Category: Automotive

Electrify America chooses ABB to power EVs across the US

US-based Electrify America has selected Swedish-Swiss based automation company ABB to supply its Terra HP charging stations as part of a massive electric vehicle infrastructure project in the United States. The chargers are claimed to recharge even the largest electric vehicle battery in under  15 minutes. Electrify America plans to place hundreds of charging stations… Continue reading Electrify America chooses ABB to power EVs across the US

Tesla, GM, Volkswagen score as China lifts auto ownership restrictions

Autoplay Show Thumbnails Show Captions Last SlideNext Slide U.S. President Donald Trump, right, and Chinese President Xi Jinping speak during a business event at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. (Photo: Andy Wong, AP) Tesla, General Motors, Volkswagen and other automakers scored a big win Tuesday as China announced plans to lift strict… Continue reading Tesla, GM, Volkswagen score as China lifts auto ownership restrictions

DENSO Obtains Stake in On The Road to Accelerate Development of Technology Used in MaaS

KARIYA (Japan) ― DENSO Corporation today announced that it has taken an equity stake in On The Road Co., Ltd., a developer of next-generation software using cloud computing, edge computing, and other IT platforms, to accelerate development of technology for Mobility as a Service (MaaS*) systems. The amount of investment is about 160 million yen… Continue reading DENSO Obtains Stake in On The Road to Accelerate Development of Technology Used in MaaS

Press Releases – Passenger car registrations: +0.7% first quarter of 2018; -5.3% in March

Brussels, 18 April 2018 – In March 2018 the EU passenger car market declined (-5.3%) for the first time this year, with registrations totalling 1,792,599 new cars – the first March drop since 2014. In March 2018 the EU passenger car market declined (-5.3%) for the first time this year, with registrations totalling 1,792,599 new… Continue reading Press Releases – Passenger car registrations: +0.7% first quarter of 2018; -5.3% in March

Ford Launches GoRide Service to Get Patients to Their Medical Appointments

Ford Motor Company is launching its new GoRide non-emergency medical transportation service to safely get patients to and from their medical appointments on time, serving more than 200 facilities across the Beaumont Health network Ford GoRide helps raise the bar for non-emergency medical transportation, offering bedside-to-bedside service with professionally trained drivers, on-demand wheelchair service, properly… Continue reading Ford Launches GoRide Service to Get Patients to Their Medical Appointments

Company 23.03.2018 Model and innovation offensive The Volkswagen brand intends to strengthen its leading position in China. mehr

Wolfsburg/Beijing – The Volkswagen brand intends to strengthen its leading position in China and is therefore stepping up its major model and innovation offensive. The first step is to be the launch of the new Volkswagen Touareg1), which is today celebrating its world premiere at the “SUV Brand Day” in Beijing before an audience of… Continue reading Company 23.03.2018 Model and innovation offensive The Volkswagen brand intends to strengthen its leading position in China. mehr

Bookmycharge builds peer-to-peer EV charging network in the UK

The UK, along with many other urbanized regions, has a special challenge to overcome if EV adoption is to take off: many drivers live in multi-family housing, and have no assigned parking spaces in which to install chargers. One possible solution is a peer-to-peer charging network that allows EV owners to share their home chargers… Continue reading Bookmycharge builds peer-to-peer EV charging network in the UK

Aston Martin DBS Superleggera name revealed for Vanquish replacement

Aston Martin has revealed that its next flagship Super GT will be called DBS Superleggera, and will be revealed in full in the second quarter of 2018. Replacing the Vanquish S, the DBS Superleggera resurrects the DBS nameplate. Most recently the name was used on Aston’s hardcore take on the DB9, though Aston is keen… Continue reading Aston Martin DBS Superleggera name revealed for Vanquish replacement