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CDK said it “does not have an estimated time frame” for recovery, as car dealerships and auto shops face continued outages.
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Sony and Honda reveal plans to jointly make and sell electric vehicles
Sony’s current favorite big tease is playing at being a carmaker, and today it announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with real automaker Honda to discuss and…
Used car marketplace Carsome gets $30 million Series D for its Southeast Asia growth plans
Carsome, which bills itself as Southeast Asia’s largest e-commerce platform for used cars, announced it has closed a $30 million Series D. The funding was led by Asia Partners, with…
Ford unveils the 2022 E-Transit, its $45,000 electric workhorse
Ford revealed Thursday the E-Transit, a configurable all-electric cargo van that it’s betting will be the new go-to workhorse for commercial customers. The E-Transit is just one piece of the…
Here’s every angle of the all-electric VW ID.4 crossover that’s coming to America
Volkswagen unveiled Wednesday the ID.4, an all-electric crossover that’s part of the German automaker’s plan to sell 1 million EVs annually by 2025. The unveiling ceremony was virtual, but a…
The Station: Hertz files for bankruptcy, hailing “self-driving” scooters, Memorial Day travel
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European mobility operator Tier has become the first major electric scooter company to integrate helmets into vehicles. The foldable helmets fit inside a box attached to the scooter below the…
Gogoro’s new e-bike brand Eeyo will launch in the US first
Gogoro, the Taiwanese company known for its electric scooters, announced a new ebike brand that will go on sale in the United States first. Details about the ebike, called Eeyo,…
EV startup Byton furloughs half of its 450-person staff in the US
China-based electric car startup Byton has furloughed about half of the 450 employees who work at its North American headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., putting the release date of the…
ePlane, the B2B sourcing and BI platform for aerospace parts and repair, raises $9M
ePlane, described as a B2B sourcing and business intelligence platform for the aerospace parts and repair market, has raised $9 million in funding. The round is led by Japanese trading…
Ford is building an all-electric Transit cargo van for the US market
Ford said it will produce and sell an all-electric version of its popular Ford Transit cargo van for the North American market starting with the 2022 model year as part…
Autonomous yard trucking startup Outrider comes out of stealth with $53 million in funding
The 400,000 distribution yards located in the U.S. are critical hubs for the supply chain. Now one startup is aiming to make the yard truck — the centerpiece of the…
Self-driving company Waymo teams up with UPS for package delivery
Waymo will start delivering parcels for UPS using its self-driving Chrysler Pacifica minivans in Phoenix as part of a broader partnership with the shipping and logistics company. The companies said…
Boom Supersonic partners with Flight Research to test its XB-1 supersonic aircraft
Supersonic aviation startup Boom is making progress on its XB-1 demonstrator aircraft, the airplane that will prove out its tech and pave the way for construction of its future production…
Virgin Galactic’s second commercial tourism spaceship hits key construction milestone
Virgin Galactic’s fleet is expanding, and its second commercial spacecraft just achieved a key milestone in its build process — much faster than the first of its SpaceShipTwo vehicles did.…
Volocopter awarded key designation by European aviation safety regulator
Electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft maker Volocotper has received a Design Organization Approval (DOA) from the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). This is basically a recognition by…
Volocopter unveils a new eVTOL drone for heavy lift cargo flights
Urban air mobility company Volocopter has focused its efforts to date on getting its passenger electric drone business off the ground — literally, in fact. But now, the German startup…
NASA completes inflight testing of supersonic plane X-59’s virtual cockpit window
The X-59 supersonic research airplane developed by NASA, which aims to pioneer quiet supersonic flight for eventual use in commercial aviation, is one step closer to reality thanks to testing…
Oru’s new foldable kayak weighs under 20 lbs and assembles in just 2 minutes
California-based kayak maker Oru has built a great brand on the strength of its origami-inspired folding kayaks, and now it’s launching its lightest and most portable model yet with a…
Audi’s new scooter might actually solve a major problem with scooters
Electric scooters are inundating cities, and for good reason. They’re relatively easy to use, accessible, cheap and even a fun means of traveling short distances. And yet, scooters aren’t infallible.…
India has labeled hyperloop a public infrastructure project — here’s why that matters
Hyperloop, the futuristic and still theoretical transportation system that could someday propel people and packages at speeds of more than 600 miles per hour, has been designated a “public infrastructure…
Why eVTOLs could be providing regional air service sooner than you think
At Uber’s Elevate summit in Washington, DC earlier this month, researchers, industry leaders and engineers gathered to celebrate the approaching advent of on-demand air service. For Dr. Anita Sengupta, co-founder…
Ford Motor is laying off 7,000 salaried employees as part of CEO Jim Hackett’s restructuring plan to reduce bureaucracy, cut costs and turn the automaker into a more agile company…
Porsche Taycan owners will get three years free charging at hundreds of Electrify America stations
Owners of the upcoming Porsche Taycan will get three years of free charging at hundreds of Electrify America public stations that will blanket the U.S. in the coming months. And…
Lightning Motorcycles is taking reservations for its $12,998 electric motorcycle
A teaser image of headlights plus a few details about the upcoming electric Strike motorcycle from Lightning Motorcycles was apparently too much for some to bear. The company, prompted by an…
Google partners with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi to put Android into millions of vehicles
Google will partner with Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi, the largest auto alliance in the world by vehicle sales, to put Android-based infotainment systems into millions of cars, the companies told Wall Street Journal.…
Daimler’s new electric heavy-duty truck has 220 miles of range
Daimler has a new all-electric semi truck that it revealed at this year’s Tokyo Motor Show, with a range of around 220 miles on a single charge and a heavy-duty…
Connected Car Company Zubie Rolls Out An API For The “Internet Of Cars”
Zubie, a company that sells a device allowing drivers to tap into their car’s onboard computer and then sync vehicle diagnostic data to their smartphone, is today expanding its footprint…
Nvidia’s Automotive Ambitions Include Big Brains In The Car And In The Cloud
Nvidia’s focus this year on CES is on the Tegra X1 mobile chipset, a brand new SoC that offers desktop-like computing performance for a range of mobile devices, including smartphones…
