By Reuters Staff 2 Min Read The Daimler logo is seen before the Daimler annual shareholder meeting in Berlin, Germany, April 5, 2018. REUTERS/Hannibal Hanschke/Files FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European lawmakers should promote electric car charging infrastructure as aggressively as they seek to lower carbon dioxide emissions, Michael Brecht, works council chief at German carmaker Daimler,… Continue reading Daimler labour chief urges lawmakers to promote car charging
Tag: Mobility
Andy Palmer joins Inobat’s AI battery project
Former Aston Martin CEO and ex-Nissan chief planning officer Andy Palmer has joined a Slovakian-based venture to develop the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) battery production centre. The facility uses AI to commercialise battery cells up to 10 times faster than today’s most common processes. The company, called Inobat and financed by a private equity consortium led… Continue reading Andy Palmer joins Inobat’s AI battery project
Siemens and Transport for London launch new adaptive traffic control solution
Change is underway in London in terms of traffic management. FUSION is a key part of London’s Real Time Optimiser (RTO) system, which will provide a completely new way of managing roads across the city, revolutionising the system that has been keeping London moving for over 30 years. Until now, traffic lights across the capital… Continue reading Siemens and Transport for London launch new adaptive traffic control solution
Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup
JB Straubel, the Tesla co-founder and former CTO, is often cast as the humble and pioneering engineer, the quiet one who toiled away in the background for 15 years on some of the company’s most important technologies. That characterization — which intensified as the hype and media attention on Tesla CEO Elon Musk grew —… Continue reading Why Amazon and Panasonic are betting on this battery recycling startup
Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon
At our recent TechCrunch Mobility event, we spoke with Amy Gu, the founder and managing partner of Hemi Ventures, Olaf Sakkers, a founding partner at Maniv Mobility and Reilly Brennan, the founding general partner at Trucks VC. We discussed a wide range of things, from frayed U.S.-China relations, to the mobility industry’s eager embrace of… Continue reading Top mobility VCs on the risks and rewards in partnering with giants like Amazon
Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating
Polestar is a young automaker spun out of Volvo and Geely. Now, just four years old, it has two cars on the market with more launching soon. Like many startups, the company is weathering early storms coming from government regulators and early recalls. Earlier this week, the EPA released its findings on the Polestar 2’s… Continue reading Polestar CEO defends the Polestar 2’s recall and 233-mile EPA rating
Inobat Auto unveils world’s first intelligent EV battery
The world’s first ‘intelligent’ electric vehicle battery was today launched by European EV battery producer, InoBat Auto. Speaking at the GLOBSEC Tatra Summit 2020, InoBat Auto’s co-founder and CEO, Marian Bocek. announced that after only a year of R&D, InoBat can now unveil the world’s first battery developed through a combination of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and… Continue reading Inobat Auto unveils world’s first intelligent EV battery
Pope Francis gifted a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai
His Holiness Pope Francis has received a gift from the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan (CBCJ) – a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai adapted for his mobility needs. Present at the delivery ceremony near the Pope’s residence in the Vatican City were Rev. Father Domenico Makoto Wada, representing the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Japan and His Excellency Seiji… Continue reading Pope Francis gifted a hydrogen-powered Toyota Mirai
Ampere Electric partners Bounce to supply 3,000 e-scooters
Ampere Electric, a wholly-owned electric mobility subsidiary of Greaves Cotton has partnered with Bangalore-headquartered Bounce, a leading bike rental platform as part of Ampere’s focus on shared and rental electric mobility solutions. Ampere says with new normal post-Covid, both businesses and customers are looking for a safe shared mobility infrastructure as well as environmentally friendly… Continue reading Ampere Electric partners Bounce to supply 3,000 e-scooters
World NM: GKN Automotive and Tata Technologies to develop next-generation of electric vehicles000248
GKN Automotive, a global leader in automotive technologies, announced joining forces with Tata Technologies, a global engineering and product development digital services company, to establish and set up an advanced global e-mobility software engineering centre in Bengaluru, India. The new centre, based in Bengaluru, will utilize Tata Technology’s expertise in electric and embedded systems and… Continue reading World NM: GKN Automotive and Tata Technologies to develop next-generation of electric vehicles000248