Technology
Agence-France Presse
Jun 3, 2017, 5:18 PM
Alphabet-owned Waymo is putting its autonomous driving expertise to work in trucking, in a new track for the unit formerly known as Google Car.
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Indo-Asian News Service | Jun 1, 2017Uber Brings 'Compliments' Feature To IndiaOnce a rider leaves a compliment, drivers will get a notification in app, taking them to the message and the compliments badge they have collected -- whether that is for expert navigation, great music choice or excellent service.1 min read
Reuters | May 31, 2017Toyota Uses Open-Source Software In New Approach To In-Car TechToyota is among 10 global automakers working with suppliers and technology companies to jointly build AGL, a basic, open-source platform for vehicle applications which automakers can customise, eliminating the need to code systems from the ground up for each vehicle model.1 min read
Mark Bergen, Bloomberg | May 31, 2017Uber Fires Executive At Center Of Driverless Car Legal FightUber Technologies Inc. fired self-driving car executive Anthony Levandowski, yielding to mounting pressure in its court fight with rival Waymo to part ways with the engineer after a judge concluded he took thousands of confidential files from the Alphabet Inc. unit.1 min read
PTI | May 28, 2017Mahindra Aims To Increase Electric Vehicle Production To 5000 Units Per Month By 2019Banking on the shared mobility space after launch of India's maiden electric vehicle project in Nagpur, automobile giant Mahindra & Mahindra is eyeing a capacity of 5,000 e-vehicles a month by 2019 which will be expanded further.1 min read
car&bike Team | May 27, 2017BMW Showcases Motorrad Concept Link - An Emission-Free Two-WheelerThe BMW Motorrad Concept Link, in addition to meeting the requirements of modern urban mobility, also offers fast acceleration and easy handling.1 min read
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Sameer Contractor | May 25, 2017MapmyIndia Partners With Ford For AppLinkDigital navigation solutions provider MapmyIndia has announced its partnership with Ford, on their AppLink platform. The Map app from MakymyIndia gets an enhanced version on the Ford SYNC platform and will provide the user search Points of Interest via category listing and specific brand names.1 min read
car&bike Team | May 24, 2017Mercedes-Benz Looking To Introduce Smaller Displacement EnginesThe entire automotive world is slowly but surely moving to smaller and efficient engines. And that's how it should be as well. Joining on to this bandwagon is Mercedes-Benz, who is looking to work on down-sized petrol engines. Sources say that the German auto-giant will be looking to bring new 1.2-litre and 1.4-litre engines which will have four cylinders and will be transversely laid out.1 min read
