May Mobility, an Ann Arbor, MI-based autonomous vehicle company advancing self-driving micro-shuttles, raised $11.5m in seed funding. BMW i Ventures and Toyota AI Ventures have joined its investor-base, including Maven Ventures, SV Angel, Tandem Ventures, Trucks Ventures, and YCombinator, co-leading its seed round. This funding will allow the company to launch new deployments across the… Continue reading May Mobility Raises $11.5M in Seed Funding
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Bringing Self-Driving Shuttles to the Streets: Welcome Aboard, May Mobility
When asked by reporters and other industry watchers to predict when self-driving vehicles will appear on our public roadways, my answer is generally that it will be sooner than we think, but not everywhere we’d like. Fully-autonomous Level 5 driving is still years away, where a vehicle is able to operate autonomously anywhere and in… Continue reading Bringing Self-Driving Shuttles to the Streets: Welcome Aboard, May Mobility
BMW will allow access to the vehicle through a smartphone from July
Published 2/26/2018 13:37:37 CET MADRID, Feb. 26 (EUROPA PRESS) – The BMW automotive company will open and close the vehicle using a smartphone from July this year, as reported by the firm in the context of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona. BMW Digital Key technology will enable the car to be unlocked or… Continue reading BMW will allow access to the vehicle through a smartphone from July
The BMW Group at the Mobile World Congress 2018.
Do you need help? Please contact our support team from 9 to 17 CET via support.pressclub@bmwgroup.com. PressClub Global · Article. Mon Feb 26 10:00:00 CET 2018 Press Kit Top The focus on the customer and their requirements underpins the BMW Group’s presentation of the next steps on the road to digital and intelligent connectivity between… Continue reading The BMW Group at the Mobile World Congress 2018.
Federal Government assumes systematic manipulation at BMW
BMW is suspected of having manipulated the emission control of vehicles – and refers to an erroneously loaded software. Even the long-time loyal federal government does not believe that anymore. The BMW logo is reflected in the façade of the BMW Welt in Munich Monday, 26/02/2018 15:56 clock The excuse of the BMW Group on… Continue reading Federal Government assumes systematic manipulation at BMW
New 2018 Jaguar I-Pace: new teaser pic ahead of full reveal this week
The new Jaguar I-Pace electric SUV will be unveiled via a digital event on Thursday, the British manufacturer has announced. A short release from the company confirmed that the reveal of its first pure-electric vehicle – which is expected to stick pretty close to the concept originally shown at the LA Motor Show in 2016 – will be… Continue reading New 2018 Jaguar I-Pace: new teaser pic ahead of full reveal this week
China’s Geely Buys $9 Billion Daimler Stake
The billionaire founder of Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. has accumulated a stake worth about 7.3 billion euros ($9 billion) in Daimler AG, marking the biggest investment in a global automobile manufacturer by a Chinese company. Li Shufu acquired the 9.7 percent holding through Geely Group, a company owned by the 54-year-old and managed by… Continue reading China’s Geely Buys $9 Billion Daimler Stake
Geely boss Li Shufu speaks of prolonged engagement – and does not see himself as a competitor: what the “Henry Ford China” intends to do with Daimler
All articles and backgrounds 02/24/2018 Geely boss Li Shufu speaks of a longer commitment – and does not see itself as a competitor What Daimler’s new major shareholder from China sets REUTERS Largest Daimler shareholder – and at the same time a competitor: Geely CEO Li Shufu wants to promote electromobility with the people of… Continue reading Geely boss Li Shufu speaks of prolonged engagement – and does not see himself as a competitor: what the “Henry Ford China” intends to do with Daimler
UPDATE 3-Geely chairman builds $9 bln stake in Germany’s Daimler
BEIJING/FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The chairman of Chinese carmaker Geely has built up a 9.69 percent stake in Mercedes-Benz owner Daimler, filings showed on Friday, an aggressive move designed to open the door for an industrial alliance between the two carmakers. Two sources familiar with the thinking of Li Shufu said his move to accumulate the… Continue reading UPDATE 3-Geely chairman builds $9 bln stake in Germany’s Daimler
Daimler Dodges the Robo-Taxi Storm
Over the past three years, Daimler AG has surpassed BMW AG and Volkswagen AG’s Audi to seize the crown of world’s largest luxury carmaker. Daimler der König CEO Dieter Zetsche has helped make Daimler the world’s biggest luxury carmaker Source: Company filings But CEO Dieter Zetsche has one distinct disadvantage to his German peers: the… Continue reading Daimler Dodges the Robo-Taxi Storm