Wednesday, 19/12/2018 14:08 BMW and Daimler are allowed to bundle their forces in car rental and driving services. According to the EU Commission, the US antitrust agency has now also approved the merger of Car2go and DriveNow’s car-sharing fleets with a total of around 20,000 rental cars, as the two automakers announced. The merger is… Continue reading BMW and Daimler may offer joint car app
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Tesla-rival Lucid Motors hiring is up 300% since Saudi investment – Thinknum Media
Last fall, California-based electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors ($LUCIDMOTORS) picked up a massive billion-dollar investment from the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia. We reported on the deal last month, nothing that Lucid had embarked on a massive hiring spree. At the time, Lucid had already doubled the number of openings at the company. As of… Continue reading Tesla-rival Lucid Motors hiring is up 300% since Saudi investment – Thinknum Media
‘Waymo’s not on our radar’ – Henrik Fisker on the future of premium shared mobility – Automotive World
At the tap of a button, your ride from the coffee shop to the airport has been confirmed – a ticker on the smartphone displays an approximate arrival time, and a pin highlights the exact pickup location. With little more than a whirr from its electric motors, a shuttle soon glides to the side of… Continue reading ‘Waymo’s not on our radar’ – Henrik Fisker on the future of premium shared mobility – Automotive World
Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire
Lyft today announced the hiring of John Maddox, founder of the American Center for Mobility and previous associate administrator of vehicle safety research at the US Department of Transportation, to lead its autonomous vehicle safety and compliance efforts. At Lyft, Maddox will be the company’s first senior director of autonomous safety and compliance. “I’ve dedicated… Continue reading Lyft is getting more serious about autonomous vehicle safety with new hire
Lyft Welcomes First Senior Director of AV Safety and Compliance
Lyft is on a mission to build the world’s best transportation ecosystem, and as part of that, our ongoing investment in self-driving is critical. That’s why we’re excited to announce that we’ve brought on a world-class executive to lead our AV safety efforts. John Maddox joins Lyft as Senior Director, Autonomous Safety and Compliance, where… Continue reading Lyft Welcomes First Senior Director of AV Safety and Compliance
An amazing year for SEAT
2018 has been an exceptional year for SEAT. In these past 12 months, SEAT saw the birth of CUPRA, the company’s first sub-brand, and the launch of the Tarraco, the brand’s new flagship model. The year began with record results and the company expects to post historic high sales figures by the end of December.… Continue reading An amazing year for SEAT
SEAT partners with Barcelona to spearhead Europe’s urban mobility
The European Union has chosen the MOBILus consortium, made up of the city of Barcelona, SEAT and 46 other cities, businesses and universities in 15 European countries, to develop the Knowledge and Innovation Community (KIC) on Urban Mobility, the initiative that is tasked with developing innovations in urban mobility in the European Union. The Knowledge… Continue reading SEAT partners with Barcelona to spearhead Europe’s urban mobility
BMW Group at the CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Virtual drive in the BMW Vision iNEXT.
Munich/Las Vegas. At this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, the BMW Group will showcase the future of driving pleasure and the potential of digital connectivity in a variety of different ways. From January 8-11 2019, visitors will have their first chance to take a virtual drive in the BMW Vision iNEXT, accompanied… Continue reading BMW Group at the CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Virtual drive in the BMW Vision iNEXT.
First self-driving Uber returns since pedestrian death
First self-driving Uber returns since pedestrian deathUber Technologies Inc., which halted its self-driving car program after the death of a pedestrian in March, will return one or two self-driving cars to public roads in Pittsburgh on Thursday, the company said.
Uber said it received the all-clear from the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation this week. The self-driving car program has been suspended as the National Transportation Safety Board investigated the pedestrian fatality in Tempe, Arizona, and as state officials reviewed Uber’s authorization.
This is the first time Uber is returning autonomous vehicles to public roads since the accident. In order to collect data, Uber had previously deployed some autonomous vehicles in manual mode, meaning that human drivers were operating them at all times. On Thursday, Uber will also deploy cars in San Francisco and Toronto in the manual, human-driven mode.
True autonomous testing will resume in Pittsburgh, but it will be more limited than before. Uber’s cars will drive at speeds of 25 miles per hour or below, the company said. Uber announced a number of other safety measures, including improvements to braking, operator training and driver monitoring.
“Over the past nine months, we’ve made safety core to everything we do,” said Eric Meyhofer, head of Uber’s Advanced Technologies Group.
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Connected cars are the eyes of the (automotive) future
When you can’t see past that truck, through the fog or around the corner, connected cars will provide all the information we need. It’s becoming clearer every day: autonomous cars will necessarily be connected cars. Of course, it is within the industry’s reach to build a completely self-contained computer-controlled car equipped with the full bulk… Continue reading Connected cars are the eyes of the (automotive) future