Airport Group del Pacífico (GAP) reduced its passenger traffic 0.2% in December compared to the same month of 2019, a comparison that removes the effect of the pandemic.
The setback is the first in the biannual comparison of the last four months, as the company had since September managed to exceed its flow of users prior to the health contingency.
In the year-on-year comparison, the company raised its traffic levels 58.8% in December due to the comparison base distorted by the fall in human mobility as of March 2020.
The driver of traffic was the national section, which last month advanced 7.1% against 2019, its second advance in the year. However, it was insufficient to offset the 8.1% drop in the flow of international users.
The highest increases in total traffic compared to the pre-pandemic level were registered in Tijuana (18.9%), Los Mochis (16.4%) and Aguascalientes (11.9%). For the full year, GAP reported a total traffic drop of 11.8% versus 2019, or an increase of 57.1% if contrasted with 2020.
Sony Group will create an automobile unit and explore entering the electric vehicle market, in another sign of how the electronics and automobile businesses overlap.
At the CES technology conference in Las Vegas, Nevada, Sony showcased a seven-seat all-wheel drive electric sports utility vehicle prototype.
Sony first showed off an electric sedan at CES two years ago, but said at the time it didn’t necessarily plan to sell a Sony-branded car.
The initial prototype served to showcase Sony’s image sensors, which can be a key part of autonomous driving systems.
The Las Vegas announcement suggested that the Japanese company plans to sell vehicles under its own brand rather than simply supplying its technology to other automakers, according to analysts.
Following with On the subject of electric cars and CES, it turns out that General Motors is aiming to introduce a “personal autonomous vehicle” by the middle of the decade, according to CEO Mary Barra.
The autonomous vehicle for personal use is being developed jointly with GM-owned Cruise, Barra said at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, in a message focusing on the twin themes of electrification and vehicle autonomy.
The GM CEO said the company’s growing portfolio of electric vehicles, including the 2023 Chevrolet Silverado pickup and BrightDrop range of commercial vehicles, features two new Chevrolet crossovers, an Equinox EV and a slightly larger Blazer EV, which will be presented in 2023.
GM’s new Ultra Cruise hands-free driving system will also debut in 2023 on another new electric vehicle, the ultra-luxury Cadillac Celestiq sedan.
The service WarnerMedia’s HBO Max streaming service gained subscribers over the holidays, defying the slowdown in growth of some rival services, thanks to a schedule that included reruns of its popular series “Sex and the City” and first-run movies such as “The Matrix Resurrections”.
HBO ended the year with 73.8 million subscribers to its streaming service and its namesake cable network, up from 69.4 million in September.
HBO Max still has a long way to go to catch up with Internet content market leader Netflix, with its 214 million subscribers, and Walt Disney’s Disney + with 118 million.
The giant e-commerce partner Amazon has agreed to provide software technologies for Stellantis’ new STLA SmartCockpit digital cockpit platform.
In fact, Stellantis will use Amazon Web Services as its main cloud service provider to build a cloud-enabled infrastructure for vehicle platforms.
Reference-www.eleconomista.com.mx