SF Motors will start taking orders for its SF5 SUV in late 2018, with initial deliveries to begin in 2019. Detailed pricing isn’t yet available. Surely it’s a coincidence that Silicon Valley-based Chinese EV maker SF Motors chose to unveil two elegant battery-powered crossovers just as Elon Musk tries to stem Tesla’s plunging stock price.… Continue reading China-Backed SF Motors Debuts Electric SUVs As Rival Tesla Hits Rocky Patch
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Aston Martin’s e-Lagonda to challenge Rolls-Royce and Bentley “duopoly”
Andy Palmer: “In powertrain technology, we want to keep complete control over our V12 engine, and we want to keep control of the electrical motor because we think this is important going forward.” Andy Palmer, CEO of Aston Martin reveals how the British sports car maker aims to be the first luxury car maker to… Continue reading Aston Martin’s e-Lagonda to challenge Rolls-Royce and Bentley “duopoly”
More Than Just Miles: Our Self-Driving Vehicle Testing Helps Steer Miami Students Toward a Future…
More Than Just Miles: Our Self-Driving Vehicle Testing Helps Steer Miami Students Toward a Future of Robotics By Peter Rander, President, Argo AI Joel Cruz, a high school student from Miami, and Peter Rander, President, Argo AI. After a year spent testing self-driving vehicles in Pittsburgh and Southeast Michigan — not to mention enduring some cold winter weather — the Argo AI… Continue reading More Than Just Miles: Our Self-Driving Vehicle Testing Helps Steer Miami Students Toward a Future…
Lyft Delivers Carbon-Neutral Rides
The ride-hailing company announced on Thursday that it plans to become one of the largest voluntary purchasers of carbon offsets in the world. Over the years, John Zimmer, the co-founder and president of Lyft, has often pointed to a class he took as an undergraduate as the source of his ideas about environmental sustainability—and by… Continue reading Lyft Delivers Carbon-Neutral Rides
Antitrust chief calls Hyundai Motor’s governance restructuring ‘right direction’
SEOUL, April 20 (Yonhap) — The head of South Korea’s antitrust regulator said Friday that Hyundai Motor Group has taken a step in the right direction, citing its latest plan to streamline its complicated governance structure through business spinoffs and mergers. In a meeting with foreign correspondents in Seoul, Korea Fair Trade Commission Chairman Kim… Continue reading Antitrust chief calls Hyundai Motor’s governance restructuring ‘right direction’
Too radical, too innovative, too fast: why Tesla could fail
All articles and backgrounds 04/20/2018 Too radical, too innovative, too fast For what Tesla could fail An opinion made by Jens-Uwe Meyer SpaceX Tesla Roadster in space: Will Elon Musk too much at once? The term “digital disruption” – the radical change of business models and markets through the digitization – may currently be missing… Continue reading Too radical, too innovative, too fast: why Tesla could fail
5G & KI Essential for Autonomous Driving | BMW
The technologies around 5G and the artificial intelligence (AI) are fundamental for the autonomous driving, so BMW. For the Autonomous driving it needs the developments of 5G and the KI, These will be at the center of the development of autonomous driving. At a demonstration in Munich explained BMW Spokesman, that one already with Nokia… Continue reading 5G & KI Essential for Autonomous Driving | BMW
China’s state-owned FAW Group to invest in electric vehicle startup Byton
April 20, 2018 China’s state-owned automaker FAW Group agreed to invest a “significant amount of money” in Chinese-funded electric vehicle startup Byton, the startup’s co-founder and chief executive, Carsten Breitfeld, said on Friday. Byton would not disclose the scale of FAW’s investment, but Breitfeld, a former BMW executive, said FAW’s stake in Byton “will be… Continue reading China’s state-owned FAW Group to invest in electric vehicle startup Byton
Nissan to launch 3 new EVs and 5 new e-POWER models in Japan by FY2022
Japan will be the flagship market for the implementation of the Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision as part of the Nissan M.O.V.E. to 2022 midterm plan YOKOHAMA, Japan (April 20, 2018) – Nissan plans to launch three new electric vehicles and five e-POWER models in Japan by the end of fiscal 2022, the company announced today.… Continue reading Nissan to launch 3 new EVs and 5 new e-POWER models in Japan by FY2022
Nissan LEAF sales surpass 100,000 in Japan
YOKOHAMA, Japan (April 20, 2018) – Nissan has sold more than 100,000 Nissan LEAFs in Japan since the model first went on sale. First-generation Nissan LEAF New Nissan LEAF Nissan launched the first generation of the Nissan LEAF, the world’s first mass-produced electric car, in 2010. Today, the zero-emission Nissan LEAF is the world’s best-selling… Continue reading Nissan LEAF sales surpass 100,000 in Japan