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Reservations now open for the Honda e in select European markets Honda e will contribute to Honda’s commitment of 100% of its European sales with electrified powertrains by 2025 Honda has announced that reservations for its new urban electric vehicle – Honda e –are now open in the UK, Germany, France and Norway. A dedicated… Continue reading RESERVATIONS OPEN FOR FULLY-ELECTRIC HONDA E
As sustainability becomes more of a concern, Quek believes that a “natural rebalancing” may occur in which consumers consciously seek out secondhand items. Go to Source
Kaellenius said earlier this month that Daimler will cut development costs of new Mercedes-Benz cars. FRANKFURT: Incoming Daimler boss Ola Kaellenius is working on a cost cut programme to reach profit margin targets which are threatened by global trade woes and ramp up issues at factories, Handelsblatt reported, citing company sources. Kaellenius, who will take… Continue reading Daimler plans to cut administration costs by 20%: Report
Immense makes simulations of cities which aim to show where and how people and vehicles might be moving on any given day. LONDON: Venture capital investors backed Immense Simulations, a British software company which creates interactive replicas of cities, on Tuesday in the latest sign of money pouring into firms that stand to gain from… Continue reading City simulator wins Venture capital backing as investors seek driverless car exposure
Initially, the autonomous shuttle bus will make its trips without passengers.Brussels Airport CompanyA self-driving shuttle bus has started making trips at Brussels Airport. In a statement earlier this week, the airport said that the vehicle, which is operated by transport firm De Lijn, would undertake several demonstration trips, without passengers, to test the technology.
It is hoped that, eventually, the vehicles, which use sensors to detect surrounding objects, will be able to navigate through traffic autonomously. The airport said it expects passengers to be able to use the vehicles by the middle of 2021.
The CEO of the Brussels Airport Company, Arnaud Feist, said intelligent mobility was “one of our strategic priorities for sustainable development over the coming years.”
Feist added that the airport wanted to encourage passengers and employees to travel there by public transport.
“This joint project with De Lijn, which commenced in 2015, is one of the initiatives specifically aimed at achieving this objective,” he explained. “We're now exploring how self-driving buses can be deployed to improve the efficiency of passenger transport on the airport grounds.”
Slowly but surely, autonomous vehicles are starting to be used in real world situations. In January 2019, Japanese airline All Nippon Airways announced it had commenced the second phase of testing for an autonomous and driverless bus at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
In April, Starship Technologies – which specializes in autonomous delivery services – announced it had made 50,000 commercial deliveries with its technology.
The firm's robots can make deliveries within a four-mile radius, and carry goods including parcels, groceries and food.
The automotive industry may end up looking more like the past than many seem to suppose, argues a new book from transport expert David Metz. Go to Source
More cash will be required to raise production and to fund its ambitious projects Go to Source
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