(Reuters) – The U.S. Postal Service on Tuesday started a two-week test transporting mail across three Southwestern states using self-driving trucks, a step forward in the effort to commercialize autonomous vehicle technology for hauling freight. The TuSimple self-driving truck is pictured in this undated handout photo obtained by Reuters May 20, 2019. TuSimple/Handout via REUTERS… Continue reading Self-driving trucks begin mail delivery test for U.S. Postal Service
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Honda Global | Honda Aircraft Company to Expand its Production Facility in Greensboro, NC
GREENSBORO, NC, May 20, 2019 – Honda Aircraft Company today announced plans to expand its global headquarters in Greensboro, NC by investing an additional $15.5 million in a new 82,000-square-foot facility on its 133+ acre campus in Greensboro. The announcement was made at Palexpo during the 2019 European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE) in Geneva,… Continue reading Honda Global | Honda Aircraft Company to Expand its Production Facility in Greensboro, NC
Solutions for More Efficient Electromobility
At the EVS32 Continental presents technology which extends the range of electric vehicles A new Thermal Management research vehicle is exhibited for the first time to demonstrate how managing heat intelligently can help to extend the range Artificial Intelligence (AI) is employed to design more efficient fuel cell systems Lyon, Regensburg. May 21, 2019. As… Continue reading Solutions for More Efficient Electromobility
Bosch to Sell Low-Cost Sensors for Flying Cars 21 May
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Daimler plans to cut administration costs by 20%: Report
Kaellenius said earlier this month that Daimler will cut development costs of new Mercedes-Benz cars. FRANKFURT: Incoming Daimler boss Ola Kaellenius is working on a cost cut programme to reach profit margin targets which are threatened by global trade woes and ramp up issues at factories, Handelsblatt reported, citing company sources. Kaellenius, who will take… Continue reading Daimler plans to cut administration costs by 20%: Report
City simulator wins Venture capital backing as investors seek driverless car exposure
Immense makes simulations of cities which aim to show where and how people and vehicles might be moving on any given day. LONDON: Venture capital investors backed Immense Simulations, a British software company which creates interactive replicas of cities, on Tuesday in the latest sign of money pouring into firms that stand to gain from… Continue reading City simulator wins Venture capital backing as investors seek driverless car exposure
A self-driving shuttle bus is on the move at Brussels Airport
Initially, the autonomous shuttle bus will make its trips without passengers.Brussels Airport CompanyA self-driving shuttle bus has started making trips at Brussels Airport. In a statement earlier this week, the airport said that the vehicle, which is operated by transport firm De Lijn, would undertake several demonstration trips, without passengers, to test the technology.
It is hoped that, eventually, the vehicles, which use sensors to detect surrounding objects, will be able to navigate through traffic autonomously. The airport said it expects passengers to be able to use the vehicles by the middle of 2021.
The CEO of the Brussels Airport Company, Arnaud Feist, said intelligent mobility was “one of our strategic priorities for sustainable development over the coming years.”
Feist added that the airport wanted to encourage passengers and employees to travel there by public transport.
“This joint project with De Lijn, which commenced in 2015, is one of the initiatives specifically aimed at achieving this objective,” he explained. “We're now exploring how self-driving buses can be deployed to improve the efficiency of passenger transport on the airport grounds.”
Slowly but surely, autonomous vehicles are starting to be used in real world situations. In January 2019, Japanese airline All Nippon Airways announced it had commenced the second phase of testing for an autonomous and driverless bus at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
In April, Starship Technologies – which specializes in autonomous delivery services – announced it had made 50,000 commercial deliveries with its technology.
The firm's robots can make deliveries within a four-mile radius, and carry goods including parcels, groceries and food.
GM’s car-sharing service Maven to exit eight cities
GM is scaling back its Maven car-sharing company and will stop service in nearly half of the 17 North American cities in which it operates. A spokesperson who confirmed Maven was shutting down in some cities, without identifying the locations or number that will remain, said the company plans to focus on markets that have… Continue reading GM’s car-sharing service Maven to exit eight cities
Edited Transcript of LEVE3.SA earnings conference call or presentation 13-May-19 12:30pm GMT – Yahoo Finance
Full Year 2018 Mahle Metal Leve SA Earnings Call May 20, 2019 (Thomson StreetEvents) — Edited Transcript of Mahle Metal Leve SA earnings conference call or presentation Monday, May 13, 2019 at 12:30:00pm GMT TEXT version of Transcript ================================================================================ Corporate Participants ================================================================================ * Jan-Frederek Thiele * Philipp Kuckuck ================================================================================ Presentation ——————————————————————————– Operator [1] ——————————————————————————– Good… Continue reading Edited Transcript of LEVE3.SA earnings conference call or presentation 13-May-19 12:30pm GMT – Yahoo Finance
William Clay Ford Jr.
As Executive Chairman of Ford Motor Company, William Clay Ford Jr. is leading the company that put the world on wheels into the 21st century. He joined the Board of Directors in 1988 and has been its chairman since January 1999. Through the years, his vision for the company has remained unchanged. “I believe the… Continue reading William Clay Ford Jr.