Transportation
While level 1 is the least intelligent or automated of China’s five categories of autonomous driving, official data shows that in the first half of 2023, just over 42% of the country’s new passenger vehicles had already attained Level 2. China will back firms in the smart vehicle supply chain to form groups dedicated to…
EVgo, one of the nation’s largest public fast-charging networks for electric vehicles, released an update related to network enhancements through the ReNew program. The company is working to boost reliability and elevate the customer experience, with a focus on six pillars: Resilience, Prevention, Diagnostics, Rapid Response, Analysis, and Continuous Customer Service. In terms of hardware,…
On October 1, 2023, Tesla surprisingly updated the Model Y in China, applying changes to the exterior, interior, and a few select specs. The move is surprising because we are not talking about a major refresh, like in the case of the Model 3 (code name Highland), but a relatively limited update. A much more…
The latest data collected by JATO Dynamics shows very interesting trends in the new car market in Europe. Last April, demand for pure electric cars recorded the second-highest monthly market share, reaching 22 percent, behind only the 25 percent recorded in December 2022. More than one in five new cars registered in Europe were purely electric. Much of…
According to senior GMCBL officials, Gurugaman Plus won’t operate from October 1. It had only four buses that ran on two routes, with each bus making six trips. In the last few months, the buses were making just two trips each. The first experiment between a state-run transporter and an app-based aggregator was formally discontinued…
Transport experts said that apart from gaining ridership on share routes, there has also been a huge commuter shift from aggregator cabs and buses to autos in the past couple of years. Mumbai’s autorickshaw daily ridership has touched an all-time high of 50 lakh, announced Mumbai Autorickshawmen’s Union, the largest union of auto owners in…
Tesla has reportedly started constructing a new restaurant in Santa Monica, the first of its kind in the US. CEO Elon Musk had tweeted multiple times, with child-like enthusiasm, Tesla’s plans of building a futuristic diner and drive-in theater in the Hollywood area, and construction for the same now appears to be underway. InsideEVs viewed…
To encourage the establishment of semiconductor manufacturing facilities in India, the government has implemented schemes like the production-linked incentive (PLI) and design-linked incentive (DLI). The worldwide semiconductor sector has witnessed growth driven by enhanced digitalisation and technology adoption across fields such as AI, IoT, healthcare, and communications. The revenue of the global semiconductor industry touched…
According to a statement put out by the minister’s office, during his discussion with Aptiv, Patil invited the company to explore the possibility of setting up an R&D centre in Mysuru, and Hubballi-Dharward. Bengaluru: Karnataka Minister for Large and Medium Industries and Infrastructure Development MB Patil has invited global semiconductor and automotive technology companies to…
The company plans to expand its R&D and recycling capacities with the fifth plant. The new facility will allow the company to increase the headcount in R&D to 200 from the current 60. India’s Lohum, a company in the sustainable energy and battery materials space, has become the first company outside of China and one…
