@Ford: Ford Motor Company Announces Details For Q4 2021 Earnings Conference Call

About Ford Motor Company Ford Motor Company (NYSE: F) is a global company based in Dearborn, Michigan, that is committed to helping build a better world, where every person is free to move and pursue their dreams.  The company’s Ford+ plan for growth and value creation combines existing strengths, new capabilities and always-on relationships with… Continue reading @Ford: Ford Motor Company Announces Details For Q4 2021 Earnings Conference Call

Toyota Ventures leads seed extension into Agtonomy, turning tractors into autonomous vehicles

Agtonomy co-founder and CEO Tim Bucher was born and raised on a farm and was deep into his own farming business when he took a computer course while at UC Davis and got hooked. It was that parallel agriculture/technology career that led him to start Agtonomy, a hybrid autonomy and tele-assist service startup that turns… Continue reading Toyota Ventures leads seed extension into Agtonomy, turning tractors into autonomous vehicles

Human Horizons’ HiPhi X Tops China Luxury Electric Vehicle Sales for the 2nd Half of 2021

With 919 vehicle sold in December and total 3,742 in the second half of 2021, the HiPhi X captured the top spot over prestigious international and domestic automakers such as Porsche, Mercedes-Benz, and Hongqi. This marks the first time a domestic car manufacturer has topped sales chart in the luxury segment for vehicles priced at… Continue reading Human Horizons’ HiPhi X Tops China Luxury Electric Vehicle Sales for the 2nd Half of 2021

CATL Launches Battery Swap Solution EVOGO Featuring Modular Battery Swapping

NINGDE, China, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — On January 18, Contemporary Amperex Energy Service Technology Ltd. (CAES), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), rolled out its battery swap solution EVOGO featuring modular battery swapping at its first online launch event. Comprised of battery blocks, fast battery swap stations and an app,… Continue reading CATL Launches Battery Swap Solution EVOGO Featuring Modular Battery Swapping

Unipart Logistics Wins Two-year Contract Extension With Volkswagen Group UK

The site services more than 900 retailers and trade partners across the UK and Ireland for Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, CUPRA, SKODA, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, and the Volkswagen Group’s Trade Parts Services business. Unipart Logistics provides logistics services, network service support, and bespoke services for the retailer network. The efficiency and performance of the warehouse operations… Continue reading Unipart Logistics Wins Two-year Contract Extension With Volkswagen Group UK

Calling it Quits

When Tata Group Chairman, N Chandrasekaran met Tamil Nadu Chief Minister, MK Stalin some weeks ago, reports began doing the rounds that there was finally a knight in shining armour for Ford’s facilities in Chennai and Gujarat. The optimism could be short-lived since there is no indication that this will happen in a hurry. Tata… Continue reading Calling it Quits

SsangYong sale brings down the curtain on Mahindra saga

It’s finally all over for Mahindra & Mahindra and SsangYong Motor. With the Korean SUV maker now in the hands of a consortium led by Edison Motors, its 10-year innings with its Indian owner has officially come to an end. M&M had already made it known a couple of years ago that it would cap… Continue reading SsangYong sale brings down the curtain on Mahindra saga

LiDAR Supercharges Vehicle Vision and the Transportation Transformation

NetworkNewsWire Editorial Coverage NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2022 /PRNewswire/ — Buckle up because transportation is evolving double quick time. It wasn’t long ago that lane keep assist, approaching object alerts, automatic parallel parking and much more were, at best, concepts in an engineer’s head. Now the next generation of automotive evolution is made possible by the… Continue reading LiDAR Supercharges Vehicle Vision and the Transportation Transformation

China’s CATL launches service that lets users swap EV battery in a minute …

China’s Contemporary Amperex Technology Co Ltd (CATL) on Tuesday launched a battery swap service for electric vehicles (EV) called EVOGO, which it said would allow drivers to change car batteries in one minute. The battery maker will set up swap stations in ten cities around China and users will be able to access the service… Continue reading China’s CATL launches service that lets users swap EV battery in a minute …

UK self-driving startup Wayve raises $200m Series B from Microsoft, others

British self-driving technology startup Wayve said on Tuesday it has raised $200 million from investors to scale up its autonomous driving technology globally and launch more pilot projects with commercial fleet partners. The Series B funding round brings the startup’s total fundraising to $258 million and includes new investments from venture capital firms D1 Capital Partners, Moore… Continue reading UK self-driving startup Wayve raises $200m Series B from Microsoft, others