article thumbnail

GM trademarks Cadillac CELESTIQ trim names: Aurora, Magnetic, Mist & Vale

Teslarati

General Motors filed four trademarks with the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) for the Cadillac CELESTIQ. General Motors lists the patents as for “motor land vehicles, namely automobiles.”. General Motors invested $81 million to support the Cadillac CELESTIQ’s assembly at the plant.

article thumbnail

GM And Segway Partner on Urban Personal Mobility Electric Vehicle

Green Car Congress

General Motors Corp. and Segway are unveiling a new type of personal mobility vehicle targeted for city use. Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), GM and Segway are developing an electrically powered, two-seat prototype urban vehicle that has only two wheels. Tags: Electric (Battery) Personal Transit.

Personal 150
article thumbnail

Driving Dystopia: Automakers Are Selling Your Driving Data to Insurance Companies

The Truth About Cars

According to the report, the trip details had been provided by General Motors — the manufacturer of the Chevy Bolt. LexisNexis analyzed that driving data to create a risk score “for insurers to use as one factor of many to create more personalized insurance coverage,” according to a LexisNexis spokesman, Dean Carney.

Companies 111
article thumbnail

Your connected car may be a hi-tech spying tool for insurers

Baua Electric

The report has specifically mentioned that automakers such as General Motors share their consumers’ driving behaviour data with data collection companies like LexisNexis, which in turn sells that information to automobile insurance companies.

Connect 52
article thumbnail

Driving Dystopia: Judge Dismisses Automotive Privacy Lawsuit

The Truth About Cars

The plaintiffs represent a series of class actions suits asserting that vehicles sold by Ford, Honda, General Motors, Toyota, and Volkswagen have “recorded and intercepted [owners’] private text messages and call logs.” Image: General Motors] Become a& TTAC insider. That’s not the case today.

article thumbnail

7-state Midwest EVOLVE project to promote electric vehicles; Ford, GM, Nissan initial automotive partners

Green Car Congress

The goal of Midwest EVOLVE is to build awareness and visibility for the advantages of electric vehicles, and to help the Midwest rediscover the automobile again, this time with a plug. There’s no better way to learn about the performance and environmental advantages of electric vehicles than personal experience.

article thumbnail

GM OnStar and RelayRides introduce peer-to-peer car sharing for GM vehicles

Green Car Congress

General Motors’ OnStar subscribers can now rent out their idle vehicles through the RelayRides marketplace, leveraging OnStar connectivity already active in their vehicles ( Earlier post ), and with no need to hand over their keys. RelayRides reservation app. Click to enlarge. —Bardhi and Eckhardt.

GM 257