Months after an Uber self-driving vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, the ride-hailing giant has announced it’s adding a new engineering hub in Toronto and expanding its autonomous research team as it refocuses its self-driving car efforts. In his first visit to the Canadian tech hub since becoming CEO of Uber last year,… Continue reading Uber is investing $150M in Toronto to expand self-driving car efforts
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Automaker: VW stops golf production due to lack of demand
Production at Volkswagen For a week, the tapes will be at rest in Wolfsburg for a week in October. (Photo: AP) DüsseldorfBei Volkswagen is the next compulsory break in production. In the first week of October, production at the parent plant in Wolfsburg is expected to completely rest. As it is said from business circles,… Continue reading Automaker: VW stops golf production due to lack of demand
JADAK acquires Imaging Solutions Group
JADAK, a business unit of Novanta Corporation, has announced the acquisition of smart camera and imaging product company Imaging Solutions Group (ISG). [Native Advertisement] “ISG’s intelligent cameras will provide our customers with a broader and more robust line of embedded machine vision and image analysis solutions,” said Janie Goddard, President of JADAK. “Our expanded and… Continue reading JADAK acquires Imaging Solutions Group
Google Street View rival Mapillary collaborates with Amazon to read text in its 350M image database
Mapillary, the Swedish startup that wants to take on Google and others in mapping the world by way of a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, is taking an interesting step in the development of its platform. The company is now working with Amazon, and specifically its Rekognition API, to detect and read text in Mapillary’s… Continue reading Google Street View rival Mapillary collaborates with Amazon to read text in its 350M image database
Gestamp opens its new plant in West Midlands
9.13.2018 Gestamp, the multinational company specialized in the design, development and manufacture of highly engineered metal components for the automotive industry opened its new manufacturing facility today in Four Ashes near Wolverhampton (West Midlands). The new plant has state-of-the-art stamping equipment in its 50,000 square metres facility. It will include the production capability of the… Continue reading Gestamp opens its new plant in West Midlands
Peugeot’s DS brand adds mini-SUV to bolster rebounding sales
PARIS (Reuters) – French carmaker PSA Group unveiled an SUV version of its DS3 upscale mini as it builds on a sales rebound underway at the eight-year-old premium DS brand. Yves Bonnefont, CEO of DS Brand, poses in front of the new DS 3 Crossback SUV E-Tense electric car during a presentation at PSA’s DS… Continue reading Peugeot’s DS brand adds mini-SUV to bolster rebounding sales
Brazilian startup Yellow raises $63M — the largest Series A ever for a Latin American startup
After selling their ridesharing startup, 99, to Didi Chuxing for $1 billion last year, Ariel Lambrecht and Renato Freitas didn’t waste any time throwing their hats back in the ring. Months after their big exit, the pair joined forces with Eduardo Musa, who spent two decades in the bicycle industry, to start another São Paulo-based mobility startup.… Continue reading Brazilian startup Yellow raises $63M — the largest Series A ever for a Latin American startup
Volkswagen’s Skoda unions object to renewed talks on production moves
PRAGUE: Trade unions at Volkswagen‘s Czech unit Skoda Auto on Thursday rejected any ideas of moving some of the production of its premium sedan model Superb to German plants. In a statement, the unions said discussions over the issue of shifting some production to VW’s Emden plant had started again within the parent company’s management.… Continue reading Volkswagen’s Skoda unions object to renewed talks on production moves
Ford Issues Safety Recall in North America for Select 2018 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX Vehicles for Door Striker Bolts
About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan. The company designs, manufactures, markets and services a full line of Ford cars, trucks, SUVs, electrified vehicles and Lincoln luxury vehicles, provides financial services through Ford Motor Credit Company and is pursuing leadership positions in electrification, autonomous vehicles and mobility solutions.… Continue reading Ford Issues Safety Recall in North America for Select 2018 Ford Edge and Lincoln MKX Vehicles for Door Striker Bolts
Discover Sono Motors’ vision of the electric car at Disrupt Berlin
New car makers have been popping up left and right. But instead of creating yet another Tesla-like company, German company Sono Motors is working on something completely new — a solar-powered car. That’s why I’m excited to announce that the company’s co-founder and CEO Laurin Hahn will join us at TechCrunch Disrupt Berlin. Sono Motors… Continue reading Discover Sono Motors’ vision of the electric car at Disrupt Berlin