Clean Technica: A Comment On Tesla AI Day: Have You EVER?!001196

By Roger Pressman, Founder of EVANNEX Have you ever watched a public presentation from a major automobile company that wasn’t sales and marketing associated with a specific vehicle? Have you ever observed a major automobile company do a public presentation that went into heavy technical detail about the systems that it uses to build its… Continue reading Clean Technica: A Comment On Tesla AI Day: Have You EVER?!001196

Ola, Ola Electric have plans to go public next year, says CEO Bhavish Aggarwal …

Indian ride hailing aggregator Ola has plans to go public sometime next year, but a final date for the initial public offering (IPO) is yet to be decided, said chairman and group CEO Bhavish Aggarwal. Both Ola and Ola Electric, the electric mobility arm of the group, have adequate capital and balance sheets and will go public in… Continue reading Ola, Ola Electric have plans to go public next year, says CEO Bhavish Aggarwal …

German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen is more innovative than Daimler, Tesla and BMW001060

With the The robot shuttle that Volkswagen wanted to provide for the soccer World Cup in Qatar will not work after allHowever, overall, the car manufacturer from Wolfsburg brings up the most technological innovations in an international comparison of manufacturers. This is the result of the annual innovation ranking of the Center of Automotive Management… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Volkswagen is more innovative than Daimler, Tesla and BMW001060

Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Plug and Play invest in Odiggo’s $2.2M seed round

Servicing one’s car personally is a time-consuming, expensive and painstaking process. It’s a cycle that can lead to more expensive repairs and safety issues down the line, and no car owner likes that. Egypt and Dubai-based auto tech startup Odiggo is a platform addressing this problem. It allows car owners to get the help they… Continue reading Y Combinator, 500 Startups, Plug and Play invest in Odiggo’s $2.2M seed round

Kinetic Green to invest Rs 300 crore in EV biz, gets working on reborn Luna

Kinetic Green’s Sulajja Firodia Motwani: “We have just signed a very aggressive plan to invest around Rs 300 crore in the next 3-4 years.” Kinetic Green Energy and Power Solutions, the electric vehicle manufacturing arm of the Kinetic Group, is determined to play a bigger role in the “last-mile mobility for people and goods,” says… Continue reading Kinetic Green to invest Rs 300 crore in EV biz, gets working on reborn Luna

Clean Technica: Forget Siri & Alexa, Tesla Is Coming Out With A Full-On Robot001193

Last decade tech giants introduced phantom digital “assistants” that answer requests and perform simple tasks in the house. Whether you wanted to turn off the lights or find out when daylight savings time begins, Alexa and Siri have you covered. But Amazon and Apple are tangled up in yesterday’s tech. Tesla is taking all this… Continue reading Clean Technica: Forget Siri & Alexa, Tesla Is Coming Out With A Full-On Robot001193

@GM: General Motors and AT&T Set Automotive Connectivity Benchmark with 5G

General Motors and AT&T Set Automotive Connectivity Benchmark with 5G The next generation vehicle network will enable a new era of connected services for millions of GM vehicles 2021-08-19 DALLAS and DETROIT – General Motors and AT&T* will bring 5G cellular connectivity to millions of GM vehicles coming off the assembly line over the next… Continue reading @GM: General Motors and AT&T Set Automotive Connectivity Benchmark with 5G

China’s car rental market to top 10b yuan by 2022: report

Shouqi Group’s Gofun launches its car-sharing business in Shaoxing, Zhejiang province. [Photo provided to China Daily] BEIJING – China’s car rental market is about to enter the high-speed growth period and top 100 billion yuan (about $15.39 billion) next year, according to a report. The market will embrace high-speed development after the car rental industry… Continue reading China’s car rental market to top 10b yuan by 2022: report

FAW Group to operate over 100 Hongqi smart cars

Workers check vehicles at the general assembly line of Hongqi, the leading sedan brand of First Automotive Works (FAW) Group Co. Ltd., in Changchun, Northeast China’s Jilin province, Sept 23, 2020. [Photo/Xinhua] CHANGCHUN – China’s leading automaker FAW Group Co., Ltd. said it will put more than 100 smart cars of the Hongqi brand in… Continue reading FAW Group to operate over 100 Hongqi smart cars

China steps up automobile data protection

An autonomous vehicle takes to the road in Shanghai’s Jiading district. [Photo by Wu Jun/For China Daily] China issued trial guidelines on automobile data protection on Friday in a move to protect drivers’ privacy and safeguard national security as vehicles are becoming increasingly digitalized in the world’s largest auto market. The Ministry of Industry and… Continue reading China steps up automobile data protection