The new agreement raises questions about China
Waymo, the self-driving unit of Alphabet’s parent company Alphabet, announced that it will launch a fleet of Hyundai’s Ioniq 5 electric car by the second half of 2021. This is the first time that Waymo will be selling the car as part of its fleet. The Ioniq 5 can charge from 10% to 80% in 18 minutes, Hyundai said.
BMW has a car-wide screen and a joy brain
BMW has unveiled an electric car with a three-dimensional sculptural kidney grille that lights up as the driver approaches the vehicle. The kidney grille is a “three-dimensional sculpture with vertically aligned and backlit corridors”, BMW said. According to BMW, the rounded battery cells are 20 per cent more energy efficient than the other types of batteries.