A bicycle-sharing start-up in China has secured $215m in a funding round, underlining the booming market for bike-sharing in the country. Founded in 2015, Mobike allows users to find, unlock and pay to rent the company’s bicycles through a smartphone app. The series D funding round was led by Tencent Holdings and Warburg Pincus LLC [...]

BMW’s alliance with Intel and Mobileye aims to put a fleet of around 40 self-driving test vehicles on the road in the second half of this year, the companies said. The premium carmaker announced its partnership with the two technology firms in July with the goal of developing the capability of introducing autonomous vehicles to [...]

Ericsson, Orange and PSA Group will work together to test 5G technology for connected vehicles. The ‘Towards 5G’ connected car initiative is an important opportunity for the three partners to combine their expertise in connected vehicles to meet the challenges of new mobility services and of the Internet of Things (IoT). Towards 5G is technically [...]

SEAT’s Apprenticeship School is celebrating its 60th birthday this year. Opened in 1957, it’s trained more than 2,600 students for careers in the automotive industry in that time. It says the high technical level of the facilities and instructors together with on the job training in a real-life environment, are what drive its success, while [...]

Faraday Future has unveiled a self-driving electric car which it claims can outperform any other EV in production. It says its FF91, which is expected to be released next year, can accelerate from 0 to 60mph in 2.39 seconds. The FF91 was introduced via a live demo, in which it drove itself around a car [...]