In recent years, the government has been very vocal about its stance to boost the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) in Singapore. In last year’s Budget speech delivered in February, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat gave the clearest indication of the government’s commitment towards EVs. He said that the …
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Photo by TierneyMJ / Shutterstock.com Tesla is the brand of car that owners love the most, according to a Consumer Reports survey. Consumer Reports asked owners whether they would buy same car again if they had the chance. The publication based its results on surveys that included 369,000 vehicles from …
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How open banking is driving huge innovation Learn how fintechs and forward-thinking FIs are accelerating personalized financial products through data-rich APIs. Register Now Self-driving car startup Pony.ai today announced that it raised $ 100 million in an extension of its series C round. The funds bring the company’s total raised …
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New car-sharing service Shariot was launched last October, with an aim to provide affordable car-sharing services for Singaporeans. It targets local heartlanders, offering short-term vehicle rentals from as low as S$ 1 per hour. “We understand that owning a car in Singapore is a luxury that comes with long-term commitments,” …
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Transform 2021 Join us for the world’s leading event about accelerating enterprise transformation with AI and Data, for enterprise technology decision-makers, presented by the #1 publisher in AI and Data Learn More WeRide, a Guangzhou, China-based startup developing autonomous vehicle systems, this evening announced that it raised a total of …
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Hours after announcing that it acquired self-driving truck startup Ike, Nuro revealed it’s the first company to receive permission from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to charge a fee and receive compensation for its driverless delivery service. Unlike the autonomous testing licenses the California DMV previously granted to …
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Amazon today announced it has agreed to acquire Zoox, a startup developing autonomous vehicle systems principally for ride-hailing applications. Neither company disclosed the terms of the deal, but according to The Information and the Financial Times, the purchase price is in excess of $ 1.2 billion. It’s Amazon’s biggest bet …
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Last month’s cancellation of the mobile industry trade show MWC 2020 deprived European carriers of the opportunity to show their latest 5G innovations to a global audience, but Finland’s Elisa — one of the world’s earliest 5G carriers — has opened a 5G Showroom in Helsinki to preview next-generation cellular …
Read More »Photo by kurhan / Shutterstock.com If you want to keep your car insurance costs low, look past the sedans, SUVs and trucks at the dealership. And instead, say hello to those little-loved vans. As it turns out, vans are the cheapest type of vehicles to insure, according to the “2020 …
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