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ArticleCES: BMW unveils open i8 concept vehicle
BMW's CES concept is based on its i8 electric sports car (Photo: BMW)LAS VEGAS -- BMW showed a concept vehicle based on its electric i8 sports car at the CES consumer electronics show here and said the study aims to show how tomorrow's personal mobility can retain the "sheer ...
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ArticleCES: Bosch to offer aftermarket eCall
Bosch's CES show car demonstrates a new HMI dimension (Photo: Bosch)LAS VEGAS -- Robert Bosch will offer an eCall emergency warning system that can be retrofitted. The supplier's eCall automatic emergency notification system, launched in 2012, had previously only been available as standard equipment on new vehicles.Bosch's aftermarket system, ...
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ArticleCES: GM, Lyft to offer autonomous cars for ridesharing
Lyft will offer more options following its tie-up with GM (Photo: Lyft)LAS VEGAS -- General Motors and Lyft announced on the eve of the CES consumer electronics show that they plan to create an integrated network of on-demand autonomous vehicles in the US.GM will invest 500 million dlrs in ...
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ArticleCES: Ford expands fleet of autonomous test vehicles
More autonomous Ford Fusions will be tested this year (Photo: Ford)LAS VEGAS -- Ford Motor will put more fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles on the road this year as it accelerates its driverless-driving programs.The carmaker's CEO, Mark Fields, said at the CES consumer electronics show that Ford ...
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ArticleCES: Faraday Future unveils electric race car concept
FF's race car concept is built on a new modular platform (Photo: FF)LAS VEGAS -- Automotive newcomer Faraday Future (FF) unveiled an electric sports car concept and said it would be the basis for a production car scheduled for launch in 2018.The FFZERO1 is an electric 1,000 hp race ...
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ArticleCES: Volvo to use Nvidia's deep-learning technology on the road
Nvidia CEO Huang shows Drive PX2 at a pre-CES briefing (Photo: Arjen Bongard)LAS VEGAS -- Volvo Cars will operate a test fleet of 100 XC90 SUVs equipped with Nvidia's new deep-learning based computing engine.Nvidia said on the eve of the CES consumer electronics show here that the test cars, ...
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ArticleCES: Volvo, Ericsson develop "intelligent" media streaming
Volvo believes that autonomous cars require better connectivity technology (Photo: Volvo)LAS VEGAS -- Volvo Cars and technology company Ericsson are developing intelligent, high-bandwidth streaming capabilities for cars, the Swedish automotive group said.On the eve of the CES consumer electronics show, Volvo said the technology will be important for autonomous ...
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ArticleCES: Toyota steps up connected-car technology
Toyota wants to improve maps with data from camera-equipped production cars (Photo: Toyota)LAS VEGAS - Toyota announced it is stepping up its effort to provide enhanced connectivity in its next-generation vehicles. As part of the plan, the world's biggest automaker is establishing a Toyota Big Data Center that will ...
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ArticleCES 2016: What to expect in automotive technology
New technologies are the biggest draw of the Las Vegas CES (Photo: CEA)For anyone involved in consumer electronics, 2016 has to start with the massive CES gathering in Las Vegas. In recent years, as the auto industry has expanded its borders into new technologies, many of the major car ...
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ArticleGeneva Motor Show
The 2016 Geneva Motor Show will start with two press days - March 1 and 2 - before opening its doors to the general public March 3. The annual exhibition runs through March 13.The show traditionally features equal participation from French and German carmakers, with other global car brands also ...
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ArticleDriving Digital Radio - Geneva
WorldDAB is hosting a workshop on the role of digital radio in connected vehicles. The event will take place during the Geneva auto show on March 8, 2016.At the show, several major car brands will display new models that come with digital radio reception built in. The conference will look ...
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ArticleCES - Las Vegas
The annual CES takes place in Las Vegas Jan 6 - 9 (Photo: CEA)The upcoming CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas will feature keynote addresses by General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Volkswagen brand CEO Herbert Diess.The high-profile presentations underscore the growing importance of the global electronics industry ...
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ArticleDemand for automotive semiconductors grows
(Photo: Siemens)Global demand for automotive semiconductors is set to grow 4.5 pc annually in the next five years, according to a forecast by Germany's Association of Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers (ZVEI). In 2014, global demand stood at almost 35 billion euros, the association said.Speaking at a ZVEI conference on ...
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ArticleStudy: 20 million autonomous cars by 2025
Juniper says Google is the most promising player in driverless cars (Photo: Google)There will be almost 20 million fully autonomous or self-driving vehicles on the world's roads by 2025, according to a new study.The outlook, which adheres to the more optimistic scenarios of some automakers, was presented by Juniper ...
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ArticleAudi admits defeat devices present in bigger US engines
Audi expects it will cost 10s of millions of euros to bring engines in line with US law (Photo: Audi)Audi admitted that so-called defeat devices are present in the US versions of its V6 TDI 3-liter diesel powertrains and promised to update software to bring the engines into compliance.The ...
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ArticleDaimler design chief sees ever smarter cars
Gorden Wagener expects autonomous driving to be possible by 2030 (Photo: Daimler)Mercedes-Benz unveiled a rolling club lounge for young urbanites at the recent Tokyo auto show. In an interview with automotiveIT, the premium car maker's design chief, Gorden Wagener, explains how digitization will affect upcoming Mercedes models and how ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars tests Microsoft's Hololens technology
Volvo sees many automotive possibilities for Microsoft's HoloLens technology (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars is working with Microsoft to jointly develop next-generation automotive technologies. The cooperation will look at autonomous driving technologies and the use of connected-car data.Volvo and Microsoft this week demonstrated how the use of Microsoft's HoloLens mixed-reality computer ...
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ArticleTomTom to provide map data to Uber
TomTom data will power the Uber app (Photo: Uber)TomTom will provide maps and traffic data to Uber, confirming that the Dutch mapping specialist will remain the biggest competitor to soon-to-be-German owned Nokia HERE.TomTom said it has signed a global, multi-year agreement with  Uber, a fast-growing global taxi services ...
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ArticleToyota plans massive artificial-intelligence investment
Gill Pratt joined Toyota earlier this year. He previously was a robotics program manager at DARPA, a US Defense Department agency (Photo: Toyota) Toyota Motor is investing 1 billion dlrs over the next five years in artificial intelligence and robotics, underscoring how the automotive industry's corporate priorities are changing.The ...
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ArticleNissan tests semi-autonomous driving
Nissan will test a range of autonomous technologies in coming years (Photo: Nissan)Nisssan has started testing its autonomous-driving technology on highways and urban roads in Japan.The carmaker wants to launch what it calls "Piloted Drive 1.0" by the end of 2016. The technology allows autonomous driving in heavy highway ...
