Pilot News

Williams Racing has announced its participation in this years prestigious Goodwood Festival of Speed with its F1 drivers Alex Albon and Logan Sargeant, Team Principal James Vowles, and F1 Academy starlet Lia Block forming its stellar driver line-up ....

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, General Motors and EVgo Make Convenient, Accessible Charging a Reality with Opening of First Stations in Coast-to-Coast EV Charging Network

Pilot Travel Centers LLC, General Motors (NYSE GM) and EVgo Inc. (NASDAQ EVGO) today announced the opening of the first 17 locations of their previously announced national electric vehicle fast charging network. Now available in 13 states, the network ....

Volta Trucks to partner with EAVX to provide truck bodies for Volta Zero US Pilot Fleet

Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive all-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has announced a partnership with EAVX, a business unit within J.B. Poindexter %26 Co., Inc. (JBPCO) whose business units lead North Americas ....

eFuels pilot plant in Chile officially opened

Porsche and international partners working with the Chilean operating company Highly Innovative Fuels (HIF) have started the industrial production of synthetic fuels. In the presence of Chilean Energy Minister Diego Pardow, the Haru Oni pilot plant ....

USDOT-Funded CV Pilot Concludes Its $27M Initiative

The THEA CV Pilot Demonstrates the Safety Potential of Connected Vehicles and Smart City Infrastructure as Seven Year Program Ends The Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) announces the conclusion of a %2427 million innovation project the ....

Michelin and Bamford London combine to create limited edition watch incorporating strap made from recycled Pilot Sport tyres

The global brand Michelin and the worlds ultimate hub for personalised luxury products, Bamford London, have come together to create an exclusive 133-piece limited edition watch, one for each year since Michelin was founded in 1889. The MICHELIN ....

Pilot project started: Faulty car glass to be turned into new windowpanes for the Audi Q4 e-tron

Faulty car windows often go in the recycling bin when the cracked part cannot be fixed. A closed material circuit does not yet exist for damaged car glass. This is where Audi and its partner companies Reiling Glas Recycling, Saint-Gobain Glass, and ....

Q&A with Monterey resident and Michelin Pilot Challenge driver Nick Galante

Nick Galante grew up as a snowboarder on the east coast, but he always had his eye on two things – racing and golf. Since moving across the country to the west coast in 1999, Galante has amassed multiple wins and championships in Formula cars, GT cars ....

PG&E and General Motors Collaborate on Pilot to Reimagine Use of Electric Vehicles as Backup Power Sources for Customers

Pacific Gas and Electric Company and General Motors today announced a breakthrough collaboration to pilot the use of GM electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes in PG%26Es service area. PG%26E and GM will test vehicles with cutting-edge ....

Launch of the MICHELIN Pilot Sport and MICHELIN Primacy tyres, the latest generation of summer tyres, designed to give high performance throughout their life span

The latest generation of MICHELIN summer tyres, designed to give high performance throughout their life span The MICHELIN Pilot Sport 5 tyre precision and driving pleasure for more miles (1) The MICHELIN Primacy 4 tyre ever greater safety fr ....

Goodwood is pleased to confirm that the Festival of Speed presented by Mastercard will now form part of the Events Research Programme (ERP) as a pilot event and will take place as planned from Thursday 8 - Sunday 11 July. The event is sold out ....

XPeng sets records for longest autonomous drive - Navigation Guided Pilot achieves 0.71 human driver interventions per 100 km

XPeng Inc. (XPeng or the Company, NYSE XPEV), a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle (Smart EV) company, today announced the consolidated results for its 3,000 km navigation-assisted autonomous driving expedition, Chinas longest real highway ....

Voice assistant helps getting parcels to the right recipient quickly: pilot project launched in Great Britain

To optimise the delivery of parcels and to help delivery staff with their work – that is what Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and logistics firm Hermes have undertaken to do and they are working together on this with development specialists like the ....

Pilot phase for innovative DC wallbox has started

The Volkswagen Group Components brand develops innovations for the electric mobility of today, tomorrow and beyond. One focus is on innovative charging concepts. Following flexible charging stations and mobile charging robots, the company now presents ....

Next Phase Of Thea's Connected Vehicle Pilot Brings Together Auto Manufacturers And Road Operators

Since September 2015, the Tampa Hillsborough Expressway Authority (THEA) has been working with the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) as a Connected Vehicle Pilot site. The next step in the Connected Vehicle space is to begin working ....