The Impending Transformation
According to an IBM study, “48% of consumers say the vehicle brand wouldn’t matter to them in an autonomous, mobility-as-a-service paradigm, but cost and convenience would.”
VinFast and Digital Speed
When you’re talking about a 21-month development from design to production, you’re talking about blistering speed. And that’s what a startup has accomplished.
Starting in 2020 new Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles will include Alexa integration as a feature in the infotainment system.
Starting in 2020 new Chevrolet, Buick, GMC and Cadillac vehicles will include Alexa integration as a feature in the infotainment system.
Transforming the Seat
Most know the famous quote from the 1967 film The Graduate, when an older executive tells the college graduate as he looks toward the future: “Plastics.” If I was to encounter a young mobility designer now, 52 years later, the one word of advice I’d give is: “Pods.” As in personal seating pod design for the upcoming massive multi-passenger vehicle mobility future.
The Koenigsegg Jesko Has An Amazing Engine
It is hard to believe that this is a vehicle in “serial” production with such extraordinary powertrain performance
Researchers Tout Fast-Charging EV Process
Penn State University researchers say they have developed a method to fully recharge an electric vehicle battery in 10 minutes to provide as much as 300 miles of driving.
Mopar Moves Forward with 1,000-hp Crate Engine
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV’s Mopar unit will begin offering its $30,000 “Hellephant” crate engine by year-end after the program was delayed several months to fix quality problems.
ABB Acquires Chinese EV Charging Specialist
Swiss engineering and robotics giant ABB Group has agreed to purchase 67% of Chargedot New Energy Technology Co., which supplies charging systems for electric vehicles.
VW Forms Autonomous-Driving Unit
Volkswagen AG is creating a new subsidiary, Volkswagen Autonomy GmbH (VWAT), to head development and deployment of Level 4/5 fully autonomous vehicle systems.
Report: VW to Decide This Week on Turkish Plant
Volkswagen AG’s supervisory board reportedly will decide this week whether to shift plans for an assembly plant from Turkey to Slovakia.