headquarters in Shenzhen, the world’s first 27-m pure electric bus.
Thursday 11th April 2019
EVgo, a public fast charging network, announced that it has completed or
has in construction 14 battery storage systems located at 11 fast
charging stations, the largest deployment of battery storage systems at
public fast charging stations in the US.
