Apple car targeting 2024 production with self-driving ability

Apple is reportedly planning to launch its first passenger car in 2024, using its own battery technology to “radically” reduce the price of EV batteries. According to the Reuters news agency, the American technology giant has renewed its automotive efforts, known internally as Project Titan, which have been in development since at least 2014.  The vehicle will… Continue reading Apple car targeting 2024 production with self-driving ability

German Handelsblatt: Plans for the “Apple Car”: Ex-Opel boss Neumann: “The suppliers are already super annoyed by Apple” 001024

Karl-Thomas Neumann According to the ex-Opel boss, the rumors about Apple’s entry into the auto business make perfect sense. (Photo: Canoo) Düsseldorf For years, the US technology group Apple has been working on plans to enter the automotive market. After the “Project Titan” stalled for a long time, there are now reports that the Californian… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Plans for the “Apple Car”: Ex-Opel boss Neumann: “The suppliers are already super annoyed by Apple” 001024

Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024

Project Titan According to a Reuters exclusive, tech giant Apple is planning to produce a self-driving passenger car to be released as soon as 2024 — despite several layoffs hitting the company’s automobile efforts over the last couple of years. The project, known as Project Titan, was reportedly first approved by CEO Tim Cook six… Continue reading Apple Is Reportedly Releasing a Self-Driving Car in 2024

Ferrari CEO search may take months, cover non-car candidates

Ferrari NV may take months rather than weeks to name a new boss after Chief Executive Officer Louis Camilleri abruptly left the Italian supercar maker, according to people familiar with the matter. The company is taking a thorough and deliberate approach to resolve its second leadership crisis in as many years, the people said. Ferrari’s… Continue reading Ferrari CEO search may take months, cover non-car candidates

Volkswagen’s Diess wants 40 battery factories in Europe to handle EV overload – Teslarati

By Joey Klender Posted on December 11, 2020 Volkswagen knows the future of the automobile industry is electric, and it is doing its best to transition its massive German stronghold into a series of large-scale electric vehicle production facilities. A company that is less than ten years out of a major scandal involving emissions cheat… Continue reading Volkswagen’s Diess wants 40 battery factories in Europe to handle EV overload – Teslarati

Motherson and Aira announce Strategic Partnership to bring FreePower® Wireless Charging to Automakers

Motherson and Aira aim to jointly develop, manufacture, and supply automotive-grade FreePower® wireless charging modules for seamless integration into vehicle interiors.  Combining Motherson’s capabilities and Aira’s technology will create synergies that will help automakers in exercising more freedom in vehicle interior design by eliminating the precise alignment and static-positioning limitations of standard wireless charging solutions. This… Continue reading Motherson and Aira announce Strategic Partnership to bring FreePower® Wireless Charging to Automakers

ATLIS Motor Vehicles Expands Leadership Team With Industry Experts

MESA, Ariz., Dec. 7, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Atlis Motor Vehicles (ATLIS), a start-up mobility technology company that is developing an electric work truck and the batteries and motors to drive it, announced today the addition of two new members to its leadership team that is comprised of experts in multiple disciplines, such as mathematics, physics, artificial… Continue reading ATLIS Motor Vehicles Expands Leadership Team With Industry Experts

Porsche launches parking app to help make day-to-day life just a little bit easier

Kjell Gruner, President & CEO of PCNA said: “We want to give our customers a unique ownership experience. Now, Parking Plus users will have a much smoother parking experience running a quick errand or enjoying a night on the town.” To access Porsche Parking Plus, customers and others can download the app to create an… Continue reading Porsche launches parking app to help make day-to-day life just a little bit easier

@Daimler: Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum and US economist and publicist Jeremy Rifkin discuss the future of hydrogen

Stuttgart – In the current episode of Transportation Matters, the CEO podcast of Daimler Trucks & Buses, Martin Daum speaks with Jeremy Rifkin who is considered a visionary for the “hydrogen economy”. Both exchange views on the role of hydrogen as the energy carrier of the future. In Rifkin’s opinion the third industrial revolution has… Continue reading @Daimler: Daimler Truck CEO Martin Daum and US economist and publicist Jeremy Rifkin discuss the future of hydrogen

@BMW: Your World. My BMW. The new-generation app for BMW customers. Now available in 30 European markets, China and Korea.000794

Munich. Ever since the introduction of the BMW i Remote app in 2013, followed by the BMW Connected app, BMW has offered its customers the option of effortless connectivity between their smartphone and vehicle. A new-generation app is now available to customers in 30 European markets, China and Korea: the My BMW App features a… Continue reading @BMW: Your World. My BMW. The new-generation app for BMW customers. Now available in 30 European markets, China and Korea.000794