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Mercedes-Benz May Have An Edge With IBM’s New Cobalt-Free Battery

M-B helped develop the new technology, which is cheaper and more energy-dense than current Li-Ion batteries. The IBM Research-Almaden innovation lab released last December 18 it has developed a new battery technology that is not dependent on heavy metals, such as nickel or cobalt. The company is still very secretive of what it involves. Still,… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz May Have An Edge With IBM’s New Cobalt-Free Battery

Nissan’s new No. 3 Seki jumps ship to Nidec

TOKYO — Nissan Motor‘s turnaround efforts suffered a heavy blow as Jun Seki, who assumed one of the automaker’s three new leadership posts just a month ago, will leave the company to join Japanese motor maker Nidec as early as February, Nikkei learned on Tuesday. Seki is seen as a potential candidate to become Nidec’s… Continue reading Nissan’s new No. 3 Seki jumps ship to Nidec

Aurora focuses on simulation tests

The US company Aurora has decided to allow the tests to be carried out more in the simulator. The startup launched this year Aurora fewer test kilometers back than in the previous year. That will also change in DMV report voice that will come out in the coming month. Aurora announced that it would hardly… Continue reading Aurora focuses on simulation tests

Canadian electric vehicles startup opens India office to cater to Indian Industry

Encouraged by the latest Electric Vehicle policy announcements by the government, MakerMax System, a startup dedicated to the advanced lithium battery technologies and Online EV education, has expanded their operations in India with a series of new products and services. One of the product recently launched by the company is a indigenously developed desktop model… Continue reading Canadian electric vehicles startup opens India office to cater to Indian Industry

Barcelona-based Wind wins official e-scooter partnership with Milan city

Wind, one of the world’s leading e-scooter sharing providers, has triumphed in a public tender process to become an approved partner for micro-mobility services in the city of Milan.

Wind Mobility, founded in 2017, aims to make cities a better place by reducing traffic, carbon dioxide emission and noise, with its eco-friendly e-scooters (making it onto our list of clean-tech startups to watch out this year). Its priority for its e-scooters is availability via the app, also offering services to its clients (cities, companies, hotels and universities), such as hourly/daily rents and employee bonus programmes.

In its first expansion into Italy, Wind began researching the potential of the Milan market in February this year, and was among the first providers to apply for the tender. The successful outcome means 750 of Wind’s third-generation e-scooter models will hit the city streets from January 2020.

Wind has honed its expertise as a world leader in the micro-mobility market in more t..

Nissan top executive Seki to resign in blow to turnaround plan

YOKOHAMA, Japan (Reuters) – The executive tasked with leading a recovery at Nissan Motor Co Ltd (7201.T) said he had decided to resign just weeks into his new job, a move that could disrupt the automaker’s push to turn the corner on scandal and slumping sales. FILE PHOTO: Nissan Motor executive officer and vice-COO Jun… Continue reading Nissan top executive Seki to resign in blow to turnaround plan

German Court Bans Uber

Uber has not yet said if it will appeal the decision.  Photo via Uber. A regional German court has ordered Uber to stop sending ride-hailing requests to rental car companies via its app, citing competition violations, TechCrunch reports. In Germany, Uber works exclusively with professional and licensed private-hire vehicle (PHV) companies. PHV drivers and their cars… Continue reading German Court Bans Uber

SHARE NOW has decided to exit North American market and cease certain European operations

SHARE NOW, in conjunction with its shareholders at Daimler AG and The BMW Group, has decided to exit the North American market and cease operations in London, Brussels and Florence effective February 29, 2020. The decision to close North America was made based on two extremely complicated realities. The first being the volatile state of… Continue reading SHARE NOW has decided to exit North American market and cease certain European operations