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...Even after the drop, the company is still valued at $19bn, making it more valuable than Nissan, Renault or Volvo Cars....
...Last year alone Waymo struck deals to build driverless ride-hailing vehicles with Volvo, cargo vans with Fiat Chrysler, and articulated lorries with Daimler....
...Polestar, which is backed by Volvo and Geely, will list its shares through a reverse merger in the second quarter this year, while Geely is planning to float the Chinese arm of the Lotus sports car brand...
...Waymo said new funds would help to “continue advancing” what it called the “Waymo Driver”, an Android-like operating system that it seeks to deploy through partnerships including with Volvo Cars, Daimler...
...Waymo last year struck deals to build driverless ride-hailing vehicles with Volvo, cargo vans with Fiat Chrysler and semi-trucks with Daimler, to name a few....
...Volvo itself hopes to carry on advancing — it plans to launch new cars in 2022 capable of driving themselves on some highways without constant monitoring....
...The other big news was about British used car website Cazoo, which raised another £240m, meaning it has now raised a total of £450m, despite having been around for just two years....
...Waymo has since entered into deals with Jaguar — agreeing to buy up to 20,000 vehicles in 2018 — as well as Volvo, Renault and Nissan....
...Car Group president and CEO; and FT editor Roula Khalaf....
...Elsewhere in the auto sector, Volvo Cars and Geely Automobile are planning to merge in a move that would bring the Swedish company back to public markets and create China’s first global carmaker....
...FT subscribers can click here to receive tech news daily by email in the #techFT newsletter While electric car drivers may suffer from range anxiety, for online gamers the worry about their limits has always...
...Here’s UBS: While the review leaves several options open, "The Board believes that Ferguson's longterm listing location is in the USA"....
...Late on Friday the rebranded Virgin Trains USA filed preliminary documentation for an initial public offering to fund its expansion and list on Nasdaq....
...Corporate earnings and updates for Friday include Volvo, Daimler, Intercontinental Hotels, TomTom, Nomura and Renishaw....
...Volvo went the furthest, promising every single car will contain either full electric or hybrid technology from 2019....
...Santander Consumer USA, the Dallas-based subprime car-loans unit of Spain’s biggest bank, has continued to hit the brakes, cutting originations by a quarter and pumping up its reserves as it retreats from...
...The rear of her Volvo had been hit by a drunk driver and her insurer was badgering her to buy another vehicle so she could return the rental car it had given her....
...Blythe Masters has quit as chairwoman of Santander Consumer USA, the subprime car loans provider, after less than a year, in a move that adds to the uncertainty about the Spanish bank’s US operations....
...And the VW group also needs convincing strategies in hybrid and electric cars and low-cost vehicles....
...He added that Hyundai and Kia sold a large proportion of higher-value cars with bigger engines....
...“These releases of new technology are not necessarily attached to new car launches,” says Thomas Andersson, vice-president of global marketing at Volvo, the Swedish carmaker....
...In 1998, a group of truckmakers including Navistar, Renault and Volvo paid more than $1bn to resolve claims they installed defeat devices on heavy duty diesel engines....
...Volvo of Sweden is even higher, at 90 per cent. For Renault and Peugeot, the French carmakers, the figure is more than 50 per cent....
...TI – founded as Tube Investments in Birmingham in 1919 – supplies almost all the leading carmakers, from Audi to Volvo, with components including turbochargers, fuel tanks and heating systems....
...Cars have been a traditional stronghold for audio. Rdio already comes pre-installed in many Volvos, as well as in Teslas sold in Europe. It will announce new auto partners in January....
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