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ArticleDaimler: 10-year agreement with Siemens PLM
Daimler has agreed with Siemens on a 10-year agreement for the use of the technology group's NX CAD software.The German premium car group decided last year to replace its Dassault CATIA software with Siemens' NX CAD system. The move came as a surprise to France-based Dassault.Daimler wants to implement Siemens ...
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AUTOSAR conference - Frankfurt
The third open AUTOSAR conference will take place  May 11 in Frankfurt.The one-day gathering features presentations by executives of BMW, Volkswagen, Renault, PSA/Peugeot-Citroen, Bosch, Continental, Valeo and other companies.VW's Bernd Kunkel will discuss how AUTOSAR initiatives are implemented at core car-company members of the development partnership.Continental's Khosrau Heidary will ...
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ArticleAt Intel, a new transistor design
Intel’s new 3-D transistor features vertical fins (pictured)Intel has redesigned the basic microprocessor, claiming a new three-dimensional transistor will boost performance and lower power consumption.The new transistors are particularly well suited for small handheld devices, the California-based chipmaker said.Intel said its new 3-D Tri-Gate transistors will be implemented in its ...
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ArticleJaguar will build hybrid supercar
The C-X75 concept for a hybrid supercar was unveiled at the 2010 Paris auto showJaguar plans to build a hybrid supercar with an acceleration from 0 to 100km/h of 3.0 seconds and a top speed in excess of 300km/h.The premium carmaker, a unit of Tata Motors of India, said the ...
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ArticleIBM, Inchron provide integrated development tool to Continental, Hella Hueck
IBM’s Rational Rhapsody provides a visual development environment for systems engineers and software developersGerman automotive suppliers Continental and Hella Hueck are among the first users of a new suite of development software tools from IBM and Inchron, a maker of design solutions for embedded systems.The software, which is designed to ...
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Manufacturer’s Infrastructure Primed For Future Growth
2005 GETRAG commissioned HP, its current SAP partner, to extend its existing SAP solution to three new affiliate companies in Slovakia. GETRAG set a go-live target for the second quarter, 2006.The tightly focused project scope involved a oneto-one conversion of the process model, which the company substantially expanded in July ...
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ArticleRealVNC's connectivity software to be integrated in Jaguar XJ
A Blackberry Smartphone is integrated into the Jaguar XJ using RealVNC softwareJaguar's XJ model will feature smartphone connectivity developed by British remote-control software maker RealVNC.At the Blackberry World conference in Orlando, Florida, this week Jaguar showed the system, which projects the display of a smartphone onto its central touchscreen.The system, ...
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ArticleNew York selects Nissan for taxi fleet
Nissan’s New York taxis will feature sliding doors and USB plugs for passengersNew York will make Nissan's NV200 the exclusive taxi for the city beginning in late 2013.The Japanese carmaker's taxi vehicle won a competition against Ford and Turkey's Karsan.Nissan said in a press statement that it will work with ...
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ArticleBMW posts record first-quarter results
BMW CEO Reithofer is pleased with first-quarter resultsBMW posted record results in the first quarter of 2011Â and reaffirmed its goal of building more than 1.5 million new vehicles this year.The German premium car maker said its profit before financial results soared to 1.9 billion euros in the first quarter ...
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ArticleUrban Mobility 3.0 - London
Frost & Sullivan will host a two-day workshop in June focusing on smart mobility business opportunities resulting from urbanization and the growth of mega-cities.The market researchers will hold a workshop titled "Urban Mobility 3.0" in London June 15-16. During the two-day event, speakers will look at opportunities for smart mobility ...
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Article2,000 users for Daimler's Web-based ride-sharing project
car2gether lets users book a ride using their smartphonesDaimler said that, after six months, it had registered 2,000 users for its "car2gether" ride sharing project.Car2gether was launched last September in the German cities of Ulm and Aachen. The service brings together cars that have empty seats and passengers looking for ...
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ArticleMicrosoft and VW infotainment unit sign patent agreement
VW hopes Microsoft’s new file system will improve its infotainment systems (source: e.solutions)Microsoft said it had signed a patent licensing agreement with e.solutions, giving the Volkswagen group software supplier access to its new Extended File Allocation Table (exFAT) technology.The new file system will help automakers integrate enhanced consumer multimedia into ...
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ArticleUpheaval in automotive PLM as car companies change partners
Automakers are reviewing - and changing - their PLM software (Illustration: Siemens)Upheaval in the PLM market: Daimler and Chrysler are separating from former partner Dassault Systemes and are doing development work with Siemens PLM software. On the other hand, BMW has settled on Dassault in the E/E domain. In turn, ...
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ArticleMHP launches new version of AddOn Translation Manager
Process and IT consultant Mieschke, Hofmann und Partner (MHP) has launched a new version of its SAP-based AddOn Translation Manager.The software tool captures all terms that have been stored in a system and exportsthem to an Excel file. Standard Fit/Gap analysis, which is used to evaluate parts of business processes, ...
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Articlecar2go continued: Vancouver is next
Vancouver is the latest city where Daimler plans to launch its car2go car-sharing programDaimler said it is launching its car2go car-sharing program in Vancouver this summer.The German premium carmaker, which has announced several new cities for car2go recently, said it is creating a new Canadian subsidiary, car2go Canada Ltd, to ...
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ArticleSurvey: Chinese have major reservations about EV battery technology
Potential Chinese buyers of electric vehicles have major reservations about battery technology, according to a recent study.Synovate Motoresearch, a market researcher, interviewed 511 passenger vehicle owners in April. It found that 53 pc of them were concerned that batteries would be difficult to recharge, while 42 pc were worried that ...
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ArticleToyota to develop wireless charging with WiTricity
Toyota said it has entered a technical cooperation with WiTricity to develop wireless charging systems for electric-vehicle batteries.The Japanese carmaker said it wants to accelerate the development and eventual implementation of wireless charging for cars. "The charging of a plug-in hybrid or electric vehicle could be as simple and convenient ...
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ArticleSAP's Q1 after-tax profit rose 4 pc to 403 million euros
SAP said after-tax profit rose 4 pc from a year earlier to 403 million euros in the first quarter of 2011 as software and services revenue increased sharply.The German business software group said overall sales rose 21 pc to 3.02 billion euros, with services revenue jumping 20 pc to 2.33 ...
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ArticleMahindra Satyam joins GENIVI
Mahindra Satyam said it has joined the GENIVI Alliance.The news comes just a few days after GENIVI, an automotive and consumer electronics industry association, announced that suppliers Denso and Mobis and consultancy Accenture were joining the group.GENIVI is driving the development and adoption of an open in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) reference ...
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ArticleKonica Minolta to deliver secure-printing systems to BMW
Konica Minolta’s secure-printing system will avoid BMW documents falling into the wrong hands (Source: Konica Minolta)Konica Minolta will install 6,800 project management systems in BMW locations throughout Europe.The Japanese printing, imaging and business solutions group won the order in a Europewide tender. It also includes a monitoring solution and applications ...
