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ArticleSiemens electrical drive trains unit gets new boss
Siemens new electric-drive chief comes from Continental (Photo: Continental/Siemens)Joerg Grotendorst will take over as head of the Siemens division that makes components and systems for automotive electrical drive trains.Grotendorst, 42, will take over the business unit, which is called "Inside e-Car," on June 1.The new CEO was most recently in ...
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ArticleVW, BASF offer award for electrochemistry research
An electric battery-powered version of the VW up! small car will debut next year (Photo: VW)Volkswagen and BASF have established a 50,000 euro award for research that may lead to better high-performance energy storage.The award comes as the German auto industry is increasingly worried that for advanced battery technology, which ...
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ArticleGentex to provide camera with driver-assist for Ford Explorer
Gentex is a leading maker of auto-dimming car mirrors (Photo: Gentex)Gentex said it will supply a new auto-dimming mirror with a camera-based driver assistance system for the 2013 Ford Explorer.The Michigan-based supplier said the system will use a multi-function camera combined with algorithmic decision-making to provide high-beam control, lane keeping ...
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ArticleAudi opens high-voltage battery project house
Audi employees working with high-voltage batteries (Photo: Audi)Audi opened a new 3,500 square meter high-voltage battery facility near its main plant in Ingolstadt, Germany, underscoring its intention to make electric vehicles a more important part of its product lineup by the end of the decade.By 2020, the Volkswagen Group premium ...
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ArticleTRW unveils capacitive touchpad sensor
TRW says its touchpad provides a more intuitive way to operate various infotainment controls (Photo: TRW)TRW, in an attempt to further simplify in-car controls, has developed a capacitive touchpad that recognizes handwriting.The US-based automotive supplier said the touchpad, which will be ready for production this year, will mark a major ...
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ArticleClarion to offer telematics service
Clarion is launching a Cloud-based infotainment service to add to its offering of traditional in-car products.The US-based division of Japanese electronics group Hitachi said its "Smart Access" cloud-based telematics service, which will be launched in June in North America and Japan, features smartphone connectivity and the ability to access a ...
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ArticleToyota sets modest US goal for electric RAV4
Toyota set a modest sales goal for the electric version of its RAV4 as it unveiled the newest version of one of its best-selling SUVs in the US.The electric RAV4 has a range of 100 miles (Photo: Toyota)The Japanese carmaker, which continues to lead sales of hybrid-electric vehicles with the ...
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ArticleSiemens proposes overhead power lines for trucks
Siemens says its eHighway concept lowers fuel consumption significantly and is easy to realize (Photo: Siemens)Siemens believes electric or hybrid-electric trucks can be easily powered via overhead electrified wires, similar to how trolley buses and streetcars are operated today.The German power engineering group unveiled its "eHighway" concept at the annual ...
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ArticleHonda develops system to prevent traffic jams
Honda believes IT-driven changes in driving behavior can help reduce road congestionHonda has developed a system to change driving patterns to help avoid traffic jams.The Japanese carmaker, in cooperation with researchers at the University of Tokyo, is working on technology that monitors a driver's driving pattern and analyzes whether the ...
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ArticleCiting new ideas, VW extends Chinese crowd-sourcing project
VW’s experimental "Hover Car" would float just above the ground, guided by electromagnetic road networks(Photo: VW)Volkswagen is extending its Chinese "People's Car Project" indefinitely, as the German carmaker looks at ways to incorporate new ideas from the public into the design of future VW models.The project, which allows anyone to ...
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ArticleUS, German carmakers to demo fast EV charger
ACEA will make this combined charger the standard for new EVs in Europe from 2017 (Photo: VW)A group of eight US and German carmakers will demonstrate a common fast-charging technology they hope will accelerate the spread of electric vehicles.Volkswagen, Â Audi, BMW, Chrysler, Daimler, Ford, General Motors and Porsche will ...
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ArticleFord integrates Baidu Ting, QQ Music Apps in new chinese Focus
Nigel Harris, general manager of China’s Changan Ford Sales Company, shows the new Ford Focus ST at the Beijing Auto Show (Photo: Ford)Ford is expanding the infotainment options in its new Chinese Focus model by integrating the popular Baidu Ting and QQ Music applications.The services will be available at no ...
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ArticleBosch to buy Chinese infotainment company
Bosch developed a special navigation system for Volkswagen in China (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch plans to acquire a majority shareholding in a Chinese maker of instrument clusters and infotainment systems.In a move designed to strengthen its position in China and East Asia, the German automotive supplier said it is buying a ...
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ArticleNew Opel Insignia features Magna's forward-collision warning system
Magna says its Eyeris vision system will help automakers such as Opel meet tougher EU pedestrian-safety rules (Photo: Wikimedia)The new Opel Insignia will be one of the first cars in Europe to have a camera-based forward-collision warning system, supplier Magna International said.Magna said its Eyeris electronic vision system, which was ...
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ArticleGarmin opens new offices in Shanghai, Stuttgart, Yokohama
Garmin, which manufactures navigation, communication and information devices and applications, wants to grow its automotive business (Photo: Garmin)Garmin has opened new offices in three major markets as it boosts its global satellite navigation activities and expands its automotive business.The Swiss-based company, said new offices in Shanghai, Stuttgart and Yokohama are ...
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ArticleMcKinsey: China needs new EV strategy
China wants to boost EV sales to reduce traffic pollution (Photo: Anna Frodesiak/Wikimedia)China needs to boost sales of range-extended electric vehicles, rather than focus too heavily on pure EVs, according to McKinsey.In a study of the Chinese EV market, the strategy consultants say it will be at least 10 years ...
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ArticleBeing auto show: GM shows mobility concept
GM’s EN-V 2.0 concept provides a vision of future urban mobility (Photo: GM)General Motors showed a new version of its EN-V 2.0 mobility concept at the Beijing auto show, underlining the auto industry's resolve to address the changing requirement of mostly urban car drivers."The EN-V 2.0 concept would use technologies ...
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ArticleCadillac expects "self-driving vehicle" by mid-decade
Cadillac says it will be ready to build a self-driving or "semi-autonomous" vehicle by the middle of this decade.The luxury car brand of General Motors said it already has the technology to let cars manage themselves with the use of adaptive cruise control and lane centering software. Those technologies, which ...
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ArticleGenivi All Member Meeting - Paris
Genivi will hold its annual member meeting at Disneyland outside Paris April 24-27, with more than 500 participants scheduled to attend.The alliance, whose goal is to develop cross-industry software standards for the development of in-vehicle infotainment, groups automakers, automotive suppliers, telematics and mobile phone companies.Speaking at a Telematics Update conference ...
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ArticleTelematics Update: Room seen for embedded and smartphone-based connectivity
MUNICH ”” Cars will be connected to the internet through both embedded and smartphone-based systems, telematics executives said Wednesday.In a discussion of the pros and cons of the different approaches at a Telematics Update conference here, a panel of experts said the mode of connectivity depends on different factors."I see ...
