IN MARCH Starsky Robotics, a self-driving lorry firm based in San Francisco, closed down. Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, its founder, gave several reasons for its failure. Investors’ interest was already cooling, owing to a run of poorly performing tech-sector IPOs and a recession in the trucking business. His firm’s focus on safety, he wrote, did not go… Continue reading Driverless cars show the limits of today’s AI – The Economist
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Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom
FRANKFURT (Reuters) – The number of publicly accessible charging points for electric vehicles (EV) jumped 60% in 2019, the biggest increase in three years and outpacing sales of battery-powered cars, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). FILE PHOTO: A Tesla is charged at an electric car supercharger station in Los Angeles, California, U.S. August… Continue reading Charging points surge ahead of electric car boom
Volkswagen launches home EV charging system sales ahead of ID.3 vehicle deliveries
Volkswagen has started to sell a home-charging device as the automaker prepares to bring its new ID family of electric vehicles to market. The ID.3 is the first electric vehicle under the ID label and will only be sold in Europe. Customers who made reservations for the launch edition, known as ID.3 1st, will be… Continue reading Volkswagen launches home EV charging system sales ahead of ID.3 vehicle deliveries
Illegal exhaust technology: Daimler has to recall 170,000 additional diesel vehicles
Mercedes logo Hundreds of thousands of vehicles are affected by the allegation of illegal exhaust technology. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The carmaker Daimler has to recall around 170,000 additional diesel vehicles because of the allegation of illegal exhaust technology. Older models of the A, B, C, E and S class are affected by Mercedes Benz with… Continue reading Illegal exhaust technology: Daimler has to recall 170,000 additional diesel vehicles
VW’s first mass-market EV suffers delay thanks to software struggles
Volkswagen is delaying the release of certain versions of the all-electric ID 3 because the car’s software isn’t ready, confirming months of reports from German outlets like Sueddeutsche Zeitung and Manager Magazine about the company’s struggle to bring its first mass-produced electric vehicle to market. People who preordered the “limited edition” version of the electric… Continue reading VW’s first mass-market EV suffers delay thanks to software struggles
Tesla secures approval for new Model 3 with cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries
Tesla has officially secured approval to produce and sell a new Model 3 with cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries in China. Early on, Tesla adopted its own version of the energy-dense NCA battery cell for its electric vehicles, which went against most of the industry who uses NCM cells. There have been reports stating that Tesla… Continue reading Tesla secures approval for new Model 3 with cheaper lithium iron phosphate batteries
Auto industry recovery from COVID-19 could take years, signaling slow climb back
Global vehicle sales could fall year-over-year by more than 20% in 2020, according to a new study, and not return to pre-COVID-19 levels until 2023 — another gloomy sign that contributed to the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunging nearly 1,900 points Thursday to its lowest since March. The Dow fell 6.9%, the S&P 500 dropped 5.9% and the tech-heavy Nasdaq… Continue reading Auto industry recovery from COVID-19 could take years, signaling slow climb back
GM’s electric push risks market-share loss for top moneymakers
David Welch, Bloomberg Published 1:04 p.m. ET June 11, 2020 | Updated 1:06 p.m. ET June 11, 2020 General Motors Co.’s ambitious push into electric vehicles could pose a near-term risk as the automaker spends less to replace its more profitable gas-powered vehicles, according to an annual study published by Bank of America Global Research.… Continue reading GM’s electric push risks market-share loss for top moneymakers
China: Tesla Approved To Produce Model 3 With LFP Batteries
Tesla was recently approved by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology to produce in China the Model 3, equipped with lithium-iron-phosphate (LFP) batteries. It’s assumed (but not confirmed) that the no-cobalt LFP chemistry, in the new cell-to-pack design, will be supplied by CATL, which previously confirmed the agreement with Tesla without sharing details. Tesla’s… Continue reading China: Tesla Approved To Produce Model 3 With LFP Batteries
Volkswagen falls behind in electrics
It may not be in 2020 that Volkswagen will double Tesla – at least on the number of electric cars sold. While the chairman of the board of the German giant, Herbert Diess, openly displayed at the beginning of the year his hope to “overtake the firm of Elon Musk […] to dominate the electric… Continue reading Volkswagen falls behind in electrics