The Volkswagen city car is renewed with an unprecedented range that also includes the updated version of the electric e-up !, now with a range of up to 260 km thanks to the doubled capacity battery (32.3 kWh). Which is recharged in 16 hours and 12 minutes with a 3.6 kW AC outlet and from… Continue reading Compact electric cars / Volkswagen Up electric
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German Manager Magazin: Electric scooter: Bolt wants to overtake Tier Mobility and Uber with 100 million euros000326
The from Daimler-Group-supported mobility provider Bolt announces an electric scooter offensive. The start-up from Estonia will invest more than 100 million euros in 2021 to become the largest e-scooter rental company in Europe. The rival of Uber and the Berlin start-up Tier Mobility said it wanted to bring 130,000 scooters to more than 100 cities… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Electric scooter: Bolt wants to overtake Tier Mobility and Uber with 100 million euros000326
German Manager Magazin: Wolfgang Reitzle: Linde supervisory board boss calls for more state aid for hydrogen000326
Wolfgang Reitzle (71), head of the gas group’s supervisory board Linden treen tree, considers the support of the federal government for the development of a hydrogen economy to be insufficient. The sum of nine billion euros that the grand coalition approved in the summer for the promotion of hydrogen “still falls short of what would… Continue reading German Manager Magazin: Wolfgang Reitzle: Linde supervisory board boss calls for more state aid for hydrogen000326
UN Secretary General urges safer mobility, fewer road crashes
Today is World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Over the last decade, 13 million people were killed in road crashes around the world. Over 90% of the 1.35 million annual road deaths occur in low- and middle income countries. Every 24 seconds someone dies on the road and road traffic injury is the… Continue reading UN Secretary General urges safer mobility, fewer road crashes
Tata Motors’ contactless servicing builds customer connect
The emergence of the Covid-19 pandemic in India and all over the world has virtually changed the dynamics of every business. With safety and sanitisation key focus areas in a time of social distancing, employing a digital-first strategy is now par for the course. From a motorist or vehicle user’s point of view, the pandemic… Continue reading Tata Motors’ contactless servicing builds customer connect
Virgin Hyperloop and Bangalore airport plan feasibility study for high-speed corridors
At speeds of up to 1,080kph, hyperloop could transport thousands of passengers per hour from Bangalore airport to the city centre in under 10 minutes. (Image: BIAL/Twitter) Virgin Hyperloop, the category leader in hyperloop technology, and Bangalore International Airport Ltd (BIAL), operator of the Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru (KIAB/ BLR Airport),recently signed a first-of-its-kind Memorandum of… Continue reading Virgin Hyperloop and Bangalore airport plan feasibility study for high-speed corridors
First passengers on Virgin Hyperloop have safe – and very speedy – travel experience
Transportation history was made on November 8 in the Nevada desert, where US-based transportation technology firm Virgin Hyperloop tested human travel in a hyperloop pod for the first time. c The system can propel passenger or cargo pods at speeds of over 1,000kph. That is 3x faster than high-speed rail and more than 10x faster… Continue reading First passengers on Virgin Hyperloop have safe – and very speedy – travel experience
Autocar Professional’s November 15 issue is a Diwali cracker!
It’s Diwali time folks and we plan to light up your festivities with a fair dose of all the automotive action across India Auto Inc. This mid-November issue is packed with exclusive interviews, crisp analysis and a host of new launches that are expected to rev up the numbers across the auto industry. – Mahindra… Continue reading Autocar Professional’s November 15 issue is a Diwali cracker!
Top Automotive Industry News for Week of November 2 – November 8, 2020
Here is the most important news associated with the automotive industry identified by the AEA for the week of November 2, 2020 – November 8, 2020. We hope it helps you stay up to speed on the key developments in our industry: -Automotive Executives Association (AEA) News- The AEA is excited to open our unique… Continue reading Top Automotive Industry News for Week of November 2 – November 8, 2020
Ford ‘discussing’ making its own battery cells for EVs, CEO says
As the automotive industry moves further along in its shift toward electric vehicles, automakers face the key decision of whether to produce the battery cells and packs that will help power millions of electric vehicles, or whether they want to buy them from suppliers. General Motors Co. has opted to make its own EV components. It’s joined up with… Continue reading Ford ‘discussing’ making its own battery cells for EVs, CEO says