LONDON (Reuters) – Estonia’s Taxify is set to step up its fight against global rival Uber [UBER.UL] across Europe and Africa after raising $175 million in funding from a group led by German automaker Daimler (DAIGn.DE). FILE PHOTO: The Taxify logo is pictured on a taxi cab in Riga, Estonia January 15, 2015. REUTERS/Ints Kalnins/File… Continue reading UPDATE 1-Daimler leads $175 mln investment in Uber’s EMEA rival Taxify
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Nissan production, sales and export results for April 2018
YOKOHAMA, Japan (May 30, 2018) – Nissan Motor Co., Ltd. today announced production, sales and export figures for April 2018. 1. Production Nissan’s global production in April declined from a year earlier. Production in Japan surpassed year-earlier results for the second consecutive month. Production outside Japan declined from a year earlier. Production in the U.K.… Continue reading Nissan production, sales and export results for April 2018
Scooter sharing startup Bird said to be valued at $1b in Sequoia-led round
May 30, 2018 Bird, an electric scooter-sharing startup, is raising $150 million in a funding round led by Sequoia Capital that will value the company at $1 billion, people familiar with the matter said. This is the first batch of money in this new round, and the company plans to raise more, said one of… Continue reading Scooter sharing startup Bird said to be valued at $1b in Sequoia-led round
UK electric motor firm Equipmake ready to become world’s top supplier
Equipmake, the Norfolk-based electronics R&D company, is about to begin an unprecedented expansion phase that, within five years, will convert it to a tier one manufacturer of electric motors for cars, making “hundreds of thousands a year”. The firm, which over the past decade has used a highly successful phase designing KERS systems for Formula… Continue reading UK electric motor firm Equipmake ready to become world’s top supplier
Tesla Model S in Autopilot collides with police SUV
Laguna Beach PD PIO, Twitter A Model S driver in Laguna Beach has crashed into a parked (and thankfully unoccupied) police SUV while her EV’s Autopilot was reportedly engaged, sustaining minor injuries in the process. It’s not yet known what the driver was doing at the time of the collision, but the incident is once… Continue reading Tesla Model S in Autopilot collides with police SUV
Europe-wide day of action
30.05.2018 Ι Fusion in the railway industry: Siemens Mobility and Alstom go together. A Europe-wide Day of Action today saw thousands of workers joining for collateral and guarantees for all sites in Europe. So far, the companies have made specific commitments only for the German and French locations. Thousands of employees of Alstom and Siemens… Continue reading Europe-wide day of action
Fisker’s comeback powered by new battery
“We are going to see a huge disruption in mobility. We will see a large amount of new type of vehicles emerge, which will make 20 or 30, or 40 percent of our time more efficient”Henrik Fisker Automotive design maven Henrik Fisker’s new venture might be less about the automobile than the technology that will… Continue reading Fisker’s comeback powered by new battery
Geofencing technology demonstration in Stockholm
Tue, May 29, 2018 19:45 CET (Stockholm, Sweden, May 29, 2018) – Autoliv, Inc. (NYSE: ALV and SSE: ALIVsdb), the worldwide leader in automotive safety system, today announced that Veoneer, its electronics business, today participated in a geofencing urban environment technology demonstration in Stockholm, Sweden. Geofencing refers to a geographic zone where the entry, speed… Continue reading Geofencing technology demonstration in Stockholm
Zipcar plans all-electric fleet of over 300 Volkswagens in London
Zipcar is rolling out a fleet of 300 Volkswagen e-Golf in London this year — in what the company is touted as the largest rollout of electric cars in a single English city. Details from the company are still sketchy, but Zipcar said that the first electric vehicles will be available over the summer, with… Continue reading Zipcar plans all-electric fleet of over 300 Volkswagens in London
Athlon deploys new mobility services
Fleet Newspaper By Damien Chalon, the 29/05/2018 With Flex2Use, a mobility credit offer, and Car2Use, a car-sharing service, the long-term renter is accelerating in the field of new mobility. Athlon advances its pawns in the field of mobility. The long-term renter has just announced the launch of two new services. The first, dubbed “Car2Use”, is… Continue reading Athlon deploys new mobility services