HANOI (Reuters) – Vietnam’s largest conglomerate Vingroup JSC said on Tuesday it has scrapped a plan to launch an airline and will instead focus on technology development and industrial production. The company last year applied for a license to launch an airline in 2020 but had yet to order any planes. It has now notified… Continue reading Vietnam’s Vingroup scraps plan to launch airline to focus on tech
Category: Automotive
LG TO JOIN FORCES WITH CERENCE ON AI-POWERED CONNECTED CAR PLATFORM
Companies Enter MOU to Develop Solutions Based on webOS Auto and Cerence ARK SEOUL, Jan. 14, 2020 — LG Electronics (LG) announced the signing of a memorandum of understanding with Cerence Inc. (Nasdaq: CRNC), which recently spun off from Nuance Communications, Inc. as an independent automotive software company, to develop a new software solution that… Continue reading LG TO JOIN FORCES WITH CERENCE ON AI-POWERED CONNECTED CAR PLATFORM
Tesla Model Y gets CARB certification, hinting at deliveries and range
The Tesla Model Y has received its CARB certification ahead of the launch and it hints at the potential range, which could have increased from the one originally announced last year. It could also mean that deliveries are imminent. Ahead of starting deliveries of a new passenger vehicle, automakers have to clear red tapes from… Continue reading Tesla Model Y gets CARB certification, hinting at deliveries and range
Indonesian logistics startup Waresix bags $11m Series A extension from EV Growth, Jungle Ventures
Indonesian logistics startup Waresix has secured $11 million in a Series A extension round from EV Growth and Jungle Ventures. The fresh cash injection came less than six months after Waresix announced its $14.5 million Series A financing led by EV Growth. With this, the startup has raised a total of over $27.1 million to… Continue reading Indonesian logistics startup Waresix bags $11m Series A extension from EV Growth, Jungle Ventures
Comma Ai continues to impress with its aftermarket driver assistance tech
Sponsored Links Way back in 2016 I flew out to Las Vegas to check out Comma Ai’s driver’s assistance system crammed into an Acura. At the time, it was being developed as a self-driving add-on for vehicles. But times have changed and nearly every automaker and startup has since dialed down their autonomous expectations. With… Continue reading Comma Ai continues to impress with its aftermarket driver assistance tech
VW Confirms ID.3 With Biggest Battery Seats Only Four: New Details
Thanks to Battery Life, we have learned a few new things about the upcoming Volkswagen ID.3, which will be handed to the first customers in Summer 2020. Possible delays and worrying news about the standard equipment of 1ST edition cars (first 30,000 units) were explained and a few things are really interesting and not necessarily… Continue reading VW Confirms ID.3 With Biggest Battery Seats Only Four: New Details
GM parts shortage: UAW workers want a day off, customers wait on parts
CLOSE From left, day shift workers Erik Brzezinski of Westland, Mike Martin of Farmington Hills, Jason Gravenmier of Westland, Bill Bagwell of Westland, Todd Canterbury of White Lake and Nolan Kerr of Allen Park pose for a photo outside of General Motors’ Customer Care and Aftersales (CCA) plant in Ypsilanti, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Photo:… Continue reading GM parts shortage: UAW workers want a day off, customers wait on parts
FCA trims output at 4 plants after backlog – Automotive News
A year ago, the Jeep Cherokee was riding high, becoming the brand’s biggest seller behind the Wrangler after a midcycle update gave it fresher styling and more cargo capacity. But a 20 percent plunge in Cherokee sales for 2019, including a 30 percent drop in the fourth quarter, has prompted FCA US to idle its… Continue reading FCA trims output at 4 plants after backlog – Automotive News
GM engineers charged with street racing Corvette test cars at more than 100 mph
He newest Chevy Corvette can apparently do at least 120 mph, but it’s a bad idea to test that out in a 45 mph zone.Kentucky State Police arrested Alexander Thim and Mark Derkatz on Wednesday night after a trooper spotted them driving at high speeds in two 2020 Corvette Stingrays.Thim was driving a red Corvette that reached a speed of 120 mph.
GM planning Super Bowl ad for all-electric Hummer truck
General Motors Co. is expected to advertise a Hummer electric pickup truck during the Super Bowl, officially resurrecting the polarizing, gas-guzzling behemoth brand as an eco-friendly off-roader. The fully electric Hummer vehicles would be built at GM’s Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant and hit roads in late 2021, The Detroit News has reported. The Hummer will be in showrooms around the… Continue reading GM planning Super Bowl ad for all-electric Hummer truck