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Uxin agrees to divest in Boche

Uxin agrees not to engage in the salvage car auction business for a period of five years.

24 January 2020

Pursuant to the definitive agreements, Uxin will divest its salvage car auction business to Boche in exchange for an aggregate amount of $47.57 million in cash.

Volkswagen launches joint venture to improve connected car connections

VW teams with Aeris Communication to launch Ventic LLC.

24 January 2020

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Part of this new venture will also be aimed at lowering overall costs, speed up development times, and improve regular updates to existing services.

Qualcomm aims to enter into autonomous and connected car markets

Qualcomm's platforms and computer chips aim to take on NVIDIA.

24 January 2020

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The Snapdragon Digital Cockpit platform controls digital dashboard displays and rear-seat entertainment systems, and its new Cloud-to-Car platform links those systems to 4G/5G networks for over-the-air updates.

HERE adds additional public transit services to improve mobility

It aggregates public transit data by expanding more than 2800 data sources, covering 1900 cities worldwide.

24 January 2020

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HERE's Public Transit API leverages a portfolio of data from public transit authorities and external agencies, as well as HERE proprietary map content, to improve the entire door-to-door user experience.

CarMax makes a statement about why it doesn't sell Tesla vehicles anymore

In early 2019, CarMax listed 343 used Teslas for sale. By September, that number dropped to 0 for sale.

24 January 2020

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"The mix of our used vehicle inventory by make, model, and age will vary from time to time, depending on consumer preferences, seasonality and market availability. CarMax does not have any Teslas available for sale at this time."

TradePending launches car dealer merchandising platform, Superlatives

After a simple website integration, Superlatives ingests a dealer’s inventory every day.

24 January 2020

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The Superlatives product is powered by ingesting approximately 8 million vehicle listings per day, generating over 900 million unique data points across the TradePending dataset.

Automotive high-points from 2020's Consumer Electronics Show

The Ericsson team just returned from a whirlwind of exciting discussions from CES 2020 Las Vegas

24 January 2020

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Cellular communication plays an essential role for cars to be connected and share information with each other, so-called collaborative driving.

Biometrics for the auto market expected to have immense growth

Several new products, applications, and initiatives in the space have been announced and show broad interest in the market.

24 January 2020

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Hitachi, Nuance Communications, Voxx International, HID Global, Synaptics, Methode Electronics, and Voicebox Technologies are identified as market leaders

The conflict between Cabify and Auro Group to be settled in arbitration

Auro started up in 2019 as an application outside of its partner Cabify, allegedly breaching the contract they maintained.

24 January 2020

Silvia Castro Betancourt

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According to confirmed sources, both companies will go to business arbitration, with the aim of resolving all the differences they maintain with respect to the contract signed by both avoiding judicial proceedings in court.

Tesla is hiring staff for its new Chinese-based design and research facility

Tesla launches its first manufacturing unit outside of the United States in Shanghai last year

23 January 2020

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The Elon Musk-led company recently put out a notice on Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s social media platform WeChat calling for designers and other staff to join the new center and help the company make "Chinese-style" cars.