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GM is working on a hands-off advanced driving system for city streets
GM has a “big team” working on an advanced version of its hands-free driving assistance system, Super Cruise, that will expand its capability beyond highways and apply it to city streets, the automaker’s vice president of global product development Doug Parks said Tuesday. GM is also continuing to improve its existing Super Cruise product, Parks… Continue reading GM is working on a hands-off advanced driving system for city streets
@Hyundai: Hyundai Motor’s EVs a popular choice in police fleets around Europe
As more and more regions are becoming concerned about inner-city noise and air pollution, several European police forces are turning to e-mobility to meet their mobility needs Hyundai EVs are used by police all over Europe like in Switzerland, the Netherlands, Spain, the U.K., Germany, and Italy Hyundai’s fully-electric SUV Kona Electric and its second-generation… Continue reading @Hyundai: Hyundai Motor’s EVs a popular choice in police fleets around Europe
Uber to cut 3,000 more jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic
SAN FRANCISCO, May 18 (Xinhua) — Uber said on Monday that the company is cutting about 3,000 more jobs amid COVID-19 pandemic.
“We have made the incredibly difficult decision to reduce our workforce by around 3,000 people, and to reduce investments in several non-core projects,” Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi wrote in a letter to employees.
Along with the 3,700 jobs the company announced to cut earlier this month, the San Francisco-based ride-hailing company is laying off 25 percent of its staff.
Uber is also closing or consolidating some 45 offices globally, including its Pier 70 office in San Francisco, a branch responsible for its experimental projects like self-driving cars. Over the next 12 months, it will begin the process of moving its Asia-Pacific headquarters out of Singapore to a new location “in a market where we operate our services,” according to the company.
Uber will reduce its costs by over 1 billion U.S. dollars a year by these actions, the company said.
“We began 2020 on..
@Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Showcases Miniature Model of Smart Mobility Ecosystem
– Hyundai Motor will display a 1:8-scale model of its ‘UAM-PBV-Hub’ smart mobility ecosystem in its headquarters lobby until June 12 and at global events afterward– The model is a miniature of an exhibit shown at CES 2020 and displays Hyundai’s future mobility vision, reinforcing its mission to become a Smart Mobility Solution Provider– Hyundai… Continue reading @Hyundai: Hyundai Motor Showcases Miniature Model of Smart Mobility Ecosystem
Press: Electric central drive for public transportation: ZF CeTrax goes into production
Series production of the electric central drive CeTrax to start in the third quarter of 2020 Bus manufacturer Solaris installs CeTrax for the first time in Urbino 15 LE electric E-mobility solutions by ZF support future-proof and emission-free local transport Friedrichshafen. In order to make the conversion to local emission-free public transport as easy and… Continue reading Press: Electric central drive for public transportation: ZF CeTrax goes into production
Uber is offering its nearly 7,000 laid off employees a generous severance package including at least 10 weeks’ pay, stock, and healthcare until the end of 2020 (UBER)
The 25% of Uber’s global workforce laid off in May will receive a fairly generous severance package of at least 10 weeks pay and healthcare paid for all of 2020. Uber says explained to us the special assistance it is offering to visa holders and new parents still out on parental leave who got cut.… Continue reading Uber is offering its nearly 7,000 laid off employees a generous severance package including at least 10 weeks’ pay, stock, and healthcare until the end of 2020 (UBER)
Uber’s CEO told employees that he hopes — but doesn’t promise — the company is done with layoffs in the future
Uber will lay off 3,000 more employees starting this week, the company announced Monday, bringing the total layoffs this month to 6,700. The layoffs represent a quarter of the company’s total workforce worldwide. The coronavirus pandemic has led Uber’s profits to dip as much as 80% across the board. In an email to staff Monday,… Continue reading Uber’s CEO told employees that he hopes — but doesn’t promise — the company is done with layoffs in the future
As Uber cuts 25% of its global workforce, many European employees still don’t know ‘if we’ll be fired or not’ (UBER)
While Uber employees in the US heard on Monday about the second major round of job cuts at the company, those in Europe are still waiting. Because of the complexities of government regulation around pandemic-related permanent layoffs, Uber was not able to tell all impacted employees about the cuts on Monday, the company said in… Continue reading As Uber cuts 25% of its global workforce, many European employees still don’t know ‘if we’ll be fired or not’ (UBER)
‘I am truly sorry’: Read the full email Uber’s CEO sent employees after laying off 25% of the company’s staff in 2 weeks (UBER)
Uber on Monday confirmed Business Insider’s reporting that it planned to lay off 3,000 more workers in addition to its previous round of 3,700 job cuts earlier this month. Together, the layoffs represent about a quarter of the company’s entire global workforce, which stood at 28,600 at the end of March. In an email to… Continue reading ‘I am truly sorry’: Read the full email Uber’s CEO sent employees after laying off 25% of the company’s staff in 2 weeks (UBER)