Lucas TVS gets future-ready with 10 GWh gigafactory

Tamil Nadu has been in the news for the past couple of months what with the Tamil Nadu Investment Conclave, a gaggle of electric scooter OEMs announcing plans for new plants in the state, growing number of EV dealers and various players entering EV charging infrastructure. While this is all about the EV ecosystem, the… Continue reading Lucas TVS gets future-ready with 10 GWh gigafactory

Clean Technica: Does Tesla’s Centralized Computer Architecture Require Fewer Chips?001596

Tesla has navigated the global automotive chip shortage better than most. It also pioneered using a unified computer architecture. How are those things related? What are the broader lessons here? Originally posted on EVANNEX. By Charles Morris Of all the innovations Tesla has brought to the auto industry, not the least significant is the unified computer architecture… Continue reading Clean Technica: Does Tesla’s Centralized Computer Architecture Require Fewer Chips?001596

CLIA Statement Regarding CDC Elevating to Level 4 Warning Against Cruise Travel

WASHINGTON, Dec. 30, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — The decision by the CDC to raise the travel level for cruise is particularly perplexing considering that cases identified on cruise ships consistently make up a very slim minority of the total population onboard—far fewer than on land—and the majority of those cases are asymptomatic or mild in nature,… Continue reading CLIA Statement Regarding CDC Elevating to Level 4 Warning Against Cruise Travel

Ford Motor Co. beefs up tech strength with director known for global dominance

Ford Motor Co. has added to its board of directors John May, CEO of Deere & Co., and analysts say that move illustrates the automaker’s commitment to new technology in the cutthroat race toward electric and autonomous vehicle dominance.  The fact that Deere just resolved a six-week UAW strike, its first in 35 years, is “icing on the cake,” said industry… Continue reading Ford Motor Co. beefs up tech strength with director known for global dominance

Voyant raises $15M to scale production of its tiny, inexpensive lidar tech

The future of lidar is uncertain unless, as Voyant hopes to do, its price and size are reduced to fractions of their current values. As long as lidars are sandwich-sized devices that cost thousands, they won’t be ubiquitous — so Voyant has raised some cash to bring its smaller, cheaper, more easily manufactured, yet still… Continue reading Voyant raises $15M to scale production of its tiny, inexpensive lidar tech

LAZ Parking Announces a Long-Term Investment from Argo Infrastructure Partners

Argo is a leading infrastructure investor based in New York with a long-term investment horizon, targeting higher quality infrastructure assets and businesses. This new partnership will strengthen LAZ’s existing capabilities, contribute and sustain its strong relationships with employees and customers, and support further investment in EV charging infrastructure assets across the U.S. “We are honored… Continue reading LAZ Parking Announces a Long-Term Investment from Argo Infrastructure Partners

Innovation Inspiration: 5 Startup Stories From NVIDIA Inception in 2021

NVIDIA Inception is one of the largest startup ecosystems in the world — and its thousands of members achieved impressive feats in 2021, bringing AI and data science to an array of industries. NVIDIA Inception nurtures cutting-edge AI, data science and HPC startups with go-to-market support, expertise and technology. This year, the program surpassed 9,000… Continue reading Innovation Inspiration: 5 Startup Stories From NVIDIA Inception in 2021

World NM: America’s Waymo partners with China’s Geely to produce electric robotaxis001697

US-based autonomous driving technology development company Waymo has joined up with Chinese multinational automotive company Geely to develop electric robotaxis, CNN reported. The self-driving unit of Google’s parent company Alphabet claims that the partnership is in line with its objective of “expanding access to sustainable transportation,” according to CNN. China’s Geely will design and produce the… Continue reading World NM: America’s Waymo partners with China’s Geely to produce electric robotaxis001697

Foreign carmakers interested in Ford plant in India – state minister

A visitor is reflected as he takes pictures of a Ford Aspire car during its launch in New Delhi, India, October 4, 2018. Picture taken October 4, 2018. REUTERS/Anushree Fadnavis Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register CHENNAI, Dec 30 (Reuters) – Foreign automakers have indicated an interest to the government of India’s… Continue reading Foreign carmakers interested in Ford plant in India – state minister