Volkswagen AG (OTCMKTS: VLKAF) And Argo AI To Make Electric Robotaxi Vans Presentations In The German Test Fleet

Gabane police post gets two new vehicles

Botswana: The rising crime in Gabane and surrounding areas has prompted the Botswana Police Service (BPS) to respond to the situation by issuing two new vehicles to Gabane Police Post.

KFS launches eight utility vehicles to augment forest Protection

Kenya: The Principal Secretary of the State Department of Forestry, Ephantus Kimotho, has urged Kenya Forest Service to lay focus on resource mobilization and stakeholder engagement as a key strategic objective in the growth of the capacity of the Service to implement the 30 percent tree cover target by 2032.

Homa-Bay county schools to compete in tree growing

Kenya: The Governor of Homa-Bay County, Gladys Wanga, has launched a school tree growing competition that will involve all schools in the county in a bid to increase the country's forest cover from the current 3% to 30%.

PR Event in Ebène Cybercity for Flyover Ebène Project

Mauritius: A Public Relations exercise with tenants and stakeholders of Ebène Cybercity in view of the construction of the new interchange along the M3-A14 corridor (Flyover Ebène project) was held on Tuesday, 21 March 2023, at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tower in Ebène.

Ford Motor (NYSE: F) and Volkswagen AG (OTCMKTS: VLKAF) have over the years offered their support to the autonomous driving startup called Argo AI, and their efforts seem to be paying off quite well. Reports indicate that the startup is already developing VW modified electric vans to provide commercial robotaxi services in Germany. The European transport service MOIA will be the one running most of the operations.

The test
The IAA Motor and Mobility Show in Munich will take place soon. This show will provide an ideal platform for testing the BUZZ vans in the test fleet lineup. Volkswagen intends to use the R&D facilities in testing the battery-powered vehicles. It reveals how the vehicles are fitted with Argo’s laser lidar sensors, AI-enabled software, cameras, and radar. It will also use the Argo test track near Munich.

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The two hope to achieve quite a lot over the next four years. For example, they hope to start serving passengers through MOIA’s ride-sharing platform. The platform in question is in Hamburg.

Salesky speaks out
The founder and CEO of Argo Bryan Salesky opines, “Building on our five years of development and lessons learned from our operations in large and complex cities across the United States, we are excited to begin testing the streets of Munich soon for the launch of the commercial ride-sharing service. stand-alone with MOIA. ”

Salesky discloses Argo’s plan to boost its funding, outlining that one of the ways will be through a stock market listing. He applauds the startup for its tremendous success over the years, part of that being topping the list of the best-funded self-driving companies. For example, it managed to get $ 2.6 billion from Volkswagen and Ford.

MOIA has also achieved massive growth, and it currently sticks out as the biggest MOIA across Europe. Analysts project Hamburg will become the first city to serve customers with an autonomous carpooling service that guarantees them identity documents.

Gabane police post gets two new vehicles

Botswana: The rising crime in Gabane and surrounding areas has prompted the Botswana Police Service (BPS) to respond to the situation by issuing two new vehicles to Gabane Police Post.

KFS launches eight utility vehicles to augment forest Protection

Kenya: The Principal Secretary of the State Department of Forestry, Ephantus Kimotho, has urged Kenya Forest Service to lay focus on resource mobilization and stakeholder engagement as a key strategic objective in the growth of the capacity of the Service to implement the 30 percent tree cover target by 2032.

Homa-Bay county schools to compete in tree growing

Kenya: The Governor of Homa-Bay County, Gladys Wanga, has launched a school tree growing competition that will involve all schools in the county in a bid to increase the country's forest cover from the current 3% to 30%.

PR Event in Ebène Cybercity for Flyover Ebène Project

Mauritius: A Public Relations exercise with tenants and stakeholders of Ebène Cybercity in view of the construction of the new interchange along the M3-A14 corridor (Flyover Ebène project) was held on Tuesday, 21 March 2023, at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tower in Ebène.

Mauritius Qualifications Authority renews RPL Support Scheme

Mauritius: The Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Support Scheme, a process to officially recognise and validate competencies gained outside the formal education and training system for the purpose of certification, was renewed yesterday, between the Human Resource Development Council (HRDC) and the Mauritius Qualifications Authority (MQA), during a ceremony held at the Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee Tower, in Ebène. The event was followed by a workshop on Portfolio Development for 100 new potential candidates.

Dominica: PM Roosevelt Skerrit welcomes Mexican delegation AMEXCID

Dominica: Dr Roosevelt Skerrit, the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Dominica, received a group from the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation (AMEXCID) led by its Executive Director, Dr Laura Elena Carrillo Cubillas, and extended a warm welcome on March 23, 2022.