Technology

Seshan Vijayraghvan

Nov 12, 2019, 8:04 PM

Lithium Partners With Wipro For Pan-India Employee Transportation Services

Lithium Urban Technologies, one of India's largest electric vehicles fleet operators, has announced partnering with Wipro to offer employee transportation service to the tech giant's offices across the country. Lithium started servicing Wipro's Hyderabad campus in June 2018, and so far its electric cars have covered a cumulative distance of 40 lakh km and thus saving 800 metric ton (MT) of CO2e in a little over 1 year.

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  car&bike Team | Nov 6, 2019

  In Review Of Fatal Arizona Crash, U.S. Agency Says Uber Software Had Flaws: Report

  An Uber self-driving test vehicle that struck and killed an Arizona woman in 2018 had software flaws, the National Transportation Safety Board said Tuesday as it disclosed the company's autonomous test vehicles were involved in 37 crashes over the prior 18 months.

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  car&bike Team | Nov 6, 2019

  Nio, Mobileye Partner On Self-Driving Consumer Passenger Cars In China

  Under the agreement, Nio will manufacture and produce at mass scale a self-driving system designed by Mobileye, which will be integrated into Nio's electric-vehicle consumer lines

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  Reuters | Nov 3, 2019

  Waymo Tests 'Rider Only' Service And Looks Beyond Robo-Taxis

  Waymo Chief Executive John Krafcik said the self-driving vehicle company is now offering limited "rider-only" trips in Phoenix, Arizona, as it looks beyond the robo-taxis business to generate future revenue. Waymo, a unit of Alphabet Inc has begun offering fully automated rides, without attendants in the vehicle, to a few hundred early users of its robo-taxi service in Phoenix, Krafcik confirmed on Sunday at a dinner with journalists ahead of a conference in Detroit. He did not say when or how quickly Waymo would expand "rider-only" services. Riders signed up for the fully automated service have signed non-disclosure agreements, he said.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 29, 2019

  Waymo Tests 'Rider Only' Service And Looks Beyond Robo-Taxis

  Waymo Chief Executive John Krafcik said the self-driving vehicle company is now offering limited "rider-only" trips in Phoenix, Arizona, and is looking beyond the robo-taxi business to generate future revenue, including delivery services.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 26, 2019

  MG Motor India Delivers Record 700 Units Of The Hector On Dhanteras

  MG Motor has delivered a record 700 units of the Hector SUV in a single day on occasion of Dhanteras in India.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 22, 2019

  Hyundai Motor Group Develops World's First Machine Learning Based Smart Cruise Control Technology

  Smart Cruise Control enables an essential self-driving feature and core technology for ADAS: maintaining distance from the vehicle ahead while traveling at the speed selected by the driver.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 19, 2019

  U.S. Army, General Motors Collaborate To Improve Automotive Cybersecurity

  Two Army engineers will embed with their counterparts at GM, while a GM expert is scheduled to co-locate with the Army's Ground Vehicle Cybersecurity Team.

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  car&bike Team | Oct 14, 2019

  Porsche Flying Car On The Cards As It Partners With Boeing

  Boeing, Porsche and Boeing subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences are also developing a concept for a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing vehicle.

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