[ad_1] For this concept, VW selected a T1 Samba Bus, produced in Hannover, Germany, that spent half a century cruising around California. VW replaced the original 32 kW four-cylinder boxer engine with VW’s modern 61 kW electric motor. The fully electric e-BULLI offers more than twice the torque and has a top speed of 130 […]
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Google Maps can predict how crowded your train or bus will be
[ad_1] Starting today, the feature will be available in 18 towns and cities in the UK: Birmingham, Brighton, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Crawley, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Newcastle, Nottingham, Oxford, Reading, Sheffield and Southampton. Google plans to roll out the predictions to almost 200 cities worldwide on Android and iOS. Meanwhile, Google Maps will […]
Volvo’s self-driving buses and trucks will run on NVIDIA tech
[ad_1] Work will start “immediately,” Volvo said. Staff from Volvo and NVIDIA will even share workspace at their respective headquarters in Gothenburg and Santa Clara. There’s no timetable for when you can expect to see the first fruits of the partnership on a road near you. To some degree, this is about fast-tracking Volvo’s work […]
Uber adds London’s public transportation info to its app
[ad_1] At the same time, Uber is planning to bring its electric JUMP bicycles to cities across Europe. As we saw in San Francisco, the bike service can cut into car rides. But Uber doesn’t seem concerned that the added transport options will deter ridesharing customers. “This is central to Uber’s efforts to reduce private […]