Swedish automaker Volvo Cars expects to generate half of all sales annually from fully electric cars by 2025, with one third of all cars sold to be autonomous driving cars. The company said that half of its driverless cars will be ...
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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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has issued a proposal, which would allow passenger carriers to provide free test rides in autonomous vehicles. The proposal would authorize transportation firms using autonomous vehicles ...
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’ ...
Canadian global automotive supplier Magna and US ridesharing firm Lyft have partnered to jointly fund, develop, and manufacture self-driving systems. Apart from funding the partnership, Magna agreed to invest $200 in Lyft. The ...
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FCA US has agreed to deliver Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid minivans to Waymo's driverless ride-hailing service. Delivery of the vehicles is expected to take place later this year and they will be deployed across multiple cities in the US. ...
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Ride-hailing company Lyft has secured approval to start trial of its self-driving vehicles in the US state of California. The approval allows Lyft to join the likes of companies such as Google’s Waymo, Uber, Apple, Ford and ...
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Anheuser-Busch has released a new limited-edition 1933 Repeal Reserve, a Budweiser Amber Lager in celebration of prohibition's repeal. Budweiser 1933 Repeal Reserve is inspired by an amber lager created and brewed by Adolphus Busch that ...
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CapitalG, a growth investment fund under Alphabet has led $1bn round of investment in ride-hailing company Lyft. With this investment, Lyft’s valuation has gone up to $11bn. CapitalG’s partner David Lawee will be joining ...
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French automaker PSA Group (Groupe PSA) has completed the acquisition of General Motors' (GM) European brands Opel and Vauxhall. With the acquisition now being officially complete, PSA Group has become the second largest automaker in ...
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Didi Chuxing and SoftBank Group will invest up to $2bn to lead Grab’s current financing round, which expects to raise $2.5bn in total. The investment upon completion will allow the ride-hailing company to strengthen its position in ...
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China's biggest search engine Baidu and technology giant Microsoft have joined join forces in the intelligent cloud to advance autonomous driving. As part of the collaboration, Microsoft will provide assistance to Baidu in launching the ...
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Google’s self-driving subsidiary Waymo is retiring its prototype autonomous vehicle, dubbed Firefly. The Firefly vehicle, which has no wheel and pedals, was developed as a platform to experiment and learn, but not for mass ...
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Ride-hailing company Lyft is collaborating with autonomous vehicle technology firm nuTonomy to optimize passenger experience in self-driving cars. Under the partnership, the two companies will align their technology platforms to collect ...
After announcing last year that Siri was to be made compatible with third-party apps, Apple is reportedly set to expand that compatibility at WWDC 2017 next week. As Reuters reports, Apple will announce plans to make Siri work with a ...