GM announced Friday it will invest $300 million into a Michigan factory to produce a new Chevrolet electric vehicle, reversing a decision to build the EV outside of the United States. The announcement comes on the heels of recent job cuts and plant closures by GM, moves that have complicated bargaining with union workers over […]
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The autonomous food-delivery space keeps getting bigger
It started with pizzas and Walmart groceries delivered in a self-driving car from Ford. Now robot-driven food is catching on with even more new companies and apps. GM’s Cruise is working with food delivery service DoorDash to bring your meal from a r…
View More The autonomous food-delivery space keeps getting biggerCruise and DoorDash to test food delivery using self-driving cars in San Francisco
Cruise is partnering with DoorDash to pilot food and grocery delivery in San Francisco using self-driving vehicles. The companies announced Thursday that the testing program will begin in early 2019 with an initial focus on the San Francisco market. “Delivery is a significant opportunity for Cruise as we prepare to commercialize our autonomous vehicle technology and […]
View More Cruise and DoorDash to test food delivery using self-driving cars in San FranciscoGM hits federal electric car sales threshold six months after Tesla
General Motors’ electric goals are catching up to Tesla.
The American car company reportedly reached 200,000 electric vehicle sales in the U.S. since it started selling the zero-emission vehicles. A company spokesperson said official numbers would be…
GM’s next electric vehicle is an e-bike
The company behind the all-electric Chevy Bolt car is releasing two electric bicycles next year.
General Motors announced Friday that its two commuter-friendly bikes will be “integrated and connected” and one will fold. The other is compact.
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GM’s Super Cruise just beat out Tesla’s Autopilot in Consumer Reports ranking
Tesla’s Autopilot is often touted as the most capable and advanced driver assistance system available on the market today. But in Consumer Reports’ view that honor actually goes to Cadillac’s Super Cruise. The consumer organization gave Super Cruise the top spot in its first-ever ranking of partially automated driving systems because it is the best striking […]
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Cruise Automation wants to build the ultimate autonomous car.
The company, led by Kyle Vogt, the cofounder of the livestreaming platform Twitch, might be tootling its self-driving technology around San Francisco in camera-and-sensor-loaded Chevy Bolt…
GM launches a peer-to-peer car sharing service
General Motors is launching a new service in Chicago, Detroit and Ann Arbor, Michigan that will let owners rent out their personal GM-branded vehicles through its Maven car-sharing platform. The peer-to-peer car rental service, similar to how Turo and Getaround works, is a departure from Maven’s existing business model. This isn’t the first time Maven […]
View More GM launches a peer-to-peer car sharing serviceUpstarts emerge to chase Tesla’s lead in electric vehicles
A slew of well-funded new entrants backed by massive amounts of capital are chasing Tesla’s lead in an effort to power the next generation of the electric vehicle industry. Electric vehicle startups have raised more than $2 billion in the U.S. over the first months of 2018 alone, a huge increase over the $650 million […]
View More Upstarts emerge to chase Tesla’s lead in electric vehiclesHere’s the aspect of self-driving car testing that’s not dominated by Apple or Google
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Last week, Apple’s secretive, self-driving car project got some attention for adding more cars approved for testing in California.
But despite the company’s big name and the heightened curiosity over the iPhone-maker’s foray into autonomous vehicles, the winner here is not the company you’d expect.
We looked at the past few months of reports from the California DMV’s self-driving permit program to see which of the 50-plus (and growing) companies involved are stepping up its testing. Only two companies — Waymo, the self-driving car program from Google, and one other that has not been publicly revealed at this time — have applied for permits for the state’s truly driverless testing program, which would allow for an empty vehicle. Read more…
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View More Here’s the aspect of self-driving car testing that’s not dominated by Apple or GoogleNew charging network encourages Uber and Lyft drivers to go electric
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A new dedicated charging network from the company EVgo hopes to reduce charging stress for ride-hailing and gig economy drivers in rented electric vehicles.
General Motors’ Maven car-share service rents electric Bolts to drivers on apps like Uber and Lyft. Drivers using the Maven service will get access to the new charging network — it’s just for drivers on the program. The rest of the EV driving public can’t use these stations.
EVgo, a nationwide charging network with 1,000 fast chargers across the country, is building out fast charging stations where Maven, a service that rents out cars from its fleet of GM vehicles, is already active. The dedicated charging stations will first open in San Francisco later this year and then expand into other cities, like Boston, Los Angeles, and San Diego with a couple hundred stations sprinkled throughout those areas. Read more…
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View More New charging network encourages Uber and Lyft drivers to go electricCadillac brings Spotify integration to select models
Spotify has been working with Cadillac to integrate the streaming music into the in-dash entertainment system for new and recent models. The app actually started as a quiet roll-out for some car owners earlier this year, accessible through the company’s in-car app store. The app will be available on all new Cadillac models, along with […]
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