M a hundred employees of the automotive supplier Neue Halberg Guss have demonstrated on Thursday morning in Frankfurt for a social wage agreement and against the owner of their company, the Prevent Group. About 10.30 o’clock put a train of according to trade union data about 700 humans direction Opernplatz in motion. There, the management,… Continue reading What will become of the supplier Neue Halberg Guss?
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Panasonic plans to halve cobalt content of car batteries in two-three years
TOKYO (Reuters) – Panasonic Corp (6752.T) plans to halve the cobalt content of its mass-produced automotive batteries “in two to three years”, an executive at the Japanese conglomerate said on Thursday, as battery makers look to reduce costs. FILE PHOTO: A logo of Panasonic Corp is pictured at the CEATEC JAPAN 2017 (Combined Exhibition of… Continue reading Panasonic plans to halve cobalt content of car batteries in two-three years
Uber lays off 100 self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh
Uber has laid off 100 self-driving car test drivers in Pittsburgh in the wake of a high-profile crash in Arizona.
German city of Stuttgart seeks to avert Euro-5 diesel ban
FRANKFURT: The German city of Stuttgart will bar only the most polluting diesel vehicles from its streets next year and will seek to avoid a widening of the ban by taking measures to improve air quality, a state ministry said. Stuttgart, the heartland of Germany’s automotive industry, plans to start banning diesel vehicles meeting the… Continue reading German city of Stuttgart seeks to avert Euro-5 diesel ban
Einride debuts a funky-looking autonomous logging truck
Einride Einride, the Swedish transport company known for the T-pod self-driving truck that looks like a giant freezer on wheels, is back with another funky/futuristic-looking vehicle. Its new Level 4 autonomous vehicle is called the T-log, and if it looks a bit trippy or off for a logging truck, that’s because it doesn’t have a… Continue reading Einride debuts a funky-looking autonomous logging truck
Alphabet says Loon and Wing are ready to become real businesses, but it’s impossible to know if any of its ‘other bets’ are paying off (GOOG)
Loon and Wing can no longer be considered loony or wing nut ideas. Now, whether either of them will ever make any money for parent company Alphabet, or were worth what it invested in them is still anyone’s guess. Google’s parent company announced Wednesday that Loon, which is developing a balloon-based internet delivery system, and… Continue reading Alphabet says Loon and Wing are ready to become real businesses, but it’s impossible to know if any of its ‘other bets’ are paying off (GOOG)
Ex-Tesla worker makes it official and blows the whistle to SEC
The former Tesla employee who was fired and then sued by the electric vehicle automaker has filed a formal whistleblower tip to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission alleging the company has misled investors and put its customers at risk. Martin Tripp has retained Meissner Associates, a whistleblower, securities, investment fraud and employment law firm to represent… Continue reading Ex-Tesla worker makes it official and blows the whistle to SEC
China’s Pony.ai raises $102m in funding round co-led by ClearVue, Eight Roads
July 12, 2018 Autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai has raised a $102-million investment co-led by ClearVue Partners and Eight Roads in a follow-on funding round after its $112-million Series A round six months ago. Other new investors in the latest round, as announced in a statement, include Green Pine Capital Partners, China Merchants Capital, Redpoint Ventures… Continue reading China’s Pony.ai raises $102m in funding round co-led by ClearVue, Eight Roads
Daimler and Bosch to Test Self-Driving Taxis Next Year
Illustration: Bosch Daimler and Bosch say they’ll test a self-driving car in a ride-hailing service in California in 2019. The two German companies didn’t say which model Mercedes car or SUV they’ll use, only that the first self-driving taxis will put safety drivers behind the wheel, just in case, and will incorporate Pegasus, Nvidia’s self-driving hardware and software package. According to… Continue reading Daimler and Bosch to Test Self-Driving Taxis Next Year
Mercedes-Benz self-driving taxi pilot coming to Silicon Valley in 2019
Daimler and automotive parts supplier Bosch will pilot a free self-driving ride-share service in the San Francisco Bay area starting in the second half of 2019, the companies announced this week. Using a custom version of NVIDIA’s autonomous vehicle technology, the two companies will offer rides in modified Mercedes-Benz cars along preselected routes. No further… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz self-driving taxi pilot coming to Silicon Valley in 2019