Martin Daum The head of Daimler Trucks is looking to electric drives. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Munich The diesel engine currently seems to be hard to replace in trucks. Martin Daum does not want to leave any doubt about that. Commercial vehicles with alternative drives are currently still significantly more expensive to purchase and operate than… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Hydrogen trucks: Daimler Truck boss Daum: “The fuel cell is becoming mainstream in trucks” 000323
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Bridgestone sacrifices its Béthune plant, 863 jobs at stake
Posted on Sep 16, 2020 at 11:19 amUpdated Sep 16, 2020 at 11:51 am Bridgetone wants to close its Béthune factory, but the company will find the government and Xavier Bertrand on its way. In a press release published this Wednesday morning, the Japanese manufacturer Bridgestone said “consider the total and permanent cessation of activity”… Continue reading Bridgestone sacrifices its Béthune plant, 863 jobs at stake
German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: A difficult start into the electric age: The Mercedes ECQ in the Handelsblatt Autotest000321
Mercedes EQC The SUV should be the prelude to the EQ series. (Photo: Daimler [M]) Düsseldorf If you don’t know, Daimler’s first electric vehicle would be a conventional model from the Mercedes SUV series. Where others develop their electric models from scratch, the EQC shares its platform with the GLC combustion model. Where others rely… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: A difficult start into the electric age: The Mercedes ECQ in the Handelsblatt Autotest000321
PSA-FCA: why the Peugeot did not try to rebalance the “deal”
Posted on Sep 16, 2020 at 6:45 am But why have the major shareholders of PSA not sought to push their advantage? Number of observers would have deemed legitimate a renegotiation of the terms of the merger with FCA, and the financial markets have long expected this, given the financial development of the two fiancés… Continue reading PSA-FCA: why the Peugeot did not try to rebalance the “deal”
Waze’s latest update adds lane guidance and proactive traffic updates
Sponsored Links Waze Waze opened up its first global virtual event and announced some new features that are either live now in its app or will be available soon. One feature coming over from its cousin Google Maps right now is Lane Guidance that prompts drivers to get in the right spot for their upcoming… Continue reading Waze’s latest update adds lane guidance and proactive traffic updates
Neogene Therapeutics Grabs $110M to Tackle Solid Tumors With Cell Therapy
September 15th, 2020 Xconomy Europe — Cell therapy offers another option for addressing the most difficult blood cancer cases, but such treatments, which are engineered from a patient’s own immune cells, don’t yet work on solid tumors. Neogene Therapeutics is developing technology with the potential to bring cell therapies to solid tumors and it now… Continue reading Neogene Therapeutics Grabs $110M to Tackle Solid Tumors With Cell Therapy
Hyundai Motor Company Unveils the Fourth-Generation Tucson
Hyundai Motor Company has launched its fourth-generation Tucson compact SUV, which is the top compact SUV seller in South Korea, equipped with new technologies and innovative design.Hyundai Motor Company held the digital world premiere of “the all-new Tucson” on Tuesday in local time.The all-new Tucson is the fourth-generation model with its third-generation model launched back… Continue reading Hyundai Motor Company Unveils the Fourth-Generation Tucson
MagniX teams up with Universal Hydrogen for electric airplane conversion project
An artist’s rendering shows a hydrogen-fueled Dash 8 airplane equipped with MagniX’s 2-megawatt-class propulsion system, highlighted in the green cutaway view. (MagniX Illustration) Redmond, Wash.-based MagniX says it’s partnering with a Los Angeles startup called Universal Hydrogen to retrofit 40-passenger regional aircraft with carbon-free, hydrogen-fueled electric powertrains. The partnership opens up a new frontier for… Continue reading MagniX teams up with Universal Hydrogen for electric airplane conversion project
Tuverl aims to bring order and access to transit in Africa
Africa may be a diverse continent overflowing with different cultures, languages and customs, but Tuverl co-founder and CEO Hope Ndhlovu says there is one experience — or industry — that is consistent from South Africa up to Egypt and everywhere in between. Public transportation is the same fragmented, disorganized ecosystem of millions of small-to-medium private… Continue reading Tuverl aims to bring order and access to transit in Africa
Spotawheel raises €10M debt and equity for its ‘end-to-end’ used car buying platform
Spotawheel, the “end-to-end” digital platform for buying a used car in Poland and Greece, has raised €10 million in debt and equity funding, as it sees a bounce-back from the slowdown witnessed as the coronavirus crisis took hold. Once again the new investment was led by VentureFriends, with participation from existing investor Velocity Partners, along… Continue reading Spotawheel raises €10M debt and equity for its ‘end-to-end’ used car buying platform