WOLFSBURG, Germany (Reuters) – Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) is eyeing producing its own solid state battery cells, with possible serial production from 2024 or 2025, its chief executive said on Wednesday. A Volkswagen logo is pictured during the Volkswagen Group’s annual general meeting in Berlin, Germany, May 3, 2018. REUTERS/Axel Schmidt “We must not make ourselves dependent… Continue reading Volkswagen mulls own production of battery cells in Europe
Tag: Mobility
Swedish driverless e-truck startup Einride just unveiled its latest invention – the ‘T-log’
Swedish startup Einride is at the forefront of autonomous truck development, with its first vehicle, the ‘T-pod’, already in trials on public roads. Introducing Einride’s latest model, the ‘T-log’, which is more durable and capable of operating in a more demanding environment – the forest. TheT-log could be introduced on public roads as soon as… Continue reading Swedish driverless e-truck startup Einride just unveiled its latest invention – the ‘T-log’
MAHLE Powertrain reduces bottlenecks in the availability of WLTP-capable dyno stands for the auto industry
MAHLE Powertrain opens new test and certification center Simulation of the entire WLTP and RDE regimes enables testing in accordance with the new test procedure under controlled and reproducible conditions The commissioning of the RDEC marks a further step in the strategic expansion of MAHLE Powertrain’s capabilities in the development and certification of vehicles with… Continue reading MAHLE Powertrain reduces bottlenecks in the availability of WLTP-capable dyno stands for the auto industry
Uber Kills Self-Driving Truck Division, Clearing the Road for Tesla
BYE, BYE AUTONOMOUS SEMI. Just under two years ago, Uber bought Otto, a startup focused on developing self-driving trucks. Now, Uber is bidding adieu to its plans for autonomous shipping, at least for the time being. On Monday, the company revealed in a statement that it’s closing its self-driving truck division. Uber’s self-driving trucks were seen on… Continue reading Uber Kills Self-Driving Truck Division, Clearing the Road for Tesla
Renovo partners with aiPod to deploy self-driving cars in London and beyond
Renovo is licensing its technology to yet another self-driving startup—this time aiPod—in its bid to sell a platform that will enable companies to deploy commercial fleets of fully automated vehicles. Fleets of autonomous vehicles that can safely pick up and drop off people and packages will require more than an AI system that can brake,… Continue reading Renovo partners with aiPod to deploy self-driving cars in London and beyond
Dacia: industrial and commercial audacity
The Dacia brand has been growing for 15 years. What are the keys to this success? Dacia has a unique business model in the automotive industry, for several reasons. The original specifications were to produce a roomy, reliable vehicle at the €5,000 price point. Unlike the vehicle projects of the time, the baseline from which… Continue reading Dacia: industrial and commercial audacity
Lyft will pay you $550 to ditch your car for a month
Lyft is raising the stakes in its mission to dominate all modes of transportation in major cities. Starting in August, the ride-hailing company will offer 100 residents of Chicago $550 each in credit to Lyft and several other mobility services if they ditch their personal vehicles for a month. It’s a bold, if slightly gimmicky,… Continue reading Lyft will pay you $550 to ditch your car for a month
Waymo strikes deals with Walmart, others to boost access to self-driving cars
Brendan McDermid | Reuters Waymo unveils a self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivan in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. on January 8, 2017. Waymo, the Alphabet company that spun out of Google’s former self-driving car division, is partnering with some of the country’s largest companies to expand how many people have access to its self-driving vehicles.
From heat to cold: rethinking standstill air conditioning
A revolutionary concept for MAHLE’s parking coolers A powerful, engine-independent, and very quiet solution The transportation of goods by road is one of the main pacesetters of today’s densely interconnected economy. The driver’s rest periods play a key role, because only well-rested drivers are able to fulfill the heavy demands of their job and get… Continue reading From heat to cold: rethinking standstill air conditioning
How Careem’s growth is driving affordability and choice… and we…
Careem’s growth and the idea of what we provide can differ depending on who you are and where you live. For some people in a place like Dubai, Careem might be the Lexus you book to take you to the airport. In Egypt, it’s the motorbike you get when you need to beat the traffic and get across Cairo in a hurry. In Pakistan it’s the tuk tuk you use to get to work every day. We are, of course, all those things and more, but why we are all those things is the important part.
Our focus is on making our service affordable for the masses and helping to solve the transport issues that we’ve seen across all our markets. To do this we have been diversifying our vehicle types across all markets because the tech infrastructure we have built can support multiple vehicle types.
It started with cars. For example, when we first launched in Cairo, we did so with just ten cars which, in hindsight, is ridiculously few for a city that large. Someone would open the app and it said you’ll get a car in 90 mi..