Tag: Mobility

Uber guarantees space for skis and snowboards with Uber Ski feature

Uber is launching a new feature aimed at skiers and snowboarders. The ride-hailing company said Wednesday that beginning December 17 an Uber Ski icon will pop up on the app that will let customers order a ride with confirmed extra vehicle space or a ski/snowboarding rack. Uber is launching the feature in 23 U.S. cities… Continue reading Uber guarantees space for skis and snowboards with Uber Ski feature

Audi experiments with a ride share service in Southern Germany using an EV and gasoline fleet

Audi Business Innovation is testing out a ride sharing service in Southern Germany called BITS that uses both gasoline and electric vehicles in its fleet. To manage the service, Audi has turned to Fleetonomy, a fleet management service that offers white labeled ride hailing app services and fleet management technology. The company develops technology to… Continue reading Audi experiments with a ride share service in Southern Germany using an EV and gasoline fleet

Uber is reportedly close to buying Foresight, a self-driving software startup (UBER)

Uber is in advanced negotiations to acquire Foresight, a startup that develops simulation software, The Information reported on Monday citing a source familiar with the matter. The report did not mention the deal terms but said the price mainly covered the cost of hiring the team behind the Silicon Valley-based company that makes the software… Continue reading Uber is reportedly close to buying Foresight, a self-driving software startup (UBER)

Beep Appoints Clayton Tino as Chief Technology Officer

Tino has extensive technology experience in platform design and software development. Prior to joining Beep, he established and ran the Managed Cloud Platform organization for Virtustream, an enterprise-class cloud service provider, taking responsibility for the development and operation of Virtustream’s private cloud offering in partnership with Microsoft. “We are excited to have a leader of… Continue reading Beep Appoints Clayton Tino as Chief Technology Officer

Aeva shrinks size, cost of crucial self-driving sensor; deepens VW ties

(Reuters) – Aeva Inc said it has shrunk the main components of its “lidar” self-driving car sensor onto a single chip, a move it expects to dramatically lower the price of a sensor widely considered a bottleneck in the mass production of autonomous vehicles. The company, founded by ex-Apple Inc engineers Soroush Salehian and Mina… Continue reading Aeva shrinks size, cost of crucial self-driving sensor; deepens VW ties

@BMW: Securing raw material supplies for battery cells: BMW Group signs supply contract with Ganfeng for sustainable lithium from mines in Australia

Munich. As part of its electromobility expansion, the BMW Group is deepening its existing business relationship with Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd. based in Jiangxi (China). The two companies have signed a supply contract for the lithium needed as a key raw material for battery cells. “The projected order volume totals 540 million euros. In this… Continue reading @BMW: Securing raw material supplies for battery cells: BMW Group signs supply contract with Ganfeng for sustainable lithium from mines in Australia

Argo takes different road to skirt self-driving challenges

PITTSBURGH/DETROIT (Reuters) – Sky’s the limit optimism about self-driving cars is giving way to tougher questions about how expensive automotive artificial intelligence will ever make a profit. FILE PHOTO: An Argo Ai self driving prototype vehicle is seen outside a Ford and Volkswagen joint news conference in New York City, New York, U.S., July 12,… Continue reading Argo takes different road to skirt self-driving challenges

Self-driving car firms rooted in U.S. government competition

Dec 11 (Reuters) – Bryan Salesky had little way of knowing in 2007 that his teammates and rivals in a U.S. Defense Department-sponsored competition were laying the foundations for future self-driving businesses now valued at billions of dollars. Twelve years later, even some of his former Carnegie Mellon University teammates have become business competitors of… Continue reading Self-driving car firms rooted in U.S. government competition

Bosch, Mercedes Launch Driverless Ride-Hailing Service

The service will initially be available to a select group of users. Using an app developed by Daimler Mobility AG, customers will book a trip from a defined pick-up point to their destination. Photo courtesy of Mercedes-Benz. Bosch and Mercedes-Benzs have launched a pilot project for an app-based ride-hailing service. Using automated Mercedes-Benz S-Class vehicles,… Continue reading Bosch, Mercedes Launch Driverless Ride-Hailing Service