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Car manufacturer invests 100 million euros: Daimler builds battery plant in Thailand

All articles and backgrounds 03/14/2018 Car manufacturer invests 100 million euros Daimler builds battery plant in Thailand DPA Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche with an electric car study of its group: Batteries wants to produce the enterprise also in Thailand in the future. The carmaker Daimler Show stock market chart wants to produce the batteries for… Continue reading Car manufacturer invests 100 million euros: Daimler builds battery plant in Thailand

UK: Law on Autonomous Driving & New Offenses

The Government of Great Britain is currently reviewing an Act on Autonomous Driving on Public Roads. The British government wants to have a law in the drawer before the autonomous driving technique is on the road. It also contemplates new criminal offenses. To the rules up 2021 In fact, according to the British Minister of… Continue reading UK: Law on Autonomous Driving & New Offenses

Next step: Audi has terminated dealer contracts

Audi terminal in Burgoberbach: All dealer and service contracts are terminated on March 31, 2018. © Photo: Feser-Graf Group Audi is nimble-minded and has terminated its dealer and service partner agreements as of March 31, 2018. The partners received a Letter of Intent, which is valid until November 30 of this year. For most Audi… Continue reading Next step: Audi has terminated dealer contracts

BMW: six new front-wheel-drive models to look out for

The next BMW 1 Series is the first of six upcoming models due to switch to new front-wheel drive underpinnings called FEAR (Frontantrieb Architektur). Each will come with either two or all-wheel drive. We run through what to expect in the list below. Click here for our review of the front-wheel-drive BMW 1 Series saloon 1 Series… Continue reading BMW: six new front-wheel-drive models to look out for

Finnish autonomous car goes for a leisurely cruise in the driving snow

It’s one thing for an autonomous car to strut its stuff on a smooth, warm California tarmac, and quite another to do so on the frozen winter mix of northern Finland. Martti, a self-driving vehicle system homegrown in Finland, demonstrated just this in a record-setting drive along a treacherous (to normal drivers) Laplandish road. Martti… Continue reading Finnish autonomous car goes for a leisurely cruise in the driving snow

Arbe Robotics raises $9M to build high-resolution radars for autonomous cars

As carmakers and tech companies continue to improve the mechanics and reliability of self-driving cars, Arbe Robotics, a Tel Aviv startup developing a high-resolution radar system to help those vehicles detect and identify objects, has raised $9 million to help see itself to its first in-car trials in the next year or two. There are… Continue reading Arbe Robotics raises $9M to build high-resolution radars for autonomous cars

A view from Andreessen Horowitz on the questions shaping the future of autonomous vehicles

Frank Chen Contributor Everything that moves, says a16z partner Frank Chen, will go autonomous. But what does that really mean? In this presentation from the a16z Summit, Chen goes over the 16 most commonly asked questions about autonomous cars, and what their answers might be:  Will we progress level by level, or go straight to… Continue reading A view from Andreessen Horowitz on the questions shaping the future of autonomous vehicles

P2P car marketplace Shift pauses DC operations, lays off 10% of staff

After Beepi shut down its service and transferred its operations to stealth Fair.com, its closest competitor Shift is facing some downsizing, too — a measure of the challenges of the peer-to-peer car selling business model that both had been trying to establish. TechCrunch has learned and confirmed that Shift has laid off just under 10 percent of… Continue reading P2P car marketplace Shift pauses DC operations, lays off 10% of staff