There are two new forms of transportation around downtown Indianapolis, with the possibility of more on the horizon! Bird and Lime, two companies that have launched their dockless electric scooter rental service in Indianapolis in the past few weeks, are offering Hoosiers an innovative solution to “first mile-last mile” transportation. The electric scooter trend has …
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Cummins Positioned for Growth and Leadership in New and Emerging Technologies
COLUMBUS, Ind.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Jun. 15, 2017– During a teleconference yesterday evening, Cummins Inc. (NYSE: CMI) executives shared how the Company is positioned to lead in current and future technologies, including its core business, electrification, alternative fuels and power solutions, as well as in digital capabilities, data and analytics. To hear a replay of the call: United …
Tesla Model S will get Performance-Boosting Battery
Tesla has dropped hints that it’s ready to extend the range of its electric cars (there was an allusion to a “P100D” hidden in firmware), but it now looks like that long-distance technology is getting closer to fruition. Dutch regulators have Dutch regulators have approved the100D and P100D versions of both the Model S and Model X, hinting …
GM Buys Tech Start-Up
General Motors has sent the all-electric Chevy Bolt EV to the streets of Scottsdale Arizona for trial runs. Cruise Automation, the autonomous driving systems company recently purchased by GM for $581 million, is wasting no time expanding tests of its latest self-driving car, the Chevy Bolt EV. After two short months of being brought under the …
Tesla and the $2.6 billion merger
Elon has already established Tesla as one of the leading electric car manufacturers on the market, and now they are formally extending their focus in clean energy. The company plans to merge with SolarCity that is also led by Musk in an all-stock deal that values the company at $2.6 billion. Both companies want to be …
Self-Driving Fleet to Deploy by 2022
Delphi announced today that it will be launching a fleet of self-driving cars to the Singapore Land Transport Authority along with the software for a mobility-on-demand program. This project will be part of Singapore’s initiative to advance autonomous vehicle research, which first started in 2014. Delphi will use three fixed routes for six self-driving Audi SQ5s, covering …