Vipin Kumar | Hindustan Times | Getty Images A number of Uber employees have allegedly filed complaints against Uber’s chief operating officer, Barney Harford, for insensitive comments regarding women and minorities. On a conference call this spring with colleagues, Mr. Harford, the company’s chief operating officer, critiqued a new ad that showed a mixed-race couple,… Continue reading Uber’s troubled culture persists, as sensitivity ‘blind
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Bosch has to issue correspondence with VW
Friday, 07/13/2018 12:41 clock Bosch has to give up its stalemate attitude: the district court Stuttgart has the auto supplier Bosch condemned internal documents related to the diesel Emissions scandal at VW issue. Bosch has so far wrongly relied on the right to refuse to give evidence, the competent chamber decided. Specifically, it is about… Continue reading Bosch has to issue correspondence with VW
BMW can take majority stake in China
Thursday, 07/12/2018 20:20 BMW can in China the majority of the previous joint venture with the local carmaker Brilliance take. The State Council in Peking quoted Prime Minister Li Keqiang on its website with the statement: “That the company BMW takes over in a joint venture in China more than 50 percent of the shares,… Continue reading BMW can take majority stake in China
First production Solo three-wheeler EV rolls off the assembly line
Electra Meccanica has kicked production of its US$15,000 electric three-wheeler into high gear. The first of the fully-enclosed Solo cars has rolled off the line at a new production facility that’s gearing up to build 75,000 of these quirky getabouts in the next three years. The Solo has a set of specs that make it… Continue reading First production Solo three-wheeler EV rolls off the assembly line
India Digest: 19thMile, Spanugo get funds; Mobycy to raise $3m; Tata’s lending platform
July 13, 2018 In the startup space, sales acceleration platform 19th Mile has raised around Rs 1.2 crore ($180,000) in an angel round of funding, Spanugo has secured investment from Ideaspring Capital and The Fabric, while Gurugram-based bike sharing platform Mobycy is in advanced talks to raise $3 million from Venture Catalysts, IDG Ventures and Orios Venture… Continue reading India Digest: 19thMile, Spanugo get funds; Mobycy to raise $3m; Tata’s lending platform
Interview of Georgiana Mutu, woman and manager at Pitesti plant
Wednesday 11 July 2018 by Rachida Badri – Corporate Rachida Badri Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest Groupe Renault has made an active commitment: for the company to reap the full benefits of the cultural wealth and diversity offered by all its constituent parts. Gender mix and gender equality… Continue reading Interview of Georgiana Mutu, woman and manager at Pitesti plant
Nissan Falsifies Exhaust Emission Data in New Issue for Saikawa
Nissan Motor Co. said it will investigate instances of misconduct involving falsified data about exhaust emissions and fuel economy, the second controversy in less than a year for the automaker whose vehicle-inspection scandal had led to the recall of about 1.2 million vehicles. The data falsification, which occurred on 19 models across five plants in… Continue reading Nissan Falsifies Exhaust Emission Data in New Issue for Saikawa
What will become of the supplier Neue Halberg Guss?
M a hundred employees of the automotive supplier Neue Halberg Guss have demonstrated on Thursday morning in Frankfurt for a social wage agreement and against the owner of their company, the Prevent Group. About 10.30 o’clock put a train of according to trade union data about 700 humans direction Opernplatz in motion. There, the management,… Continue reading What will become of the supplier Neue Halberg Guss?
Uber lays off 100 self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh
Uber has laid off 100 self-driving car test drivers in Pittsburgh in the wake of a high-profile crash in Arizona.
Karhoo extends open ride-sharing platform to 51000 vehicles
Karhoo is further expanding operations in the UK and Europe and complementing existing territories across North America, Middle East and Asia… Karhoo has announced recent integrations with Autocab, Cab Guru, Haulmont, iCabbi and Magenta Technology – some of the largest UK Dispatch Management System (DMS) partners. The integrations are part of the company’s goal to… Continue reading Karhoo extends open ride-sharing platform to 51000 vehicles