DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co (GM.N) Chief Executive Officer Mary Barra said on Tuesday the No. 1 U.S. automaker currently has no projects underway with ride-sharing company Lyft, in which it has a 9 percent stake. FILE PHOTO – General Motors CEO Mary Barra attends as U.S. President Donald Trump meets with chief executives… Continue reading GM has no projects underway with Lyft, CEO Barra says
Tag: Mobility
Vodafone and Continental are using connectivity to make germany’s roads safer
Collaborative innovations to reduce traffic accident figures Digital shield protects pedestrians and cyclists on the roads Traffic jam warning system prevents rear-end collisions on the motorway Joint tests focus on 5G, V2X, mobile edge computing and artificial intelligence Vodafone and Continental have joined forces. The telecommunications group and the technology company are announcing a new… Continue reading Vodafone and Continental are using connectivity to make germany’s roads safer
‘Competition is really fierce right now’: General Motors sets sights on electrified, autonomous future
Chevrolet Bolt EV autonomous test vehicles being assembled in Michigan | Credit: Jeffrey Sauger for GM David Tulauskas, GM’s sustainability director, talks to BusinessGreen about the US car giant’s drive towards ‘zero crashes, zero emissions and zero congestion’ It is little more than a year since all-electric upstart Tesla briefly sped past the long-established General… Continue reading ‘Competition is really fierce right now’: General Motors sets sights on electrified, autonomous future
769bhp Apollo Intensa Emozione hypercar to be inspired by GT1 Le Mans
Apollo, the company born from the ashes of Gumpert, has confirmed that it is working with motorsport engineers and designers from HWA, the specialist firm that operates Mercedes-AMG’s DTM racing programme, on its Intensa Emozione hypercar. HWA runs the most successful team in DTM’s history but Apollo said that it was its role in the development of the iconic Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR… Continue reading 769bhp Apollo Intensa Emozione hypercar to be inspired by GT1 Le Mans
Large ‘mothership’ dealerships to play pivotal role in the future
Large dealerships are set to play a pivotal role in delivering new mobility solutions to consumers. Big dealerships will be the “mothership” for introduction of EV, shared driving and autonomous technology because they offer the route to market for much of technology. That’s the view of Automotive Property Consultancy (APC) which said the current trend… Continue reading Large ‘mothership’ dealerships to play pivotal role in the future
Continental: New Camera & AI Intentional Recognition
Supplier Continental uses AI-integrated cameras to detect human intent. It is about the hazard detection and the informal communication in the traffic, what you at Continental has developed a new generation of cameras and their images with a Artificial Intelligence (AI) analyzed. People Intention detection. Source: Continental That’s another step in the direction Autonomous driving,… Continue reading Continental: New Camera & AI Intentional Recognition
Bharat Forge buys stake in UK-based EV company
Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group, today announced that it has bought a strategic stake of 10 million pound (Rs 98 crore) in the UK-based Tevva Motors (Jersey), a electric vehicle company. Tevva provides electric powertrain solutions for commercial vehicles and buses in the 7.5 -14 tonnage weight category, with this being… Continue reading Bharat Forge buys stake in UK-based EV company
Over a million BMW Group vehicles delivered in first five months of 2018
Munich. The BMW Group has sold more vehicles than ever before in the first five months of the year: more than a million customers worldwide have already taken delivery of their new BMW, MINI or Rolls-Royce vehicle in 2018 (1,003,573 / +1.6%). This record result was achieved despite the ongoing global ramp-up of BMW X3… Continue reading Over a million BMW Group vehicles delivered in first five months of 2018
Mobility and Electric Vehicles: A MOOC to help you form an opinion
Tuesday 05 June 2018 by Rachida Badri – CSR Rachida Badri Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest They came onto the automobile scene a decade ago, but not everyone is familiar with them yet. “They” are electric vehicles. They’re a textbook example of the emergence of new forms of… Continue reading Mobility and Electric Vehicles: A MOOC to help you form an opinion
Shenzhen to register only EV as taxis
A worker washes a BYD Co e6 electric taxi in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. [Photo/Agencies] Only fully electric vehicles (EV) will be registered as online ride-hailing taxis in Shenzhen from Aug 1, according to a report by Shenzhen Economic Daily. In addition, the existing 7,500 taxis in the city will be replaced by EV by Dec… Continue reading Shenzhen to register only EV as taxis