The US parcel service UPS wants to operate a fleet of 1,000 electric vehicles, which the company has already ordered from the manufacturer Workhorse. They are to be used in inner-city delivery traffic. June 17, 2018, 16:18, Andreas Donath Classic UPS delivery van (Picture: UPS) All parcel service providers are dealing with electric vehicles in… Continue reading Electromobility: UPS buys 1,000 Workhorse electric delivery trucks
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Taxi plows into Moscow crowd including soccer fans, injuring seven
MOSCOW (Reuters) – A taxi drove into a crowd of pedestrians near Moscow’s Red Square on Saturday, injuring seven people including two Mexicans in the city for the soccer World Cup which Russia is hosting, officials and eyewitnesses said. The incident took place as residents and visiting soccer fans thronged the center of Moscow on… Continue reading Taxi plows into Moscow crowd including soccer fans, injuring seven
Volkswagen: VW designers have to cut costs – CEO Diess continues its austerity
VW prototype Sedric In the design department, VW boss Diess uses the red pencil. (Photo: AP) Potsdam Peter Wouda strokes his fingers over the “Volkswagen” lettering on the Self-propelled model Sedric emblazoned. Earlier, he explains VW-Designer, you have also crafted the brand names for the prototypes by hand. Today, the lettering comes from the 3D… Continue reading Volkswagen: VW designers have to cut costs – CEO Diess continues its austerity
Smart Grid Will Allow 170 UPS Electric Trucks To Charge Without Costly Upgrades
UPS’s London fleet of electric delivery vans increased from 65 to 170 without an expensive upgrade to the power supply grid. UPS – Electric package car Because simultaneous charging of so many vehicles exceeds the site’s capabilities, UPS decided for a smart grid management (sounds like delayed charging to us) combined with an energy storage… Continue reading Smart Grid Will Allow 170 UPS Electric Trucks To Charge Without Costly Upgrades
How Mercedes buyers come for damages
Saturday, 06/16/2018 11:40 clock Now it has that Daimler Group but still caught. More than 770,000 cars drive on Europe’s roads with software that shuts off exhaust gas treatment far too often. And in Germany the group must call back 240,000 of these cars in which this software is used. Even more: With his recall… Continue reading How Mercedes buyers come for damages
Electricity supplier in Germany was attacked
This week it became known that the German power grid was also targeted by criminals. power grid Apparently, the criminals have already managed to get into some internal networks of electricity providers. That reported that Federal Office for Security in Information Technology (BSI). Although it had not gone so far that it came to bottlenecks… Continue reading Electricity supplier in Germany was attacked
Fed. judge floats denial of Ford touchscreen class action settlement
A federal judge on Thursday slammed lawyers representing a class of Ford owners suing over allegedly defective touchscreens, calling the settlement deal they reached troubling and saying it showed “indicia of collusion” with the company. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen in San Francisco asked plaintiffs’ lawyers to explain why he should not reject the proposed… Continue reading Fed. judge floats denial of Ford touchscreen class action settlement
Apple hires ex-Waymo engineer for self-driving project
David Gray / Reuters Apple may not be as loud about its plans to create a self-driving car as Google or Uber, but the company is still in the game. According to The Information, Apple has just hired Jamie Waydo, a prominent engineer from Waymo’s autonomous vehicle unit. Apple’s project, currently code-named Titan, could likely… Continue reading Apple hires ex-Waymo engineer for self-driving project
Ontario to Scrap Carbon-Cutting Plan as It Expands Elsewhere
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New contracts: That depends on the VW and Audi dealers
The partner association VAPV wants to inform its members in the coming week about the results of the difficult contract negotiations. The performance should not be a walk – despite demonstrably achieved successes. The German VW and Audi dealers make the next step on the way to a new partnership with the manufacturers. Your partner… Continue reading New contracts: That depends on the VW and Audi dealers