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...Automobiles account for most of transport’s 29 per cent share of US greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental Protection Agency....
...A court allowed Tesla to collect vehicle registration plates from the Swedish Transport Agency while a legal case is heard against the agency, but a separate local court in Sweden ruled that the carmaker...
...United Auto Workers, the 391,000 member union that represents workers at General Motors, Stellantis and Ford, elected a new president in March who has also pledged to be tougher on employers....
...Among its newer offerings are a delivery service and a cheaper ride-hailing platform aimed at younger users....
...Tech week ahead Monday: Take-Two Interactive, the games publisher behind the Grand Theft Auto series, and online news service BuzzFeed are set to report earnings after the closing bell....
...So does Musk think the stated goal he set for Tesla more than 15 years ago, to lead a transport revolution, has finally been achieved?...
...Didi was “fighting with their hands tied behind their backs”, said Tu Le, founder of Beijing-based consultancy Sino Auto Insights....
...That trend has accelerated with the Detroit Auto Show moving from January to June from this year....
...Didi is developing its driverless fleet in partnership with a group of carmakers and suppliers that it calls the Didi Auto Alliance....
...Herbert Diess, Volkswagen chief executive, sees an existential challenge to the traditional auto business from new challengers....
...AstraZeneca Plc has made a preliminary approach to rival drugmaker Gilead Sciences Inc. about a potential merger, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be the biggest health-care deal...
...“In most cities, public transport is an option. Walking is an option. There are bike sharing services. Taxi services are [developing] apps,” says Mr Chung....
...They're also likely to turn Uber into a mostly off-peak service, potentially undermining its vision of becoming a genuine substitute for personally owned vehicles or public transport....
...Instead of thinking of themselves merely as car manufacturers, they are rebranding themselves as providers of all-round transport services....
...“The Didi Auto Alliance will become a provider of integrated transportation services combining auto leasing and sales, auto finance, auto service, fleet operation and car-sharing solutions in China and beyond...
...Her death followed the murder of another woman using the service in May....
...These have included a service using three-wheeled auto-rickshaws, video entertainment systems in higher-end cars and a monthly subscription service for regular users....
...Didi said the agreement foresees the auto companies providing car-sharing services using Didi’s app-based service, as well as selling electric vehicles to private drivers and leasing firms....
...It operates in more than 110 cities versus Uber's 29, and has rolled out low-cost services such as rides in three-wheeled auto-rickshaws....
...friction out of the system and by making it much easier to summon transport services spontaneously....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on February 9 2018. ©2018 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Waymo also plans to use its autonomous cars to one day offer a consumer transportation service, which will only heighten the rivalry between the two companies....
...Prodea helps companies integrate the mass of data now available from billions of connected devices on the Internet of Things to improve services, such as smart transport systems and remote patient monitoring...
...The number of four-wheel autos is already three times the level that city transportation planners had projected for 2020 — and it is rising fast....
...What you will see is in small pockets, in isolation, these vehicles will start providing service.”...
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