PSA Group, make of Peugeot, DS and Citroen cars, is in talks about taking over General Motors’ (GM) loss-making European business Opel. France’s PSA group already works with GM in Europe on several projects, said any deal would involve Opel’s UK arm Vauxhall, which employs 4, 500 staff at plants at Ellesmere Port and Luton.…
The iconic brand Ambassador, owned by CK Birla Group, has been sold to European Auto Peugeot for £0.8m (Rs 80 crore). The manufacturing of Ambassador cars has been discontinued. “Hindustan Motors has executed an agreement with Peugeot SA for the sale of the Ambassador brand, including the trademarks, for a consideration of Rs 80 crore.…
The Aston Martin 0ne-77, with a V12 two door coupe, limited edition of only 77 cars produced costing £ 1.15m (US $1.4m) each.
The magnificent coupe is set to make its debut at Monterey Car Week, on the Monterey Penninsula till the 21 August 2016 and on Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance. The radiator grille across the entire length of the vehicle to the rear. Maybach’s red paintwork and the strips which sit above the wheel arches and in the…
Tesla’s autopilot feature was activated when one of its cars crashed again on Sunday, as the electric carmaker based in California, has suggested that the function was not being used correctly at that time. However, this time, the motorists survived the accident, but another Tesla owner died in an earlier crash blamed on the driver-assist…
Padmasree Warrior 55, born in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh ( India), the former technology and strategy officer at Cisco systems, is the new CEO and global chief development officer at NextEV, a Chinese startup that’s building an electric car to compete with Tesla. Warrior, who spent her entire career with Motorola semiconductor plant, for 23 years…
Israeli Mobileye are joining forces with BMW and Intel to make reliable self-driving cars and make future mobility concepts a reality by 2021. “The future of automated driving promises to change lives and societies for the better. The complex world of fully autonomous will require the solutions bu the world’s best organisations to integrate intelligence…
Nissan has developed a “breakthrough” in battery technology for an affordable electric car that can travel up to 400 miles using a single charge. The Japanese company is pioneering a range of 100 percent cars and vans that offer top class performance and cutting edge technology. Nissan’s current electric leaf car can only travel a limited…
Dr Roshy John Phd in Robotics,from National Institute of Technologyin Tiruchirappali, kerala, Practice Head Robotics and Cognitive system, posted a detailed account of how he converted the Tata Nano using simulation-based development and successfully manoeuvred the driverless vehicle through streets of Kochi. He has been granted 17 patents filed in Robotics, consumer electronics and software…
One of the driverless Google cars crashed into a bus in California on February 14, 2016, at Mountain View, near Google’s headquarters, but there were no injuries. Google reps are to meet California’s Department for Motor Vehicles (DMV) to discuss the incident and determine where the blame lies. The Google car was travelling at 2mph…