As a result of a new global technology partnership between Daimler Mobility and Visa, Daimler will offer “native” in-car payments. This, Daimler says, means that entering passwords or relying on mobile devices for payment authentication may soon be a thing of the past as the vehicle itself becomes a biometrically enabled payments device, thanks to […]
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Volkswagen said it would invest EUR1bn in Latin America and expected to make a profit there in the 2021 financial year, for the first time since the 2013 recession. The automaker would build the MQB platform based Polo Track at its plant in Taubate, Brazil for sale in 2023. VW would develop digital business models
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Renault Group has officially launched a Refactory project at the Seville plant. As an extension of the programme implemented at Flins (Yvelines, France), which remains the group’s circular economy strategic hub for Europe, this new Refactory will bring together circular economy activities for Spain based on the vehicle’s value potential at each stage of its
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Tesla’s (TSLA) stock is falling by as much as 5% in pre-market trading – seemingly putting an end to an incredible rally. One of the main catalysts appears to be Elon Musk confirming plans to sell 10% of his stake in the company over pressure that the rich don’t pay taxes. But is he being
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In order to give electric trucks and other heavy duty vehicles sufficient range, they need huge battery packs, as well as the ability to rapid charge them, otherwise they would spend too much charging and they would end up being uneconomical. However, you can still have electric trucks running on highways without equipping them with
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Tesla’s share price on the Frankfurt stock exchange has drifted down today after Elon Musk has suggested he would sell around 10% of his stock if a poll of Twitter users said he should. Musk tweeted on Saturday that he would offload 10% of his stock if users of the social media network approved the
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Credit: LeoWolfert/Shutterstock Concept: German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) has developed a project called DeeperSense that combines visual and acoustic sensors with AI to improve the environmental perception of the robotic underwater vehicle. The project aims to improve the perception of unmanned underwater vehicles (UUV) in three use cases, namely diver monitoring in turbid
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Johann Wacht Lightweighting is a key part of the industry-wide drive for efficiency and carbon fibre has traditionally been the go-to material in this area. Can you tell us more about your alternative? Bcomp has been developing sustainable lightweighting technologies based on natural fibres, more specifically flax fibres for over a decade. Our technology matches
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