News
Mercedes-Benz acquired Luminar's stake and announced to use its Lidar sensors
Volkswagen and Bosch to set up JV for European battery production
No advanced driver assistance system offered today meets IIHS' new safety rating
Nio is expanding business to the US with new headquarters in CA
Parallel Systems, building autonomous battery-electric rail vehicle, raised $49.6M Series A funding
Proterra and Nikola announced a long-term battery supply deal for semi-trucks
Blink to supply Level 2 EV chargers at General Motors dealerships in US and Canada
Gogoro now has Hero MotoCorp, Engine No.1 additionally in PIPE and brings $285M funding
Yamaha introduced new e-scooter EMF in Taiwan with Gogoro's battery swapping platform
CAES, a subsidiary CATL in China, unveiled a battery swap solution, EVOGO
Tesla investors urged judge to order Elon Musk repay $13B for 2016 SolarCity deal
Tesla launched lower monthly payment option for Solar Roof
Tesla Autopilot driver charged with vehicular manslaughter after a crash in 2019
The Dawn Project slammed Tesla's Full Self-Driving beta as the worst software in NYT ad
Hero Electric and Mahindra Group partner to meet growing demand of EV in India
Hero MotoCorp to invest Rs 420 crore in Ather Energy to boost e-mobility plan
Automobili Pininfarina unveiled Xingtu, an all-electric heavy-duty autonomous truck for DeepWay
Automobili Pininfarina to expand retail presence with Battista hyper GT in North America
General Motors is approved 12-year tax abatement for $1.3B plant investment in Orion, MI
Honda CEO said hydrogen combustion doesn't seem feasible unlike Toyota
Toyota earned the most R&D US patents among automakers in 2021
Review of Renault OpenR touch screens and tech blend
Stellantis invested Factorial Energy as part of Series D funding for solid-state battery tech
Germany's 15M EV goal by 2030 also includes hybrid, not only full EV
Greenpeace says China car sector is unlikely to meet 2060 net zero target
Geely plans to buy Meizu, a Chinese smartphone maker
Pony.ai introduced sixth-gen L4 autonomous driving solution
TuSimple talking with Beiqi Foton Motor for autonomous driving software in trucks
Opibus, Swedish-Kenyan EV start up, running the first electric mass transit bus in Kenya
#Lastmile_Micromobility_Logistics
Uber acquired Car Next Door, an Australian peer-to-peer car sharing platform
Neuron Mobility to launch 750e-scooters in more cities of Victoria, Australia
Calii, a Latin American grocery delivery startup, raised $22.5M Series A funding
PAPS, a Senegal logistics company, raised $4.5M pre-Series A funding
TMap Mobility and Kakao enter into middle-mile market in Korea
Mitsubishi Electric and Cartken start a pilot with autonomous delivery robot
Ford chose Telenav's SmartHorizon for ADAS features
Microsoft released new building footprints to add to OpenStreetMap & MissingMaps
Fully autonomous ship navigation system tested in Japan
KT and Yandex signed an agreement for autonomous driving and AI robots
Pakistan follows India to stop taking Starlink broadband service preorders
US FAA allows commercial fleets to perform low-visibility landings at 5G C-band deployed airports
UAE telecom regulator said 5G deployment has no impact on aircraft navigation system
Rocket Lab acquired SolAero to boost space solar cell production
EHang had 50 units pre-orders of EH216 AAV from AirX Inc in Japan
Reports & Articles
The 5G-airlines crisis was mostly averted. Here's what happened and what we still don't know (CNN)
5G vs. airline safety: This is why we have a government (CNN)
Like a drone that you sit in - but would you feel safe? (BBC)
A Larry Page-backed drone guru expects you to be a future passenger. Here's why (CNBC)
Valeo leads development and industrialization of autonomous LiDar (Forbes)
Dubai: A growing automotive hub in the region (The Economic Times)
Making driverless cars more expressive: Exaggerate stopping movements help pedestrians read autonomous cars' minds (IEEE Spectrum)
Dedicated lanes for dirverless cars an opportunity to fix transport network in NSW (The Sydney Morning Herald)
HERE maintains the location platform leadership, ahead of google and TomTom in 2021 (Counterpoint)
Digital mapmaking innovations are revolutionizing travel: GPS for scuba divers, cars with built-in holographic maps, and other new tech mean you'll never get lost again (National Geographic)
The promise of connected vehicle data: Vehicle data is your smart city's ticket to a better, safer, and cleaner mobility experience (Otonomo)
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