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Tag: Mobility
Sono Motors Delays Sion, Launches Funding Campaign
€50 million ($55 million) has to be secured by the end of this year. Sono Motors announced today a community funding campaign to raise some €50 million ($55 million) within 30 days and basically stay in business. The German start-up planned to introduce its solar-powered Sono Sion electric car on the market in the second… Continue reading Sono Motors Delays Sion, Launches Funding Campaign
Polestar 2 Enters Tooling Trial Production Phase
Within a few months, the series production of the Polestar 2 should begin. Polestar happily announced that the tooling trial production of the Polestar 2 has started on schedule in the Luqiao factory in China. With the latest milestone, Polestar remains on track to start customer deliveries of the P2 in mid-2020. The first all-electric model… Continue reading Polestar 2 Enters Tooling Trial Production Phase
Lyft: Lyft Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer to Keynote at the Credit Suisse 23rd Annual Technology Conference
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 02, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Lyft, Inc. (Nasdaq:LYFT) announced today that Logan Green, Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer, will keynote at the Credit Suisse 23rd Annual Technology Conference on Wednesday, December 4, 2019. Mr. Green is scheduled to appear at 1:40 p.m. Eastern Time. A live webcast of the event will be… Continue reading Lyft: Lyft Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer to Keynote at the Credit Suisse 23rd Annual Technology Conference
@Tata: Buses designed to offer efficiency and flexibility for various inter-city mobility needs
2 December, 2019 Buses designed to offer efficiency and flexibility for various inter-city mobility needs Designed after performing extensive trials in different geographies of the country Supply to be completed before February 2020 Reaffirming its commitment to provide best-in-class solutions for public transportation, India’s leading bus brand Tata Motors today announced that it has bagged… Continue reading @Tata: Buses designed to offer efficiency and flexibility for various inter-city mobility needs
Nissan chief says new models, not discounts, key to revival
YOKOHAMA — Makoto Uchida, the new CEO of Nissan Motor, promised a re-invigorated alliance with Renault, an end to the short-term pursuit of profits, and an embrace of what he called his three core values of “respect, transparency and trust” as he took charge of the troubled Japanese carmaker. “The alliance with Renault is an important… Continue reading Nissan chief says new models, not discounts, key to revival
Intel: Intel Completes Sale of Smartphone Modem Business to Apple
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 2, 2019 – Intel Corporation today announced it has completed the sale of the majority of its smartphone modem business to Apple. This transaction, valued at $1 billion, was announced on July 25, 2019. As previously disclosed, this transaction enables Intel to focus on developing technology for 5G networks while retaining the… Continue reading Intel: Intel Completes Sale of Smartphone Modem Business to Apple
Reinventing the relationship between workers and tech
Rachel Kornberg Contributor Rachel Korberg is a program officer with the Ford Foundation’s Future of Work(ers) initiative, which seeks to build a more just and inclusive future for workers in our rapidly changing economy. A young father and kitchen worker in Pittsburgh was thrilled to get a job with a big restaurant chain that paid… Continue reading Reinventing the relationship between workers and tech
‘New products, tech, Nissan Intelligent Mobility a blueprint for our future’: CEO Makoto Uchida
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida: “Nissan has always pursued technological excellence and has embraced diverse opinions without sticking too much to a specific set of values.” Japanese carmaker Nissan Motor Corp has been battling a slew of growth- and brand-impacting events in the recent past. The company’s management and its pact with Alliance partners have been in… Continue reading ‘New products, tech, Nissan Intelligent Mobility a blueprint for our future’: CEO Makoto Uchida
Together in Electric Dreams: Centrica and Citygate Launch Electric Vehicle Technology Partnership
Citygate and Centrica will also collaborate on the development of an EV Centre of Excellence as part of the agreement. Centrica will install an on-site virtual power plant (VPP) by linking EV chargers and other large energy-consuming assets into a cloud platform, so they can be turned down or turned off when demand for electricity… Continue reading Together in Electric Dreams: Centrica and Citygate Launch Electric Vehicle Technology Partnership