The week’s information agenda has been fully dominated by the worldwide unfold of coronavirus and its impacts in any respect ranges of society. As a world business, automotive occasions, factories and extra have been severely impacted.
Because of this, we’ve drawn up an inventory of automotive-related disruption that we’ll be updating as occasions unfold.
We even have a column that appears on the longer-term affect of coronavirus on the business. Might or not it’s extra disruptive than CASE applied sciences? Learn extra right here.
Right here’s a few different non-Covid-19 tales that caught our eye this week:
Chinese language self-driving startup Neolix sees enhance in demand
Sure, it’s a coronavirus story, however the important uptick in demand for Chinese language agency Neolix’s self-driving autos shines an fascinating mild on some great benefits of autonomy in a time of problem.
Neolix is predicated in Beijing, and has seen orders for 200 of its Stage 4-capable supply autos come up to now two months, in response to a Bloomberg report.
Its metre-wide vans are getting used to ship meals and medical provides, and to assist disinfect streets in Wuhan, when the Covid-19 outbreak started.
Might coronavirus kickstart the autonomous supply business? We will see.
Bollinger EV goes business
Along with its B1 Sport Utility Truck, and its B2 Pickup, Michigan-based Bollinger Motors has introduced its Class 3 B1 electrical car chassis aimed on the business car market.
Options of the B1 chassis embody a 120 kWh battery pack with a 180 kWh battery pack elective; all-wheel drive; a 2,268kg payload; and full energy system controls, configurable to given car software.
This section is hotting up, with Amazon’s funding in Rivian and Hyundai-Kia’s strikes to work with UK-based Arrival, so we’ll see if an OEM tie-up is forthcoming.
Tesla Gigafactory to function a rave cave?
In a post-corona world, may Tesla’s new Gigafactory exterior of Berlin be the place to go to let off steam? Elon Musk requested his to his 32.1-million followers on Twitter if ‘Tesla should have a mega rave cave under the Berlin Gigafactory?‘
A grand complete of 772,987 individuals took half, with 696,461 (90.2 p.c) delivering an unequivocal 90.2 p.c sure vote. The individuals have certainly spoken, though maybe finest wait till Covid-19 is not any extra.
