Bolt, the Uber rival formerly known as Taxify, is taking a significant step this week in its effort to build out its transportation-on-demand business across the biggest cities in Europe and Africa, which currently covers 25 million users in 30 countries and 100 cities: it’s finally opening for business again in London, the biggest ride-hailing… Continue reading Uber rival Bolt returns to London 21 months after a TfL investigation shut it down
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ANSYS And BMW Group Partner To Jointly Create The Industry’s First Simulation Tool Chain For Autonomous Driving
PITTSBURGH, June 10, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) and BMW Group are creating the industry’s first holistic simulation tool chain for developing autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies. The simulation tool chain will enable highly automated and autonomous driving (AD) with the first vehicle launch expected in just two years. BMW Group is leveraging ANSYS’ broad pervasive engineering simulation solutions… Continue reading ANSYS And BMW Group Partner To Jointly Create The Industry’s First Simulation Tool Chain For Autonomous Driving
UPDATE 2-BMW sells cars globally despite tariffs, no reason to change Mexico plans -board member
SAN LUIS POTOSI, Mexico (Reuters) – BMW sees no reason to change its plans for Mexico in the wake of U.S. threats to slap duties on Mexican imports, a board member of the German carmaker said on Thursday, adding the company sells cars globally despite tariffs placed by most countries on imported vehicles. Employees work… Continue reading UPDATE 2-BMW sells cars globally despite tariffs, no reason to change Mexico plans -board member
Karma to expand dealerships to 13 US cities, 19 countries by year-end
Karma, the company, is starting its effort in earnest to revive sales of its Revero—the car that started life as the ill-fated Fisker Karma.
According to the federal government, Karma sold 231 of the cars in 2018, well down from the 2,667 that Fisker sold in the car's first year on the market.
That's partly the result of a paucity of dealers. The company says it has 18 stores—in addition to its new Moreno Valley, California, design center—worldwide selling the cars. Those dealerships are in the U.S., Canada, and Chile.
Now as the company gets ready to sell the updated 2020 Revero GT, with a longer 65-mile electric range and a new, more powerful gas engine from BMW, Karma announced that it will open new luxury dealerships in 13 U.S. cities and 19 new countries.
Last month the company unveiled its new retail environment with the new design center at its Moreno Valley, California headquarters. There, it says, customers will be treated to a new “VVIP treatment” where they can tour the factory, customize the features they want on their cars, and meet the workers who hand-built them.
It's an effort to become something over a latter-day Rolls Royce (without the room), or a would-be cutting-edge Aston Martin, with Southern California style and craftsmanship, rather than that of the Old World.
Artist's impression of Karma Customer Experience Center
Among the new world markets, Karma says, will be Europe, North Africa, the Middle East, and China. It did not specify the 13 new U.S. cities where it plans to operate.
At the same time, Karma gave a first look at the interior of its new all-electric Pininfarina-designed SC1 roadster, which was revealed at the Shanghai auto show in April, along with a video showing the designers' artistic inspiration and the process of building the prototype.
The SC1 is expected to give rise to Karma's first electric car, but no date has been set. Karma is also seeking production partners in China for more mass-market models. In between, the company also has plans to build a plug-in hybrid SUV based on the Revero.
BMW Group opens plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
San Luis Potosi/Munich. High-level representatives of the Mexican government and the BMW Group officially opened the company’s new automotive plant in San Luis Potosi in Mexico today. Oliver Zipse, member of the Board of Management of BMW AG responsible for Production, stated during the ceremony: “The new plant in San Luis Potosi is an important… Continue reading BMW Group opens plant in San Luis Potosi, Mexico
Breakthrough for more sustainable rubber production.
Munich. In conjunction with representatives of social institutions, NGOs and the rubber processing industry, the BMW Group established the independent Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR) at an inaugural meeting in Singapore in March. The aim is to make the entire rubber value chain verifiably sustainable. The automotive industry is one of the world’s… Continue reading Breakthrough for more sustainable rubber production.
HERE Technologies strengthens commitment to improving European road safety
HERE joins European ‘Data for Road Safety’ initiative; OLP Marketplace to support OEMs in push to share their safety-related data; BMW Group to be … Go to Source
The Fiat Chrysler-Renault merger is dead over suboptimal ‘political conditions’
A proposed merger between Fiat Chrysler-Renault, which would have created the third largest global automaker, is off. Fiat Chrysler Automobiles withdrew its offer, The Wall Street Journal reported. FCA confirmed to TechCrunch that it has withdrawn its offer, largely due to political conditions. “FCA remains firmly convinced of the compelling, transformational rationale of a proposal… Continue reading The Fiat Chrysler-Renault merger is dead over suboptimal ‘political conditions’
Yellowbrick Data Raises $81M in Series C Funding
Yellowbrick Data, a Palo Alto, California-based provider of data warehousing for the enterprise analytics market, raised $81m in Series C funding. The round was led by DFJ Growth, with participation from IVP and BMW i Ventures and existing investors Next47, Third Point Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Threshold Ventures and GV. The company, which has now raised… Continue reading Yellowbrick Data Raises $81M in Series C Funding
Cadillac adds 70,000 miles to its Super Cruise hands-free driving maps
Sponsored Links Cadillac’s Super Cruise impressed me back in 2017 when I drove with it from New Mexico to California. The hands-free experience made the long trek less of a chore and except for interchanges and in construction zones, the majority of the time my hands were off the wheel. To achieve this the system… Continue reading Cadillac adds 70,000 miles to its Super Cruise hands-free driving maps