A new Zetsche at the Daimler sky

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Press Releases – New vehicle safety rules: auto industry reacts to European Parliament vote

Brussels, 22 February 2019 – The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) takes note of the European Parliament’s vote on the revision of the General Safety Regulation, which mandates the safety technologies to be included as standard in new vehicle types. Yesterday’s vote by the lead Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee marks an important… Continue reading Press Releases – New vehicle safety rules: auto industry reacts to European Parliament vote

UPDATE 2-Magna International profit beats on strength in vehicle assembly unit

(Adds details on business segments) Feb 22 (Reuters) – Canada’s Magna International Inc beat analysts’ estimates for quarterly profit on Friday as the auto parts maker assembled more vehicles, benefiting from new launches by car makers Jaguar Land Rover and Daimler AG. Sales at its complete vehicles unit rose 39 percent to $1.69 billion, with… Continue reading UPDATE 2-Magna International profit beats on strength in vehicle assembly unit

UPDATE 1-Daimler, BMW to invest 1 bln euros in venture to rival Uber

Harald Kruger, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Management of BMW AG and Dieter Zetsche, CEO of Daimler AG, shake hands at a news conference to present plans for combining the companies’ car-sharing businesses, in Berlin, Germany, February 22, 2019. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt BERLIN (Reuters) – German carmakers Daimler and BMW unveiled a joint ride-hailing,… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Daimler, BMW to invest 1 bln euros in venture to rival Uber

BMW Group and Daimler AG invest more than €1 billion in joint mobility services provider

BERLIN, Feb. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Game-changing new player to enter growing market for urban mobility Vision: all-electric, autonomous, on-demand mobility Five joint ventures to be established: REACH NOW, CHARGE NOW, FREE NOW, PARK NOW, and SHARE NOW Services already have roughly 60 million customers worldwide Plans to create up to 1,000 new jobs worldwide… Continue reading BMW Group and Daimler AG invest more than €1 billion in joint mobility services provider

Volvo batteries, California superhighways, more efficient motors: Today’s Car News

Teaser for Piech Mark Zero electric sports car concept debuting at 2019 Geneva auto show
Falling reliability costs the Tesla Model 3 its Consumer Reports recommendation. Could high-speed rail be replaced with high-speed highways? Volvo is pulling depleted batteries out of electric buses to use as energy storage for solar in a large apartment complex in Sweden. Argonne National Lab has developed a smaller, lighter, more efficient electric motor. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

In its latest survey, Consumer Reports found that the Tesla Model 3, while very satisfying, isn't very reliable.

As California's high-speed rail project devolves from budget and time-line overruns into political name-calling between Washington and Sacramento, a state senator has introduced a bill to replace the project with autobahn-like high-speed highway lanes through the state's central valley from San Francisco to LA. The lanes would have no speed limits, but they're unlikely to reduce global-warming emissions as the senator suggests.

Volvo is reusing batteries from its electric buses in Sweden to buffer power on a large new apartment complex with solar panels in Gothenberg.

Scientists at Argonne National Labs in Illinois have developed a new type of permanent-magnet electric motor that's lighter, cheaper, and more powerful, proving that it's not just battery technology that's improving for electric cars.

Mercedes-Benz plans a new electric SUV called the EQV to debut at the Geneva auto show next month. It is expected to be a follow-on to the company's EQC, which is scheduled to arrive later this year.

Finally, Anton Piech, the son of the famed Audi engineer and Porsche scion Ferdinand Piech, also plans to launch a new electric sports-car company with a stylish concept at the show.

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Lucid Motors is working on an electric SUV that may debut this year

Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors has begun working on an SUV, and it could unveil the design as early as this summer, according to two people familiar with the company’s plans. The startup’s first car, an all-electric sedan called the Lucid Air, is scheduled to go into production in late 2020. Peter Rawlinson, Lucid Motors’… Continue reading Lucid Motors is working on an electric SUV that may debut this year

Overtaking lane for startup technologies around the world

STARTUP AUTOBAHN has completed its fifth round in Stuttgart From 2019 “THE NEXT GREEN THING” will place a major focus on sustainability in the search for startups Since its formation in 2016, over 150 projects with more than 100 startups have been carried out at Daimler Series production maturity in record time for what3words and… Continue reading Overtaking lane for startup technologies around the world

Lime Rolls Out LimePod Carsharing

Lime also runs scooter- and bike-sharing operations.  Screenshot via Michaela Kwoka-Coleman. Lime has officially launched LimePod, a free-floating carsharing service in Seattle, following a successful round of beta testing, Geek Wire reports.   Now, anyone in Seattle can use the Lime app to rent one of the 500 cars available in the area. Lime, valued at… Continue reading Lime Rolls Out LimePod Carsharing

Mercedes-Benz starts production of the new CLA Coupé in Kecskemét (Hungary)

Posted 02/21/2019 12: 03: 32CET STUTTGART (GERMANY), 21 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) – Mercedes-Benz has started the production of the second generation of the CLA Coupé in its Hungarian plant of Kecskemét, after its world presentation at the last edition of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas (United States). The manufacturing of the new… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz starts production of the new CLA Coupé in Kecskemét (Hungary)