FILE PHOTO: Carlos Ghosn, Chairman and CEO of the Renault-Nissan Alliance, reacts during a news conference in Paris, France, September 15, 2017. REUTERS/Philippe Wojazer PARIS (Reuters) – The French government is moving to dismiss Renault’s (RENA.PA) scandal-hit Chairman and Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn, and has requested a board meeting to consider candidates to replace him,… Continue reading France seeks Renault board meeting to replace CEO Ghosn: sources
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Autonomous Driving: The Most Important Robot Car Start-Ups in the USA
Drive.ai Display on a self-driving vehicle It should bring the self-drive start-up Zoox now all the way forward: the former Intel manager Aicha Evans. As the young company announced today, it has committed Evans as the new CEO. The graduate engineer worked for the tech group for more than twelve years and since 2017 she… Continue reading Autonomous Driving: The Most Important Robot Car Start-Ups in the USA
Alliance of car manufacturers: VW and Ford announce alliance for light commercial vehicles
DPA VW boss Herbert Diess, Ford chief Jim Hackett in Detroit: alliance for light commercial vehicles The global alliance of the car company Volkswagen Show stock market chart with the US rival Ford Show stock market chart initially limited to the division of light commercial vehicles. The first concrete step of the cooperation is the… Continue reading Alliance of car manufacturers: VW and Ford announce alliance for light commercial vehicles
SoftBank backs $44m funding in South Korean car-sharing startup SoCar
January 15, 2019 SoCar, a South Korean car-sharing company, has raised $44 million (about 50 billion won) in a new round of funding from Altos Ventures, KB Investment, Stonebridge Ventures, and SoftBank Ventures, The Investor reported. SoCar will use the fresh funding to invest in research and development to offer better mobility services through its… Continue reading SoftBank backs $44m funding in South Korean car-sharing startup SoCar
Summary of PEUGEOT 2018 commercial results
Tue, 15/01/2019 – 19:30 Following the publication of the PSA Group’s press release on 15 January 2019, please find below the summary of the main highlights of the PEUGEOT brand’s commercial results in 2018: 1,740,283 PEUGEOT vehicles sold worldwide. Worldwide sales of the brand excluding JV increased by 2.4%. Best sales growth of the top… Continue reading Summary of PEUGEOT 2018 commercial results
Tesla Blocks Gas Car Access To Superchargers With Trick Device
5 H BY MARK KANE There is a physical solution, but it’s the last that should be considered. A new old-school solution to prevent ICEing (blocking charging spots by internal combustion engine vehicles) has appeared in the news recently. As you can see above, at one of the Tesla Supercharging stations in China, access to the… Continue reading Tesla Blocks Gas Car Access To Superchargers With Trick Device
Renault and the state will start after Ghosn at Renault
This time, after Ghosn is indeed launched at Renault. The Tokyo court refused Tuesday to release the Renault CEO in detention on bail , the board of directors The Diamond will finally seize the question of governance. The only unknown remaining to rise on Tuesday night, the result of the appeal filed by the lawyers… Continue reading Renault and the state will start after Ghosn at Renault
Fiat Chrysler looking at options to plug hole in its truck lineup -CEO
CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Mike Manley attends the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., January 14, 2019. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV (FCHA.MI) Chief Executive Mike Manley told Reuters on Tuesday he is open to partnerships to develop a new midsize pickup truck the automaker could… Continue reading Fiat Chrysler looking at options to plug hole in its truck lineup -CEO
AutoML: Automating the design of machine learning models for autonomous driving
AutoML: Automating the design of machine learning models for autonomous driving Waymo TeamBlockedUnblockFollowFollowingJan 15 By: Shuyang Cheng and Gabriel Bender* At Waymo, machine learning plays a key role in nearly every part of our self-driving system. It helps our cars see their surroundings, make sense of the world, predict how others will behave, and decide… Continue reading AutoML: Automating the design of machine learning models for autonomous driving
The Movea Plan is resurrected with 67 million for the electric car
The Movea Plan of help to the electric car resuscitates from its lethargy. The General State Budgets foresee a € 67 million departure for the new Movea Plan of 2019, a departure very similar to the one that was planned to be spent in 2018 but remained in the air due to the blocking of… Continue reading The Movea Plan is resurrected with 67 million for the electric car