Thousands of electric cars to be produced at Zwickau every week from next Spring on. The groundbreaking, all-new, high-volume all-electric Volkswagen ID.3 model has entered series production in Zwickau, Germany. According to industry analyst Matthias Schmidt (schmidtmatthias.de), today the production rate on a single morning shift is about 30 cars per day. It will gradually… Continue reading VW ID.3 Production Starts At 30/Day: To Be 800/Day In Spring
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Infiniti’s Electrification Strategy Includes BEVs And Series Hybrids
Infiniti to electrify its portfolio within two years, introducing two options – battery-electric or series-hybrid (non-plug-in). Infiniti brand (part of Nissan) soon will be celebrating its 30th anniversary (launched on November 8, 1989) and just like Lexus (which also celebrates its 30th anniversary), Infiniti gears up for electrification. Finally, especially since there is a necessity… Continue reading Infiniti’s Electrification Strategy Includes BEVs And Series Hybrids
CTO.ai Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding
CTO.ai, a Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada-based provider of platform for scaling DevOps teams, raised $7.5M USD in seed funding. The round was led by Tiger Global, and Slack Fund, with participation from Yaletown Partners, Pallasite Ventures, Panache Ventures and Jonathan Bixby. The company intends to use the funds to expand their current offerings for enterprise… Continue reading CTO.ai Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding
Lister SUV-E concept unveiled – CarAdvice
The modified Jaguar I-Pace will feature a lighter body, more power and torque, lowered suspension, and a revised cabin. The Lister SUV-E previews a new addition to the company’s range: a modified version of the Jaguar I-Pace electric crossover. Lister has fitted the crossover with a new bonnet, front and rear splitters, front and rear… Continue reading Lister SUV-E concept unveiled – CarAdvice
MIT develops a way for autonomous delivery robots to find your front door
Researchers at MIT have developed a new method of navigation for robots that could be very useful for the range of companies working on autonomous last-mile delivery. In short, the team has worked out how a robot can figure out the location of a front door, without being provided a specific map in advance. Most… Continue reading MIT develops a way for autonomous delivery robots to find your front door
BMW’s magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars
BMW has been equipping its cars with in-air gesture control for several years and I never paid attention to it. It seemed redundant. Why wave your hand in the air when there’s dials, buttons, and touchscreens to do the same? Until this week, that is, when took delivery of a BMW 850i loaner equipped with… Continue reading BMW’s magical gesture control finally makes sense as touchscreens take over cars
Battery tech startup Sila Nano lands $45 million and Tesla veteran Kurt Kelty
Sila Technologies, the battery materials company that has partnered with BMW and Daimler, landed $45 million in new funding and hired two high-profile executives, including Kurt Kelty, who led the battery cell team at Tesla for more than a decade. Kelty, who was on Sila Nano’s advisory board, has been appointed vice president of automotive,… Continue reading Battery tech startup Sila Nano lands $45 million and Tesla veteran Kurt Kelty
Ben Horowitz on shocking rules and dramatic object lessons
Ben Horowitz, co-founder of venture firm Andreessen Horowitz, has a new book out titled “What You Do Is Who You Are,” which takes a look at how to create culture at a company. We sat down with Horowitz last month to discuss some of the lessons he aims to impart and why he felt compelled… Continue reading Ben Horowitz on shocking rules and dramatic object lessons
Tesla achieves record time at Nürburgring, beats Porsche Taycan, but likely still unofficial
Tesla has reportedly achieved another record time at Nürburgring race track with its Model S “Plaid” prototypes, beating the record of the Porsche Taycan, but it’s likely still unofficial. As we previously reported, following the recent launch of the Porsche Taycan, Tesla CEO Elon Musk appears to be on a mission to show that Tesla’s… Continue reading Tesla achieves record time at Nürburgring, beats Porsche Taycan, but likely still unofficial
Tesla Model Y prototype spotted with unreleased Model 3 unveil wheels
Another Tesla Model Y prototype has been spotted, and this time it was equipped with the unreleased old turbine wheels from the Model 3 unveiling in 2016. After the original unveiling, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that they “spent a lot of time on those wheels,” and that they plan on bringing them to production.… Continue reading Tesla Model Y prototype spotted with unreleased Model 3 unveil wheels