Groupe Renault will unveil a range of innovative technology-meets-transportation projects at CES this week – including the world’s first open-source mass market vehicle. Through its strategic technology partners – OSVehicle, ARM, Pilot and Sensoria – Renault is exploring the changing face of the automotive industry through early hardware and software modification, the addition of new, [...]

Ford and Toyota are heading a consortium of automakers set up to prevent Apple and Google controlling how drivers connect smartphones to their cars. Ford and Toyota are joined by Fuji Heavy Industries, Mazda, PSA Group and Suzuki in the SmartDeviceLink Consortium, a not-for-profit group set up to promote more choice in how smartphones get [...]

Hyundai Motor has unveiled its ‘Mobility Vision’ concept which will connect autonomous cars to living and working environments. The company claims its Smart House technology will blur the line between mobility and living and working space, integrating the car into the daily lives of users. Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2017 in Las [...]

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 [...]