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ArticleFord improves Crew Chief fleet management system
Ford says its new Crew Chief fleet management system will allow fuel savings of up to 20% (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor has improved its U.S. Crew Chief fleet-management system by giving it direct access to proprietary Ford data contained within a vehicle's onboard computers.The U.S. car and truckmaker said Crew Chief, ...
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ArticleNew European research project aims at boosting EV efficiency
Bosch says worries over driving range are a big concern for electric vehicle buyers (Photo: Bosch)A group of automotive companies including Robert Bosch and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen hopes to find ways to expand the driving range of electric vehicles without increasing battery size.The European Union sponsored "OpEneR" project, which stands for "Optimal ...
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ArticleMaine is 33rd U.S. state to ban texting in cars
Maine Governor Paul LePage signed the anti-texting bill with several supporters in attendance (Photo: Maine govt)Maine on Friday banned texting while driving, in a move to improve safety on the roads of the northeastern U.S. state. Violators will face a 100 dlr fine."All too often we see drivers with one ...
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ArticleChina's Lenovo to buy Medion
Chinese PC maker Lenovo, continuing its global expansion, said it is buying Medion, a large German maker of personal computers and consumer electronics.Lenovo, which acquired IBM's PC business in December, 2004, said the addition of Medion will double its market share in Germany and make it the third-largest PC company ...
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ArticleFord steps up quality drive, using laser robots for inspection
Laser robots inspect the quality of a new Ford Focus built at the company’s Michigan Assembly plant (Photo: Ford)Ford hopes to boost quality through a major investment in robots that can check for problems using laser technology.The U.S. based carmaker said it is investing $100 million globally to install laser ...
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ArticleSolar power at Renault plants to make big cut in CO2 emissions
Solar panels will cover roofs and some parking lots at Renault’s French plantsRenault is putting solar panels on several of its French car plants in a move aimed at lowering conventional power consumption and cutting CO2 emissions by 30,000 tons a year.The French carmaker said it has begun a program ...
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ArticleBMW Financial Services interview: IT as a success factor
Ebner von Eschenbach: IT helped BMW Japan cope with the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunamiBMW Financial Services depends for all its IT needs on the group's internal service division. IT at BMW is run by Karl-Erich Probst, CIO, while financial services at the German premium carmaker is headed ...
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ArticleFrom Munich, a better and cheaper virtual reality technology
Researchers can get into the FRAVE for a total-immersion experience (Photo: TUM)Researchers at the Technical University Munich (TUM) have developed a virtual reality system that is more flexible, costs less and doesn't take up as much space as previous technologies.The so-called Flexible Reconfigurable Cave (FRAVE) allows full immersion by an ...
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ArticleBosch's Tyroller extends term as CLEPA president
Bosch’s Peter Tyroller will head CLEPA for another 2 years (Photo: Bosch)Peter Tyroller will continue for another two years as president of Europe's supplier association, CLEPA.The general assembly of the supplier group, which met in Istanbul last week, unanimously elected the Robert Bosch board member for another term. Tyroller, 53, ...
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ArticleT-Systems provides Cloud services to Magna
T-Systems will provide a range of Cloud-based IT services to Magna, as part of the Canadian supplier group's effort to modernize and upgrade its global information and communication technology.T-Systems, a subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, said it is providing Magna with a Cloud infrastructure that allows the supplier to connect ...
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ArticleTavares is new COO at Renault
Carlos Tavares succeeds Patrick Pelata as Renault COOAs expected, Nissan Americas Executive Vice President Carlos Tavares has been appointed COO of Renault, the French carmaker announced late Monday.Tavares, 52, will succeed Patrick Pelata, who resigned from his post earlier this year following Renault's firing of three executives wrongly accused of ...
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ArticleGerman researchers break into private Clouds
German researchers have managed to hack into so-called "private Clouds," raising questions about the long-term security of Cloud computing.Researchers at the Ruhr University in Bochum in western Germany managed to hack into private Clouds, using a weakness in the Eucalyptus software platform, which is widely used in Cloud services. The ...
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ArticleIndustry strives for no-fault automotive microprocessors
Here's what the auto industry wants: Microprocessors that are tailormade for the automotive environment, that can withstand huge temperature swings and near-constant vibration and, most importantly, never ever fail.To make microprocessors that meet those requirements, experts say a rethink of the entire production process is order. And that's exactly what ...
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ArticleManaged security is a growth area in Cloud-based services
The Cloud can work especially well in the provision of security services (Photo: IBM)Experts say managed security is a major growth area for Cloud-based services."We estimate that through 2015 half of all e-mail security products will be used in SaaS form," said Ruggero Contu, principal research analyst at market researchers ...
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ArticleVisteon to do more testing locally in Brazil
With the expansion, Visteon can handle more tests locally in Brazil than it could before (Photo: Visteon)Visteon Corporation is expanding automotive component testing capabilities at its engineering test center in Brazil.The US-based automotive supplier said it will start performing thermal cycle tests on internal and external components for vehicles at ...
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ArticleHP to deliver desktops and notebooks to VW Group
Hewlett-Packard has won a worldwide tender to provide a broad range of PCs and notebook computers to Volkswagen Group.The US-based information technology group said it would deliver to VW and its group brands in 25 countries desktop PCs and 12 inch and 14 inch notebooks. The deliveries will take place ...
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ArticleChina's BAIC looking for engineers in Germany
At BAIC headquarters in Beijing, executives are looking for engineers to help with the carmaker’s internationalization plansBeijing Automotive Group is looking for engineers in Germany.The Chinese automaker held its first German job fair in Stuttgart last week, in an effort to fill 70 senior-level positions throughout the group. It will ...
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ArticleAt Toyota, a private social network for customers
Toyota Friend will first be available in JapanToyota will build a private social network for its customers and their cars. The network will be first launched in Japan.The Japanese carmaker said it will work with Salesforce.com, a U.S. enterprise cloud computing company specialized in social collaboration, to build the service, ...
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ArticlePanasonic Automotive to get new ECM software
Panasonic Automotive’s Neumuenster operations are 1 of 4 German locations to get the new softwarePanasonic Automotive Systems is streamlining invoice processing at its four German locations, the division of Japanese electronics group Panasonic said.The new software comes from Berlin based enterprise content management specialist Optimal Systems.In Germany, Panasonic Automotive makes ...
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ArticleIn China, VW launches interactive Web site
VW’s new interactive Web site in China may be a model for similar projects in other marketsVolkswagen has launched an interactive customer platform in China that may serve as a model for similar Web sites in other markets.The German carmaker said it launched the "People's Car Project" at www.zaoche.cn to ...
