Hyundai and Uber have announced a partnership to develop air taxis for a future ride-share network. Hyundai will produce and deploy the air vehicles, and Uber will provide airspace support services, connections to ground transportation, and customer interfaces through an aerial ride share network. Jaiwon Shin, executive vice president and head of Hyundai’s Urban Air [...]

BYTON and Marubeni Corporation have announced a strategic partnership to explore opportunities for further cooperation in areas such as mobility services, energy solutions and overseas production and distribution. Dr. Daniel Kirchert, CEO of BYTON, said: “Based on our shared vision for smart cars and future mobility, we are pleased to have reached a strategic partnership [...]

Tech giant Baidu has secured 40 licenses to test driverless cars carrying passengers on designated roads on Beijing. Its self-driving cars have travelled about 1.8 million miles during tests in 23 Chinese cities to date. It has also signed a strategic partnership with Geely, and is also collaborating with Chinese state-owned car company FAW Group. [...]

Carlos Ghosn has fled Japan to Lebanon. The former boss of Nissan was under house arrest while awaiting trial on financial misconduct charges. Lebanon does not have an extradition treaty with Japan. He said: “I am now in Lebanon and will no longer be held hostage by a rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is [...]

Two young engineers from New Zealand have arrived in England to begin an internship established in honour of McLaren’s Kiwi founder, Bruce McLaren. University of Auckland students Elizabeth Grant and Harvey Merton are both following in the footsteps of Bruce McLaren who arrived in England in 1958 on a scholarship before going on to establish [...]