Uber Says Driverless Cars Can Only Happen in Lockstep With Regulators More Eric Meyhofer, the head of Uber’s advanced technology group, dispelled any notion on Thursday that driverless cars are a pipe dream or laughable relics from an old Jetsons cartoon. Subscribe to Skift newsletters covering the business of travel, restaurants, and wellness. Go to… Continue reading Uber Says Driverless Cars Can Only Happen in Lockstep With Regulators – Yahoo Finance
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With Traton, Volkswagen sends its trucks on the stock market
Volkswagen’s trucks and buses hit the stock market. Traton, the truck branch of the manufacturer, which includes the brands MAN and Scania, makes its introduction this Friday in Frankfurt and Stockholm. But it does not arrive on the hats of wheels: at 27 euros the action, the price is in the low range Volkswagen plans,… Continue reading With Traton, Volkswagen sends its trucks on the stock market
Press Releases – Bus charging and refuelling infrastructure lacking, warn auto industry and public transport sector
Brussels, 28 June 2019 – The automobile industry and the public transport sector are calling on EU member states to step up investments in much-needed infrastructure for charging and refuelling alternatively-powered buses. The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and the International Association of Public Transport (UITP) issued this joint call following the Council of the… Continue reading Press Releases – Bus charging and refuelling infrastructure lacking, warn auto industry and public transport sector
Press Releases – Auto industry revises 2019 car sales forecast to -1%
Brussels, 27 June 2019 – In the side-lines of its annual general meeting in Brussels today, the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) revised its forecast for 2019 passenger car registrations downwards to -1%. ACEA’s initial forecast, published earlier this year, was for growth of up to 1% compared to 2018. The association now expects a… Continue reading Press Releases – Auto industry revises 2019 car sales forecast to -1%
Press Releases – CO2 from new cars up for second consecutive year, raising auto industry concerns
Brussels, 25 June 2019 – European Environment Agency (EEA) data issued yesterday confirm that CO2 emissions from new passenger cars rose for the second year running in 2018, up 1.6% on 2017. Last year was also the second year when petrol cars were the most sold fuel type, further expanding their market share while sales… Continue reading Press Releases – CO2 from new cars up for second consecutive year, raising auto industry concerns
Impending CO2 penalties: BMW wants to more than double the number of electric cars
AFP BMW iNext. As a concept car, the electric car was presented in November 2018 in Los Angeles. 2021 is the iNext, which can drive highly automated, roll in Dingolfing from the tape The car maker launches a gear in the electrification of its vehicles in view of the diesel crisis and impending CO2 penalties.… Continue reading Impending CO2 penalties: BMW wants to more than double the number of electric cars
Mack plans to send electric trucks to the garbage dump
A lot of ink, pixels, and synapses get spent trying to figure out how to make heavy duty electric trucks that can travel 500 to 1,000 miles in a day and get a fast enough recharge before heading back to work.
Recent studies have shown a far more effective way to reduce pollution is to supplant short-haul machines that spend most of their time in city centers, spewing black smoke every block as they stop and start for pickups and deliveries.
City buses have been particularly effective. Beyond that, the next logical step could be garbage trucks, if truckmaker Mack has a say.
At the Las Vegas Waste Expo earlier this month, the American subsidiary of Volvo trucks rolled out the Mack Electric LR, a new line of trucks made for the dump. It follows on parent-company Volvo's electric garbage truck which rolled out last year.
Mack plans to begin testing the new trucks with the New York City Sanitation Department next year. The department operates more than 2,200 garbage trucks of various sorts to clear the streets of trash, debris, and snow. A typical trash route might be only 30 miles in a day, but takes all day with stops and starts—exactly when a diesel truck is less efficient.
The new electric trucks use two electric motors producing a combined 496 horsepower and 4,051 pound-feet of torque at 0 rpm. Mack says they use 600-volt lithium-manganese cobalt batteries and electric drive systems to boost power and charging speeds, though Mack did not disclose the battery capacity or range. With short, stop-and-go routes, range may not be the big issue anyway.
Using step-down converters, the trucks have two additional electrical systems, a typical 12-volt system to run the truck's lights and accessories, and a 24 volt system that takes power from the main battery to run the hydraulics for the compactor and the dump system, which may use as much juice in a day as driving the miles needed to cover the trucks' routes.
At the end of the day, the trucks can connect to 150-kilowatt DC fast chargers before starting in all over again the next morning.
The New York Sanitation Department also rolled out an electric street sweeper concept at this year's New York Auto Show.
Joseph R. Hinrichs
Joe Hinrichs is president, Automotive, effective May 1, 2019, reporting to Jim Hackett, Ford president and CEO. In this role, Hinrichs leads Ford’s drive to strengthen its Automotive operations and deliver a sustainable global EBIT margin of 8 percent. Hinrichs has responsibility for Ford’s global business units – North America, South America, Europe, China and… Continue reading Joseph R. Hinrichs
Geely is turning to Zenuity as its self-driving software supplier
China-based Zhejiang Geely Holdings is tapping Zenuity, the joint venture between Volvo and Swedish technology company Veoneer, as its preferred driver assistance and autonomous vehicle software supplier for its range of car brands. The decision means Zenuity’s software will likely end up in vehicles under the brands Geely Auto, Geometry, Volvo Cars, performance brand Polestar,… Continue reading Geely is turning to Zenuity as its self-driving software supplier
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Harley-Davidson strikes deal to make smaller bikes in China
FILE PHOTO: A Harley-Davidson Inc. logo is seen at the Paris auto show in Paris, France, October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Benoit Tessier/File Photo (Reuters) – Harley-Davidson Inc will partner with China’s Qianjiang Motorcycle Co to produce a new smaller model bike, making good on promises to build more motorcycles outside the United States that have angered… Continue reading CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Harley-Davidson strikes deal to make smaller bikes in China