China’s Alibaba Group will invest 100 billion yuan ($15.5 billion) by 2025 in support of “common prosperity”, it said, becoming the latest corporate giant to pledge support for the initiative driven by President Xi Jinping. Beijing has been encouraging companies to share wealth as part of the effort to ease inequality in the world’s second-largest… Continue reading China’s Alibaba Group to invest $15.5b towards “common prosperity”
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ParkMobile Hires Keisha Franklin as SVP of People
Prior to ParkMobile, Franklin worked at PowerPlan, where she was a strategic business partner to the senior leadership team, executing global expansion initiatives and managing the employee lifecycle, including onboarding, talent development, benefits and compensation, and offboarding. Earlier in her career, Franklin spent 11 years at Infor, where she supported over 800 employees. Franklin holds… Continue reading ParkMobile Hires Keisha Franklin as SVP of People
China · 8:58 AM UTCExplainer: How unions work in ChinaChinese tech giants Didi Global Inc and JD.com (9618.HK) have set up unions for their staff in l…
A man is seen under a Didi logo at the headquarters of Didi Chuxing in Beijing, China November 20, 2020. REUTERS/Florence Lo SHENZHEN, China, Sept 2 (Reuters) – Chinese tech giants Didi Global Inc (DIDI.N) and JD.com (9618.HK) have set up unions for their staff in landmark moves in the country’s tech sector where organised… Continue reading China · 8:58 AM UTCExplainer: How unions work in ChinaChinese tech giants Didi Global Inc and JD.com (9618.HK) have set up unions for their staff in l…
Collaboration, not competition to foster EV ecosystem
Among the business segments with the fiercest competition worldwide is the automotive industry, one which has led to the survival of the fittest. But when it comes to the electric vehicle ecosystem, for a country like India, it is not competition, but cooperation that will unlock the next phase of growth, believes Shreyas Shibulal, founder… Continue reading Collaboration, not competition to foster EV ecosystem
Hyundai India launches i20 N Line at Rs 984,000
SS Kim, MD and CEO, Hyundai Motor India with the new i20 N Line. Ten days after Hyundai Motor India revealed the sportier ‘N Line’ version of its popular B+ segment hatchback – the i20 – the company has launched the model with introductory pricing that starts from Rs 984,000 (ex-showroom India). On the outside,… Continue reading Hyundai India launches i20 N Line at Rs 984,000
@niche: This is why all electric cars look exactly the same001189
The future of car design is all about skateboards and top hats. The former refers to the flat, often self-supporting chassis of an electric vehicle, housing a large battery pack in the middle and motors at either end, along with the suspension, brakes and wheels. Upon this sits the top hat, which is car designer-speak… Continue reading @niche: This is why all electric cars look exactly the same001189
@niche: Sono Motors Launches Its Own Bidirectional Wallbox001189
The Innovative Bidirectional AC Wallbox Is up to 70% More Affordable Than Comparable DC Wallboxes and Thus Makes Vehicle-to-Home (v2h) And Vehicle-to-Grid (v2g) Affordable Bidirectional Charging Enables Use of the Vehicle as a Mobile Power Plant and External Home Storage System, Thereby Becoming an Important Building Block on the Way to 100% Renewable Energy The… Continue reading @niche: Sono Motors Launches Its Own Bidirectional Wallbox001189
@niche: Launch of the first autonomous shuttle service by NAVYA on open road in the UK001190
DARWIN will operate the shuttle at the prestigious Harwell Science and Innovation Campus An experiment conducted in partnership with the […] DARWIN will operate the shuttle at the prestigious Harwell Science and Innovation Campus An experiment conducted in partnership with the insurer AVIVA, which is developing insurance for autonomous vehicles Villeurbanne, France, September 2nd, 2021… Continue reading @niche: Launch of the first autonomous shuttle service by NAVYA on open road in the UK001190
@niche: 8 Ways to Know Your U.S. Community is Ready for Autonomous Shuttles001189
With new and available grants and funding, communities are looking toward the integration of new technologies to ready their transportation […] With new and available grants and funding, communities are looking toward the integration of new technologies to ready their transportation systems for the future. Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are one of the technologies that is… Continue reading @niche: 8 Ways to Know Your U.S. Community is Ready for Autonomous Shuttles001189
Massachussetts AG greenlights Uber, Lyft-backed gig worker ballot initiative
Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey gave a coalition of app-based service providers like Uber and Lyft the go-ahead to start collecting signatures needed to put a proposed ballot measure before voters that would define drivers as independent contractors rather than employees. Backers of the initiative, which is essentially a MA version of Proposition 22, would… Continue reading Massachussetts AG greenlights Uber, Lyft-backed gig worker ballot initiative