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ArticleJaguar Land Rover autonomous pods ‘see’ through virtual eyes
Image: Jaguar Land RoverJaguar Land Rover is working with cognitive psychologists to study how pedestrians prepare to cross a road, and how they might safely interact with an autonomous vehicle. In this part of the Autodrive project supported by the UK government, autonomous pods are running on a simulation ...
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ArticleToyota ties up with Uber, plans to invest $500 million
Image: ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation and Uber Technologies are expanding their partnership, with Uber to deploy purpose-built Toyota vehicles on its fleet. Toyota is also investing $500 million in the ride-hailing firm, subject to regulatory approval.The collaboration aims to advance, commercialize and scale up technologies for autonomous ride-sharing. An initial ...
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ArticleByton starts road tests of M-Byte model
The M-Byte features a 49 inch-wide programmable display (Photo: Byton)Byton has started tests of its Byton M-Byte model on public roads in the Chinese city of Nanjing.The Chinese electric-vehicle startup said it is on schedule with the M-Byte. It cited its global engineering network, with facilities in Europe, the ...
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ArticleFord says safety, reliability key for AVs
Ford says AVs are "one of the solutions" to growing urban mobility problems (Photo: Ford)Safety, reliability and the consumer experience are crucial and arguably more important than the technology, as the industry works to build driverless cars, Ford Motor says in a new report.“We don’t believe that the central ...
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ArticleToyota R&D team asked to connect up their cars to UMTRI research
Image: UMTRIToyota’s North America R&D team members are being invited to connect up their cars to the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment (AACVTE), led by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The AACVTE is trialling the latest wireless DSRC 5.9GHz V2X system and is asking over ...
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ArticleHandelsblatt interview: VW chief worried about EV batteries
Diess expects software to be a key differentiator in future cars (Photo: VW) Volkswagen Group CEO Herbert Diess is worried that the German auto industry will be overly dependent on Asian battery production once electric vehicle sales start growing. In an interview with the German business newspaper Handelsblatt, ...
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Feature“The human being continues to be at the center of Industry 4.0”
Wolfgang Wahlster, the head of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) and inventor of the term ‘Industry 4.0’, talks about how artificial intelligence is changing the automotive industry.
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ArticleLuxoft buys Objective Software GmbH, specialists in autonomous and connected mobility
Image: Objective SoftwareLuxoft, a global IT service provider based in Zug, Switzerland, has acquired Objective Software GmbH, a 20-year-old consultancy with its headquarters in Munich, Germany plus offices in Turin, Italy; Luxembourg; and Wroclaw, Poland. Objective specializes in software development for the automotive industry, with a focus on connected ...
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ArticleSamsung launches major investments to become global tech leader
Samsung plans to invest heavily in AI, 5G and other new technologies (Photo: Samsung)Samsung plans to invest $22.3 billion over the next three years in areas such as artificial intelligence, 5G communication, automotive electronics components and biopharmaceuticals.Overall investments, aimed at making the Korean electronics conglomerate a global technology leader, ...
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ArticleDaimler restructures for Project Future, prepares for more partnerships
Image: Daimler AGDaimler AG is restructuring its business divisions in a strategy which will see the reassignment of over 700 subsidiaries in over 60 countries. This is described as a move making the Daimler Group “fit for the future” and, according to supervisory board chairman Manfred Bischoff, positions it ...
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ArticleBosch outlines predictive road conditions product
Image: BoschBosch has developed a cloud-enabled predictive road conditions technology for automated and connected vehicles, incorporating weather data from Finnish firm Foreca. This will alert drivers to hazards including wet roads, snow and ice before a critical situation occurs, warning them to take back the wheel from a self-driving ...
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ArticleJ.D. Power and Harman form alliance to leverage connected car data
Image: HarmanJ.D. Power, supplier of consumer insights, data analytics and automotive industry advisory services, is forming an alliance with Harman to share in-car data from the Harman Ignite cloud platform. This will give insight into how customers interact with their cars’ digital services and the areas or functionalities which ...
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ArticleSensoris platform releases vehicle-to-cloud data standard
Image: ERTICO-ITS EuropeA standardized, globalized interface specification for vehicle-to-cloud data has been announced by the Sensoris innovation platform, coordinated by the Ertico-ITS Europe partnership. This data specification is said to be a crucial piece of digital infrastructure for connected and automated driving as it “closes the loop” between a ...
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ArticleAudi signs MOU with Huawei for connected car and digitalization cooperation
Image: AudiAudi has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese information and telecoms company Huawei for a strategic cooperation covering intelligent connected vehicles, the advancement of automated driving, and the digitalization of in-car services. It points to the intensive research and development needed to develop a high-quality, stable data ...
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ArticleC-V2X demos incorporate motorcycles, vehicles and infrastructure, communications between carmakers
Image: 5GAATwo demonstrations have been carried out marking advances in C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology.The ConVex Consortium, a collaboration between Audi, Ducati, Qualcomm, SWARCO and Technical University Kaiserslautern, has shown Europe’s first demonstration of C-V2X communications between motorcycles, vehicles and infrastructure. The ConVex (Connected Vehicle to Everything of Tomorrow) trial ...
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ArticleEberspaecher buys stake in PACE Telematics, gets cloud-connected
Image: EberspaecherAutomotive system developer and supplier Eberspaecher has acquired a stake of more than 20 pc in Karlsruhe-based start-up PACE Telematics GmbH, reflecting its aim to expand its business into cloud-based mobility services and connectivity solutions. Eberspaecher is known as a supplier of thermal management, exhaust and electronic systems, ...
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ArticleZF spins off Car eWallet as standalone ‘start-up’, Eaton forms new eMobility division
Image: ZF/Car eWalletZF has established Car eWallet, developer of an open, blockchain-enabled platform to support payments for refuelling, electric car charging, parking, toll, car-sharing or other such transactions, as a separate company. Based in Berlin, it intends to operate like an independent start-up, and while ZF has provided the ...
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ArticleFord China and Baidu to cooperate on AI, digital services and connectivity
Image: Ford[L-R]: Ya-Qin Zhang, president, Baidu; Tan Su, general manager, Baidu, internet of vehicles; Robert Hou, director of mobility platforms and products, Ford Asia Pacific; Peter Fleet, Ford group VP and president, Ford Asia PacificFord China and Baidu have signed an agreement to work together to enrich the consumer ...
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ArticleHyundai partners with V2X chipset maker
Hyundai is one of the main sponsors of the 2018 World Cup soccer tournament (Image: Hyundai)Hyundai Motor has teamed up with Autotalks, a company that plans to develop the next generation chipset for connected cars.The Korean carmaker said that, through its investment in Autotalks, it hopes to speed up ...
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ArticleSprint and NXM Labs launch 5G-ready connected car platform with blockchain security
Image: NXM LabsCommunications services company Sprint, which aims to launch the first 5G mobile network in the USA next year, has worked with NXM Labs on a 5G-ready connected car platform featuring blockchain-enabled security. This can be fitted to both new vehicles and existing cars already on the road.The ...
