Faraday Future (FF), an embattled electric car start-up based in California, announced on late Tuesday the appointment of Carsten Breitfeld as Global CEO, while Jia Yueting, FF’s founder, will step down from the CEO position to assume the role of chief product & user officer (CPUO). Breitfeld, an auto industry veteran specialized in electric mobility,… Continue reading Embattled Electric Carmaker Faraday Future Hails New CEO From BMW’s i8 Team
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Chinese EV Start-Up Byton To Close $500M In Series C Round Against Headwinds
Chinese electric vehicle start-up Byton showed off the final production version of its SUV model, “M-Byte SUV,” at the 2019 Frankfurt Motor Show on September 10, 2019. Chinese all-electric vehicle brand Byton is raising a series C round of financing at US$500 million from Chinese state-owned automotive manufacturer FAW Group and government-led industry investment funds… Continue reading Chinese EV Start-Up Byton To Close $500M In Series C Round Against Headwinds
Chinese Electric Vehicle Start-Up Eyes To Net $600M Fresh Funds Amid Subsidy Cuts
Xpeng Motors, a Chinese electric vehicle (EV) start-up backed by Alibaba Group, is seeking to complete a new funding round at a “comparable amount” to the previous round that was about US$600 million, the company’s president Brain Gu Hongdi told American business news media CNBC. “Last year, we raised in a B plus round, raised… Continue reading Chinese Electric Vehicle Start-Up Eyes To Net $600M Fresh Funds Amid Subsidy Cuts
99 launches face recognition for 100% of drivers
Technology’s goal is to further enhance the safety of the app’s passengers and drivers 99, the urban transport application that integrates the global company DiDi Chuxing, launched on October 13, 100% of drivers, a facial recognition tool to further enhance the safety of platform races. The system automatically identifies drivers’ faces before they connect to… Continue reading 99 launches face recognition for 100% of drivers
Passengers in Lyft and Aptiv’s self-driving cars have given their rides an average rating of 4.97 out of 5. A Lyft VP gives 3 reasons why. (LYFT)
Lyft has received enthusiastic feedback from the 75,000 rides it has given in Las Vegas using self-driving cars run by Aptiv‘s technology. Those passengers have given their rides an average rating of 4.97 points out of five, Taggart Matthiesen, Lyft‘s vice president of product for autonomous technology, told Business Insider in October. Matthiesen said he… Continue reading Passengers in Lyft and Aptiv’s self-driving cars have given their rides an average rating of 4.97 out of 5. A Lyft VP gives 3 reasons why. (LYFT)
November 22, 2019 Via Launches First Service in Salt Lake with Utah Transit Authority UTA On-Demand provides access to on-demand shared ride…
November 22, 2019 Via Launches First Service in Salt Lake with Utah Transit Authority UTA On-Demand provides access to on-demand shared rides in Salt Lake County November 23, 2019 (SALT LAKE CITY)– Via, the leader in public mobility, announces the launch of its first service in Utah in partnership with Utah Transit Authority (UTA). UTA… Continue reading November 22, 2019 Via Launches First Service in Salt Lake with Utah Transit Authority UTA On-Demand provides access to on-demand shared ride…
UvA and TomTom to Open New Research Lab for Autonomous Driving
Atlas Lab: Using AI for the development of HD maps for self-driving vehicles Amsterdam, November 14, 2019 Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), and the University of Amsterdam (UvA), today announced the launch of a new public-private research lab. Atlas Lab will focus on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) for developing advanced, highly accurate and safe high… Continue reading UvA and TomTom to Open New Research Lab for Autonomous Driving
TomTom Selects ChargeHub To Provide Electrical Vehicle Charging Station Information for its Maps
Reaches milestone of more than 300,000 charging stations ITS World Congress, Singapore, October 17, 2019 Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), today announced an agreement with ChargeHub, a leading aggregator and digital platform for public electrical vehicle charging stations (EVS). ChargeHub will provide TomTom with access to one of the largest databases of public charging stations… Continue reading TomTom Selects ChargeHub To Provide Electrical Vehicle Charging Station Information for its Maps
Volkswagen To Focus Motorsport Strategy On Electric: Gives Up On Gas
VW ID.R electric cars “will play a pioneering role beyond 2019” and MEB-based racing cars are coming. Volkswagen announced a bold move of focusing its motorsport strategy on e-mobility and saying farewell to factory-backed commitments using internal combustion engines. The promotion of all-electric cars sounds like a reasonable strategy to us, as first EVs are… Continue reading Volkswagen To Focus Motorsport Strategy On Electric: Gives Up On Gas
@Ford: Beyond the Robo Taxi: Great Customer Experiences Will Define Self-Driving
Beyond the Robo-Taxi: Great Customer Experiences Will Define Self-Driving By Jim Farley, President, New Business, Technology and Strategy, Ford Motor Company When most people talk about why autonomous vehicles will be successful, they tend to focus on the self-driving software alone. Don’t get me wrong, the self-driving system is incredibly important to develop, but it’s just… Continue reading @Ford: Beyond the Robo Taxi: Great Customer Experiences Will Define Self-Driving