The BMW Group’s campus for autonomous driving is a state-of-the-art centre of excellence that covers every base when it comes to offering greater capacity for innovation and increased development efficiency – and ultimately securing the company’s future sustainability. 15 months ago, the BMW Group took the decision to pool together its development expertise in the… Continue reading New centre of excellence for autonomous driving. BMW officially opens its autonomous driving campus in Unterschleißheim near Munich.
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Shell and Gordon Murray Design to bring flat-pack trucks to India
OX, the flat pack truck, with its developers Shell Lubricants has announced that it will commission a pre-production prototype of the flat-pack truck called ‘OX’ and it will take this truck to India. The ‘OX to India’ mission will showcase the capabilities of the vehicle for bringing low-cost all-terrain mobility to rural communities in developing… Continue reading Shell and Gordon Murray Design to bring flat-pack trucks to India
De Meo (Seat) calls for “reinventing” combustion engines with natural gas as the main actor
Updated 04/11/2018 13:01:57 CET MADRID, 11 Apr (EUROPA PRESS) – The chairman of Seat, Luca de Meo, defends that compressed natural gas (CNG) has a “clear potential” business for the automotive sector, so it is necessary to “reinvent” the combustion engines thanks to the fact that there are many types of fuels and technologies that… Continue reading De Meo (Seat) calls for “reinventing” combustion engines with natural gas as the main actor
Daimler and VW against Prevent: The wrong strategy of the German car industry
All articles and backgrounds 04/11/2018 Daimler and VW v Prevent The wrong strategy of the German car industry A guest commentary by Stefan Randak Volkswagen and Daimler in a clinch with Prevent: The increasingly open conflict between suppliers and car manufacturers is also affecting manufacturers The dispute between VW and Daimler and the supplier Prevent… Continue reading Daimler and VW against Prevent: The wrong strategy of the German car industry
Waymo takes a page out of Google’s Android Playbook
Waymo seems to be banking on confronting the automotive industry with the same challenge. By Alex Webb When Google set out to tackle the smartphone market with its Android operating system, it picked off the more vulnerable subscale brands with little software expertise. Within three years, those phone makers had surged up the sales charts… Continue reading Waymo takes a page out of Google’s Android Playbook
Lyft is considering entering Japan’s challenging ride-hailing market for some reason
Lyft, Uber’s chief nemesis in the U.S., is thinking of entering the fiercely competitive Japanese ride-hailing space, according to comments from one of its founders. “We would love to be in Japan, and we also will be looking at that possibility,” John Zimmer, Lyft co-founder and president, said at the New Economy Summit 2018 in Tokyo.… Continue reading Lyft is considering entering Japan’s challenging ride-hailing market for some reason
Insurance giant Allianz confirms $35M investment in Asian ride-sharing unicorn Go-Jek
German insurance giant Allianz is following Google and Tencent by backing Go-Jek, the Indonesia-based ride-hailing and local services company valued at over $4.5 billion, after it announced an investment. The money comes from Allianz X, the firm’s digital investment arm, which confirmed it put in $35 million in what is its first deal in Southeast Asia. The… Continue reading Insurance giant Allianz confirms $35M investment in Asian ride-sharing unicorn Go-Jek
Singapore taxi firm ComfortDelGro to acquire AZ Bus charter assets for $10.25m
April 11, 2018 Singapore’s largest taxi operator ComfortDelGro has announced that it will acquire the private bus chartering assets of AZ Bus Pte Ltd for $10.25 million as it seeks to consolidate its position in the industry. In a statement, ComfortDelGro said, the acquisition will be conducted by its bus operation arm ComfortDelGro Bus Pte Ltd.… Continue reading Singapore taxi firm ComfortDelGro to acquire AZ Bus charter assets for $10.25m
Tesla engineering car leaked picture shows what Autopilot sees live with settings for ‘Full Self-Driving’
Tesla owners have been quite curious about what their Autopilot cameras can see since the second generation hardware introduced several more sensors. Now a leaked image of what appears to be an engineering car on ‘dev mode’ shows what Autopilot sees live on the center screen and settings for other options, including ‘Full Self-Driving’ capabilities.… Continue reading Tesla engineering car leaked picture shows what Autopilot sees live with settings for ‘Full Self-Driving’
Following Tragic Accident, a Personal Connection to Building Autonomous Cars
Patti Robb, chief strategist at Intel’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center and Autonomous Vehicle Labs, stands beside a car that is outfitted for autonomous driving in Intel’s Santa Clara, California, lab. (Photo Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation) How she’d describe her work to a 10-year-old: “I am the leader of the garages where Intel and its partners… Continue reading Following Tragic Accident, a Personal Connection to Building Autonomous Cars