Technology

Seshan Vijayraghvan

Nov 18, 2019, 7:27 PM

Tata Motors Bags An Order Of 500 Electric Vehicles From Lithium Urban Technologies

Tata Motors and Lithium Urban Technologies, India's largest electric vehicle (EV) fleet provider, have announced entering into a long-term partnership to offer electric mobility solutions in the market across passenger, mass transit and freight segments.

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  Ameya Naik | Nov 18, 2019

  This Is The World’s First 5G Connected Tyre

  Pirelli along with Ericsson, Audi, Tim, Italdesign and KTH staged a demonstration of how a vehicle equipped with the sensor-fitted Pirelli Cyber Tyre and connected to the 5G network

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  car&bike Team | Nov 15, 2019

  Daimler Takes 'Reality Check' On Robotaxis

  Daimler has taken a "reality check" on self-driving "robotaxis", acknowledging that making them safe is proving harder than first thought amid questions over their future earnings potential. Chief Executive Ola Kaellenius told journalists on Thursday

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  car&bike Team | Nov 14, 2019

  U.S. Senate To Hold November 20 Hearing On Testing, Deployment Of Self-Driving Cars

  The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee will hold a Nov. 20 hearing on the testing and deployment of self-driving vehicles that will include top U.S. safety officials, as Congress has struggled to pass legislation on autonomous vehicles.

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  Seshan Vijayraghvan | Nov 12, 2019

  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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