What began as two classmates getting their hands dirty at a farm in the French Alps has hatched a Silicon Valley farming startup building robots in Detroit and operating in one of the world’s largest agriculture regions. San Francisco-based FarmWise offers farmers an AI-driven robotic system for more sustainable farming methods, and to address a… Continue reading Farm to Frameworks: French Duo Fork Into Sustainable Farming with Robotics
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AI’s Mild Ride: RoadBotics Puts AI on Pothole Patrol
National Pothole Day is Jan. 15. Its timing is no accident. All over the Northern hemisphere, potholes are at their suspension-wrecking, spine-shaking worst this month. Thanks to AI, one startup is working all year long to alleviate this menace. Benjamin Schmidt, president and co-founder of RoadBotics, is using the tech to pave the way to… Continue reading AI’s Mild Ride: RoadBotics Puts AI on Pothole Patrol
Fiat Chrysler plants in Windsor and Belvidere will idle for two weeks amid slow sales
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s assembly plants in Windsor and Belvidere, Illinois, will idle for two weeks this month following a year of declining sales for the minivans and SUVs built in those plants. Windsor Assembly, which produces Chrysler Pacifica and Dodge Grand Caravan minivans, will be down for the weeks of Jan. 13 and Jan. 20, the… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler plants in Windsor and Belvidere will idle for two weeks amid slow sales
@VW Group: SEAT sales grow 10.9 percent in 2019 and set the best year ever
The company delivers 574,100 cars and surpasses the figure sold in 2018 SEAT repeats its sales leadership in Spain and reaches third position in Austria Germany, the UK, Switzerland, Poland, Israel, Sweden and Denmark post record volume growth CUPRA sales shoot up more than 70% SEAT sells 11,000 electric EXS kickscooters in 2019 and will… Continue reading @VW Group: SEAT sales grow 10.9 percent in 2019 and set the best year ever
@VW Group: Audi closes 2019 with a growth in deliveries of 1.8 percent
Despite challenging conditions, Audi can report a positive performance of deliveries to customers for 2019: Approximately 1,845,550 cars represent an increase of 1.8 percent. In all three core markets, the Four Rings delivered more automobiles in 2019 than in the previous year. In China, the company set a new record with a total of 690,083… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi closes 2019 with a growth in deliveries of 1.8 percent
TeslaCam Captures Subaru Versus Lexus In Road Rage, Brake Check, Crash
A lane blocking Subaru forces a Lexus to go around it to pass. Later, the Lexus pulls in front of the Subaru and brake checks it. This move makes the Subaru spin out and then the Subaru veers off the road and into the dirt/grass in the middle of the divided highway. it was all… Continue reading TeslaCam Captures Subaru Versus Lexus In Road Rage, Brake Check, Crash
Tesla All-Weather Kit Strategy Now Hits Scandinavia And Finland
When we wrote that Tesla was offering a free all-weather kit for its cars in Canada, we wondered if this was just generosity or a strategy to protect the Model 3. After all, a Finland study already said one unit of the Tesla had had soft and thin paint, and similar complaints started coming from… Continue reading Tesla All-Weather Kit Strategy Now Hits Scandinavia And Finland
Debrecen BMW to recruit locally in spring
Debrecen BMW to recruit locally in spring Budapest Business Journal | Jan 9, 2020 at 9:00 AM An assembly line may include internal combustion models, plug-in hybrids or even electric models, penzcentrum.hu adds.
Mahindra to step up electric vehicle play amid India clean-energy push
MUMBAI (NewsRise) — Mahindra & Mahindra is set to roll out several electric vehicles, starting with the electric version of its sport utility vehicle KUV100 in April-June, as the race to launch EVs in India picks up pace amid a government push. The company, one of India’s top SUV makers, plans to unveil the e-KUV100… Continue reading Mahindra to step up electric vehicle play amid India clean-energy push
Carlos Ghosn’s news conference did not win him vindication he desires
In his first public appearance following his spy-novel exfiltration from Japan and its criminal justice apparatus, Carlos Ghosn put on a masterful performance. The former chairman of Nissan Motor, brought down by allegations of financial misconduct, all of which he denies, persuasively made the case that he was arrested on flimsy charges; that the charges… Continue reading Carlos Ghosn’s news conference did not win him vindication he desires