Autonomous Vehicles – Page 5
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FeatureCapgemini: We are a long way from the digital transformation of the auto industry
Paul Fisher spoke to Nick Gill about the trends and challenges facing the car industry and the findings in Capgemini’s new report, Global Digital Mastery Series: Automotive.
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ArticleVolvo Cars and Ericsson sign further five-year deal for Connected Vehicle Cloud
Image: Volvo Cars The Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform will be provided to Volvo Cars worldwide in a five-year deal which extends the two firms’ existing agreement. This is Ericsson’s largest supply contract for the CVC yet, and will form the basis for Volvo’s provision of in-car ...
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ArticleGM President Dan Ammann to head Cruise autonomous-vehicle unit
Dan Ammann, the number two executive at General Motors, will step down from his post as president of the company January 1 to head the carmaker’s Cruise Automation autonomous vehicle unit.
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ArticleVolvo Cars and Luminar demonstrate LiDAR for autonomy in LA
Image: Volvo Cars Volvo Cars is showing no actual cars at the Los Angeles auto show (now known as Automobility LA) this week – it has instead elected to “demonstrate its vision” for the future of mobility – but it is exhibiting the LiDAR sensor and perception technology ...
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ArticleGhosn scandal and General Motors closures should be viewed in context as world car production trends suggest future not so different from the past
The auto industry has seemingly suffered two major body blows in the last 10 days. The shock arrest of Carlos Ghosn in Japan and GM’s announcement of plant closures in North America give succour to those who believe we are witnessing the beginning of the end of the car industry.
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ArticleVeniam and Denso to collaborate on connected vehicle software
Image: Veniam Veniam, a young provider of networking software for connected vehicles and mobility systems, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s long-established Denso. The planned joint project will explore the integration of Veniam’s intelligent data networking features into Denso’s communication management systems: this will, says Veniam, ...
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ArticleVisteon inaugurates new tech centre in Karlsruhe, Germany; Harman sets up software office in Łódź, Poland
Image: Visteon Visteon Corporation has held an inauguration ceremony for a new 6,500 sq-m facility in Karlsruhe, Germany, its lead technology hub for Europe. This technology centre will host advanced development of vehicle cockpit electronics, and will lead the development of the Visteon DriveCore autonomous driving platform [under ...
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Technology key to evolution of supply chains but automakers need to adapt quickly to take advantage
The automotive industry will only stay ahead of the curve in an age of greater supply chain complexity by adopting wider digitalisation as part of its routine operations, delegates at the JDA Focus Connect conference in Barcelona were told last week.
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ArticleAt ZF, experimental drones set to speed up internal logistics
ZF Friedrichshafen has started experimenting with a drone prototype to quickly transport spare parts at its plant in southern Germany.
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ArticleToyoda Gosei gets into venture capital, FCA looks for insurance innovations, Volvo Financial Services launches fintech lab
Image: Car Design News Toyoda Gosei – a Toyota Group company manufacturing rubber and plastic automotive components – is setting up a corporate venture capital department, specifically to invest in start-ups and accelerate innovations. Effective from January 2019 with a three-billion yen budget through till December 2020, this ...
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FeatureNvidia: "There is no such thing as a 100 percent security guarantee"
Joachim Langenwalter, Germany-based director automotive at Nvidia, is responsible for software deliveries to automakers and suppliers in Europe. At the chipmaker’s GTC conference in Munich, he spoke to automotiveIT about autonomous driving technology, cyber security and the challenges faced by the auto industry today.
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ArticleEricsson 5G tech on trial in Einride T-pod autonomous truck
Image: DB Schenker A collaboration between Ericsson, Telia and Einride is trialling an autonomous transport ecosystem at a DB Schenker logistics facility in Jönköping, Sweden. This marks the first commercial application of Einride’s autonomous electric transportation (AET) technology in its T-pod driverless vehicle, which will operate continuously at ...
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ArticleDaimler, Bosch to start testing automated ride hailing in San Jose, CA
The S-Class sedans to be used in the ride-hailing service will have at least Level 4 autonomy (Photo: Daimler) Premium car group Daimler and automotive supplier Robert Bosch will start testing an on-demand ride hailing service that will use highly and fully automated Mercedes S-Class vehicles in San ...
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FeatureBMW head of digital customer: “Innovation will not stand still because car cycles are too long”
Dieter May, head of digital products and services and digital customer interface at BMW, tells Arjen Bongard how the carmaker will use voice and other digital technologies to offer drivers and passengers connected experiences.
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ArticleHyundai Cradle invests in allegro.ai for deep learning, autonomous decision-making
Image: allegro.ai Hyundai’s corporate venture division has made an investment in Israeli technology firm allegro.ai, which specializes in deep learning-based computer vision. It aims to accelerate its deployment of artificial intelligence across various business areas, as well as to use AI to enhance the safety of the driving ...
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ArticleRenault Alliance invests in Transit mobility app, WeRide.ai for Level 4 AVs
Image: Transit Alliance Ventures, the venture capital division of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, has made two new strategic investments. Its latest is in Transit, a multi-modal transport app firm based in Montreal, Canada, which has produced an app functional in over 175 metropolitan areas around the world. Transit’s app ...
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ArticleInfiniti supports start-ups, sees digital transformation benefits
Image: Infiniti Infiniti is hosting an innovation initiative in Hong Kong to connect local start-ups with corporate partners. This extends the Infiniti Lab programme launched in 2015, which “has helped drive cultural transformation and open innovation within Infiniti” as well as in the start-up community, the company says. ...
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ArticleVolkswagen announces self-driving MaaS venture in Israel, joins Baidu Apollo consortium in China; Volvo also to collaborate with Baidu
Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen Group is to establish a self-driving Mobility as a Service (MaaS) venture in Israel with partners Mobileye and Champion Motors. It will provide a fleet of electric vehicles for the New Mobility in Israel operation; Mobileye will provide its Level 4 AV hardware, map data, ...
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ArticlePartner ecosystems or going it alone? Auto executive study identifies digital strategy split
Image: Shutterstock.com There are major inconsistencies in automotive industry digital strategy – but also major opportunities, reports a global study by BearingPoint, a management and technology consultancy (developed from the former KPMG and Arthur Andersen consultancies). The research, carried out March-April 2018 included the survey of 90 automotive ...
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ArticleJaguar Land Rover creates algorithm against motion sickness
Image: Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Land Rover has collected 15,000 miles-worth of data on factors affecting motion sickness and created an algorithm to automatically adapt a vehicle’s dynamics and cabin settings. It claims this can reduce the effects – and thus nausea or worse – by “up to ...
