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Cisco Just Bought This Hot Startup For Over $1 Billion
Cisco's made its first acquisition in 2016, and it was a big one. The networking titan said on Wednesday that it had bought a Silicon Valley startup called Jasper Technologies for $1.4 billion. Jasper...
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Watch Nissan’s New Self-Driving Office Chair In Action
Never push your chair in again. That’s the promise of a new robotic "self-driving" chair from Nissan. The seat that parks itself works a little like clap-on-clap-off lights: Clap once, and an entire...
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This Startup Is the Latest to Enter the Self-Driving Race
Zoox, a startup with aspirations for an Uber-like service, has received a permit from California to begin testing self-driving vehicles on the state’s public roads. The company will become the 12th to...
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Toyota and Nissan Are Teaming Up on Intelligent Maps
Japan’s government and auto giants Toyota and Nissan will join in an effort to develop intelligent maps by 2018, the Nikkei daily said, as competition heats up to improve the technology key for...
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Electric Car Maker Fisker Has a New Name
Fisker Automotive, the failed and relaunched luxury electric car startup, has renamed itself and the electric car it plans to sell later this year. The company is now called Karma Automotive, a nod to...
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French Power Company Takes Control of Silicon Valley Battery Startup
French energy giant Engie has bought an 80% stake in Green Charge Networks, a California-based startup that sells battery systems and software that help building owners store and manage energy. Engie...
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Nissan May Offer Self-Driving Cars That Work on Highways
Infiniti, the luxury division of Japanese carmaker Nissan nsany , is considering rolling out highway self-driving capabilities for most new models, its president said on Tuesday, potentially overtaking...
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Nissan Will Develop an Ethanol-Based Fuel Cell Technology
Nissan Motor nsany said on Tuesday it was developing fuel cell vehicle (FCV) technology using ethanol as a hydrogen source in what would be an industry first, and planned to commercialize its system in...
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Nissan ProPilot Lets Its Minivans Take Over Some of the Driving
Nissan’s new Serena minivan will come equipped with semi-autonomous driving technology when it hits the Japanese market next month, as the automaker pushes to introduce cars by 2020 that are capable of...
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Ford and Nissan Explain the Challenges of Making Self-Driving Cars
In the future, self-driving cars approaching busy distracted pedestrians crossing the street will stop, flash lights, and show digital messages on their windshields that tell that it’s safe to walk in...
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GM Just Sold Its 100,000th Chevy Volt
General Motors announced this week that it has sold 100,000 of its plug-in electric cars, the Chevrolet Volt. The number is an important milestone for one of the first mainstream electric cars to hit...
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Nissan In Talks With Panasonic, Others to Sell Battery Operations
Nissan Motor Co is in talks with Panasonic Corp and overseas companies, including Chinese firms, over the possible sale of its controlling stake in a car battery manufacturing venture, sources said....
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Nissan Revolution: Could New Gas Engine Make Diesel Obsolete?
Japanese automaker Nissan Motor Co has come up with a new type of gasoline engine it says may make some of today’s advanced diesel engines obsolete. The new engine uses variable compression technology,...
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Why Tesla’s New Battery Pack Is Important
Tesla Motors announced a breakthrough on Tuesday that was the stuff of energy nerds: a new battery pack for its performance cars that packed more energy into it. The not-so-geeky result of that new 100...
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The Big Potential of Used Electric Car Batteries
Almost a third of electric car batteries are expected be reused by 2025, providing important applications for the power grid and buildings, according to a new report from Bloomberg New Energy Finance....
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Uber Taps Nissan, BYD to Bring Electric Vehicles to London Drivers
Ride-hailing company Uber has partnered with Nissan and Chinese automaker BYD, to give drivers easier access to all-electric vehicles in London. The program will start with 50 electric vehicles and...
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Renault and Nissan Just Bought This French Tech Firm to Develop Mobility Apps
Renault and Nissan Motor announced on Tuesday they would buy French software development company Sylpheo as they compete with global automakers and tech firms to develop new services including ride...
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Nissan’s Carlos Ghosn Said to Be Named Mitsubishi Motors Chairman
Nissan Motor nsany plans to appoint Chief Executive Carlos Ghosn as chairman of Mitsubishi Motors mmtof when Nissan takes a controlling stake in the smaller automaker struggling to recover from a...
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Nissan Completes Takeover of Mitsubishi Motors, Keeping Its Embattled Chief
Nissan Motor said on Thursday it had completed a deal to take a controlling stake in Mitsubishi Motors, and would be retaining the embattled automaker’s chief executive to ensure its recovery from a...
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Nissan Will Decide Next Month Whether to Build Its Qashqai SUV in Britain
Nissan Motor will make a decision next month on whether to produce the next Qashqai SUV model at its Sunderland plant in Britain following the country’s decision to leave the European Union, Chief...
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