Mahindra’s Auto Sector sells 48,097 vehicles during April 2018, a growth of 22%

Mahindra’s Auto Sector sells 48,097 vehicles during April 2018, a growth of 22% Mumbai, May 1, 2018: Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. (M&M Ltd.), a part of the USD 19 billion Mahindra Group, today announced its auto sales performance for April 2018 which stood at 48,097 vehicles, compared to 39,417 vehicles during April 2017, a growth… Continue reading Mahindra’s Auto Sector sells 48,097 vehicles during April 2018, a growth of 22%

Ford Smart Mobility and Zotye to Form EV Solutions JV for China’s Fast-Growing Ride-Hailing Market

Ford Smart Mobility LLC and Zotye sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a joint venture (JV) to provide smart, customized all-electric vehicle solutions to fleet operators and drivers in China’s fast-growing ride-hailing market Working closely with the Zotye-Ford manufacturing JV, which will offer a range of stylish and affordable all-electric vehicles under a… Continue reading Ford Smart Mobility and Zotye to Form EV Solutions JV for China’s Fast-Growing Ride-Hailing Market

Bentley boss: we could have been more prepared for electrification

The Bentayga hybrid is the brand’s first electrified model New company CEO admits the firm needs to accelerate its electrification plans – and hints full electric car is due within five years New Bentley boss Adrian Hallmark has acknowledged that the brand was not as prepared for future technology as it could have been –… Continue reading Bentley boss: we could have been more prepared for electrification

Dana Partners with Workhorse Group on City Delivery Vehicle with New Spicer® Electrified™ Integrated Electric Axle

LONG BEACH, Calif., May 1, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Today at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo, Dana Incorporated (NYSE: DAN) and Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ: WKHS) announced the design, development, and production of a city delivery vehicle featuring Dana’s Spicer® Electrified™ integrated e-Drive axle. Ohio-based Workhorse is a technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective… Continue reading Dana Partners with Workhorse Group on City Delivery Vehicle with New Spicer® Electrified™ Integrated Electric Axle

Bentley boss acknowledges brand could have been more prepared for electrification

New Bentley boss Adrian Hallmark has acknowledged that the brand was not as prepared for future technology as it could have been and is forging ahead with a revised strategy to ensure Bentley is at the forefront of electrification.  Since starting his position early this year, having previously been at the company as board member… Continue reading Bentley boss acknowledges brand could have been more prepared for electrification

Inside TickTock’s Consumer Robot Product Explorations

Image: Ryan Hickman/TickTock Advertisement Editor’s Picks This is a guest post. The views expressed here are solely those of the authors and do not represent positions of IEEE Spectrum or the IEEE. We started TickTock in March 2017, knowing that robotics was about to have a breakthrough, and it was going to start with mobility.… Continue reading Inside TickTock’s Consumer Robot Product Explorations

Lyft partners with Udacity to hire self-driving car engineers

Lyft is teaming up with Udacity to find talent for its Level 5 autonomous driving engineering team. The partnership entails a challenge designed to identify the best candidates in Udacity’s self-driving car engineer nanodegree program. Called the Lyft Perception Challenge, the idea is to test problem-solving skills around perception for autonomous vehicles. The competition, which… Continue reading Lyft partners with Udacity to hire self-driving car engineers

Bentley Continental GT

Is it fair to define the Bentley Continental GT as a modern-day icon? On the basis that rivals chiefly built in Maranello and Gaydon have persistently kept it from the top rung of Autocar road test rankings for super-GT cars, you could convincingly argue that it is not. Then again, few other machines at the… Continue reading Bentley Continental GT

Regulus Cyber launches with a technology to secure autonomous vehicles

Over the next 20 years the autonomous vehicle market is expected to grow into a $700 billion industry as robots take over nearly every aspect of mobility. One of the key arguments for this shift away from manually operated machines is that they offer greater safety thanks to less risk of human error. But as… Continue reading Regulus Cyber launches with a technology to secure autonomous vehicles

Mobility around the world — Acquisitions, Investments and IPOs

Mobility around the world — Acquisitions, Investments and IPOs Before we publish here, we publish on our website. Check out the most important mobility news globally on a weekly basis. This is what happened last week: BlaBlaCar buys “Less” for undisclosed amount French startup BalBlaCar acquires another French carpooling platform for an undisclosed amount. The younger company “Less” focuses… Continue reading Mobility around the world — Acquisitions, Investments and IPOs