As part of the expansion, OjO will increase its fleet from 100 to 500 seated electric scooters for added mobility within the cities. Photo via Depositphotos. OjO Electric Corp., a Light Electric Vehicle (LEV) mobility solutions company, has announced the expansion of its electric rideshare scooter service in Austin and Dallas. As part of the… Continue reading OjO Electric Expands Rideshare Scooter Programs
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Ford SYNC 4 Brings New Levels of Connectivity, Voice Recognition and Fewer Cords To Make Life on the Go Easy
Ford’s available next generation of SYNC 4 communications and entertainment system brings new levels of intelligence and twice the computing power of SYNC 3 to help make navigation, music and connecting your vehicle to your smartphone faster and easier All-new cloud connectivity combines conversational voice recognition with the power of internet search results, so drivers… Continue reading Ford SYNC 4 Brings New Levels of Connectivity, Voice Recognition and Fewer Cords To Make Life on the Go Easy
Volkswagen’s driverless car ‘startup’ aims to take on Silicon Valley
Autonomous electric cars: Is society ready? Are you ready? ZDNet’s Jason Cipriani and Jason Perlow sit down with Karen Roby to hash out how driverless vehicles will change how we live and the way we think about transportation. Read more: https://zd.net/2JbeGcf Waymo, Tesla or Zoox are the names that usually pop up when looking at… Continue reading Volkswagen’s driverless car ‘startup’ aims to take on Silicon Valley
Elon Musk warns of Tesla Self-Driving price increase as they sit on half a billion in unrecognized revenue
Elon Musk warns that Tesla is about to increase the price of its ‘Full Self-Driving’ package as the company now sits on around half a billion in unrecognized revenue from the unreleased feature. There are many things about how Tesla is approaching self-driving technology that makes it different from the rest of the auto industry.… Continue reading Elon Musk warns of Tesla Self-Driving price increase as they sit on half a billion in unrecognized revenue
ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab Israel Ltd showcases new services and collaborates with more start-ups
At the Smart Mobility Summit, ŠKODA AUTO CEO Bernhard Maier emphasised, “The finishing-line photo that we have defined as part of our 2025 Strategy shows ŠKODA as the ‘Simply Clever company for the best mobility solutions’. We are pressing ahead with the digital transformation across the entire business and are now also bringing the first projects… Continue reading ŠKODA AUTO DigiLab Israel Ltd showcases new services and collaborates with more start-ups
BYD and AMPLY Launch Preferred Partnership For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Energy Services
In a 2018 survey by Greenbiz, fleet operators cited high cost and complex infrastructure as main deterrents in expanding their electric truck and bus pilots to full deployment. The two companies aim to answer these challenges by providing bundled, affordable solutions and charging infrastructure that guarantees uptime. “Together, BYD and Amply Power offer a great benefit… Continue reading BYD and AMPLY Launch Preferred Partnership For Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure and Energy Services
News – Auto industry eager to move towards zero-emission mobility but infrastructure and incentives lacking
One of my first official duties as the new Director General of ACEA was signing a joint statement with Hydrogen Europe and the IRU earlier this month. In this call to action, we urge the next European Commission and recently-elected Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to create the right framework to support the deployment… Continue reading News – Auto industry eager to move towards zero-emission mobility but infrastructure and incentives lacking
FCA selects the Cellular Connectivity Solution of Transatel (NTT Group) in Europe for its global connected vehicle “Ecosystem”
FCA Italy announced that it has chosen Transatel’s architecture to provide universal 4G connectivity and a comprehensive connectivity management platform in all 28 countries of the EU and EFTA. The solution will also support 5G as soon as the technology becomes available on the automotive market. Global connectivity will be native to the vehicles, as… Continue reading FCA selects the Cellular Connectivity Solution of Transatel (NTT Group) in Europe for its global connected vehicle “Ecosystem”
Volkswagen introduces electric car in Sub-Saharan Africa for 1st time
KIGALI, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) — German automaker Volkswagen (VW) on Tuesday launched a pilot project of its electric car e-Golf in partnership with German technology giant Siemens in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda, which makes Rwanda the first country in Sub-Saharan Africa where VW introduces an electric car.
VW had in June 2018 launched a car assembling plant in Rwanda together with integrated mobility solutions including application-based car-sharing services. The Rwandan plant has an annual capacity of assembling up to 5,000 cars including Polo, Passat and Teramont, and can create up to 1,000 jobs per year.
The success of VW's pioneering mobility solutions business in Rwanda has shown that the central African country has the potential to leapfrog the internal combustion engines into electric cars, said Thomas Schaefer, Chairman and Managing Director of VW Group South Africa at an official launch of the project.
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Volkswagen To Unveil All-New ID. Concept On November 19
One more MEB-based Volkswagen concept model to debut next month. Next month, Volkswagen is going to unveil another all-electric concept from the ID. family at a private event on Tuesday, November 19, 2019. The debut of a new BEV concept is associated with the launch of the new exhibit, titled “Building an Electric Future,” at the… Continue reading Volkswagen To Unveil All-New ID. Concept On November 19