Category: Electric Vehicles / Transportation
Daimler AG Chairman Dieter Zetsche today announced the launch of the company’s “Smart Ready to Drop” service. Smart Ready to Drop will make online shopping even easier by turning participating Smart vehicles into drop-off and pick-up points for companies such as delivery giant DHL. Daimler is also working with Amazon […]
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Uber, in partnership with Nissan and BYD, today launched a three-month electric vehicle (EV) leasing program in the United Kingdom. To encourage the company’s on-demand drivers to make the switch to all-electric mobility and lease directly from Uber, lease payments for the EVs will reportedly be competitive with comparable gasoline-powered vehicles.
Ford Motor Company this week announced an extraordinarily aggressive timeframe for fully-autonomous vehicles to enter commercial operation. By 2021, the company intends to have a large number of fully autonomous (SAE Level 4-capable) vehicles in a ride-hailing or ride-sharing service. Level 4 autonomy means that the vehicle, without assistance from a
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BMW USA continues to roll out plug-in options to more models. Earning a place in the company’s “iPerformance” lineup later this month is the 740e xDrive iPerformance. The 740e will be the first 7 Series to gain a plug and the fifth BMW plug-in overall (including the all-electric i3 with optional range extender).
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The Wall Street Journal reports today that Bob Mansfield, a highly regarded senior executive at Apple whose portfolio has included the MacBook Air, iMac, iPad, and Apple Watch, will now oversee the company’s autonomous electric vehicle initiative. Although Apple has not yet publicly acknowledged that it is developing a vehicle, electric
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