Open platform enables partners to connect with Volkswagen plants and to make their own software applications available via the Industrial Cloud App store approach: Volkswagen plants can obtain new software applications direct from the Industrial Cloud and optimize their operations Volkswagen expects significant efficiency and productivity gains at global level Volkswagen, together with Amazon Web… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen brings additional partners to Industrial Cloud
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@VW Group: Electric cars as part of the energy transition: Audi is researching bidirectional charging technology
Increasing network stability, lowering electricity costs, and contributing to climate protection – that is the vision that Audi and the Hager Group are pursuing. The incorporation of the electric car into the domestic grid is at the core of an innovative research project on bidirectional charging. This offers major advantages in combination with a photovoltaic… Continue reading @VW Group: Electric cars as part of the energy transition: Audi is researching bidirectional charging technology
Driivz to provide charging software platform to Eastern European gas station chain
More and more petroleum retailers are offering EV charging, and this trend is spreading to Eastern Europe. Israeli charging software specialist Driivz will supply the Budapest-based oil company MOL Group with a charging management platform and a self-service app for drivers. MOL currently operates charging stations in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Croatia, Hungary, and… Continue reading Driivz to provide charging software platform to Eastern European gas station chain
Didi Chuxing Launches New Economy Ride-Hailing
The service has been in pilot operation in select cities of Guizhou and Shandong. Photo via Didi. China’s Didi Chuxing is launching Huaxiaozhu, a new economy ride-hailing service targeting new market segments, primarily younger users. Incubated internally by an independent unit, Huaxiaozhu leverages Didi’s existing driver pool and operates by the same set of safety… Continue reading Didi Chuxing Launches New Economy Ride-Hailing
Lime, Dott and Tier win Paris scooter permits, delivering Bird a loss in a key market
American micromobility startups Lime along with European competitors Dott and Tier Mobility have won permits to operate shared electric scooters in Paris, following a seven-month tender process that had as many as 16 companies vying for a spot. Paris is one of a handful of cities in the world that have become key battlegrounds over… Continue reading Lime, Dott and Tier win Paris scooter permits, delivering Bird a loss in a key market
Beep And Local Motors Announce Strategic Partnership To Broadly Deploy Autonomous, Electric Shuttles
ORLANDO, Fla., July 23, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Beep, a Florida-based autonomous Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) provider and Local Motors by LM Industries, the world’s first and only digital vehicle manufacturer, today announced a strategic partnership and new reseller agreement. The collaborative agreement is intended to significantly expand the number of AV shuttles on both public and private… Continue reading Beep And Local Motors Announce Strategic Partnership To Broadly Deploy Autonomous, Electric Shuttles
@Daimler: Daimler reports second-quarter 2020 results
Revenue of €30.2 billion (Q2 2019: €42.7 billion) Positive industrial free cash flow of €685 million (Q2 2019: minus €1,302 million) Industrial net liquidity of €9.5 billion (end of Q1 2020: €9.3 billion) Adjusted EBIT of minus €708 million (Q2 2019: plus €2,447 million) Group net loss of €1,906 million (Q2 2019: net loss of… Continue reading @Daimler: Daimler reports second-quarter 2020 results
Electric bus maker Proterra considers deal to go public: sources
(Reuters) – U.S. electric bus manufacturer Proterra Inc is considering going public through a merger with a blank-check company, eschewing the traditional initial public offering that it explored last year, according to people familiar with the matter. Burlingame, California-based Proterra would become the latest electric vehicle maker to merge with a special purpose acquisition company… Continue reading Electric bus maker Proterra considers deal to go public: sources
@VW Group: Industry 4.0: ŠKODA AUTO Vrchlabí plant has made use of ‘Digital twin’
Christian Bleiel, Head of Component Production at ŠKODA AUTO, said, “Without Industry 4.0 technologies, we would not have been able to install the new robot workstation at the Vrchlabí site in this way. Due to a lack of space, it would not have been possible to set up the new unit next to the existing… Continue reading @VW Group: Industry 4.0: ŠKODA AUTO Vrchlabí plant has made use of ‘Digital twin’
@Toyota: Toyota IP Solutions and IUPUI Issue First Commercial License for Automatic Emergency Braking Safety Testing
INDIANAPOLIS (July 22, 2020) – Toyota and Hebei Pride today announced a new license agreement to commercialize standardized safety testing systems for the development and validation of automotive automatic emergency braking (AEB) systems. The agreement is the first license from Toyota IP Solutions, which launched in late 2019 to broaden access to Toyota’s world leading… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota IP Solutions and IUPUI Issue First Commercial License for Automatic Emergency Braking Safety Testing