by TDB Staff | Feb 14, 2020
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by Paul A. Eisenstein | Feb 11, 2020
It’s become conventional wisdom that driverless vehicles will eventually dominate the nation’s roads. Precisely how soon that will happen is anyone’s guess and, if anything, proponents appear to be backing away from earlier promises that claimed the first autonomous...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 31, 2020
After several years of rapid growth, EV sales flattened out last year, raising concerns about the tens of billions of dollars automakers like Ford, General Motors and Volkswagen are spending on their electrification efforts. A few years ago, Xavier Mosquet might have...
by Michael Strong | Jan 30, 2020
Looking for ways to become more efficient, UPS is eliminating delivery drivers through a new partnership with Waymo in the Phoenix area. The pilot program will have the delivery giant using Waymo’s self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans to deliver packages from UPS...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 24, 2020
General Motors President Mark Reuss will make some electrifying news Monday, offering some of the first details about the automaker’s plan to transform the 35-year-old Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly Plant into the manufacturing heart of its battery-car program. Spokesman...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 22, 2020
Fully driverless, without even a steering wheel and pedals for backup, the battery-powered Cruise Origin might look like it rolled off the set of a science fiction film but it is all but ready to go into production, officials with the San Francisco-based autonomous...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 21, 2020
San Francisco’s Cruise LLC may be ready to take a big lead in the development of autonomous vehicles, the start-up set to make a major announcement Tuesday expected to focus on a fully driverless vehicle. Cruise, which has generated about $7.25 billion in funding...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 20, 2020
Toyota Motor Corp, through its Toyota AI Ventures subsidiary, has invested $394 million in Joby Aviation to develop its electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle for commercial air taxi service. With Toyota’s investment, Shigeki Tomoyama, executive vice president...
by Joseph Szczesny | Jan 15, 2020
Local government will play a larger role in determining of use a vehicle or mobility services in the years to come, a pair of experts from McKinsey & Co. predicted this week during a presentation to Detroit’s Automotive Press Association. The need to curb traffic...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 10, 2020
And you thought CES was all about TVs, smartphones, cameras, drones and other consumer electronics? Well, if you consider the automobile as a “smart device on wheels,” as Byton CEO Daniel Kirchert likes to say, then you’re probably right. And that’s a good thing...
by Paul A. Eisenstein | Jan 6, 2020
Uber is turning to Hyundai to develop, and eventually produce, a line of air taxis for its new Uber Elevate ride-sharing service. The new partners showed off a full-scale concept at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas on Monday that is intended to handle trips...
by Joseph Szczesny | Dec 19, 2019
Daimler and BMW are giving up their joint efforts to develop a car-sharing service in the U.S. even as they prepare to launch their new mobility company, “Your Now,” in Europe and other parts of the world. Share Now, in conjunction with its shareholders at Daimler AG...
