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Comment on BYD's 1st car carrier sets sail fully loaded, 7 more to join fleet in next 2 years by Phate

CN EV Post

The Chinese word is "轴带发电机", some people translate it as axle generator, some translate it as shaft generator, we re-googled it and found that shaft generator seems to be accurate. @Adam In reply to Adam.

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StreetScooter showcases all-new versions of successful WORK and WORK L electric light commercial vehicles

Green Car Congress

The results speak for themselves: optimal operational equipment for environmentally conscious fleet customers. Other standard features on the list are heated driver and passenger seats, electric adjustable heated side mirrors, an infotainment system with a Bluetooth hands-free system that uses DAB+, and Apple Car Play and Google Android Auto.

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Daimler Mobility AG & Geely Technology Group inaugurate ‘StarRides’ premium ride-hailing service in Hangzhou

Green Car Congress

The ride-hailing joint venture will begin operating in Hangzhou, a city of more than 10 million people that is home to leading Chinese companies including Geely Holding, and some of the country’s leading technology businesses. p>Customers can download the StarRides App in the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

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Plugless: first wireless charger to provide 1 million charge hours for PEVs

Green Car Congress

From 2012 to 2014 Plugless systems were rigorously testing in the field at more than a dozen “Apollo” trial partner sites – including installations at Google, Duke Energy, and Hertz. 1 st wireless EV charger installed on a production fleet of driverless shuttlebuses. 1 st production wireless charger available for purchase by EV owners.

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In the driver’s seat of driverless cars – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Baidu, China’s answer to Google, has also moved ahead on lane navigation using data from the world’s largest fleet of EVs equipped with sensory capabilities to avoid collision. Tesla may gain from these developments, but may have a fight on its hands introducing cars running on Baidu in other countries.

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Volkswagen Group launches world’s first pilot project for traffic optimization with a D-Wave quantum computer in Lisbon

Green Car Congress

The objective is to offer as many people as possible tailor-made transport possibilities and to ensure optimum utilization of the bus fleet. This algorithm calculates the fastest route for each individual bus in the fleet and optimizes it almost on a real-time basis. Volkswagen and quantum computing.

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The Tesla of vans? Renault and Volvo create Flexis to revolutionise electric light commercial vehicles

EV Central

Within the new van, Renault-Volvo bosses describe the new Flexis as a Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) with an operating system based on Google’s Android OS that allows fleet operators to integrate their own software into the van via the Google Cloud.

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