Tag: Mobility

Hyundai Motor Company Introduces Its Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle ‘NEXO’ for the First Time.

Hyundai Motor Company introduced its fuel cell electric vehicle, which is the signature vehicle for eco-friendly vehicles, called ‘NEXO’ in South Korea for the first time. It can drive up to 609km with single charge and it can go 107km more than Toyota’s ‘Mirai (total range: 502km)’, which is currently number one in global sales.Hyundai… Continue reading Hyundai Motor Company Introduces Its Fuel Cell Electric Vehicle ‘NEXO’ for the First Time.

Google Emails Show Internal Concern Over Losing Driverless Lead

Three years ago, the head of Google’s self-driving car project emailed co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin to sound an alarm. “Over the last six months we have stopped playing to win and instead are now playing to minimize downside,” Chris Urmson wrote. The source of his worry: Uber. That missive from Urmson, who left… Continue reading Google Emails Show Internal Concern Over Losing Driverless Lead

Porsche doubles e-mobility investment to over six billion euros by 2022

ATLANTA, Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Porsche has been putting together an unprecedented future development plan: By 2022, the sports car manufacturer will invest more than six billion euros in e-mobility, focusing on both plug-in hybrids and purely electric vehicles. The decision was made by the Porsche AG Supervisory Board at its most recent meeting. “We… Continue reading Porsche doubles e-mobility investment to over six billion euros by 2022

Jaguar’s Technology Startup to Build Car Service Apps

Logo courtesy of Jaguar Land Rover. Jaguar Land Rover has launched InMotion, a new technology business that builds apps and on-demand services to overcome transport challenges. InMotion will begin testing a number of different services, such as carsharing and car ownership solutions, across North America, Europe, and Asia in the coming months. “With the development… Continue reading Jaguar’s Technology Startup to Build Car Service Apps

Europcar Launches First-Kilometer, Last-Kilometer Service

Photo courtesy of Europcar In an effort to solve the first-kilometer, last-kilometer gap, Europcar announced the launch of its new Global Driver Services. Using U.K. ride-hailing tech platform Brunel, Europcar customer will now be able to book a chauffeur for the first and last kilometer of their trips in most European countries. Customers can choose… Continue reading Europcar Launches First-Kilometer, Last-Kilometer Service

BYTON Partners with Leading Self-Driving Technology Company Aurora

SANTA CLARA, Calif. and PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Today, BYTON, an innovator of smart, premium electric vehicles, announced a partnership with Aurora, a leading self-driving technology company. The partnership will help BYTON incorporate Level 4 (L4) autonomous-driving vehicle capabilities into BYTON vehicles and enable BYTON to become among the very first… Continue reading BYTON Partners with Leading Self-Driving Technology Company Aurora

NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Rick Wilking / Reuters German automotive components producer Continental has partnered with NVIDIA to produce a full-scale self-driving car platform. It will use the GPU maker’s autonomous vehicle hardware and software setup, DRIVE, to make a unified platform that prospective automakers and others can build their own self-driving cars upon. NVIDIA will provide the Xavier… Continue reading NVIDIA will power Continental’s self-driving car platform

Toyota’s Way Changed the World’s Factories. Now the Retool

Over decades, Toyota Motor Corp. built a corporate culture that was the envy of the manufacturing world. Now the auto industry’s most-emulated company is overhauling the way it brings its vaunted production system to every corner of the business. The automaker last month created a single group, staffed with 200 employees, to manage the Toyota Production System,… Continue reading Toyota’s Way Changed the World’s Factories. Now the Retool

CityMakers: open innovation projects share Groupe Renault’s strategic objectives

Friday 02 February 2018 by Thomas AUDEBERT – Innovation Thomas AUDEBERT Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on LinkedIn Share on Pinterest “Our company take advantage of the agility of the start-ups”. Nadine Leclair, Groupe Renault Expert Fellow, is pleased with the results of the first edition of CityMakers, an open innovation program dedicated… Continue reading CityMakers: open innovation projects share Groupe Renault’s strategic objectives