Hyundai is working with a startup on plant-based leather that smells like the real thing
Uncaged Innovations is working with Hyundai to develop alternatives to leather with a fraction of the environmental impact.
Sylndr, with fresh $15.7M, allows users to buy, sell, finance, and service used cars in Egypt
Cairo-based Sylndr has raised $15.7 million as it expands beyond online used car sales into auto financing, servicing, and tools for dealers. The round was led by Development Partners International’s Nclude Fund and included follow-on investments from …
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Car dealership outages drag on after CDK cyberattacks
Car dealerships and auto shops around the U.S. enter a second week of disruption following cyberattacks at software maker CDK.
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US car dealerships face ongoing outage after CDK cyberattacks
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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CES 2024: Qualcomm AI Chip for Virtual and Mixed Reality Could Compete with Apple Vision Pro
by Megan Crouse
The Snapdragon XR+ Gen 2 refines Qualcomm’s hardware that enables virtual and mixed reality meetings. Plus, Qualcomm continues to commit to autonomous car tech.
SoftBank bets on ex-Argo AI founders, Flexport’s founder cleans house and Cruise digs in
Welcome back to The Station, your central hub for all past, present and future means of moving people and packages from Point A to Point B. This week was packed with news, including in the world of startups — our favorite arena. Before we jump in, let …
BMW reimagines the head-up display
At CES, BMW today unveiled its new i Vision Dee concept car, an E Ink-clad four-door sedan that can shift colors on demand. Why ‘Dee,’ you surely ask? It stands for Digital Emotional Experience. We’ll leave it at that, but what matters here is that it’s BMW’s platform for showing off its new head-up display, […]
BMW reimagines the head-up display by Frederic Lardinois originally published on TechCrunch
Renault China boss is making super-premium EVs that monitor your health
by Rita Liao
There’s an ever-growing list of wearables that track people’s health, but what about a vehicle that monitors one’s blood pressure and heart rate with smart sensors and algorithms? That’s the vision of BeyonCa, a young super-premium electric vehicle startup founded by Weiming Soh, the Singaporean auto veteran who’s the current CEO of Renault China and […]
Renault China boss is making super-premium EVs that monitor your health by Rita Liao originally published on TechCrunch
BMW partners with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming in 2023
BMW will partner with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming to new vehicles, starting with the BMW 7 series next year.
BMW partners with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming in 2023 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
BMW partners with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming in 2023
BMW will partner with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming to new vehicles, starting with the BMW 7 series next year.
BMW partners with AirConsole to bring in-car gaming in 2023 by Rebecca Bellan originally published on TechCrunch
The 2022 Bentley Flying Spur Hybrid is a shaky step towards a luxurious EV future
Bentley is engaged in a never-ending battle to balance classic luxury coach-building and modern automobile manufacturing. The luxury automaker not only has to keep up with changing technology, consumer taste and industry standards, it must also consistently deliver the old world-inspired sophistication that its known for. The automotive industry’s move towards electrification adds another challenge […]
Elon Musk orders hiring freeze, warns of job cuts at Tesla in latest leaked email
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has directed executives to pause all hiring and prepare for job cuts, according to a leaked email that was first viewed by Reuters. Tesla shares fell 8.5% following the Reuters report. An additional email sent Friday to all employees, clarified his comments to executives, stating that the headcount reduction would be […]
Ford wants to sell EVs online only and at a set price
by Jaclyn Trop
Ford said that it wants to restructure its dealership model to sell its EVs online only and at a non-negotiable price to match Tesla’s profit margins. “I feel like when that second quarter last year profit came out for Tesla and they showed like a $15,000 premium, it totally changed my world,” CEO Jim Farley […]
Ford to invest $3.7B in U.S. factories, add 6,200 union jobs in push to build more EVs
Ford said Thursday it will invest $3.7 billion and add more than 6,200 new union manufacturing jobs in Michigan, Ohio and Missouri as part of the automaker’s plan to sell 2 million EVs a year globally by the end of 2026. The new investment will be used to hire union workers at factories in Michigan, […]
The US is about to get serious about EVs
by Tim De Chant
The US market for electric vehicles is at an inflection point. Get ready for mass adoption.
The US is about to get serious about EVs
by Tim De Chant
The US market for electric vehicles is at an inflection point. Get ready for mass adoption.
The most surprising part of Buick’s announcement isn’t that it will become an EV brand
by Jaclyn Trop
Buick said Wednesday it will launch its first EV in 2024 and revealed a sleek concept car that will set the direction on its journey to becoming a fully electric brand in North America by 2030. But that’s not the most surprising news. Buick, it seems, is opening the door to coupes and sedans. Even […]
The most surprising part of Buick’s announcement isn’t that it will become an EV brand
by Jaclyn Trop
Buick said Wednesday it will launch its first EV in 2024 and revealed a sleek concept car that will set the direction on its journey to becoming a fully electric brand in North America by 2030. But that’s not the most surprising news. Buick, it seems, is opening the door to coupes and sedans. Even […]
Rimac raises more than $500M from Porsche, Softbank and Goldman Sachs
by Jaclyn Trop
Rimac Group said Tuesday it has raised 500 million euro ($536 million), funds that will help the Croatian startup expand beyond its electric hypercar roots and grow into a global EV components supplier — and eventually a publicly traded company. Softbank Vision Fund 2 and Goldman Sachs led the Series D investment round in a […]
DeLorean reveals Alpha 5, a performance EV with Back to the Future vibes
by Jaclyn Trop
DeLorean released fresh details and images of its Alpha 5 EV, a gull-winged electric vehicle that the company’s owners hope will resurrect the long defunct brand and possibly set the direction for more electric models. The company’s — and the EV’s — big public moment won’t come until later this summer at the Monterey Car […]
The Station: EV SPACs face new regulatory speed bump, more on Rivian’s reorg and VW weighs direct sales for Scout brand
Welcome back to The Station, your weekly guide to everything going on in the world of transportation. Many readers of this weekly newsletter are likely enjoying a three-day weekend thanks to the Memorial Day holiday. So, this week I will keep it a wee bit shorter. Before we get started, check out the latest transportation […]
EV SPACs are facing a new regulatory speed bump
by Jaclyn Trop
It’s been a bumpy road for the electric vehicle startups that rushed to go public over the past two years by merging with a publicly traded shell company. Now, the SEC’s broadest attempt to crackdown on these so-called reverse mergers could put a few speed bumps on the road to becoming — and maintaining — […]
Hydrogen startup ZeroAvia has a zero-emission vision, but its next plane is a hybrid
ZeroAvia has raised $115 million from United Airlines, Alaska Airlines, British Airways and Amazon on a promise to fly a zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell regional passenger plane as soon as next year. Now the startup has set itself a slightly less high-flying goal: building a hybrid aircraft. This new experimental plane, which is under construction […]
Diesel is a horrible thing for an economy to depend on
by Tim De Chant
Want to tame inflation? Start by ditching fossil fuels.