Ford exhibited self-driving delivery vehicle at CES 2018 this week – a modified Fusion, the same model involved in the Pittsburgh crash. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP Self-driving cars Ford-backed self-driving car in crash that sent two to hospital Modified Ford Fusion test car containing four occupants hit by van jumping red light in Pittsburgh, less… Continue reading Ford-backed self-driving car in crash that sent two to hospital
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Volvo and NTU to Trial Autonomous Electric Buses in Singapore
GOTHENBURG, Sweden, January 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have signed a cooperation agreement on a research and development program for autonomous electric buses. The program is part of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore’s drive to create new solutions for tomorrow’s sustainable public transport. Volvo and NTU… Continue reading Volvo and NTU to Trial Autonomous Electric Buses in Singapore
LEVC’s sister company Emerald Automotive (USA) LLC relaunches to become London EV Company (USA) LLC
Emerald Automotive LLC relaunches to become London EV Company (USA) LLC Brand consolidation reinforces the group’s expertise in purpose built urban commercial vehicles LEVC (formerly the London Taxi Company) has announced today that the automotive engineering company Emerald Automotive (USA) LLC is to become London EV Company (USA) LLC, in a move to consolidate the… Continue reading LEVC’s sister company Emerald Automotive (USA) LLC relaunches to become London EV Company (USA) LLC
TomTom Cooperates with Zenuity, Baidu & Qualcomm
The industry participants are moving closer together: TomTom, Baidu and Qualcomm on maps. The map service provider and competitor of HERE. TomTom, has on the CES 2018 new map services introduced: TomTom AutoStream and TomTom MotionQ. TomTom HD cards. Source: TomTom The AutoStream service is a map-providing service for up-to-date data, such as the curve… Continue reading TomTom Cooperates with Zenuity, Baidu & Qualcomm
In December, Geely Automobile recorded a record monthly sales of 153,625 units, an increase of 42% over the same period last year; total sales of 1,247,116 units last year, an increase of 63%, not only exceeded the sales target of 1.1 million units for Geely Automobile 2017 year…
PROTON SALES NUMBER STABILISED IN 2017
PRESS PROTON SALES NUMBER STABILISED IN 2017 Posted on Jan 08, 2018 Subang Jaya, 7 January 2018 – PROTON managed to stabilise its sales numbers for 2017 with an overall sales of 70,991 units of cars in 2017, compared to the 72,291 units sold in the previous year. Retail sales increased 2.5% to 68,184 units… Continue reading PROTON SALES NUMBER STABILISED IN 2017
Uber Selects NVIDIA Technology to Power Its Self-Driving Fleets
CES — NVIDIA and Uber today announced that the ridesharing company has selected NVIDIA technology for the AI computing system in its fleet of self-driving vehicles. Speaking at the opening press conference of CES 2018, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that the collaboration utilizes NVIDIA technology for Uber Advanced Technologies Group’s fleets of self-driving… Continue reading Uber Selects NVIDIA Technology to Power Its Self-Driving Fleets
Stuart Rowley
Stuart Rowley is vice president and chief operating officer, Ford North America, effective March 1, 2018. Rowley is responsible for driving the redesign of the North American business to improve its overall fitness. He reports to Kumar Galhotra, group vice president and president, Ford North America. Previously, Rowley was vice president of Strategy, Ford Motor… Continue reading Stuart Rowley
That’s it, Mr. Zetsche
Saturday, 02/24/2018 13:24 clock For weeks it has begun, now it is official. Li Shufu, boss of the Chinese automaker Geely, is with 9.69 percent the largest single shareholder at Daimler , So far, the Kuwait sovereign wealth fund was the largest shareholder with 6.8 percent, the corporation does not have a real anchor shareholder.… Continue reading That’s it, Mr. Zetsche
Chinese billionaire becomes largest shareholder Daimler
Friday, 02/23/2018 19:42 clock The Chinese carmaker Geely makes serious with the billion dollar entry into the German traditional group Daimler and becomes the largest single shareholder in one go. Geely CEO Li Shufu has secured 9.69 percent of the shares through an investment company, according to a voting rights announcement. Geely is one of… Continue reading Chinese billionaire becomes largest shareholder
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