Chinese Joint Venture Will Begin Mass-Producing an Autonomous Electric Car

In October, a startup called Jidu Automotive, backed by Chinese AI giant Baidu and Chinese carmaker Geely, officially released an autonomous electric car, the Robo-01 Lunar Edition. In 2023, the car will go on sale. At roughly US $55,000, the Robo-01 Lunar Edition is a limited edition, cobranded with China’s Lunar Exploration Project. It has… Continue reading Chinese Joint Venture Will Begin Mass-Producing an Autonomous Electric Car

How Google’s Waze has changed from its early days as car travel is remade

Waze app with icon showing police Source: Waze In this weekly series, CNBC takes a look at companies that made the inaugural Disruptor 50 list, 10 years later. Nobody enjoys sitting in bumper-to-bumper traffic jams, getting an arrival time delayed due to street construction and gaining more road rage by the minute as a result.… Continue reading How Google’s Waze has changed from its early days as car travel is remade

On-demand transportation Global Market Report 2022: Ukraine-Russia War Impact

NEW YORK, Dec. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Major players in the on-demand transportation market are Avis Budget Group Inc, BlaBlaCar, Bayerische Motoren Werke Group AG, Bolt , Cabify, Careem Inc., Curb Mobility, Daimler AG, Europcar Mobility Group, Ford Motor Company, General Motor Company, Gett Inc, Grab Holdings Inc, Hyundai Motor Company, International Business Machines Corporation… Continue reading On-demand transportation Global Market Report 2022: Ukraine-Russia War Impact

Cruise’s expansion plans

The start-up Cruise has announced its expansion plan. How are the chances? Cruise is a start-up created for General Motors developed autonomous driving. So far it’s mostly in san francisco represented, with one recently from night to day driving surrounded The company is now pursuing further expansion plans. To Reuters (via car news) as COO… Continue reading Cruise’s expansion plans

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DETROIT, Nov 30 (Reuters) – Cruise, General Motors Co’s (GM.N) robotaxi unit, plans to enter a “large number of markets” and scale operations up to “thousands of vehicles” in 2023, Chief Operating Officer Gil West told Reuters. Cruise has announced plans to start offering rides in Austin and Phoenix, adding those cities to its current… Continue reading Untitled

Autonomous Cars Global Market Report 2022 – by Product Type, Application, Type and Region

DUBLIN, Nov. 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — The “Autonomous Cars Global Market Report 2022” report has been added to  ResearchAndMarkets.com’s offering. This report provides strategists, marketers and senior management with the critical information they need to assess the global autonomous cars market. This report focuses on autonomous cars market which is experiencing strong growth. The report… Continue reading Autonomous Cars Global Market Report 2022 – by Product Type, Application, Type and Region

What’s in the forecast: Using cutting-edge weather research to advance the Waymo Driver

Weather shapes our lives, from dictating what we wear, to how we commute, to whether school is in. At Waymo, we’ve invested in understanding weather and its impact on our technology since our earliest days as Google’s Self-Driving Car Project. We’ve learned a lot along the way that has enabled us to drive autonomously in… Continue reading What’s in the forecast: Using cutting-edge weather research to advance the Waymo Driver

Waymo runs in San Francisco without crew

Industry leader Waymo now has no drivers behind the wheel in San Francisco. Waymo keeps moving forward. There are new ones vehicles and you expands. San Francisco now operates without on-board staff. Up until now, Waymo vehicles always had to have people behind the wheel in order to intervene in an emergency. Of course, this… Continue reading Waymo runs in San Francisco without crew

German Handelsblatt: Traton: “We need China” – VW subsidiary Traton wants to expand business in the People’s Republic005656

Ungeachtet globaler Spannungen baut die Volkswagen-Tochter Traton ihr Geschäft in China aus. Derzeit entsteht in Rugao bei Shanghai ein neues Lkw-Werk, das 2025 mit der Produktion starten soll, wie Traton-Chef Christian Levin im Gespräch mit dem Handelsblatt bestätigte. Von dort will die Traton-Marke Scania ihre Lastwagen für den asiatischen Markt fertigen, unter anderem um Transportkosten… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Traton: “We need China” – VW subsidiary Traton wants to expand business in the People’s Republic005656

German Handelsblatt: Traton: “We need China” – VW subsidiary Traton wants to expand business in the People’s Republic005656

Ungeachtet globaler Spannungen baut die Volkswagen-Tochter Traton ihr Geschäft in China aus. Derzeit entsteht in Rugao bei Shanghai ein neues Lkw-Werk, das 2025 mit der Produktion starten soll, wie Traton-Chef Christian Levin im Gespräch mit dem Handelsblatt bestätigte. Von dort will die Traton-Marke Scania ihre Lastwagen für den asiatischen Markt fertigen, unter anderem um Transportkosten… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Traton: “We need China” – VW subsidiary Traton wants to expand business in the People’s Republic005656