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Audi leads $28M Series C round in Silvercar; developing Audi Shared Fleet

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Silvercar , a new car rental company which only offers silver Audis, announced its largest capital raise to date with a $28-million Series C equity issuance led by Audi. Silvercar also received funding from Series B investors including Austin Ventures and Eduardo Saverin, co-founder of Facebook.

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Audi of America to pilot shared fleet service in North Carolina before 2017 debut

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Audi of America is piloting the new service “Audi shared fleet” at a technology incubator in Durham, North Carolina ahead of a national rollout of the corporate car-sharing service in 2017. The test fleet will be housed at American Underground, a 115,000 square-foot technology incubator created on the former American Tobacco Co.

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Audi’s Autonomous Intelligent Driving teams up with Luminar for advanced LiDAR

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Autonomous Intelligent Driving GmbH , a a wholly owned subsidiary of Audi AG and the center of excellence for urban autonomous driving in the Volkswagen Group— announced a partnership with Luminar Technologies Inc. —Luminar founder and chief executive officer, Austin Russell. to deploy its LiDAR technology.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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We’ve Entered the Age of Shared Mobility This article may contain affiliate links Car sharing has changed dramatically since C lean Fleet Report first reported on it almost two decades ago. Zipcar offers more than 60 different makes and models of vehicles, including Audis, BMWs, Mini Coopers, pickup trucks, Prius hybrids and more.

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Update: Top 10 Electric Cars

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Audi E-tron 5,612. Bolstered by production in China for that key market, soon to be augmented by new plants in Austin, Texas, and Germany, Tesla does not appear to be looking back, but if it did would continue to see other automakers in its rearview mirror. Tesla Model 3 80,681. Chevrolet Bolt 22,799. Ford Mustang Mach-E 15,938.