Category: Automotive

Bird plans to hire 1,000 people in Paris

Scooter startup Bird is betting on the French market in a significant way. The company plans to open up its biggest European office in Paris. Eventually, Bird wants to hire 1,000 people by mid-2021, which is a meaningful number for a company that has been around for a couple of years. Paris is an important… Continue reading Bird plans to hire 1,000 people in Paris

Waymo has now driven 10 billion autonomous miles in simulation

Alphabet’s Waymo autonomous driving company announced a new milestone at TechCrunch Sessions: Mobility on Wednesday: 10 billion miles driving in simulation. This is a significant achievement for the company, because all those simulated miles on the road for its self-driving software add up to considerable training experience. Waymo also probably has the most experience when… Continue reading Waymo has now driven 10 billion autonomous miles in simulation

Zoox’s self-driving car will provide a smooth ride via independent active suspension

Zoox CTO and co-founder Jesse Levinson revealed a few more details today about the company’s autonomous vehicle hardware, which it’s designing along with its software stack from the ground up. Levinson told us onstage at TC Sessions: Mobility that Zoox’s vehicle will have fully independent active four-wheel suspension — a design detail that will translate… Continue reading Zoox’s self-driving car will provide a smooth ride via independent active suspension

German automotive supplier ZF to deliver powertrain for Daimler’s new electric SUV

BERLIN, July 10 (Xinhua) — The powertrain components of Daimler's new electric SUV, the EQC, will come from German automotive supplier ZF Friedrichshafen AG, announced Wolf-Henning Scheider, chief executive officer (CEO) of ZF, in an interview with the newspaper Stuttgarter Zeitung on Wednesday.
Germany's third largest automotive supplier will provide the “complete driveline module” for Daimler's EQC family, from electric motors to single-gear transmissions with differentials, as well as the control software, Scheider explained.
The order placed by Daimler was “an important milestone,” Scheider said, but did not specify the volume of the powertrain order. It is up to Daimler to reveal any “details” of the deal, he said.
Last week, ZF already announced its “second largest single order” by Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) for eight-speed automatic transmissions, which “feature an integrated electric drive for hybrid variants.”
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FCA chairman says Renault merger plan was ‘act of courage’-paper

FILE PHOTO: The logos of Renault and Fiat carmakers are seen in Nice, France, June 3, 2019. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard/File Photo MILAN (Reuters) – The merger proposal made by Fiat Chrysler (FCA) (FCHA.MI) to Renault (RENA.PA) in May was an “act of courage” but the Italian-American carmaker felt the conditions were not right to go ahead,… Continue reading FCA chairman says Renault merger plan was ‘act of courage’-paper

Hyderabad-based PURE EV raises VC funding of $35 mn

PURE EV had recently launched four two-wheeler models. It aims to deploy over 10,000 electric vehicles on the roads during 2019-20. Hyderabad: The Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad on Wednesday said a start-up called PURE EV which was incubated by the institute has raised venture capital funding of $35 million (nearly Rs 240 crore). The… Continue reading Hyderabad-based PURE EV raises VC funding of $35 mn