New CEO Feng Qingfeng was until recently chief technical officer of Geely Auto Group Lotus is something of a curiosity. Like Chrysler, many companies have owned it, only to eventually sell to another firm, usually having sustained substantial losses during the period of control. Will things be different under Geely? The following analysis of the… Continue reading Lotus under Geely – what’s the plan?
Author: Google News Scanning
Lyft outlines bike and scooter plans
On the heels of Lyft’s acquisition of bike-share company Motivate, the company is gearing up to fully integrate bicycle and scooter sharing into the app. There’s no word on exactly when this will happen, but it’s likely this will happen soon. Lyft is also investing $1 million to advance transportation equity to people in underserved… Continue reading Lyft outlines bike and scooter plans
Geely develops new modular architecture for compact cars
Geely has said it has now developed a modular engineering architecture for B-segment cars. It says that following the Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) jointly developed with Volvo, Geely independently developed its new modular architecture, BMA (B-segment Modular Architecture). BMA, it says, is industry leading in terms of ‘extendability, vehicle power, intelligent safety and so on’. Geely says the… Continue reading Geely develops new modular architecture for compact cars
George Hotz is on a hacker crusade against the ‘scam’ of self-driving cars
Self-driving cars are a scam,” says George Hotz, the 28-year-old CEO of Comma.ai who rose to fame under his “geohot” hacker alias when just a teenager. We are sitting at the headquarters of his self-driving startup: a gorgeous, two-story California-style home in the tony Forrest Hills neighborhood of San Francisco — a big step up… Continue reading George Hotz is on a hacker crusade against the ‘scam’ of self-driving cars
New Ricardo electric motor aims to boost power and cut costs of hybrids
As part of its contribution to a recently completed major European research initiative to achieve more efficient and cost-effective hybrid powertrains for both passenger cars and commercial vehicles, Ricardo can today announce that it is has created a new 48V e-motor offering up to a 50 percent increase in power density compared with current production… Continue reading New Ricardo electric motor aims to boost power and cut costs of hybrids
Startup Baraja Promises Cheap, Reliable Lidar for Self-Driving Cars
Photo: Baraja Advertisement Editor’s Picks If you’ve walked around a major city like San Francisco in the past couple years, you’ve probably noticed cars topped with bulky, spinning discs—the mark of self-driving vehicles in training. Inside those flying-saucer-like rigs are upwards of tens of thousands of dollars’ worth of lasers used for light radar (lidar).… Continue reading Startup Baraja Promises Cheap, Reliable Lidar for Self-Driving Cars
GEELY Discloses New Global Automobile Architecture BMA
BEIJING–(BUSINESS WIRE)–In recent years, automobile modular architecture, such as TNGA of Toyota, MQB and MLB of Volkswagen, has become a major trend in the auto industry. International leading automobile enterprises are sparing no effort to develop their own modular architecture, for modular technology has been an important criterion for evaluating whether an automobile company has… Continue reading GEELY Discloses New Global Automobile Architecture BMA
Uber Invests in Scooter Startup Lime
Plus, Nordstrom plans to open smaller stores with no inventory and Topbox raises $5 million. July 13, 2018 1 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Uber has announced that it is partnering with the electric scooter startup Lime. Uber will put its logo on the scooters and make Lime rentals available in the… Continue reading Uber Invests in Scooter Startup Lime
First production Solo three-wheeler EV rolls off the assembly line
Electra Meccanica has kicked production of its US$15,000 electric three-wheeler into high gear. The first of the fully-enclosed Solo cars has rolled off the line at a new production facility that’s gearing up to build 75,000 of these quirky getabouts in the next three years. The Solo has a set of specs that make it… Continue reading First production Solo three-wheeler EV rolls off the assembly line
Karhoo extends open ride-sharing platform to 51000 vehicles
Karhoo is further expanding operations in the UK and Europe and complementing existing territories across North America, Middle East and Asia… Karhoo has announced recent integrations with Autocab, Cab Guru, Haulmont, iCabbi and Magenta Technology – some of the largest UK Dispatch Management System (DMS) partners. The integrations are part of the company’s goal to… Continue reading Karhoo extends open ride-sharing platform to 51000 vehicles