China’s Didi Launches AI Lab In Silicon Valley, Aims To Lead On Intelligent Driving Tech

The global talent war for top artificial intelligence (AI) talent just intensified, as Chinese ride share giant Didi Chuxing officially launched an AI lab in California to attract top engineering talents to advance transformation in the global transportation industry. The newly established Didi Labs, located in Mountain View, will primarily focus on AI-based security and… Continue reading China’s Didi Launches AI Lab In Silicon Valley, Aims To Lead On Intelligent Driving Tech

Ofo Appoints Ex-Didi Senior Vice President Fu Qiang As Deputy CEO

Chinese bike sharing firm ofo has appointed Fu Qiang (pictured), former senior vice president at Chinese ride sharing company and ofo’s largest shareholder Didi Chuxing, as its deputy chief executive officer. At the same time, head of Didi’s open platform Nan Shan and director of finance Leslie Liu have joined ofo’s marketing and finance department,… Continue reading Ofo Appoints Ex-Didi Senior Vice President Fu Qiang As Deputy CEO

BVRLA Position Papers summarise policy asks

The BVRLA has produced a set of Position Papers to provide an at-a-glance overview of the association’s view and desired intentions on a range of priority issues including Air Quality, Motor Finance, Taxation and Vehicle Terrorism. These one-page documents contain a brief summary of the issue and make clear what we are asking of policymakers… Continue reading BVRLA Position Papers summarise policy asks

VW puts 340 million dollars in US plant

Donald Trump threatens to punish European automakers with punitive tariffs – this is precisely the situation in which Volkswagen announces a major investment in Tennessee. VW plant in Chattanooga, Tennessee Monday, 19.03.2018 22:12 Volkswagen once again puts a lot of money in his SUV offensive in the US. For the production of a new five-seat… Continue reading VW puts 340 million dollars in US plant

VW compares in controversial US process

VW has averted an important process in the US: As part of this process, Volkswagen’s exhaust gas tests on monkeys were known. Volkswagen headquarters in Wolfsburg Saturday, 24.02.2018 14:31 clock Volkswagen has a crucial US court case in the last moment “Diesel gate” scandal prevented. The legal dispute with the owner of a VW Jetta,… Continue reading VW compares in controversial US process

VW may not dismiss suspected Islamists

A VW employee is suspected of wanting to join the militant jihad. The company announced the employment relationship. A labor court now ruled that “extra-ordinary circumstances” do not justify a termination. VW plant in Emden (icon image) Monday, 12.03.2018 20:46 clock May a company denounce a suspected employee Salafist to be? The Landesarbeitsgericht Hannover has… Continue reading VW may not dismiss suspected Islamists

Small savers against VW – a process marathon

337,000 Germans once saved on a “KdF car” and never got the dreamed car, after the war their money was gone. When they sued Volkswagen, the group resisted with all the harassment. Getty Images / Culture Club Tuesday, 01.05.2018 09:56 clock Due to the diesel gate scandal Volkswagen AG is currently threatened with damages claims… Continue reading Small savers against VW – a process marathon

The seemingly impossible car

Arjo van der Ham — Co-Founder

Technology today is evolving faster than ever. When you stop and think about it, the possibilities seem endless. Every day, a lot of great (or to be honest, most of the time not-so-great) ideas pop into my, our, or your head. Although the seemingly impossible ideas are hard to achieve, it does not have to imply that they are bad ideas. That’s why at Lightyear we like to do some quick back-of-the-envelope calculations to check the feasibility of some of those ideas.

Before we founded Lightyear, we used to meet every Thursday evening to do just that. After concluding that we wanted to start a business to make this world a better place by combating climate change, we started looking for the best solution. The first step we took was to investigate the underlying causes of human induced climate change, and we quickly found the following graph:

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the Netherlands, 2014, World Resources Institute.

We were s..