Monday 04 June 2018 by Rachida Badri – CSR Rachida Badri Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest 24 hours before World Environment Day, Groupe Renault launches the first international edition of CSR Week, which takes place from June 4 to 8 across all Groupe Renault sites. The goal is… Continue reading Groupe Renault swings into action for CSR with Mobilize Days
Category: Automotive
Chinese electric automaker BYD vows to push industry change
Chinese electric automaker BYD established its North American headquarters in Los Angeles in 2011. [Photo/IC] LOS ANGELES – “BYD’s mission is to change the world through technological innovation that reduces greenhouse gases and our dependency on fossil fuels,” Stella Li, president of BYD Motors, a US subsidiary of China’s automaker BYD Company Ltd, told Xinhua this… Continue reading Chinese electric automaker BYD vows to push industry change
FAW-Volkswagen launches advanced new Qingdao plant
Juergen Unser, vice-president of FAW-Volkswagen. [Photo provided to China Daily] FAW-Volkswagen Automotive Co has inaugurated a new plant in Qingdao, East China’s Shandong province, as one of the joint venture’s latest efforts to charge ahead in the world’s largest car market. The plant, which was unveiled last Monday, employs 3,000 people and has an annual… Continue reading FAW-Volkswagen launches advanced new Qingdao plant
First generation e-cars will be gone tomorrow, says expert
Ding Lei, founder and chairman of electric car startup Huaren Technology R&D Co. [Photo provided to China Daily] Most electric models currently mushrooming in the Chinese auto sector will lose their appeal in two or three years, as they were designed as “makeshift substitutes” for gasoline cars, according to Ding Lei, founder and chairman of… Continue reading First generation e-cars will be gone tomorrow, says expert
McLaren BP23 ‘Speed Form’: bespoke sculpture capturing velocity and luxury arrives with future owners of new McLaren Hyper-GT
6 Apr 2018 ‘Money-can’t-buy’ BP23 sculpture produced for 106 confirmed buyers of new, yet-to-be-named, McLaren Hyper-GT Over 100 hours to create each ‘Speed Form’, including 30 hours of expert hand-polishing Glimpse of exquisitely detailed interior of the fastest and most luxurious McLaren ever This week, future owners of the still-to-be unveiled McLaren Hyper-GT, codenamed BP23,… Continue reading McLaren BP23 ‘Speed Form’: bespoke sculpture capturing velocity and luxury arrives with future owners of new McLaren Hyper-GT
Self-Driving Technology Conquers the Last Mile — Our Investment in Boxbot
I’ve previously argued that it will be years before we share the roads with fully-autonomous, Level 5 self-driving cars. That said, there are specific use cases and environments where autonomous vehicles could hit the roads now. Self-driving delivery is another example of just such a use case. Logistics automation within warehouses has made remarkable progress in… Continue reading Self-Driving Technology Conquers the Last Mile — Our Investment in Boxbot
McLaren Special Operations recreates legendary F1 GTR ‘Longtail’
Any McLaren 675LT is a very special car that already stands out from the crowd, although if a customer desires something even more dramatic – and even more exclusive – McLaren Special Operations (MSO) is on hand to ensure that bespoke requirements are met, no matter how complex. Challenged to produce a road-going homage to… Continue reading McLaren Special Operations recreates legendary F1 GTR ‘Longtail’
Self-Driving Delivery Company Boxbot Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding
Boxbot, an Oakland, CA-based startup focused on self-driving delivery vehicles, raised $7.5m in seed funding. This round was led by Artiman Ventures, and includes an investment from Toyota AI Ventures, Pear Ventures, Afore Capital, Ironfire Ventures and The House Fund. Co-founded in 2016 by Austin Oehlerking and Mark Godwin, Boxbot is building self-driving vehicles which… Continue reading Self-Driving Delivery Company Boxbot Raises $7.5M in Seed Funding
Lotus boss leaves as new owner Geely promotes from within
Lotus’s boss has left the sports car manufacturer less than a year after it was acquired by Chinese automotive giant Geely. Jean-Marc Gales was brought in to the Norfolk-based company in 2014 with a remit to get it back on track after an ambitious expansion plan under former Ferrari marketing chief boss Dany Bahar failed.… Continue reading Lotus boss leaves as new owner Geely promotes from within
German car sales plunge in May as diesel falls out of favour
BERLIN: Sales of new cars in Germany plunged in May, official figures showed Monday, dragged lower by public holidays and mounting uncertainty about the future of scandal-plagued diesel. A total of 305,057 new cars hit German roads last month, the KBA federal vehicle licensing authority said, a drop of 5.8 per cent year-on-year.Of those, just… Continue reading German car sales plunge in May as diesel falls out of favour