February 9, 2018 Venture capital and private equity firms in China continue to invest in the country’s tech firms, with Farasis Energy and Codoon raising fresh funds recently, according to a China Money Network report. China Venture Capital backs Farasis Energy’s $790m Series C Farasis Energy (Ganzhou), a Chinese lithium-ion battery company headquartered in California,… Continue reading China Digest: Farasis Energy raises $790m, Codoon secures $20m
Tag: Electric vehicles
A new ‘ultra fast’ electric car charging network in Europe receives backing from Renault-Nissan
Europe is starting to get more than its fair share of electric car fast-charging networks – making the rest of the EV world jealous and now we learn of again a new one as French automaker Renault announces its backing of the project. Home Solar Power The network, called E-VIA FLEX-E, was actually announced in December, but… Continue reading A new ‘ultra fast’ electric car charging network in Europe receives backing from Renault-Nissan
Bankinter and Trive join forces to buy and finance ‘online’ vehicles
Posted 09/02/2018 12: 16: 22CET MADRID, 9 Feb. (EUROPA PRESS) – Bankinter Consumer Finance, the subsidiary of Bankinter specializing in consumer credit, and the purchase application of new ‘online’ cars Trive, have teamed up to allow the sale and financing of a car on the web from start to finish, according to the assured the… Continue reading Bankinter and Trive join forces to buy and finance ‘online’ vehicles
2018:THE WORLD IS MOVING IN RIVERSIMPLE’S DIRECTION
Air pollution concerns have really brought the need for clean cars to the fore. Now that combustion-engined vehicles have a ‘Sell By’ date of 2040, there is much greater focus on practical and viable alternatives and the question of scale is surfacing. What are the 34 million cars in the UK alone going to be… Continue reading 2018:THE WORLD IS MOVING IN RIVERSIMPLE’S DIRECTION
Groupe Renault partners with E-VIA FLEX-E project to boost development of High Power charging infrastructure
Groupe Renault has partnered with southern Europe’s first High Power charging network, E-VIA FLEX-E. The aim of the network is to reduce charging times and promote long-distance travel across Europe in new-generation electric cars.
Elon Musk: Tesla wants to build 100,000 electric trucks a year
Tesla Semi (Photo: Tesla) Elon Musk has announced to investors that in four years 100,000 Tesla– Electric tractors could be sold per year. Tesla boss Elon Musk expects the production of up to 100,000 electric trucks per year, said Musk on one investor conference With. The Tesla Semi is scheduled to go into production in… Continue reading Elon Musk: Tesla wants to build 100,000 electric trucks a year
Autonomous LA-to-NYC Tesla Trip Past Deadline, Still Coming
Tesla Inc. hasn’t thrown its plan to demonstrate an autonomous cross-country drive out the window — it’s just tapped the brakes. Chief Executive Officer Elon Musk said a self-driving Tesla will attempt the trip from Los Angeles to New York in the next three to six months after missing the deadline he set for late… Continue reading Autonomous LA-to-NYC Tesla Trip Past Deadline, Still Coming
Bridging the location gap with HERE APIs at Developer Week SF Bay Area
Location is an inextricable component of nearly every developer’s coding journey. Over the course of three days we showed thousands of coders how to leverage HERE location services in their builds at Developer Week 2018. Here’s what went down at our HERE sponsored Dev Lounge. We joined more than 8,000 developers at the world’s largest… Continue reading Bridging the location gap with HERE APIs at Developer Week SF Bay Area
Elon Musk Calls Out LIDAR Tech as “A Crutch” in Autonomous Vehicles
In Brief Waymo and Uber’s self-driving systems use LIDAR technology to navigate traffic. But Tesla CEO Elon Musk says cameras — not LIDAR — are the way to go. Vision of the Future Elon Musk recently reiterated his stance that Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) technology is not a critical component of autonomous driving systems.… Continue reading Elon Musk Calls Out LIDAR Tech as “A Crutch” in Autonomous Vehicles
Continental Eyes Entry Into Battery Production
3 hours ago by Mark Kane Continental Continental is entering the electric vehicle battery business, most likely through a consortium in order to better share the start-up cost of €3 billion ($3.5 billion USD) for the first plant to be set up in Europe. AllCharge Technology from Continental Makes EVs Fit for Any Type of Charging… Continue reading Continental Eyes Entry Into Battery Production