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XPeng Q2 Revenues Top Expectations Amid Strong Deliveries Momentum; Issues Robust Q3 Outlook
Thursday, August 26, 2021 - 7:17am | 758Chinese EV manufacturer XPeng, Inc. (NYSE: XPEV) reported Thursday ahead of the market open second-quarter revenues that exceeded expectations and improved margin. The loss per share, however, was wider than the consensus estimate. Reflecting strong momentum, the company guided to above-consensus...
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Huawei Targets Over $1B On Self-Driving, EV Technologies R&D, Amid Claims Of Beating Tesla: Bloomberg
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 12:15pm | 717The Chinese telecom company, Huawei Technologies Co, aims to invest over $1 billion on researching autonomous-driving and electric-car technologies, intensifying competition with Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA), Xiaomi Corp (OTC: XIACF) (OTC: XIACY), NIO Inc...
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Velodyne, Ansys Partner For Autonomous Vehicle Safety Transformation
Monday, April 12, 2021 - 10:49am | 255Velodyne Lidar Inc (NASDAQ: VLDR) and Ansys Inc (NASDAQ: ANSS) are developing cutting-edge software models of automotive lidar sensors for better hazard identification abilities for highly progressive automotive vehicles (AVs). The partnership will incorporate...
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Volkswagen Extends Partnership With Microsoft To Boost Cloud-Based Automated Driving Platform
Thursday, February 11, 2021 - 7:30am | 216Volkswagen AG’s (OTC: VLKAF) software company Car.Software Organisation extends partnership with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) to create a cloud-based Automated Driving Platform (ADP) on Microsoft Azure towards heightened advanced driver assistance...
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Baidu Enters The EV Fray As It Plans $3.5B Secondary Hong Kong Listing: Reports
Friday, January 8, 2021 - 6:48am | 713Baidu Inc (NASDAQ:BIDU) becomes the latest tech giant entrant in the lucrative self-driving electric vehicle market. Reuters reported that Baidu has tied-up with Chinese automaker Geely Automobile Holdings Ltd (OTC: GELYF) to create a standalone EV company. Baidu is also looking to...
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Suspension Defects Force Tesla To Recall 30K Imported Units In China: Bloomberg
Friday, October 23, 2020 - 6:00am | 632Tesla Inc (NASDAQ: TSLA) has recalled 30,000 units of Model X and Model S vehicles in China owing to faulty suspensions, Bloomberg reported on Friday. This comes a day after the electric vehicle marker reported a profitable quarter. What Happened: Reportedly, there...
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Volvo Group Names Lead For New Autonomous Unit
Friday, December 20, 2019 - 1:39pm | 352Volvo Group has named a financial services executive to lead its new autonomous solutions unit. Nils Jaeger will oversee Volvo's efforts in autonomous and connected vehicles, including the driverless Vera port vehicle, autonomous agricultural applications in Brazil and automated mining operations...
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Uber's 'Inadequate Safety Culture' Contributed To Fatal Crash
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 - 9:57am | 824The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has recommended that Uber Technologies Inc. (NYSE: UBER) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) require more oversight of automated vehicle (AV) testing procedures in the wake of a deadly crash involving a self-driving...
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Google Green Lights Its Self-Driving Vehicle Prototypes
Friday, May 15, 2015 - 10:25am | 289Google Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) announced in a blog post on Friday that its prototype self-driving vehicle will begin hitting the road (with safety drivers aboard) in Mountain View, California. The cars will be equipped with a removable steering wheel, accelerator pedal and brake pedal...
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Barclays: General Motors 'Ain't Got No Respect'
Thursday, January 15, 2015 - 10:43am | 229Brian Johnson of Barclays on Thursday commented that General Motors Company (NYSE: GM) “ain't got no respect” and that shares of General Motors has been among the most “surprising” reaction among companies present at Detroit's North American International Auto Show...