Tag Archives: Autonomous Vehicles

Ford will invest almost US$900 million in its southeast Michigan operations through 2023 Ford has announced a new plan to increase production capacity for its next-generation battery electric vehicles (BEVs) at a second North American plant. Tied to the company’s US$11.1 billion investment in global electric vehicles, Ford is expanding …

The facility will produce the Uniti One electric car in 2020 Uniti Sweden plans to establish an electric vehicle “pilot production plant” at Silverstone Park, the home of the British Grand Prix. The initiative aligns with the UK’s industrial strategy to lead the world in zero emission and autonomous vehicle …

SoftBank Vision Fund will commit US$2.25 billion to GM Cruise, supporting the commercial launch of its electric AVs next year GM’s plans to become a leader in the autonomous vehicle (AV) industry have received another boost, in the form of a US$2.25 billion investment by Japan’s SoftBank. SoftBank Vision Fund …

Jaguar’s I-PACE will join Waymo’s self-driving fleet of cars from 2020, as the driverless firm’s first premium electric SUV Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Waymo (formerly Google’s self-driving car project) have announced a long-term strategic partnership. Under the agreement, the two companies have said they will develop the world’s first “premium” …

GM to spend US$100m across Orion and Brownstown factories to upgrade facilities for Cruise AV production and roof module assembly Having shown off its fourth-gen Cruise autonomous vehicle (AV) in January, General Motors has now confirmed that the model will be produced at its Orion Township assembly plant in Michigan. …

Rimac’s follow up to the Concept_One, the C_TWO is a 258mph electric supercar which might give the Roadster a run for its money Last month, speculation was building around Croatian supercar maker Rimac’s plans for its newest electric model. Rumours suggested that the successor to the company’s eye-wateringly fast Concept_One …

New ruling from the state’s DMV will offer companies permits to operate autonomous vehicles without a human driver behind the wheel from April In a landmark ruling, California’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has said it will scrap legislation which requires a human to be in the driver’s seat while …

California-based self-driving technology firm Aurora is to work with EV start-up on piloting Level 4 autonomy BYTON, the EV brand being developed by a team of ex-Tesla, BMW and Nissan executives and backed by Chinese start-up Future Mobility Corp., is now moving into autonomous vehicles too. February 6 saw the …

Bus and truck manufacturer will work with China’s Haylion to develop and test autonomous systems and electrification Swedish truck and bus specialist Scania has announced it will collaborate with China’s Haylion Technologies, joining forces to investigate “mainly electrified” vehicles, autonomous driving and urban bus transport. Together the two intend to …

DHL to trial autonomous driving and AI tech in its electric Streetscooter fleet in 2018 Deutsche Post DHL is already a pioneer of EV manufacturing, thanks to heavy investment in its self-developed StreetScooter delivery vehicle. Evidently not content with doubling production and expanding its rollout of the vehicles, DHL has now signed …