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Honda expanding engagement of startups in Detroit, Japan, China and Europe

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Honda Innovations is expanding its global open innovation program for early-stage innovators to Detroit, Japan, China, and Europe. Honda Innovations will guide other Honda operations as they establish startup liaisons globally, providing protocols and best practices to identify and engage with startups and entrepreneurs.

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Ride Vision launches AI-based collision-avoidance system for motorcycles

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Ride Vision is launching globally the first collision-avoidance technology for motorcycles, an AI-based system for motorcycle safety. This data can be exported for personal use, such as fuel-consumption calculations or even insurance-rate reduction inquiries. of the domestic GDP, each year. CEO Livia Cevolini.

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How the World Views Autonomous Vehicles

The Truth About Cars

Photo credit: Florenc.Elezi / Shutterstock.com In a recent global survey conducted by Maison Law, a personal injury law firm based in Fresno, California, the levels of trust and comfort with autonomous vehicles were explored across different countries.

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Zeekr introduced access into Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Bahrain

Baua Electric

Up to now, Zeekr has entered Eu markets in Sweden, the Netherlands, and Germany, and signed commitments with companions in Israel and Kazakhstan. Particularly, personal vehicles and trucks isolated account for greater than 25% of worldwide oil intake, in line with the Global Power Company.

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Better Place closes $200M Series C financing; valuation now $2.25B

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Better Place, a developer and provider of electric car networks—including battery switch stations, batteries and public/personal charge spots ( earlier post )—worldwide, has secured $200 million through a Series C equity financing from a consortium of top-tier investors and partners, nearly doubling the company’s valuation to $2.25

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Better Place Debuts EV Services Platform and Partners at Frankfurt Motor Show

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Better Place introduced its electric vehicle (EV) services platform at the Frankfurt Motor Show, in conjunction with Renault’s unveiling of the Fluence ZE Concept with Quickdrop (switchable) battery system and an expanded agreement with Renault, committing both companies to a volume of at least 100,000 electric cars in Israel and Denmark by 2016.

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Renault-Nissan Alliance and Electromotive to Collaborate on Charging Infrastructure

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The Alliance and Elektromotive signed a Memorandum of Understanding on studying ways to promote the use of electric vehicles and will share information on EV development and energy supply on a global scale. The Elektrobay’s socket is located under a secure, weather-proof door, accessed using a personalized key fob.