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Stepping up to the plate for safety

Stepping up to the plate for safety Waymo TeamBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingJun 17 By Matthew Schwall, Waymo Safety Team Growing up outside of Boston, family trips to watch the Red Sox play meant getting to ride the T, Boston’s transit system, and getting to spend the day at historic Fenway Park. My favorite memories aren’t of what happened on… Continue reading Stepping up to the plate for safety

Vietnam’s VinFast to deliver first homegrown car on Monday – New Straits Times

Vietnam’s VinFast to deliver first homegrown car on Monday New Straits Times HANOI: Vietnam’s homegrown carmaker VinFast will deliver its first cars on June 17, the company said Friday as it showcased a factory in one of Asia’s fastest … View full coverage on Google News Go to Source Go to Source

Lloyd’s of London CEO Gears Up for the Driverless-Car Revolution – Bloomberg

Lloyd’s of London CEO Gears Up for the Driverless-Car Revolution Bloomberg Lloyd’s of London, the 330-year-old insurance market, is pushing to revamp auto coverage as the rise of driverless cars looms. Go to Source Go to Source

Innoviz extends funding round to $170 million to bring its lidar tech to self-driving cars – TechCrunch

Just a few months ago, Innoviz became one of the better capitalized lidar startups when it announced it had raised $132 million in a Series C funding round. But that wouldn’t be the end of it. The company kept the funding doors propped open and ultimately captured another $38 million from investors. The round has… Continue reading Innoviz extends funding round to $170 million to bring its lidar tech to self-driving cars – TechCrunch

Statement on the Passing of Rod Hall

About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions.… Continue reading Statement on the Passing of Rod Hall

May 2019 was a landmark month for PROTON

Subang Jaya, 10 June 2019 – May 2019 was a landmark month for PROTON as the national carmaker posted its highest sales figure in 46 months. 10,611 units were sold in May, an increase of 51.3% over April and helping push overall sales growth for the first five months of the year to over 70% compared to the same time period in 2018. Market share for the month is estimated to be at 17.2% marking another high point for the Company since January 2016

Strong sales growth powered by intelligence

PROTON has seen strong sales growth in 2019 led by models with intelligent features. The biggest contributor has been the Proton X70, the first SUV for the Company and the undoubted leader in the premium SUV and executive SUV class. 2,439 units were sold in May and cumulatively 13,572 have been delivered in the first five months of the year, meaning the Proton X70 remains as the SUV market leader in overall sales.

The effectiveness of intelligent features in other Proton models was also evident ..

GM Is Thinking About Building an Electric Hummer

A zero-emission Hummer sounds as paradoxical as non-alcoholic whiskey, but General Motors Co. is mulling over the idea of building an electric vehicle that would bring the defunct gas-guzzling brand back to life.

Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles are now testing on public roads

A little more than a year ago, Waymo surprised the industry and announced that its next big move in the world of autonomous vehicles would be a partnership with Jaguar Land Rover to add the automaker’s new all-electric I-Pace crossover to its fleet of self-driving cars. Now, it appears self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles are finally… Continue reading Waymo’s self-driving Jaguar I-Pace vehicles are now testing on public roads

A diversity and inclusion playbook

You’d be hard-pressed to find a tech company that said it wished it had waited longer to implement on diversity and inclusion efforts. The examples of tech companies “doing it right” in this industry are few and far between, but that doesn’t mean it’s not worth trying. And for those that want to try, there’s… Continue reading A diversity and inclusion playbook

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