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FeatureDiez: "Times are getting tougher" for auto industry
Diez says electric mobility needs to become more fashionable (Photo: Claus Dick)Veteran industry observer Willi Diez said the car market in Germany and Europe won't likely pick up anytime soon. "The times are definitely getting tougher," Diez said in an interview with automotiveIT.The economist, who runs the Institute for ...
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ArticleSirius acquires Agero's connected-car business
Sirius XM has more than 25 million subscribers (Photo: Sirius XM)Sirius XM Radio is buying the connected vehicle services business of Agero as it strives to broaden its footprint beyond its core radio offering. Sirius is paying 530 million dlrs in cash for the Agero operations.The US-based satellite radio ...
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ArticleWith S3 Sportback, Audi claims LTE 1st
LTE gives Audi drivers and passengers more connected options (Photo: Audi)Audi said its new S3 Sportback is the first production car to fully integrate the LTE data standards.The German premium carmaker said LTE or 4G as it is also known is now avaialable in the model and will be ...
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ArticleDelphi to market vehicle-diagnostics module in Europe
Delphi's vehicle diagnostics module plugs into a car's OBD port (Photo: Delphi)WUPPERTAL, Germany --Delphi will introduce in Europe next year a vehicle diagnostics module that allows car owners to remotely monitor several functions of their car.The unit, which was launched in the US with mobile network operator Verizon recently, ...
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ArticlePelata sees need for automotive ethics leaders
Pelata says automakers are just beginning to introduce collaboration tools (Photo: Salesforce)The car industry needs to address the privacy issues that are a necessary byproduct of automotive connectivity. But technology or more regulation won't provide answers to the growing privacy questions, said Patrick Pelata, chief automotive officer of business ...
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ArticleGerman research project promises faster diagnostics
Car repairs could be carried out faster as chips are adapted (Photo: ATU)A German research project holds out a promise of faster diagnostics and shorter auto repair times.The project, which is called Diana, involves semiconductor maker Infineon, automotive supplier Continental and premium car maker Audi along with several German ...
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ArticleBMW shows production version of i3 in Beijing, London, NY
Top BMW executives showed the i3 in Beijing (Photo: BMW)BMW unveiled production versions of its new i3 electric vehicle in Beijing, London and New York Monday, setting the stage for the full market introduction of the car later this year.The Munich-based premium car maker, which hopes the i3 will ...
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ArticleHonda to start trial of micro-sized EV
A drawing of the microcar EV that Honda will start testing (Photo: Honda)Honda will start trials of a new micro-sized electric vehicle this autumn to see what kind of role such a vehicle can play in tomorrow's urban transportation environment.The trials of Honda's "Micro Commuter Prototype Beta" will be ...
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ArticleZiebart joins Jaguar Land Rover as technology boss
Ziebart will bring indepth knowledge of automotive electronics to JLR (Photo: Infineon)Former Infineon CEO Wolfgang Ziebart, 63,  is joining  Jaguar Land Rover as board member in charge of technology at the Indian owned premium car maker.Ziebart, whose new assignment started August 1, will be responsible for all ...
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ArticleCisco study: Drivers want connectivity, trust technology
Consumers say they are happy to let technology drive the car (Photo: Cisco)A new study shows how information and communication technology is assuming an ever bigger role in the entire automotive value chain. A majority of consumers polled for the study also expressed confidence that technology can replace the ...
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ArticleUS auto club: Hands-free still distracts drivers
Sensors attached to testers' heads measured brain activity in the AAA study (Photo: AAA)New research shows that hands-free technologies do little to keep drivers' attention focused on the act of driving.The AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety, a non-profit organization, said "dangerous mental distractions" result from drivers' hands-free operation of ...
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ArticleInrix: US traffic congestion up 9.4 pc on year
US traffic congestion varied in line with regional economic developments (Photo: Inrix)US traffic congestion jumped a sharp 9.4 pc in April from a year earlier, but traffic intensity varied widely from one region to the next, according to the Inrix Gridlock Index (IGI).The indicatormeasures congestion on the basis of ...
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ArticleEU Commission moves to adopt eCall emergency system by 2015
Europe moved one step closer Thursday to an automated emergency calling system for all cars with the adoption by the European Commission of two pieces of legislation to turn the plan into reality.The executive body of the 27-nation European Union adopted a regulation outlining the type-approval requirements needed for the ...
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ArticleApple wants iOS in the car
Apple executive Eddy Cue sees high potential for iOS in the car (Photo: Apple)Apple wants to boost its presence in automotive infotainment, pitching its Siri application as the ideal interface to manage several in-car functions.Siri is an Apple app that resides on the computer and software maker's iPhone and ...
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ArticleFord starts European production of electric Focus
The Focus Electric will be available from July (Photo: Ford)Ford has started production of the Ford Focus Electric, the first full electric vehicle the carmaker is building in Europe.Ford said the Focus Electric is built in Saarlouis, Germany. It will be followed in the near term by two hybrid ...
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ArticleVW supports more IT research at Stanford University
VW does research on projects such as the "mobility companion" at its California electronics lab (Photo: VW)The Volkswagen Group is making an additional 1.7 million dlrs available to Stanford University to explore new areas of automotive innovation.The grant marks a continuation of the cooperation between the German carmaker and ...
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ArticleToyota to launch big-data traffic information in Japan
Toyota says big data will provide enhanced navigation information (Photo: Toyota)Toyota is planning to launch a new traffic information service in Japan that will make extensive use of big data on vehicle locations and speeds, road conditions and other telematics-based information.The Japanese carmaker said it plans to make data ...
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ArticleStudy: German companies investing more in IT security
Hacker attacks and random cloud computing are seen as the biggest data security risks (Photo: AVG)Companies are investing more in IT security and data protection, according to a recent study.Most companies polled by Germany's National Initiative for Information and Internet Security  (NIFIS) expected to significantly increase their spending ...
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ArticleBosch CEO: EV range at least 300km by 2020
German Chancellor Angela Merkel tests an EV charger at a Berlin summit on electric mobility (Photo: government)Electric vehicles will have a range of at least 300km by 2020, Bosch CEO Volkmar Denner predicted.If the projection becomes reality it would all but eliminate one of the big reservations car buyers ...
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ArticleBetter Place's battery-switching model meets untimely end
A Renault Fluence Z.E. exits a Better Place battery switching station at Schiphol airport in the Netherlands (Photo: Better Place)Better Place filed a motion to dissolve the company this weekend, having failed to build a commercially viable electric-vehicle battery switching infrastructure.The Israel-based company said that, despite several measures taken ...
