Category: Aspiring OEMs

Lightyear wins Automotive Innovation Award

Lightyear wins Automotive Innovation Award
Press release:
Helmond, 12th of February 2019: Solar car manufacturer Lightyear has received both the ‘Challenging Concepts’ and the special audience award at the Automotive Innovation Awards. The prestigious awards were presented to the best Dutch mobility innovations.

The Challenging Concepts category is made especially for revolutionary new ideas, with the potential to completely change the industry. Much of the competition focused on reducing emissions and making the Dutch automotive industry future-proof.

The Automotive Innovation Award Audience Award is a special prize that was created to make Dutch innovations with a major impact on mobility more better known to the general public. Through tremendous public support Lightyear took an early lead in the race for the award.

With a yearly turnover of €65 billion, the Dutch automotive industry employs 120.000. Thanks to the many excellent universities and automotive education the Net..

Donkervoort D8 GTO-R | The ultimate track tool

Making the track become home Matching GT3 prepared racecar lap times on Spa Francorshamps. Experiencing the wind and excessive power combined. Lap after lap – safely – showing what you’ve got. Creating the ultimate fun. With the new Donkervoort D8 GTO-R all limits are off, and all racetracks will become home. With the first Donkervoort… Continue reading Donkervoort D8 GTO-R | The ultimate track tool

UPDATE ON THE ZERO’S IN THE USA…

Just before Christmas we were busy with lots of Zero kit collections including two that were being collected and going to customers in America. One of those was Brian Finegan’s who now has his Zero and is ready for the build to begin.Earlier this week it was nice to receive an email from Paul Barnes… Continue reading UPDATE ON THE ZERO’S IN THE USA…

President and Chief Operating Officer Duane Hughes to Chief Executive Officer

Workhorse Group Promotes President and Chief Operating Officer Duane Hughes to Chief Executive Officer CINCINNATI, Feb. 05, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Board of Directors of Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) (“Workhorse”), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric-mobility solutions to the transportation sector, has promoted President and Chief Operating Officer… Continue reading President and Chief Operating Officer Duane Hughes to Chief Executive Officer

Lagonda All-Terrain Concept: Aston Martin electric SUV teased before Geneva – CAR Magazine

► Second Lagonda concept► All-electric► Revealed in full at Geneva  We’re just over a month away from the 2019 Geneva motor show, but the new car announcements are coming in thick and fast. After kickstarting the Lagonda brand with the slick Vision Concept last year, Aston Martin will return to this year’s show with the All-Terrain Concept. As you… Continue reading Lagonda All-Terrain Concept: Aston Martin electric SUV teased before Geneva – CAR Magazine

Self-driving truck policy takes a big step forward

Self-driving truck policy takes a big step forward Jonny MorrisBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Oct 8, 2018 Last week the Federal Government released an update to their self-driving policy known as Automated Vehicles (AV) 3.0. This update is especially significant because, for the first time, it includes rules that set out how to deploy self-driving trucks. We are very excited… Continue reading Self-driving truck policy takes a big step forward

Embark Releases our 2018 Disengagement Report

Embark Releases our 2018 Disengagement Report Alex RodriguesBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jan 30 Today, Embark is releasing our 2018 disengagement statistics: 124,062 miles in automated mode 1,392 miles between disengagements You can read the full report here We are very proud of the work behind those numbers. In 2018 Embark’s fleet expanded dramatically. We opened our first Operations… Continue reading Embark Releases our 2018 Disengagement Report

Embark Announces $30 Million Series B led by Sequoia

Embark Announces $30 Million Series B led by Sequoia Alex RodriguesBlockedUnblockFollowFollowing Jul 19, 2018 Today, Embark is proud to announce our $30 million Series B. The round was led by Sequoia Capital, with participation from our existing investors including Data Collective, YCombinator, SV Angel, and AME Cloud. With Sequoia partner Pat Grady joining our board and… Continue reading Embark Announces $30 Million Series B led by Sequoia

GBS APPRENTICE & PLACEMENT STUDENT ON TRAINING COURSE….

Our Apprentice Thomas Slaney & Placement Student Dominic Wills were both on an Edgecam Apprentice Training Course for a few days last week. They both went to Wakefield where they attended the Edgecam Standard and Essential Milling training course. The course was classroom based and led by an Edgecam trainer where they covered several areas of the… Continue reading GBS APPRENTICE & PLACEMENT STUDENT ON TRAINING COURSE….