Daimler Trucks & Buses has established an automated truck research & development center in Portland, Oregon. This innovation facility is already working in close cooperation with existing development functions for automated driving in ...
Mercedes-Benz Cars is extending its capacities for electric cars in Europe with an investment of about €500m to manufacture electric compact car at Hambach plant in France. The Hambach plant in France will produce a compact electric ...
BMW Group has become the first international auto maker to secure an autonomous driving road test license in China. The Intelligent Connected Vehicle Road Test Promotion Team - consisting of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and ...
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Ford Smart Mobility and Zotye Auto have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish electric vehicle solutions joint venture (JV) for China’s ride-hailing market. The two car companies plan to supply ride-hailing fleet ...
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Baidu has unveiled Apollo 2.5, the latest version of the open autonomous driving platform, which now supports autonomous driving on geo-fenced highways. At a launch event to celebrate Apollo’s one-year anniversary in Beijing, Baidu ...
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Huawei and Groupe PSA have debuted a DS 7 CROSSBACK, the first connected vehicle, at the Hannover Messe 2018. The vehicle is the result of their partnership covering all of the Group's connected vehicles, announced in November 2017. ...
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A consortium of Ningbo Joyson Electronic (Joyson Electronics) and Asia-based private equity firm PAG have offered funding to Key Safety Systems (KSS) in acquiring the all of the global assets of Japan-based airbag-maker Takata. Takata's ...
German automakers BMW and Daimler have agreed to merge their respective mobility services business units into a joint venture (JV) in which each company will hold a 50% stake. The agreement will bring together the companies’ ...
BMW is set to showcase its new Mini Electric at this year’s upcoming New York International Auto Show to be held between 30 March 30 and 8 April this year. The classic Mini Electric combines the historic look of the world’s ...
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SF Motors has introduced two new electric vehicles (EVs), the SF5 and SF7, with the first vehicle available for pre-order by the end of this year, and hitting the road in 2019. Apart from the EVs, the company also introduced its global ...
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Mercedes-Benz has begun the production of new compact SUV GLA at its Sindelfingen plant in Germany Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen plant Site Manager Michael Bauer and Mercedes-Benz Sindelfingen Works Council Chairman Ergun Lümali at the ...
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DS Smith Plastics, Extruded Products proposed a customisable tray made from AkyLux polypropylene sheets, offering a lightweight, durable and reusable solution for their internal logistics. Akylux polypropylene sheets are easy to convert ...
Chinese multinational technology firm Baidu has secured first batch of licenses to carry out road tests for autonomous vehicles in Beijing. At the launch ceremony today, five cars powered by Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform by ...
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Mercedes-Benz Cars is investing more than €100m in a battery factory in Thailand. With a strategic decision Mercedes-Benz Cars is enhancing the manufacturing footprint in South-East Asia addressing growing demand for electric ...
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Volkswagen said it will launch a new electric vehicle (EV) virtually every month from 2019, as the company seeks to expand production of Evs globally on a massive scale. The German automaker, which wants to accelerate the Roadmap E ...
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