Audi wants to be a net-zero carbon emissions company by no later than 2050. By 2025, the company plans to offer more than 20 fully electric, battery-driven cars. At the same time, Audi wants to reduce the ecological footprint of its fleet – specifically, by 30 percent as compared with 2015. One central goal is… Continue reading @VW Group: Audi on the road to climate-neutral mobility003739
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Battery swapping specialist Ample raises $160 million in Series C funding
Battery swapping is an old idea with a troubled history. Better Place, an Israeli startup that was a promising early promoter of EVs, made battery swapping a centerpiece of its strategy—it went bust in 2013. Tesla demonstrated a swapping system for Model S in 2013, but dropped the technology in 2015. Chinese EV startup NIO… Continue reading Battery swapping specialist Ample raises $160 million in Series C funding
@Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 25th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
TOKYO (August 30, 2021) – At 29 years old, Team Toyota athlete Jessica Long won her 25th Paralympic medal in Tokyo, winning a gold medal in the women’s 200m individual medley SM8 at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, August 28. Long, one of the most decorated Paralympians in the United States, won her… Continue reading @Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Jessica Long Wins 25th Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
@Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Brad Snyder Wins Eighth Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
TOKYO (August 30, 2021) – At 37 years old, Team Toyota athlete Brad Snyder won his eighth Paralympic medal in Tokyo, taking first place in the men’s Paratriathlon PTVI race at the Paralympic Games Tokyo 2020 on Saturday, August 28. “It’s a big moment, obviously, because you spend so much time visualizing and hoping and… Continue reading @Toyota: Team USA, Team Toyota’s Brad Snyder Wins Eighth Paralympic Medal at Tokyo 2020
@Toyota: Resumption of Services of the Toyota e-Palette Vehicle and Additional Safety Measures at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Athletes’ Village
Having taken steps to ensure greater safety and security, Toyota today announces that The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has decided to resume operations of the e-Palette mobility vehicle within the Athletes’ Village. Go to Source
Change Suite · 7:18 PM UTCUber proposes industry-wide gig worker benefits model in CanadaUber Technologies Inc on Monday proposed a plan for a flexibl…
Aug 30 (Reuters) – Uber Technologies Inc (UBER.N) on Monday proposed a plan for a flexible benefits fund for app-based ride-hail and food delivery drivers in Canada under which all gig industry players would share data on workers’ hours and earnings. Under the proposal outlined in a company blog post, the fund would provide gig… Continue reading Change Suite · 7:18 PM UTCUber proposes industry-wide gig worker benefits model in CanadaUber Technologies Inc on Monday proposed a plan for a flexibl…
@Groupe PSA: PR COMBINING FAURECIA AND HELLA TO CREATE A GLOBAL LEADER IN FAST- GROWING AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, FULLY ALIGNED WITH INDUSTRY MEGATRENDS002381
✓ Creation of the #7 global automotive supplier, with a highly advanced technologyportfolio addressing all industry megatrends✓ Combination of two highly complementary companies, sharing the same focus oninnovation, operational excellence, customer satisfaction and ESG✓ Hella’s identity, businesses and employees will play a major role within the combinedGroup, Lippstadt will be global headquarter for three out… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: PR COMBINING FAURECIA AND HELLA TO CREATE A GLOBAL LEADER IN FAST- GROWING AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGIES, FULLY ALIGNED WITH INDUSTRY MEGATRENDS002381
@BMW: BMW GROUP LAUNCHES THE RE:BMW CIRCULAR LAB.001392
Munich. The BMW Group is launching its new communication and experience platform “RE:BMW Circular Lab”. The RE:BMW Circular Lab is an invitation to accompany the BMW Group on its journey of transformation into a circular economy. The RE:BMW Circular Lab focuses on circular thinking and awareness of new, sustainable courses of action. The BMW Group… Continue reading @BMW: BMW GROUP LAUNCHES THE RE:BMW CIRCULAR LAB.001392
Ola Electric seeks up to $500m fundraise from Falcon Edge, Temasek, others
The new funding round may lift Ola Electric’s valuation to as much as US$3.5 billion, TechCrunch reported, citing sources. Go to Source
Ideanomics to buy EV fleet maker Via Motors in $450M all-stock deal
Ideanomics, a fintech and electric mobility firm based in New York, has added to its list of acquisitions: commercial electric vehicle manufacturer Via Motors (in an all-stock deal valued at $450 million). Ideanomics has been aggressively purchasing mobility businesses this year, as it seeks to build out vertically integrated offerings for fleet operators and transit… Continue reading Ideanomics to buy EV fleet maker Via Motors in $450M all-stock deal