Aeva and ZF have partnered to launch the world's first Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave (FMCW) LiDAR in the automotive industry. Aeva's LiDAR FMCW-on-chip technology, a Californian company operating in next-generation sensor and sensing systems, is the first in the automotive industry to offer long-range performance and instantaneous silicon-scale speed measurements. As part of the partnership, the global component supplier ZF will industrialize this solution and introduce it into mass production in the automotive industry.

On the occasion of the first World EV Day celebrated today, LeasePlan is calling on governments around the world to act together and meet public demand for electric vehicle charging infrastructure. World EV Day is a largely social media-led global campaign to engage consumers on the sustainability benefits of electric vehicles to accelerate the transition to zero-emission mobility worldwide. LeasePlan CEO Tex Gunning said: "LeasePlan and our customers want to move to electric vehicles faster, but the lack of sufficient charging infrastructure globally is a major obstacle. Governments around the ...

Everything is ready for the Automotive Dealer Day, the European appointment dedicated to the world of car distribution organized by Quintegia, which this year as "Business Explorers" will take place in smart and completely digital format on September 16th and 17th. The aim is to take stock of the sector's scenario between epochal transformations and economic challenges by designing strategies and business opportunities, starting from networking and enhancement of the resources of the distribution chain. Electrification, used car market, digital transformation, customer journey, financial services and performance optimization are ...

For the Italian City of Verona comes the first fully electric car. On Monday afternoon BMW Italy delivered to the city administration a 1-Series 116d and an electric i3s. A real novelty this last one, useful especially for the urban movements of Mayor and Council. The two cars will remain at the disposal of the Municipality for 24 months thanks to a free loan of use activated against the sponsorship of the car manufacturer. On the side of the two vehicles has been placed the logo "BMW for the City ...

Citroën continues with the marketing of its special C-Series across the range, now also available in Italy on C3. Positioned in the middle of the market, this special edition has a precise reference to Citroën's "C", to the comfort and character of its models and is distinguished by specific colors and materials, as well as equipment at the service of the occupants' well-being. Best seller of the brand with over 750,000 customers since the end of 2016, with the special C-Series, the personality of the C3 ...

In collaboration with Metropark, a company of the Italian Ferrovie dello Stato group and thanks to the support of Enel X, Leasys has installed the first 14 22 KW charging points for electric cars in the parking lot of Torino Porta Susa station. Leasys customers will have at their disposal the reserved stalls equipped with columns to park their electric car inside the train station, every day during its opening hours, simply by reading the license plate. This initiative is only the first of a collaborative project that will see ...

With the Geländewagen project Mercedes-Benz has created a collaboration with Virgil Abloh, artistic director of the Louis Vuitton men's line and founder of Off-White to explore new ways of perceiving luxury and design. The result is a distinctive manifestation of the Mercedes G-Class (in the AMG G 63 version) never seen before: the concept is the result of a conceptual design project led by Mercedes-Benz chief design officer Gorden Wagener and Abloh himself. The car unites three worlds - fashion, art and automotive - through a design inspired by the ...

Within the next three years, the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) expects mass deployment of V2X technologies aimed at improving traffic and road safety worldwide. This vision is outlined in a new White Paper that the association has published that explores how leading automakers, mobile network operators and suppliers see the evolution of the automotive connectivity world over the next decade. With nearly 200 million vehicles already connected on the world's roads in 2020 and an increasing number of vehicles with the ability to exchange information on traffic and road ...

According to Financial Times, Nissan postponed the start of European production of its new Qashqai SUV by more than six months. The start of the assembly lines for the third generation of the compact SUV at the Sunderland factory in England should have begun in October, but will not start until at least April 2021. The delay is largely due to the Coronavirus crisis according to sources, which have reported to the British newspaper that the delay has one advantage, namely to give Nissan greater visibility on trade relations between ...

Next September 26th Peugeot will celebrate 210 years of history since its birth. The world's oldest car brand still in business will celebrate its anniversary  through a specific global communication campaign from October 1 and throughout the entire month with a social media campaign. Thirteen short movies of 30" will be unveiled, retracing some great moments in Peugeot's life, from the 205 produced from 1983 to 1998 in 5,278,050 units to the three consecutive victories (2016, 2017 and 2018) in the Dakar race with the 2008 ...