The car-sharing mobility startup within the maker of Jeep will more than double in size, adding 14 European cities mostly in Germany to its service territory with the acquisition of ShareNow from the BMW and Mercedes-Benz groups, the company announced Tuesday. Details of the deal, which is subject to antitrust reviews, weren’t disclosed. The acquisition… Continue reading Stellantis’ Free2move acquires car-sharing service ShareNow from BMW, Mercedes
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Why I Ride with Waymo: Christine
Editor’s note: Christine is an SF Trusted Tester who uses Waymo to pick up and drop off her five year old son at school. As a working mom, she appreciates the luxury Waymo gives her to spend time with her son on the way to school and the opportunity to get work done in a… Continue reading Why I Ride with Waymo: Christine
HERE360 Listens: automotive CEOs on the future of the industry
A recent podcast on The Verge has been cued up during our commute, featuring CEOS from tech disrupters, OEMS and US Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg. It is a critical time for the automotive industry. The prospect of self-driving cars looms, while vehicles are becoming ever more like computers thanks to the amount of… Continue reading HERE360 Listens: automotive CEOs on the future of the industry
Musk says Tesla aspires to mass produce robotaxis by 2024
Tesla plans to bring a dedicated robotaxi with no steering wheel or pedals to market by 2024, CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday during Tesla’s first quarter 2022 earnings call. That’s just two years to develop, test, verify, produce at volume and commercially launch a robotaxi service that meets regulatory rules that vary from state to… Continue reading Musk says Tesla aspires to mass produce robotaxis by 2024
Cruise expands Walmart autonomous delivery pilot in Arizona
Cruise, the self-driving car unit of General Motors, has expanded its autonomous delivery pilot with Walmart in Arizona. The company will now be doing limited deliveries for customers in Chandler, in addition to Scottsdale. The news comes a couple of months after Cruise had teased the expansion at a public meeting with Arizona state legislators,… Continue reading Cruise expands Walmart autonomous delivery pilot in Arizona
Autonomous car flees police control?
An autonomous vehicle from the company Cruise is said to have fled from a police check – but it is not really. In California, licensed companies are allowed to drive cars without security guards on board. Besides for example Waymo has also Cruise on behalf of GM such permission. Pony.ai lost its license recently because… Continue reading Autonomous car flees police control?
Automotive: how Stellantis wants to transform into a “tech-company”
Posted Apr 12, 2022, 8:00 a.m. Updated Apr 12, 2022, 8:11 a.m. Amazon , Waymo, the Taiwanese electronics giant Foxconn… In recent months, Stellantis, the manufacturer resulting from the merger between PSA and Fiat Chrysler, has announced several partnerships of choice to negotiate the technological shift that is required of the automotive industry. But the… Continue reading Automotive: how Stellantis wants to transform into a “tech-company”
Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras, article with gallery
San Francisco, April 6 (Reuters) – Toyota Motor (7203.T) unit Woven Planet has joined Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) in trying to advance self-driving technology without expensive sensors such as lidars. Woven Planet told Reuters it is able to use low-cost cameras to collect data and effectively train its self-driving system, a “breakthrough” that it hopes will… Continue reading Toyota joins Tesla in developing self-driving tech with low-cost cameras, article with gallery
Why I Ride with Waymo: Dalibor
Dalibor – thanks for taking the time to chat with us. Mind starting out with a little background on yourself? Yes, I’m Dalibor, and I’m 23 years old. I’ve been living in San Francisco for just over a year now in Outer Richmond, and so far, it’s been great. I currently work as a barista… Continue reading Why I Ride with Waymo: Dalibor
Geely to launch 13 models in 2022
A Geely smart assembly line in Huzhou, Zhejiang province. [Photo by TAN YUNFENG/FOR CHINA DAILY] Geely Auto Group said on Wednesday that it is planning to launch 13 models this year, most of which will be hybrids and electric vehicles. These new vehicles will help Geely, China’s largest private carmaker, to achieve its sales goal… Continue reading Geely to launch 13 models in 2022