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ArticlePoint of view: A need for connected logistics!
Hilmar Dunker is editor in chief of automotiveIT, GermanyThe manufacturing industry, including the world's automakers and suppliers, has been putting in a lot of effort to improve production processes through the introduction of new, connected, technologies. "Industry 4.0," which involves the networking of machinery and processes, is on track ...
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ArticleCisco names Chuck Robbins next CEO
Chuck Robbins (Photo: Cisco)Cisco said Chuck Robbins will succeed John Chambers as CEO July 26, marking a change at the top of the US-based technology group for the first time in 20 years.Chambers, who took over as CEO in 1995, will become executive chairman when Robbins assumes his new ...
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ArticleEuropean Parliament approves eCall for 2018
Automakers have 3 years to meet EU eCall requirements for new cars (Photo: ADAC)The European Parliament, in the final step in Europe's legislative process, approved the mandatory introduction of eCall from the spring of 2018. The legislation means that from March 2018 new passenger cars and light vans will ...
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ArticleOpinion: How to attract female engineers
GM's Mary Barra is the only female CEO of a major carmaker (Photo: GM)One of the bigger challenges IT and other technology-driven industries have faced for decades is how to attract more female engineers.Efforts to boost the relatively low number of women in engineering companies remain largely unsuccessful. The ...
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ArticleEMC study: Companies struggle to adapt to digital future
The EMC survey shows how companies are adapting their businesses to changing customer demands (Photo:EMC)MUNICH - Companies are introducing new digital technologies, mining more data and getting a better handle on changing customer demands, but their executives feel  progress is slower than required to meet changing market demands.That's ...
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ArticleCES Asia - Shanghai
Audi CEO Rupert Stadler will hold a keynote address at CES Asia (Photo: CES)The international CES is staging an Asian version of its flagship Las Vegas consumer electronics trade show in Asia this year. CES Asia will take place in Shanghai May 25 through 27.One of the keynote speakers ...
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ArticleSiemens pools development, production of EV converters
With integrated testing and production at eCar Powertrain Systems, Siemens is making a bet on electric mobility (Photo: Siemens)Siemens is pooling development and production of converters for hybrid and electric vehicles at a new international headquarters in Erlangen, Germany.The German power technology group said it is adding 1,300 square ...
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ArticleITS World Congress - Bordeaux
(Photo: ITS)The annual ITS World Congress, a global forum to discuss smart transportation strategies, will take place in Bordeaux, France, Oct 5 - 9.The gathering, which brings together public and private transportation stakeholders, will have as its main theme:Â “Towards Intelligent Mobility ”“ Better Use of Space.”The meeting's focus ...
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ArticleCAR Management Briefings - Traverse City
(Photo: CAR)The Center for Automotive Research will host its annual Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, August 3 to 6.The gathering features a series of briefings and presentations focusing on some of the top issues facing the auto industry. This year, these include manufacturing, connected and automated vehicle ...
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ArticleIAA - Frankfurt
(Photo: IAA)The Frankfurt auto show, which takes place every second year, will officially open September 17. On the two preceding days, Sept 15 and 16, there will be two press days.The world's biggest auto show will have as its theme "Mobility Connects," a reference to the biggest change sweeping ...
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ArticleBMW, Porsche come out first with Apple Watch apps
(Photo: Apple)BMW and Porsche were among the first to come with Apple Watch applications for their cars, but other brands are expected to follow shortly.Last week already, BMW's DriveNow car sharing brand announced a function that lets drivers open and close DriveNow vehicles with their Apple Watch. This week, ...
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ArticleNokia: no plans for new phones
Nokia's Lumia phones are being rebranded Microsoft (Photo: Microsoft)Nokia, commenting on media speculation, said it doesn't have any plans to get back into the smartphone market."These reports are false, and include comments incorrectly attributed to a Nokia Networks executive," the Finland-based network equipment and mapping software maker said in ...
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ArticleIFA - Berlin
(Photo: Messe Berlin)The annual IFA consumer electronics and home appliance trade show will take place in Berlin Sept 4 through 9.The show, which attracts trade visitors from more than 100 countries, provides an overview of new products and trends in all segments of the consumer electronics industry.Several automakers have ...
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ArticleAnalysis: VW struggle reflects wider auto-industry dilemmas
Piech (l), Winterkorn and German Chancellor Angela Merkel in more harmonious times (Photo: VW)The resignation of Ferdinand Piech late Saturday as chairman of the Volkswagen Group's supervisory board doesn't just mark the end of a tumultuous and expansionist chapter in the history of Europe's largest carmaker. It also highlights ...
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ArticlePiech resigns as VW Supervisory Board chairman
Ferdinand Piech (Photo: VW)Ferdinand Piech resigned Saturday as head of the Volkswagen Group supervisory board, seemingly bringing to an end a two-week battle over who's in control at Europe's largest automotive group."The members of the Executive Committee have unanimously determined that in view of the background of the last ...
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ArticleSurvey: Cloud security moves up the priority list
Policy violations often lead to security breaches (Photo: Netskope)Security concerns are growing over cloud-based applications used by industrial companies and other businesses, according to a new Netskope survey.The cloud security specialist said that, following recent security breaches at major corporations such as Sony and JP Morgan, a growing number ...
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ArticleGhosn reaffirms Renault-Nissan roadmap for autonomous driving
Nissan and Renault cars will be able to change lanes autonomously from 2018 (Photo: Nissan)Carlos Ghosn reaffirmed his commitment to have "a complete package of autonomous drive technologies" on Renault and Nissan vehicles by 2020, but repeated his expectation that driverless cars are at least a decade away.The Renault-Nissan ...
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ArticleSharp growth seen for Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
The survey shows that car radio continues to be one of the most popular infotainment features (Photo:GM)Apple and Google are set to take a sharply bigger chunk of the automotive connectivity market in the next five years, according to a study by market researchers IHS Automotive.The report projects that ...
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ArticleVW board committee confirms Winterkorn as CEO
Martin Winterkorn (Photo: VW)Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is "the best possible chairman of the board of management," the Executive Committee of the carmaker's Supervisory Board said in a statement Friday.The announcement comes after Supervisory Board Chairman Ferdinand Piech last week expressed reservations about Winterkorn's leadership. Piech is head of ...
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ArticleGerman companies under (cyber) attack
(Photo:Symantec)More than half of all German industrial companies have been the object of industrial espionage, sabotage or data theft in the past two years, according to a study by the country's high-tech association, Bitkom.The study, which polled senior managers at 1,074 companies, found that car companies are most frequently ...
