Category: Automotive

Enterprise Holdings-Backed Booster Raises $56M in New Funding

With this new funding, the company has now raised a total of $88.5 million to unlock new markets and modernize today’s fueling experience and infrastructure.  Photo courtesy of Booster. Booster, a same-day fuel delivery service, has raised $56 million Series C funding led by Invus Opportunities, with strong participation from existing partners Madrona Venture Group,… Continue reading Enterprise Holdings-Backed Booster Raises $56M in New Funding

BMW ‘could produce 100 electrified models by 2023 if demand was there’

BMW “could launch 100 electrified cars by 2023” if customer demand was there to buy them, according to the firm’s head of development, Klaus Fröhlich. His comments coincided with today’s announcement that BMW is pulling forward its electrified launch goal of 25 new vehicles by two years. Fröhlich says this is possible because of the flexibility of… Continue reading BMW ‘could produce 100 electrified models by 2023 if demand was there’

BMW accelerates electrification programme

BMW is speeding up its ambitious electrification programme, bringing forward its goal of launching 25 electrified models – more than half of which will be fully electric – from 2025 to 2023. The German firm says that it has accelerated the programme due to the growth of electrified vehicle sales, which it projects will increase… Continue reading BMW accelerates electrification programme

Sidewalk Labs’ blueprint for a ‘mini’ smart city is a massive data mine

Sidewalk Labs, the smart city technology firm owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, released a plan this week to redevelop a piece of Toronto’s eastern waterfront into its vision of an urban utopia — a ‘mini’ metropolis tucked inside a digital infrastructure burrito and bursting with gee-whiz tech-ery. A place where high-tech jobs and affordable… Continue reading Sidewalk Labs’ blueprint for a ‘mini’ smart city is a massive data mine

BMW’s next-gen cruise control stops at red lights

At its NextGen event, BMW today premiered the next generation of its adaptive cruise control system, which will be able to detect and automatically stop at red lights. This isn’t exactly autonomous driving just yet, but it’s clearly an effort to bring some of these advanced cruise control features from highway driving to a more… Continue reading BMW’s next-gen cruise control stops at red lights

Lightyear One debuts as the first long-range solar-powered electric car

Electric cars are better for the environment than fossil fuel-burning vehicles, but they still rely on the grid, which can be variously dirty or clean depending on what sources it uses for its energy. The new Lightyear One is a prototype vehicle that would improve that by collecting the power it needs to run from… Continue reading Lightyear One debuts as the first long-range solar-powered electric car

Savings program: Auto supplier Mahle closes plant in Öhringen

Mahle headquarters StuttgartMahle CEO Jörg Stratmann is now taking firm action in his austerity program: the fourth-largest German automotive supplier plans to phase out the facility in Öhringen by the end of 2020. So far, 240 employees have been manufacturing air management systems for internal combustion engines there. The plant has been under price pressure… Continue reading Savings program: Auto supplier Mahle closes plant in Öhringen

Nothing happens with Fiat-Chrysler, says Renault

Circulate, there is not much to see. Whereas the smell of a marriage between Fiat-Chrysler and Renault sometimes remains perceptible in the air Jean-Dominique Senard said Tuesday in Yokohama, on the sidelines of the Nissan General Assembly, that there was nothing on the table at the moment. “I know we hear a lot, but today… Continue reading Nothing happens with Fiat-Chrysler, says Renault