All articles and backgrounds 01/23/2018 Micro-car subsidiary reports supply bottlenecks Daimler again misjudges the E-Smart Daimler Electric Smart Should the Daimler management cry or cheer about this news? Delivery bottlenecks in the electric smart mean that customers have to wait for up to a year for their new vehicle, reports the “Automobilwoche”, “The increase in… Continue reading Microcar subsidiary reports delivery bottlenecks: Daimler misjudges again the E-Smart
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Full autonomy is years away, but here’s what’s next on autonomy’s wild ride
Ajay Chopra Contributor Ajay Chopra co-founded Pinnacle Systems in his living room and grew it to a multi-billion dollar public company before becoming a venture capitalist with Trinity Ventures. More posts by this contributor: From the distributed workforce to the partnered economy After China, India looms as Uber’s next battleground We’ve come a long way since 2009… Continue reading Full autonomy is years away, but here’s what’s next on autonomy’s wild ride
2019 Jaguar XJ to be reborn as high-tech electric flagship
Current XJ’s predecessor, X350, was Jag’s first aluminium car. JLR is developing Callum-designed XJ and a ‘Road Rover’. The XJ is being developed alongside a new, more car-like Range Rover model. The Jaguar XJ will be reinvented as an electric car for its next generation, which will go on sale in 2019 after a launch at the… Continue reading 2019 Jaguar XJ to be reborn as high-tech electric flagship
South Korean Government Changes Standards for Payment of Subsidy for Electric Vehicles
Ministry of Environment (ME) has decided to change standards for payment of government subsidy for electric vehicles to ‘first-come-first-served based on registration and release date of cars’ this year. Its standards changed for the first time when they were based on submission of documents for purchase since 2013. It has decided to change standards in… Continue reading South Korean Government Changes Standards for Payment of Subsidy for Electric Vehicles
Tesla Driver, Passed Out Drunk, Tells Highway Patrol Autopilot Was in Charge
The California Highway Patrol (CHP) says a driver was found passed out in his Tesla with a very high blood alcohol content on San Francisco’s Bay Bridge on Friday. The driver, according to CHP, claimed the car had been “set on autopilot” in an apparent attempt to defend himself. The highway patrol, seemingly unimpressed, arrested… Continue reading Tesla Driver, Passed Out Drunk, Tells Highway Patrol Autopilot Was in Charge
Uber’s CEO Predicts the U.S. Will Have Flying Cars Within 10 Years
Flying cars will be zipping across U.S. skies within the coming decade — at least that’s what Uber Technologies Inc.’s Chief Executive Officer Dara Khosrowshahi predicts. “There will be people flying around Dallas, Texas,” Khosrowshahi said at the DLD tech conference in Munich, his first public appearance in Europe since taking over the top job… Continue reading Uber’s CEO Predicts the U.S. Will Have Flying Cars Within 10 Years
China’s Biggest Electric-Car Maker to List in $4.5 Billion Deal
China’s biggest electric-car maker will gain a stock market listing in an asset swap valuing the state-backed manufacturer at 28.8 billion yuan ($4.5 billion) and giving investors a bigger chance to participate in the world’s largest market for new-energy vehicles. One of BAIC Group’s publicly traded affiliates, Chengdu Qian Feng Electronics Co., will buy Beijing Electric… Continue reading China’s Biggest Electric-Car Maker to List in $4.5 Billion Deal
22 Jan 2018 Driveline Major programme wins power GKN to £2bn eDrive order book
Significant contract wins strengthen GKN’s leadership position in eDrive Sales forecast to grow from £33 million in 2017 to £500 million by 2022 Company introducing next-generation electric driveline technologies and rapidly bringing full systems capability to the market R&D spend in 2017 totals £36 million making £123 million over the past six years and securing… Continue reading 22 Jan 2018
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Major programme wins power GKN to £2bn eDrive order book
48V all-electric prototype systems
Valeo’s new low-voltage (48V) all-electric prototype has make its world début at CES 2018. As countries and major cites become more and more intent on reducing CO2 emissions, this system offers a new angle on the future shape of urban mobility. The 48V all-electric tech demo was developed in partnership with Shanghai Jiao Tong University.… Continue reading 48V all-electric prototype systems
China’s public NEV charging piles up 51% in 2017
BEIJING – China had installed 214,000 public charging piles for new energy vehicles (NEVs) by the end of 2017, the most worldwide, according to Industry and Information Technology Minister Miao Wei. The number marked an increase of 51 percent year on year, Miao told an industry forum Saturday. While the country has seen rapid growth… Continue reading China’s public NEV charging piles up 51% in 2017