Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi’s alliance is expected to partner with Google’s sister Waymo. The enterprise Waymo. a sister company of Google, is considered the industry leader in the field of autonomous driving. The company had its first robotic taxi service in Arizona last December started and drives around with Level 4 vehicles. German manufacturers are not ready yet… Continue reading Waymo cooperates with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance
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Renault-Nissan to work with Google’s Waymo on driverless cars
TOKYO: The three-way alliance of Renault, Nissan and Mitsubishi Motors is planning a deal to work with Google’s Waymo to jointly develop self-driving taxis, Japan’s Nikkei said Tuesday. The three automakers are finalising tie-up negotiations with Waymo, a Google-affiliated developer of self-driving car technology, the business daily said on its website. The two sides are… Continue reading Renault-Nissan to work with Google’s Waymo on driverless cars
Waymo may team up with Renault-Nissan on self-driving taxis
AP Photo/Jeff Chiu Waymo might not be done courting the automotive world after working with the likes of Fiat Chrysler and Jaguar Land Rover. Nikkei claims the Alphabet-owned company is in the “final phase” of talks to partner with the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi alliance on self-driving car services. While there aren’t too many specifics, one project would… Continue reading Waymo may team up with Renault-Nissan on self-driving taxis
Volvo excels, Audi and Porsche flop in January registrations
A number of premium car makers saw big drops in new car registrations in January, according to data from the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT). Audi and Porsche suffered notable losses compared with the same period last year, recording falls of 27% and 42% respectively. Those figures contrasted with a significant year-on-year increase of nearly… Continue reading Volvo excels, Audi and Porsche flop in January registrations
Land Rover launches 170mph Range Rover Velar SVA
Land Rover has pushed the performance envelope of the Range Rover Velar by shoehorning a 542bhp 5.0-litre supercharged V8 under the bonnet. Unlike its identically powered Range Rover Sport sibling, however, the new eight-cylinder Velar doesn’t wear the SVR nameplate, with Land Rover instead choosing to borrow the SVAutobiography Dynamic badge from the full-size Range… Continue reading Land Rover launches 170mph Range Rover Velar SVA
Fitch puts ratings of Jaguar Land Rover under review citing Brexit
JLR, based in central England, is also planning to prune its workforce as it battles to return to profitability amid lower Chinese demand and a slump in European diesel sales. Fitch Ratings said on Tuesday it has placed the credit ratings of Britain’s biggest carmaker Jaguar Land Rover under review for possible downgrades, citing increasing… Continue reading Fitch puts ratings of Jaguar Land Rover under review citing Brexit
NEW RANGE ROVER VELAR SVAUTOBIOGRAPHY DYNAMIC EDITION – REFINED POWER
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InMotion backs Urgent.ly alongside a number of premium automotive brands
We are incredibly excited to announce our latest investment in Urgent.ly, the connected roadside assistance service. As part of a $21 million Series B round, we are co-investing alongside a number of other premium global automotive brands. Supported by a cutting edge technology platform, Urgent.ly’s new model for roadside assistance has the ability to connect… Continue reading InMotion backs Urgent.ly alongside a number of premium automotive brands
Hyundai’s chief designer: We’re chasing legends now, not just sales – Motor Authority
Luc Donckerwolke Luc Donckerwolke is one of us. The 53-year-old designer—born in South America, trained in Brussels, and chief designer for a South Korean global automaker—speaks with a soft French timbre that rises and falls mid-sentence. It makes every clause of every sentence sound like a playful question. He smiles in a captivating way that… Continue reading Hyundai’s chief designer: We’re chasing legends now, not just sales – Motor Authority
Some of the fastest electric-car chargers were down: Would anyone have noticed yet? (Updated)
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UPDATE: As of Tuesday morning Electrify America said that it is “restoring full capacity to its entire network” after the potentially affected charging cables cleared extensive testing, and it called the original incident spurring the shutdown “an isolated event” at a private facility with a prototype cable. Thus, we updated the story title to reflect that they “were down” rather than “are down.”
Electric car owners who are planning to use the DC fast chargers that are part of the Electrify America network may want to allow a little extra time in their plans over the coming days and weeks.
That’s because on Friday, Electrify America made a decision to shut down all of its charging connectors that can run up to 150-kw and 350-kw on the CCS (Combo) standard.
DON’T MISS: Electrify America switches on the first 350 kw station
The list of vehicles that today can potentially use CCS fast charging above 50 kw is very limited. The Jaguar I-Pace charges at 100 kw, and the Hyundai Kona Electric peaks at just over 70 kw. Deliveries of the Audi e-tron, the first vehicle that can truly take advantage of the full 150 kw, don't start for another few months.
With I-Pace deliveries settling in at maybe a couple hundred a month and the Kona Electric just starting, that’s a total of just 600-700 vehicles currently in use in all of the U.S., by our estimates.
All of those 150-kw and 350-kw connectors are normally, however, perfectly compatible with a 50-kw charge. So in the present electric-car landscape, what it really means is that there will be fewer plugs available for a time.
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It should be noted that this same issue affects charges on the Fastned and Ionity networks in Europe, where more vehicles are likely directly affected. Tesla for instance is already providing CCS compatibility for European vehicles, at up to 120 kw, but not in the U.S.
The higher-power hardware affected by the issue uses cooled charging cables supplied by Switzerland-based supplier Huber+Suhner, which notes that at a test site in Germany a short circuit occurred in the charging plug (connector). The liquid cooling system for the cables wasn’t the issue, and as of Monday was still troubleshooting the situation.
Electrify America DC fast chargers in Gulfport, Mississippi
The issue affects all DC fast chargers from Electrify America that can charge at more than 50 kw. It doesn’t affect 50-kw CCS fast chargers, or Level 2 chargers.
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If you drive a Nissan Leaf, you’re also in luck. According to Electrify America, all 89 of its locations currently have charging up and running through their 50-kw CHAdeMO connectors. Most of those multi-connector stations also offer CCS (Combo) charging connectors at 50 kw that are unaffected by this issue as the cables are from another supplier, ITT Cannon.
The decision to shut down the U.S. chargers was made, as Electrify America CEO Giovanni Palazzo put it in an official statement, “out of an abundance of caution.”
Both Electrify America and Huber+Suhner indicated that they’re seeking to resolve this issue as quickly as possible—although the chargers won’t be available again until the Swiss supplier completes an investigation and makes a decision about the remedy.