Automotive IT News and Facts
Renault and Nissan opened a new advanced research center that will specialize in autonomous driving and connected cars. The center, which is located in California’s Silicon Valley, will focus on three initial projects: the development of autonomous vehicles, connected vehicles that can tap into infrastructure and the internet, and research in the area of human [...]
Daimler, Ford Motor and Nissan said they are planning to launch a mass-market fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) as early as 2017. The three automakers on Monday signed an agreement for the joint development of a fuel-cell system. The cooperation would speed up the introduction of the technology, significantly lower investment costs and help define global [...]
Renault is selling its remaining stake in AB Volvo and will use the proceeds to reduce debt and make investments both in France and internationally. The French carmaker said the 6.5 pc shareholding in the Swedish truck maker is being sold through a private placement in Sweden and elsewhere. The stake represents 17.2 pc of [...]
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche and his counterpart at Renault, Carlos Ghosn, will be two of the featured speakers at the 2013 CAR Symposium, which will take place in Bochum January 29 and 30, 2013. The CEOs will be joined by new Volvo Chief Hakan Samuelsson and by Elmar Degenhart, head of German automotive supplier Continental. [...]
GT Nexus will provide a cloud-based supply chain platform to Renault, as the French automaker moves to improve its international spare parts and accessory business. The US-based business software specialist said Renault has been successfully testing the system’s ability to track spare parts exports from France to major markets such as Brazil, Saudi Arabia and [...]
Renault and its local partner Dongfeng are planning to build cars in China, according to China Business News. The news report, which was cited by the semi-official China Daily newspaper, said the two firms plan to invest about 1.0 billion dlrs in a car plant in the central Chinese province of Hubei. The plant, which [...]
Renault is inaugurating a large installation of solar panels at six of its French plants, in a move designed to reduce energy costs and lower the factories’ CO2 emissions. The French automaker, which first announced the project in early 2011, said the solar-power plan for its factories is the biggest of its kind in the [...]
Global automakers will launch more than 150 new small city vehicles in the next eight years, with global mainstream car companies set to start production of 60 of them before 2018, according to a recent study by Frost & Sullivan. “Growing urbanization and changing mobility trends have triggered interest not just in fuel-efficient vehicles, but [...]
Renault will join forces with Qualcomm in a London trial of the US company’s wireless electric vehicle charging technology. The two companies said the purpose of the trial will be to see whether Qualcomm’s Halo technology is commercially viable and can be used in electric vehicles built by Renault and other carmakers. The French automotive [...]
Renault said the ZOE will be launched at the end of 2012, with first orders for the small electric car to be taken after the close of the Paris auto show in October. The French carmaker said the ZOE will be its fourth electric vehicle, joining the Fluence ZE, Kangoo ZE and Twizy in Renault’s EV [...]
