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Munich/Mountain View. The BMW Group is expanding the successful concept behind its venture capital unit and creating a venture capital fund of up to 500 million euros over ten years. This will allow BMW i Ventures to make investments in a wider range of areas, such as autonomous driving and digitalisation, and to secure continued access to the technologies of the future. BMW i
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to Attract Top Self-Driving Car Engineers Alibaba backed Ucar has opened a research outpost in Silicon Valley partnering online education startup BitTiger to develop self-driving vehicle technology. BitTiger will offer deep-learning coding class and run competitions that will offer cash prizes; and the winners will be earmarked as potential candidates for employment in the company. PRNewswire/ — Ucar (神州专车) booked approximately 15%1 of
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The Bloomberg reporter commented on Zetsche’s newfound Silicon Valley ‘tech-look’ — complete with jeans and sneakers. The “interesting” new comments mentioned above were made by Zetsche in an interview with Bloomberg. EV Annex provides more: Zetsch commented that, ‘We are seeing the digital world taking possession of the automotive world.’ Asked if Tesla is the key competitor in the luxury
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Daimler’s Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche is sweeping away layers of bureaucracy and encouraging a more experimental approach to new products. He has also asked 144 employees to generate new leadership ideas, according to sources at the German luxury automaker. FRANKFURT, Aug 24 (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler is embracing Silicon Valley management techniques in a drive to speed up decision
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By pressing a button, the glass opaque and screen In a button the car window turns dark, the next moment it is again transparent. The technology of Gauzy sounds simple – but behind it an enormous computing power. The discs have a special coating to which a particular pattern is as loaded onto a screen. “We have tried to write
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