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ArticleMitsubishi Electric, FAW unit to set up Chinese car multimedia JV
Mitsubishi Electric conducts tests in an electromagnetic anechoic sound chamber (Photo: Mitsubishi Electric)Mitsubishi Electric Corporation said it plans to grow its Chinese automotive multimedia business by establishing a joint venture with QiMing Information Technology Co, a subsidiary of carmaker FAW.The two companies, which have worked together since 2004, agreed to ...
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ArticleA Mercedes hybrid for the pope - Wirtschaftswoche
In 2008, this popemobile was based on the Mercedes G-Class (Photo: Daimler)Pope Benedict iwill take delivery of a new hybrid Mercedes "popemobile" when he visits Germany in late September, according to a report in Germany's Wirtschaftswoche magazine.The new papal transportation is currently being manufactured at a Daimler plant in Sindelfingen, ...
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ArticleGM invests in Proterra electric bus maker
Proterra’s battery-electric bus can recharge in 10 minutes (Photo: Proterra)General Motors is investing 6 million dlrs in Proterra, a maker of zero-emission commercial transit buses.The investment comes from funds the automaker has earmarked to identify and help develop innovative new transportation technologies.GM said its GM Ventures division is part of ...
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ArticleBrussels endorses Better Place-led transport project
Better Place already operates several battery recharging points in Denmark (Photo: Better Place)The European Commission has endorsed an E-mobility project that aims to establish a Europe-wide infrastructure for electric vehicles.The project, called "Greening European Transportation Infrastructure for Electric Vehicles" is led by EV infrastructure specialist Better Place. A coalition of ...
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ArticleUS PlayStation now features a virtual Ford showroom
Ford’s showroom on PlayStation is designed to educate and entertain (Photo: Ford)Ford, claiming a first, has built a virtual showroom for users of Sony's Playstation videogame console.The US carmaker said North American PlayStation users can now visit the showroom and virtually inspect the Ford Fiesta and Ford Edge models."The Ford ...
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ArticleMore cyber attacks in Germany, govt agency warns
BSI President Lange told reporters while presenting his 2011 report that cyber security problems are growing in Germany (Photo: BSI)A government agency that monitors dangers to IT users painted a dismal picture of IT security in Germany, saying cyber attacks are on the rise and many of them are becoming ...
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ArticleGarmin agrees to buy Navigon
Garmin, which manufactures navigation, communication and information devices and applications, wants to grow its automotive business (Photo: Garmin)Garmin said it aims to expand its automotive business by acquiring navigation specialist Navigon.The Swiss maker of in-vehicle infotainment, navigation and telematics systems, said the two companies' product portfolios complement each other, which ...
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ArticleIBM study: Automotive CIOs put more focus on Cloud
Automotive CIOs are putting a heavier focus on Cloud computing than their colleaques in other industries, according to an IBM study.The software and IT services group conducted 3,018 interviews with CIOs for its 2011 Global Chief Information Officer Study. Out of the total, 146 were CIOs in the auto industry.While ...
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ArticleGlobal IT market set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012
Global IT demand continues to rise despite the Japanese earthquake and weak consumer spending in some European countries (Photo: Infineon)The global IT market is set to top 1 trillion euros in 2012, according to the European Information Technology Observatory (EITO).The IT researchers expect the market to grow 4.3 pc to ...
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ArticleSemiconductors in cars seen rising 15%
With the growing importance of automotive electronics, semiconductor content in the car is set to rise 15 pc in 2011, according to IC Insights.The Arizona-based research firm predicts that average semiconductor content per car is going up to 350 dlrs this year from 305 dlrs in 2010. By 2014, the ...
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ArticleRenault-Nissan to open Silicon Valley research office
The fully electric Nissan Leaf is the first of many EVs Nissan and its partner Renault plan to market (Photo: Nissan)The Renault-Nissan alliance is opening a research office in Silicon Valley to make sure it is in touch with automotive IT and other mobility-related research carried out there.The two companies, ...
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ArticleVDI/VW electronic safety conference - Berlin
Germany's industry federation, the VDI, and carmaker Volkswagen are jointly organizing a conference to look at the safety of electronic vehicle systems.The "Automotive Security" conference will take place in Berlin Oct 11 and 12.Presenters will not only focus on functional security of electronic systems, but will also look at the ...
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ArticleVW starts 2nd phase of EV tests in Berlin
At a ceremony in Berlin, government and private-sector representatives received the keys to several electric Golfs (Photo: VW)Volkswagen has delivered a second batch of electrically propelled Golf blue-e-motion cars to test customers as it gets ready to start selling electric vehicles.The automaker now has a test fleet of 80 electric ...
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ArticleVDA quality management - Berlin
Germany's auto industry association, the VDA, is organizing a new event focusedon automotive electronics in Berlin, July 5-6.The two-day conference, titled the International Conference on Quality Management for Automotive Electronics, will focus on quality management of modern car electronics. Presentations and discussions will deal with new regulations on functional safety ...
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ArticleMontaVista, Rightware to build in-car infotainment using embedded Linux
Montavista wants to adapt its consumer-electronics and mobile expertise to the car (Photo: MontaVista)MontaVista and Finland's Rightware Oy are developing a GENIVI-compliant in-car infotainment platform that uses the Linux operating system.The two companies said in a press release that the product uses Rightware's 3d user interface product, which is called ...
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ArticleVolvo turns attention to collisions with animals
Volvo’s new technology is a further development of pedestrian-detection already available (Photo: Volvo)Volvo has developed a safety system that helps avoid collisions with animals.In Sweden, where the carmaker is headquartered, there were 47,000 road accidents involving wild animals, according to the Swedish Advisory Council on Accidents Involving Wild Animals. And ...
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ArticleFord plans more N. American EVs; C-MAX will be hybrid-only
From 2012, Ford will sell the C-MAX in North America, but only as a hybrid (Photo: Ford)Ford is getting serious with its plans for electric vehicles.The U.S. carmaker announced Thursday it is tripling its production capacity of electric vehicles in North America by 2013. And it will bring to North ...
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ArticleSurvey: Germans want EV incentives
Germans want a cash incentive to buy an electric vehicleBuyers want a cash incentive if they are to buy electric vehicles, according to a survey of 1,116 car drivers conducted in May.The survey, which was carried out by German used-car portal Autoscout24, showed that Germans wouldn't buy an electric vehicle ...
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ArticleNew App keeps Volvo driver in touch with his car
Volvo has launched a new App that lets a driver stay connected to his car even when he is not driving it.The Swedish carmaker said the new App, which is a development of the existing Volvo On Call App, features a car locator, remote door lock and heater starter, access ...
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ArticleBosch's Bohr: Autonomous driving in 20 years
Bosch and Samsung SDI started production of a lithium-ion battery in their SB LiMotive JV in late 2010 (Photo: Bosch)With in-car assistance systems gaining in sophistication, the day is coming that drivers are no longer in charge of their car."Over the next 20 years, technical advances will lead to autonomous ...
