As automakers spend billions to rack up autonomous miles and map city streets, Toyota Motor Corp. and BMW AG are also betting on a startup with a more modest approach. The corporate venture arms of the two carmakers led a $11.5 million seed investment round for May Mobility, a micro-transit company that deploys self-driving electric shuttles… Continue reading BMW, Toyota Back a Driverless Startup That Wants to Start Small
Category: Automotive
Lister Storm II Supercar Previewed In Promising Official Render
Estimated to boast 1,000 horsepower from a Jaguar-derived supercharged 7.8-liter V12 engine. It looks like the 1993 Lister Storm is getting a part deux as the Cambridge-based niche marque has teased a new supercar that will carry the famous moniker used briefly in the 1990s on a Jaguar-powered performance car. The company’s boss Lawrence Whittaker… Continue reading Lister Storm II Supercar Previewed In Promising Official Render
Ford cars are getting a new ‘voice-controlled co-driver’ thanks to Sygic
Ford vehicles equipped with the automaker’s SYNC 3 infotainment system will soon have access to a new voice-powered driving assistant behind the wheel – Sygic’s new aptly named “Driving Assistant.” The feature, which works with Sygic’s GPS navigation app, is described as a “voice-controlled co-driver that helps the driver identify nearby rest-stops, restaurants, hotels” and… Continue reading Ford cars are getting a new ‘voice-controlled co-driver’ thanks to Sygic
May Mobility Raises $11.5M in Seed Funding
May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, MI-based autonomous vehicle company advancing self-driving micro-shuttles, raised $11.5m in seed funding. BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures have joined its investor-base, including Maven Ventures, SV Angel, Tandem Ventures, Trucks Ventures, and YCombinator, co-leading its seed round. This funding will allow the company to launch new deployments across the… Continue reading May Mobility Raises $11.5M in Seed Funding
Bringing Self-Driving Shuttles to the Streets: Welcome Aboard, May Mobility
When asked by reporters and other industry watchers to predict when self-driving vehicles will appear on our public roadways, my answer is generally that it will be sooner than we think, but not everywhere we’d like. Fully-autonomous Level 5 driving is still years away, where a vehicle is able to operate autonomously anywhere and in… Continue reading Bringing Self-Driving Shuttles to the Streets: Welcome Aboard, May Mobility
BMW will allow access to the vehicle through a smartphone from July
Published 2/26/2018 13:37:37 CET MADRID, Feb. 26 (EUROPA PRESS) – The BMW automotive company will open and close the vehicle using a smartphone from July this year, as reported by the firm in the context of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. BMW Digital Key technology will enable the car to be unlocked or… Continue reading BMW will allow access to the vehicle through a smartphone from July
Nissan and DeNA to start Easy Ride robo-vehicle mobility service trial
YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. and DeNA Co., Ltd. will begin a field test of Easy Ride, the robo-vehicle mobility service being developed by both companies, on March 5. Easy Ride test vehicle and mobile app (https://easy-ride.com) Easy Ride is envisioned as a mobility service for anyone who wants to travel freely… Continue reading Nissan and DeNA to start Easy Ride robo-vehicle mobility service trial
Bentley wants its next new car to be fully autonomous
Bentley’s new Bentayga V8 was revealed this week and will start at prices of £136,200 Bentley This week in Austria, Bentley launched its new V8 iteration of its luxury Bentayga SUV. The first Bentayga came off the production line back in 2015, and the company has produced more than 10,000 so far. Considering it takes… Continue reading Bentley wants its next new car to be fully autonomous
Parking giant says Uber, Lyft have cut parking business up to 50% in some venues
SAN DIEGO: The US parking giant Ace Parking says that Uber and Lyft are eating into the parking business – with as much as 50% less traffic at nightclubs and a 25% drop at restaurant valets. A death knell for paid parking? No, Ace and others say they are going high-tech to survive. In downtown… Continue reading Parking giant says Uber, Lyft have cut parking business up to 50% in some venues
Daimler and Mizmaa Ventures Co-Lead Round B at Anagog – The Mobility Status AI Innovator
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 26, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Anagog Ltd. (www.anagog.com), developers of the mobility status AI engine and big data analytics solutions, announced today the initial closing phase of its Series-B round of financing. The round is being co-led by Daimler AG, the automotive OEM, and Mizmaa Ventures, a California-HK based VC, specializing in artificial… Continue reading Daimler and Mizmaa Ventures Co-Lead Round B at Anagog – The Mobility Status AI Innovator