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Autotrader begins new marketing campaign positioned around good car advice

22 February 2019

Dan Pugh, Marketing Director at Autotrader, added: “Autotrader is here to challenge the established and traditional ways of buying and selling cars. This creative allows us to achieve that by establishing the Autotrader tone of voice with some cheeky and intelligent executions.”

Lime starts their new LimePod car-sharing service in Seattle

22 February 2019

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Lime will compete against two other car-sharing services from ReachNow and car2go that already have a combined 1,500 cars available to rent in Seattle.

Autonomous trucking company TuSimple fund raises $95 million

22 February 2019

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The company is working with U.S. truck manufacturer Peterbilt, outfitting semi-trucks with cameras, lidar, and radar for autonomous driving. TuSimple was founded in 2015 with the goal of bringing level-4 autonomous driving technology to the trucking industry.

Mexican taxi drivers to protest against digital platforms

22 February 2019

Silvia Castro Betancourt

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The protesters want the federal government to regulate the service provided by digital platforms in the entities, considering that they are outside the law and do not submit to a concession.

Uber launches a web-based platform for self-driving vehicle data

21 February 2019

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Uber recently made an open source contribution to the budding AV dev tool ecosystem: Autonomous Visualization System, a standalone web-based technology it describes as “a new way” to understand and share autonomous systems data.

SpinCar hires two new executives to continue pushing growth

21 February 2019

Michael Hunt

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“Sasa and John bring years of experience and deep functional expertise to our executive team as we scale the organization and navigate the next phase of our evolution." said Devin Daly, SpinCar Co-founder and CEO.

LotBlok creating a blockchain-based car liquidation app

21 February 2019

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LotBlok and WeBuyYourCar have announced their partnership after the highly successful launch of their car buying service in California. LotBlok will continue to build out US Operations while German-owned WeBuyYourCar will expand European Operations.

Cox Automotive finds that better dealer pricing improves digital retail

20 February 2019

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Utilizing a methodology developed by CAR&I, this new whitepaper analyzes the accuracy of the data used to calculate pricing and payment information presented through DSP tools.

Amazon led $700M funding round in electric car maker Rivian

20 February 2019

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Rivian will remain an independent company and that the investment round, which is Rivian’s largest to date, will continue, including participation from existing shareholders, presumably ALJ and Sumitomo.

Vulog updates platform, hopes to change how car-sharing works

20 February 2019

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The upgrade will allow users to access vehicles instantly anywhere within a large area and provide the convenience of scheduled bookings, where vehicles can be reserved for a specific time at a location selected by the user.