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ArticleMcKinsey: China consolidates electric-vehicle lead
China consolidated its lead in electric-vehicle technology last year, building 43 pc of all EVs manufactured worldwide. The BYD Qin is China's best-selling EV model (Photo: BYD)According to a report by management consultants McKinsey, China also manufactured 25 pc of the world's fuel cells and 37 pc of all electric ...
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ArticleBosch CIO: Digital change offers opportunities for IT departments
Bosch CIO Pritsch has 1,000 open positions in his IT department (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Robert Bosch CIO Elmar Pritsch on Thursday said digital change provides corporate IT departments with an opportunity to assume a different role."IT is growing out of the role of driver of efficiency and is ...
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ArticlePSA Group's mobility chief wants to be preferred services provider
Brigitte Courtehoux is targeting 300 million euros in mobility services revenue by 2021 (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is stepping up eff0rts to build a real fourth brand for mobility services, the French carmaker's new mobility services chief, Brigitte Courtehoux, said Thursday.Next to Peugeot, Citroen and DS branded vehicles, ...
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ArticleOpel brand strategist plans with OnStar after PSA takeover
Opel's Tobias Gubitz (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Opel sees General Motors' OnStar connectivity service as a key part of its strategy to offer more mobility products, even after the planned takeover of the German brand by France's PSA Group."If the deal happens, OnStar will continue to be available and ...
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ArticleSchaeffler CDO sees culture change as key to digitization
Gerhard Baum (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Networking the manufacturing industry involves a high degree of cultural change at industrial companies, Schaeffler's chief digital officer, Gerhard Baum, said Thursday."It's important to bring the people along," Baum said in an address at the annual automotiveIT Congress here.The CDO of of the ...
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ArticleVW CIO touts possibilities of machine learning
VW's Hofmann: Embrace machine learning or lose competitiveness (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER --Volkswagen CIO Martin Hofmann believes machine learning is coming into its own as a means to achieve significant digital innovation across all business areas."Machine learning is no longer science fiction," Hofmann told the automotiveIT Congress. "It's here and ...
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ArticleCity Car Summit: "An explosion of mobility"
Panelists cited many mobility challenges as well as big opportunities (Photo: Arjen Bongard)BERLIN -- Automotive, car-sharing and technology experts shared an urban new-mobility vision here that highlighted the possibilities and challenges for cities looking for cleaner and smarter traffic solutions."We're seeing an explosion of mobility," said Richard Harris, an ...
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ArticleAutomotive Online Sales ”“ A new business model to capture digital savvy customers
Adapting the online customer experience to automotive retail salesConsumer buying habits have radically changed over the past decade, and we have Amazon, Google and others to thank for it. Online shopping is convenient, and cost effective. We can get what we want, when we want it, and have it delivered ...
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ArticleIntel to acquire Mobileye
In July, 2016, BMW, Intel and Mobileye top executives announced they would cooperate on an autonomous-driving platform (Photo: Intel)Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mobileye, giving the California-based chip maker a stronger position in the automotive technology sector.Intel said it plans to acquire the sensor specialist through ...
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ArticleRenault opens Paris innovation lab
Renault showed an electric Zoe concept at the Geneva auto show (Photo: Renault)Renault has opened a so-called "Open Innovation Lab" in Paris in a bid to speed up new-mobility research and step up cooperation with French startup companies.The carmaker already runs similar innovation labs in Silicon Valley and Tel ...
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ArticleVW, Tata to cooperate in India
In 2014, VW's Pune factory celebrated the 50,000th car built there for export (Photo: VW)Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors have agreed to cooperate on mobility services for developing countries, the two carmakers said in a statement Friday.VW, which became the world's biggest automotive group by unit sales last year, ...
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ArticleCity Car Summit - Berlin
The City Car Summit, a conference that focuses on the new urban mobility landscape, will take place in Berlin March 14 and 15.The event features presentations by executives from automakers, tech companies and urban and other authorities, who will share their views on how new technologies will help reshape the ...
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ArticleFrance's PSA Group to acquire Opel
PSA expects a 2 pc operating profit margin at Opel in three years (Photo: Opel)PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and General Motors confirmed Monday that the French carmaker will acquire Opel, its British sister company Vauxhall, and half of GM's European finance arm for a combined 2.2 billion euros.The two companies said in ...
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ArticleautomotiveIT Congress: Digital transformation in focus
More than 500 people attend the annual automotiveIT CongressThe auto industry's digital transformation will, once again, be the focus of the annual automotiveIT Congress, which takes place during the CeBIT technology fair in Hanover on March 23.More than 500 automotive and IT industry executives each year attend the gathering, ...
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ArticleStudy sees shortage of cybersecurity experts
Cyberthreats are growing and companies are having trouble finding enough specialist IT staff (Photo: IBM)A new study has found that companies and organizations are having a tough time finding the cybersecurity experts they need in a world increasingly exposed to digital dangers.Isaca, a global IT association, found that more ...
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ArticleFord bets on artificial intelligence
Ford plans to have an SAE level 4 autonomous vehicle on the road by 2021 (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor plans to invest 1 billion dollars in artificial intelligence by acquiring a majority stake in Argo AI.The artificial intelligence startup will continue to operate independently from Ford, but the carmaker said ...
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ArticleStudy: German CIOs prioritize networking, data analysis
Siemens operates a "Cyber Security Operation Center" to protect factories (Photo: Siemens)CIOs in German-speaking countries put a high priority on improving data networking and the development of data analysis.According to a new study, they also prioritize new products and services and the expansion of cloud capacity.The "IT Trends 2017" ...
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ArticleBitkom: Cognitive computing market set to double in 2017
At CES, chipmaker Nvidia announced it will equip Mercedes with AI technology (Photo: Nvidia)The global market for so-called "cognitive computing" application is set to almost double in 2017, according to Germany's high-tech association, Bitkom.The projection reflects the focus that many companies, including automakers, are putting on hardware and software ...
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ArticleHonda, Hitachi to jointly develop electric motors
At this year's CES, Honda unveiled a small electric mini vehicle concept (Photo: Honda)Honda Motor and Hitachi Automotive Systems plan to jointly develop electric motors in a joint venture they plan to establish by July of this year.AÂ name for the venture hasn't yet been decided. Hitachi will be ...
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ArticleTata Motors joins new-mobility trend
Tata Motors expects its new modular platforms to make it easier to introduce new technologies (Photo: Tata Motors)Tata Motors has formed a new unit that will help the Indian automotive group develop new business areas.The division, which is called Tamo, will unveil its first product at the Geneva auto ...
