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SHANGHAI — Baidu and Pony.ai said on Friday they have won permits to provide fully driverless ride-hailing services in the Chinese capital of Beijing. Baidu’s Apollo service will deploy 10 fully autonomous vehicles in a technology park developed by the government of Beijing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant said in a statement. The permit marks a

Mobileye Global Inc., a global supplier of advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving technology, established a test center in Shanghai last week. The facility in Shanghai’s suburban Jiading district will  test and validate  technology to ensure it provides customers in China with advanced and reliable solutions, Mobileye said. Mobileye said it won 24 projects

Long the next big advancement in green transportation, hydrogen may have missed its chance to become a major fuel for light vehicles. Even as technology advances, battery-electric vehicles have quickly become the green vehicle of choice for most U.S. consumers. Tesla, which offers only electric vehicles, sold nearly 187,000 cars in California last year, trailing

SUZUKA, Japan – Toyota’s newly appointed CEO Koji Sato says hydrogen will be a top priority of his carbon neutral strategy, even as he redoubles his focus on electric vehicles. Under his watch, through the end of the decade, the focus will be expanding the hydrogen infrastructure and the array of industries using the futuristic

WASHINGTON — General Motors CEO Mary Barra met with two key U.S. senators on Thursday as the automaker pushes for legislation to speed deployment of self-driving vehicles on U.S. roads. Barra met with Senate Commerce Committee Chair Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Sen. Gary Peters, a fellow Democrat and a Commerce Committee member, the company confirmed.

BERLIN — Volkswagen Group plans to invest in mines to bring down the cost of battery cells, meet half of its own demand and sell to third-party customers, Thomas Schmall, the automaker’s technology chief, said. VW wants its battery unit PowerCo to become a global battery supplier, not just produce for the group’s own needs,

WASHINGTON — Federal funding to support a national electric vehicle charging network has prompted Flo to hasten its EV charger manufacturing and deployment strategy in the U.S. The North American EV charging company entered the U.S. market in 2018, but federal assistance from the bipartisan infrastructure law signed in 2021 and last year’s Inflation Reduction

America’s public and private electric vehicle charging stations are susceptible to cyberthreats because they don’t meet the latest security standards. Most of the hundreds of thousands of public and home chargers use older technology that leaves them vulnerable to security breaches, according to Jim Alfred, vice president of Canada’s BlackBerry Technology Solutions. That means these

Electric vehicle owners’ satisfaction with the home charging experience declined last year because of high costs of charging, slow charging speed and limited charging education, J.D. Power said Thursday. More than two-thirds of EV owners use a mounted Level 2 home charger, and their satisfaction with charging declined 12 points last year to 740 on

HAMBURG — Volkswagen‘s ID 2all demonstrates how the brand has rethought its vision for an affordable small battery-electric car The concept, which was unveiled here on Wednesday, drops the retro look of the ID Life unveiled in 2021 for a more traditional design in keeping with the rest of VW brand’s passenger models. VW aims

Shares of Uber Technologies and Lyft Inc. rose on Tuesday after a California court ruled that drivers can be treated as independent contractors rather than employees, removing some future regulatory risks for the rideshare companies. Analysts expect the decision will likely be challenged before the California Supreme Court, which could take months to decide whether

SEOUL — Fast-growing Kia is banking on a first-mover advantage by reaching into the nascent market for larger electric vehicles with its full-size, three-row all-electric EV9 crossover. The EV9 will claim a spot that is mostly white space at the moment — a segment for roomy, family-oriented cargo and people movers that meet American space

FRANKFURT — Porsche said it is in talks with Google about integrating its software into its car cockpit. Talks about Google Automotive Services are underway, CEO Oliver Blume said on Monday after presenting the brand’s full-year results for 2022. A source told Reuters in January that Porsche was weighing integrating Google’s software, which would give

Tire sensors are likely to become smarter and generate more important data for drivers in the coming years as electric vehicles become more prominent, industry executives say. That’s an important safety factor. EVs are generally heavier than gasoline-powered vehicles and generate massive torque, leading to faster tire wear rates, said Yagil Tzur, vice president of

Installing electric vehicle chargers at dealerships is proving to be complicated and costly. There are problems with utilities and city planning departments. There are different types and numbers of chargers to install. Dealers are finding there is no one-size-fits-all solution. “The more we dig into this whole shift, it’s becoming more and more apparent that

Automakers are so worried about vehicle and software security gaps that they are paying hackers to uncover vulnerabilities. These bug bounty programs reward friendly digital invaders, known as white hat hackers, who look for breaches and notify automakers and suppliers of the problems — although the auto industry pays them considerably less for their efforts

Our Next Energy Inc. has landed a deal with Shyft Group Inc. to supply the delivery vehicle manufacturer with lithium iron phosphate batteries at a Michigan plant. Worth more than $200 million in revenue, the agreement calls for the Michigan-based startup battery manufacturer to supply Shyft with 15,000 battery packs for Class 3-5 trucks over

A consortium of some of the world’s biggest automakers is investing in a holographic head-up display technology startup. Hyundai Mobis, the parts and service affiilate of South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Co., led a $50 million series C funding round valuing the United Kingdom’s Envisics at $500 million. Envisics develops augmented reality head-up displays or