Smart Cars

VinBus Officially Operates the First Smart Electric Bus in Vietnam

VinBus Ecology Transport Services Limited Liability Company officially opened and put into operation the first smart electric bus in Vietnam. The first electric bus lines will operate in Vinhomes Ocean Park (Gia Lam) while waiting for finishing the procedures to

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The First Electric Tuktuk for Southeast Asia

MVLLABS Pte Ltd (“MVL”) has raised US$15 million in a Series B funding round led by an existing investor, South Korea’s CENTRAL, with participation from Singapore-based TRIVE Ventures. MVL will channel these funds towards expanding its mobility offerings – beginning

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Grab and Indonesian Government Go Full Speed Ahead With Electric Vehicle Ecosystem Roadmap

Grab, I and the Indonesian government unveiled an Electric Vehicle (EV) Ecosystem Roadmap that aims to accelerate EV adoption in the country and bring about a more environmentally sustainable transport network. As part of the roadmap, Grab announced partnerships with

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Chinese Autonomous Car Startup Raises $214M in Series A Funding!

Just six months after its unprecedented Series A announcement of $112M, autonomous vehicle company Pony.ai has raised a follow-on funding round. Co-led by ClearVue Partners and Eight Roads (the proprietary investment arm of Fidelity International Limited), this continuation of funding

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Cainiao Showcases its “Future Park” Equipped With Driverless Vehicles

Cainiao Network (“Cainiao”), the logistics affiliate of Alibaba Group, today showcased New Logistics technologies at its 2018 Global Smart Logistic Summit. In addition, Cainiao unveiled plans to upgrade its global logistics network with initiatives to open five hubs around the

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‘Record-Breaking’ Pre-Orders of its Electric City Car at India Auto Expo 2018

Swedish automaker Uniti has concluded its first step in bringing its innovative city EV to Asia with a successful introduction of the Uniti One at India’s Auto Expo 2018 in New Delhi. Recognized as one of the ‘top 3 electric

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Panasonic and Trend Micro to Drive Cybersecurity for Connected Cars

Panasonic Corporation and Trend Micro Incorporated, announced a partnership to jointly develop cybersecurity solution to detect and prevent cyber-attacks against autonomous and connected cars. The partnership aims to achieve high security of autonomous and connected cars by developing a solution to

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Beijing Issues China’s First Rules on Automated Driving

Beijing authorities issued two rules on automated driving in December last year, making them the first such rules issued in the world’s largest automobile market. These new rules will apply only to road testing of automated vehicles in Beijing. Nonetheless,

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Thai Start-up ‘DRVR’ Partners with Tata Communications to Revolutionise Asia’s first Smart Fleet Network

International fleet management application provider, DRVR has selected Tata Communications as its global IoT connectivity partner to help achieve its objective of making Asia’s vehicle fleets the smartest and most cost-efficient in the world. Leveraging Tata Communications’ mobility solution– MOVE™, DRVR can convert information

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Swedish Electric Car Startup Uniti Launches Record-Breaking Equity Crowdfunding Campaign

Uniti, Sweden’s new electric car, successfully launched an equity crowdfunding campaign on their own website today. Uniti’s unique crowdfunding video takes the viewer on a tour through the company’s headquarter in the south of Sweden and sheds light on the impressive achievements

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