BMW has accelerated its electric car models, in an attempt to convince investors it is capable of catching rivals in the race to sell Battery vehicles. The company plans to release 25 fully electric of hybrid models by 2023, two years earlier than previously announced and over 50 per cent of the new vehicles will…
Kerala Superstar actor Mammooty introduced the new Pappu Zebra, the mascot of Kerala Police’s road safety awareness campaign in 3D animation through his Facebook page. The mascot created by Nandan Pillai was initially launched on June 3, 2009, and was so successful it won the International Media Safety Award for the best Road Safety awareness…
Whistle blower Hemanth Kappanna, an Indian engineer whose research helped to expose Volkswagen’s conspiracy to lie about its diesel cars’ emissions, was fired by US “General Motors” as part of a strategic transformation. His severance package consisted of two months’ salary and a one-way ticket to India. Kappanna returned to Bengaluru as he could not…
Mitsui to invest £23m ($30m) in Grota do Cirilo, to tap into Brazil’s lithium Brazil could emerge as a major supplier for high-quality lithium – a raw material used in electric-car batteries- after Mitsui & Co, one of the world’s biggest commodity traders agreed to invest £23m ($30m) in Grota do Cirilo, a hard rock…
Tata Motors unit Jaguar Land Rover after three year court battle has won a legal case to prevent China car brand from selling a copycat vehicle. In 2016 UK-based carmaker sued Jiangling Motors Corporation for its Landwind X7 sport utility vehicle, which the company claimed bore an extremely strong resemblance to the Range Rover Evoque.…
Elon Musk, dressed all in black showed off Model Y in front of an adoring crowd of Tesla employees and customers, making an extended rendition of the electric car history before taking credit for what he claimed was its impact on the rest of the automobile industry forcing companies to secure their own futures on…
The Geneva International Motor Show, in Switzerland opens this week, at a time when manufacturers increasingly wary of spending cash on big set-piece event, as traditional motor shows seem to be in decline, with electrification the dominant theme. Mercedes and Audi who are in the process of developing whole new electric ranges will both have…
Aston Martin which has 2, 500 employees around the world, has appointed its first female president Laura Schwab in the British luxury car maker’s 105-year history on 31st August 2018. Ms Schwab, head of Aston Martin the Americas, says her promotion signals “Pivotal moment in time for women- not just the auto industry, but all…
US car sales could strink from more than 17m last year to just 11.5m by 2025, about the same level seen in 2008-09 which caused GM and Chrysler to go Bankrupt and Ford to suffer a £11.2bn ($14.6bn) loss. GM after celebrating the world’s largest carmaker for the 76th straight year in 2007 on £19.25bn…
In Bristol 170 engineers are designing the world’s most complex next generation AI computer chips the size of the postage stamp, Colossus, which boasts 1216 processors designed for artificial intelligence applications from voice recognition to self-driving cars. Colossus named after computer used by cryptographers at Bletchley Park during the second world war, was top…