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Maven Amps Up the Gig
Rachel Bhattacharya, Chief Growth Officer for Maven, General Motors car-sharing service, said in a presentation at the Center for Automotive Research’s Management Briefing Seminars a couple week back that the Chevy Bolt EVs that are in the Maven fleet—there are more than 100 available in LA now, and they’re going to double that number, and the Bolt fleet in San Francisco will also double to more than 125 by the end of 2017; there have been more than 1.4-million miles racked up in Maven Gig Bolt EVs since February—are hugely popular (do the math: a comparatively small number of cars, a comparatively large number of miles). And what is undoubtedly going to amp up the popularity is that Maven has announced that it is now offering Maven Gig vehicles in LA, as well as San Francisco and San Diego.
VW Diesel Probe in Germany Expands to 38 Suspects
Prosecutors in Germany say they had added another suspect to their criminal investigation into diesel emission cheating at Volkswagen AG.
Ram Ups Torque for 2018 Heavy-Duty Pickup
Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV says the top-rated version of its 2018 Ram 3500 Heavy Duty pickup truck with a 6.7-liter diesel inline-six engine will generate a class-leading 930 lb-ft of torque, up 30 lb-ft over the outgoing model.
Ford Denies Cheating with Mondeo Diesel
Ford Motor Co. says it is cooperating with German authorities in their investigation into the emission controls for its 2.0-liter diesel-powered Mondeo sport sedan.
Are Driver Aids Eroding Driver Skills?
Carmakers fret that the driving aids they are introducing to improve traffic safety also will make human drivers less skilled when they’re in control of their cars, Bloomberg reports.
Intel Creating 100 Level 4 Autonomous Vehicles
Intel is building a fleet of fully autonomous—as in SAE Level 4 (“Automated Driving System of all aspects of the dynamic driving task, even if a human driver does not respond appropriately to a request to intervene”)—vehicles—100 of them--that will be launched later this year for testing in the US, Israel and Europe.
Cummins Adding $234 million Diesel Tech Center in India
Diesel maker Cummins Inc. is building its second-largest technical center outside the U.S. at a 16-acre site outside Pune, India.
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Can Autonomy Help Reduce Diabetes?
Autonomous vehicles may have a future benefit that no one ever talks about: Overall health improvement for the people formerly known as “drivers.” This is a conclusion that can be drawn from a recent Gallup survey that shows that Transportation workers—as in people who drive long-haul trucks for a living (as well as bus drivers, pilots, and even ship personnel)—have a higher rate of diabetes than other major occupations.
Tesla to Test Self-Driving Platooning for Heavy Trucks
Tesla Inc. is in discussions with the states of California and Nevada about on-road testing of a long-haul truck that drives itself and follows a lead vehicle, Reuters reports.
Intel/Mobileye to Launch Fleet of Autonomous Test Vehicles
Chipmaker Intel Corp. and its new Mobileye unit plan to launch a fleet of test vehicles capable of SAE level 4 autonomous driving.