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Mahle strikes deal with FCA for data usage – Auto Service World

Mahle Aftermarket Service Solutions and Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) have signed an agreement giving Mahle’s diagnostic tools access to secure vehicle data. According to the deal, Mahle will have “trouble-free access” to FCA’s servers and the ability to retrieve all necessary information for diagnostics and service. FCA is the first vehicle manufacturer to protect its… Continue reading Mahle strikes deal with FCA for data usage – Auto Service World

A self-driving start-up pulls in rare revenues by keeping its ambitions low – Los Angeles Times

May Mobility Inc.’s boxy white-and-green self-driving shuttle pulls up to a damp corner in downtown Detroit. Its big doors swing out, revealing a safety driver and six seats that face each other. It’s more comfortable than a subway car or most buses, but not by much. The shuttle slips down a bus lane and stops… Continue reading A self-driving start-up pulls in rare revenues by keeping its ambitions low – Los Angeles Times

The Station: Lucid Motors spy shot and the birth of an AV startup – TechCrunch

The Station is a weekly newsletter dedicated to all things transportation. Sign up here — just click The Station — to receive it every Saturday in your inbox. Hello again — or perhaps for the first time. This is Kirsten Korosec, senior transportation reporter at TechCrunch and your host here at The Station. This weekly… Continue reading The Station: Lucid Motors spy shot and the birth of an AV startup – TechCrunch

The Pagani Imola Is a $5.4 million, 827-HP Track-Focused Hypercar – Automobile

Step aside, Huayra BC, because there’s a new Pagani hypercar in town. Meet the Pagani Imola; a limited-run, $5.4 million, track-focused machine from the-comparatively-young Italian automaker.  Developed at and named for the Imola circuit in Bologna, Italy, the latest Pagani model combines exorbitant power and a relatively light curb weight to make it a true… Continue reading The Pagani Imola Is a $5.4 million, 827-HP Track-Focused Hypercar – Automobile

Henrik Fisker Teases, or Accidentally Posts, Upcoming Alaska Electric Truck – Car and Driver

Henrik Fisker via Twitter With a simple tweet, we learned about a new Fisker model. Then it was deleted. Details are limited to what we can see in the picture, and Fisker won’t even confirm the name of the truck. This is just the latest in a growing field of plug-in pickups, with several choices… Continue reading Henrik Fisker Teases, or Accidentally Posts, Upcoming Alaska Electric Truck – Car and Driver

Koito invests $50M in lidar firm Cepton – Optics.org

11 Feb 2020 Top-tier provider of car parts wants to develop headlamps with built-in lidar sensors. Silicon Valley lidar firm Cepton Technologies says that it expects this year to be a “transformational” one, thanks to a new $50 million injection of funding that should enable it to ramp up development activity. One of dozens of competing players looking… Continue reading Koito invests $50M in lidar firm Cepton – Optics.org

Jaguar halts production of electric I-Pace due to shortage of batteries – This is Money

Within a week of Boris Johnson’s announcement that Britons will have no choice but to buy new electric cars from 2035, Jaguar has suffered battery supply issues for its I-Pace. Outputs of the £61,000 pure electric I-Pace at Jaguar’s Graz factory in Austria have been put on hold because of a shortage of lithium-ion batteries to… Continue reading Jaguar halts production of electric I-Pace due to shortage of batteries – This is Money

Ford completes 400 layoffs at Oakville plant – Automotive News Canada

February 06, 2020 05:55 PM Greg Layson About 400 workers were laid off this week at Ford Motor Co.’s Oakville, Ont., assembly plant, shortly after the automaker ended production of the Ford Flex there. The layoffs, which took effect Monday, were announced late last year, and come ahead of negotiations between Unifor and the Detroit… Continue reading Ford completes 400 layoffs at Oakville plant – Automotive News Canada

Level 6 Autonomous Driving Concept, & An Appeal To Elon Musk To Make Smart Traffic Lights – CleanTechnica

February 3rd, 2020 by Daryl Elliott  Have you ever sat at a red traffic light with no other cars or pedestrians on the road and had to wait? Was it frustrating? If you were in a gasoline or diesel car, did you feel bad about polluting the air? Have you ever sat at a traffic… Continue reading Level 6 Autonomous Driving Concept, & An Appeal To Elon Musk To Make Smart Traffic Lights – CleanTechnica