Israel-based startup REE Automotive has revealed its autonomous concept vehicle based on a new modular EV platform design. The full-scale concept is geared for customers including last-mile autonomous and electric delivery companies, delivery fleet operators, e-retailers and technology companies seeking to build fully autonomous solutions. REE’s technology – the ‘REEcorner’ – packs critical vehicle components… Continue reading @niche: REE unveils fully autonomous concept based on modular EV platform001434
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@niche: Ree unleashes autonomous Leopard EV for last-mile delivery001433
Ree Automotive has announced the Leopard, a skateboard design electric vehicle (EV) for autonomous last-mile delivery and passenger transport. The Herzliya, Israel-based company will showcase the Leopard at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas in January. The company is opening a U.S. headquarters and integration center in Austin, Texas. “This concept showcases just… Continue reading @niche: Ree unleashes autonomous Leopard EV for last-mile delivery001433
@niche: REE Automotive reveals the autonomous Leopard & new platform001432
REE Automotive has revealed its autonomous concept vehicle Leopard, based on a new ultra-modular EV platform design. REE Automotive says that their full-scale concept is designed to be flexible for tailoring towards customer needs including last-mile autonomous and delivery fleet operators, retailers and technology companies wanting to build fully autonomous solutions. REE Automotive envisages fully-autonomous… Continue reading @niche: REE Automotive reveals the autonomous Leopard & new platform001432
EV upstart Xpeng is expanding beyond China
Like Nio, Chinese electric car maker Xpeng has kickstarted its international expansion. But unlike its rival, which put on a series of splashy campaigns in Norway, Xpeng launched quietly in the Scandinavian country last month. In Norway, Xpeng has begun shipping its G3 SUVs and P7 sedans. The Chinese EV startup aims to enter more… Continue reading EV upstart Xpeng is expanding beyond China
GM Returns To Europe With Mobility Unit
Having sold Saab in 2009 and then quit Europe altogether in 2017 when GM Europe sold its Opel and Vauxhall brands to the PSA Group (now Stellantis), GM Europe is nosing its way back to Europe. But this time the offer isn’t metal so much as mobility. The brief is for a non-traditional start-up and… Continue reading GM Returns To Europe With Mobility Unit
Comet Raises $50M in Series B Funding
Comet, a NYC-based provider of the development platform for enterprise machine learning (ML) teams, raised $50m in Series B funding. The round was led by OpenView, with participation from existing investors Scale Venture Partners, Trilogy Equity Partners and Two Sigma Ventures. In addition, Ofer Bengal, Founder and CEO of Redis, and Dr. Oren Etzioni, CEO at… Continue reading Comet Raises $50M in Series B Funding
Sono Motors has gone public, aims to get Sion solar electric vehicle to market by 2023
The idea for Sono Motors, the company that wants to power every electric vehicle using solar power, started nine years ago in a Munich basement when two entrepreneurial 18-year-olds starting spitballing solutions to society’s dependence on fossil fuels. Jona Christians and Laurin Hahn, Sono Motors’ co-founders, weren’t that into cars, but they recognized how much… Continue reading Sono Motors has gone public, aims to get Sion solar electric vehicle to market by 2023
Ford and GM are getting into chip development to help deal with the shortage
A year into the computer chip shortage that’s heavily affecting vehicle production, Ford announced a collaboration with chipmaker GlobalFoundries Inc., as The Wall Street Journal first reported. Ford’s press release about the non-binding agreement is light on specifics but mentions plans “to advance semiconductor manufacturing and technology development within the United States.” Without committing to… Continue reading Ford and GM are getting into chip development to help deal with the shortage
Apple accelerates work on car project, aiming for fully autonomous vehicle
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BorgWarner Awarded Grant to Launch e-Product in Cadillac, Michigan Plant
CADILLAC, Mich., Nov. 18, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — BorgWarner Thermal Systems has been awarded a grant to grow its electric vehicle business and is set to launch a new high-voltage coolant heater (HVCH) at its existing facility in Cadillac, Michigan. The electrification project is expected to generate a total capital investment of $11.2 million and create… Continue reading BorgWarner Awarded Grant to Launch e-Product in Cadillac, Michigan Plant