March 23, 2018 Singapore-based Insignia Ventures Partners, founded by former Sequoia Capital venture partner Yinglan Tan, has invested $600,000 in Vietnamese freight-with-trucker connecting platform LOGIVAN. Linh Pham, Founder of LOGIVAN confirmed the investment with DEALSTREETASIA in an interaction. She told the portal that the newly-raised capital will enable it to expand to Ho Chi Minh… Continue reading Vietnam: Singapore’s Insignia Ventures invests $600K in truck platform LOGIVAN
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Matrix Partners co-leads $473m round in China’s electric car maker CHJ Automotive
March 23, 2018 Chinese electric car startup CHJ Automotive has pocketed Rmb3 billion ($473 million) in its Series B funding round led by Matrix Partners China and Shougang Fund’s new energy fund portfolio, according to Chinese media reports. CHJ Automotive, described by Western media as a Chinese rival to Tesla, said the funding round was… Continue reading Matrix Partners co-leads $473m round in China’s electric car maker CHJ Automotive
Communications exec Chris Preuss returns to Ford to coordinate public relations
Chris Preuss begins his role as executive vice president, global public affairs & marketing communications, in April 2018 at WPP. (Photo: WPP) Chris Preuss, a veteran automotive communications professional, has been hired to return to his role coordinating Ford’s public relations agency network with press affairs. “I was eager to return to where my heart has always been,”… Continue reading Communications exec Chris Preuss returns to Ford to coordinate public relations
Nissan unveils stunning new streetlights powered by used Leaf battery packs and solar
Electric automakers are looking at ways to reuse their old electric car battery packs and are becoming increasingly more innovative. Today, Nissan unveils a stunning new standalone streetlight powered by used Leaf battery packs and solar. Home Solar Power The Japanese automaker and its affiliate 4R Energy Corporation have teamed up with the town of Namie,… Continue reading Nissan unveils stunning new streetlights powered by used Leaf battery packs and solar
Used car prices break down: Diesel buyers get up to 50 percent off
All articles and backgrounds 03/22/2018 Used car prices break up Diesel buyers get up to 50 percent off DPA New and used cars at a car dealer in Saxony. Diesel dawn at German used car dealers: buyers of used cars with Euro 5 diesel can currently get up to 50 percent off in the trade!… Continue reading Used car prices break down: Diesel buyers get up to 50 percent off
Daimler uses eSIMs from Infineon for its “Mercedes me connect”
It can save lives, which is why the automatic emergency call feature – termed eCall – will be mandatory for all new car and light commercial vehicle models in the European Union from 31 March 2018. It will therefore be integrated in future in an estimated 20 million new vehicles annually. The aim of the… Continue reading Daimler uses eSIMs from Infineon for its “Mercedes me connect”
Daimler and BMW: Merger of Car2Go and DriveNow is perfect
All articles and backgrounds 03/22/2018 Daimler and BMW Fusion from Car2Go and DriveNow are perfect PR Car2Go and DriveNow: Daimler and BMW each hold 50 percent of the new company, which is valued at more than one billion euros The car companies Daimler Show stock market chart and BMW Show stock market chart are close… Continue reading Daimler and BMW: Merger of Car2Go and DriveNow is perfect
BlackBerry and Jaguar Land Rover to collaborate for a new ECU
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and BlackBerry, today announced an agreement to collaborate and develop technology for JLR’s next-generation vehicles. As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its QNX and Certicom technology to Jaguar Land Rover, as well as assign a team of engineers to support in the development of JLR’s new Electronic Control Unit (ECU)… Continue reading BlackBerry and Jaguar Land Rover to collaborate for a new ECU
Police release video of fatal Uber collision
Mark Bergen, Bloomberg News Published 7:45 p.m. ET March 21, 2018 | Updated 7:48 p.m. ET March 21, 2018 A vehicle goes by the scene of Sunday’s fatality where a pedestrian was stuck by an Uber vehicle in autonomous mode, in Tempe, Ariz. on Monday. (Photo: Chris Carlson / AP) Police in Tempe, Arizona, released… Continue reading Police release video of fatal Uber collision
Uber Autonomous Accident Video Shows Car Just Before Collision
Video of the fatal crash involving a self-driving Uber car shows the critical moments just before the vehicle makes contact with a pedestrian walking her bike across a dimly lit road. The release from Tempe, Arizona, police provides a startling piece of evidence in a case that could shape laws and public perceptions around driverless… Continue reading Uber Autonomous Accident Video Shows Car Just Before Collision