Uber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight customers

Uber’s autonomous trucks are now doing actual work for customers via Uber Freight, Uber’s commercial cargo shipping on-demand app. The first runs are being done in Arizona, with regular hauls operating with both human drivers and autonomous trucks working in tandem. How it works is that Uber will load up the freight on a conventional,… Continue reading Uber self-driving trucks are now moving cargo for Uber Freight customers

Rimac unveils the 1,900 HP Concept Two electric hypercar

After a shadowy tease, Rimac has unveiled the Concept Two, a hypercar EV with an off-the-wall crazy 1,914 horsepower. That’s about 500 more than pundits were expecting, and will accelerate it to 258 mph in 1.85 seconds, Rimac says. Yes, those figures seem carefully calculated to outdo Tesla’s upcoming next-generation Roadster, which is supposed to… Continue reading Rimac unveils the 1,900 HP Concept Two electric hypercar

Groupe PSA and DCS Offer Access to a French Network of More Than 6,300 Electric Charging Stations for Peugeot & Citroën vehicles

RUEIL-MALMAISON, France–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Regulatory News: Groupe PSA (Paris:UG): The ChargeMyPeugeot and ChargeMyCitroën services provide access to the largest network of available electric charging stations. Users can locate 6,360 charging stations throughout France – including 460 fast-charge terminals – as well as check availability and type of plug. They can then access the charging station easily using… Continue reading Groupe PSA and DCS Offer Access to a French Network of More Than 6,300 Electric Charging Stations for Peugeot & Citroën vehicles

Audi, Italdesign and Airbus combine self-driving car and passenger drone

At the Geneva Autosalon from 8 to 18 March, Audi, Italdesign and Airbus are presenting “Pop.Up Next”, an entirely electric, fully automatic concept for horizontal and vertical mobility. In the distant future this vehicle could transport people in cities quickly and conveniently on the road and in the air, at the same time solving traffic… Continue reading Audi, Italdesign and Airbus combine self-driving car and passenger drone

Flexible change of vehicle with Mercedes me Flexperience: A Mercedes-Benz for every occasion

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March 2018

Stuttgart

Press Contact for this Press Release (1)

Mona Moll

Business Innovation & Fashion Communications

mona.moll@daimler.com

Tel: +49 711 17 93799

Fax: +49 711 17-91437

Stuttgart. With Mercedes me Flexperience Mercedes-Benz and Daimler Financial Services are taking another step on the road to becoming an integrated mobility provider. Aside from purchasing, financing and leasing a vehicle, in future customers and interested parties will have the choice of selecting and driving up to twelve new vehicles for a year at a fixed monthly rental rate. The rate includes insurance, maintenance, repair and tyres, and includes 36,000 kilometres a year. The centrepiece of this mobility offer is the Mercedes me Flexperience app, with which the customer can process the entire handling of the vehicle around the clock. This ranges from selecting his or her “dream vehicle” to collecting and returning the vehicle. The entire rental process will thus be digitalised. Based on Mercedes-Benz Rent, the rental offer from Mercedes-Benz Bank, the Mercedes me Flexperience is another mobility offering which was developed and implemented by the incubator Lab1886, Daimler AG's and Daimler Financial Services’

Renault’s EZ-GO envisions walk-on, walk-off urban EV mobility

Renault’s EZ-GO is less concept car than a full transportation service concept design. The vehicle revealed at the Geneva Motor Show this week is a fully autonomous electric car that can’t travel fast, but that does fit as many as six passengers through a big, almost garage-like door that opens up to load people and… Continue reading Renault’s EZ-GO envisions walk-on, walk-off urban EV mobility

Müller says the Volkswagen Navarra plant will have “a great future”

Posted 06/03/2018 10: 18: 07CET GENEVA (SWITZERLAND), 6 Mar. (EUROPA PRESS) – The vehicle factory maintained by the German Volkswagen automobile consortium in Landaben (Pamplona), where the Polo model is produced, to which a second vehicle will be added after 2018, has “a great future ahead”, according to the statement. President of the Volkswagen Group,… Continue reading Müller says the Volkswagen Navarra plant will have “a great future”

Zetsche agrees with shareholders on falling profits

The transformation of the car industry will cost Daimler a lot of energy. CEO Zetsche refuses at the Annual General Meeting because of the great cheers on the record numbers for 2017 – and prefers to point out the dangers. Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche Thursday, 05.04.2018 16:14 clock Even the recent record numbers at Daimler… Continue reading Zetsche agrees with shareholders on falling profits

Renault’s EZ-GO electric car is ridesharing for the masses

Renault has managed to outdo the craziness of the Mercedes F 015 concept with its own driverless concept electric car, the EZ-GO. Unveiled at the Geneva Motor Show, it’s a Level 4 autonomous urban EV with a top speed of just 30MPH. Six passengers enter through the massive front door and can see everything (and… Continue reading Renault’s EZ-GO electric car is ridesharing for the masses

Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision drives breakthrough announcements at Geneva Motor Show

Next generation of Nissan’s best-selling crossovers will offer electrified powertrain options to consumers “Simply Amazing” new Nissan LEAF is Europe’s fastest-selling electric vehicle as orders hit 19,000 Nissan Qashqai on sale with ProPILOT driver assistance technology this month New  partnership with energy company E.ON advancing Nissan’s ambition to offer free power for its EV drivers… Continue reading Nissan Intelligent Mobility vision drives breakthrough announcements at Geneva Motor Show