Urban Mobility
Airbus appears to be serious about its “Vahana” project, aimed at creating an autonomous passenger drone network and drone delivery service plans to start testing it at a Singapore university by mid-2017. That sounds ambitious, to say the least, but “many of the technologies needed, such as batteries, motors and avionics are most the way there,” according to Airbus engineer Rodin Lyasoff.
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GUANGZHOU — Gree Electric Appliances of Zhuhai will acquire Zhuhai Yinlong New Energy, a manufacturer of electric vehicles and lithium-ion batteries in a 13 billion yuan ($1.95 billion) stock swap. Announced on Friday, China’s largest air conditioner maker is betting on electric cars now that the era of rapid growth has ended for the appliance market. Yinlong, a startup formed in 2009
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A Pastor in South Africa claimed that he went to Heaven and back took delivery of a BMW i8 recently must be a gift from the Almighty. Social media was abuzz on Saturday after a BMW dealership congratulated Incredible Happenings Ministries “prophet” Paseka “Mboro” Motsoeneng on his purchase of one of their most expensive vehicles on offer, a BMW i8, which
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NEW DELHI—ANI Technologies Pvt.’s ride-hailing service Ola is laying off hundreds of workers at a fellow Indian operator it bought last year, a sign of possible consolidation amid increased competition in the country from Uber Technologies Inc. Bangalore-based Ola last year acquired Serendipity Infolab Pvt.’s TaxiForSure for $200 million in cash and stock, saying the two companies would continue to
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Car salesman Nick has found a way to catch Pokemon and customers at the same time. While Nick was on the Toyota lot tracking down the fictional creatures on a Sunday afternoon in late July during the store’s first Pokemon Go event, he crossed paths with fellow players who soon became buyers. Nick couldn’t close the sale on the spot, but the
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Volkswagen has agreed to fork over about $10 billion in a settlement with U.S. regulators to buy back most of its dirty diesel models at generous rates. But that deal applies only to the company’s 2.0-liter diesel engine, a staple of Volkswagen’s eponymous product line, Jettas, Passats, and Beetles. The company has yet to address the emission cheating in its
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Lyft’s Carpool finds that drivers–aren’t as excited about picking up a stranger on their way to work as the services expected. When Lyft launched Carpool in March, the company cited statistics like 76% of Americans drive to work alone and Bay Area commuters specifically spend an average of 75 hours stuck in traffic per year. Drivers using Lyft Carpool could earn up to $10 per ride
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Mercedes-Benz has announced it will reveal three new specially-developed Unimog utes at the Innotrans trade fair in Berlin next month. Releasing pictures and details of all three vehicles, all production-spec Unimogs come equipped with a new road-rail pack that allow the tough ute to drive along any railway at up to speeds of 50km/h. Created specifically for companies who run large-scale railways
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Amazon Alexa allows Genesis owners to send remote commands to their car from inside their home using simple voice interaction through Genesis Connected Services and an Alexa-enabled device. FOUNTAIN VALLEY, Calif., Aug. 18, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — “Did I lock the car?” “How can I warm up my car on a snowy morning without going outside, get my news and still get to work
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SAN FRANCISCO — A California lawmaker said she will withdraw a bill in the state Legislature that would have required 15 percent of new car sales be zero emission vehicles by 2025 due to opposition from automakers, the oil industry and labor. “With just a week and a half to move the bill through, there just wasn’t enough time to overcome the
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