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ArticleIAA: Magna to show driverless-car platform
Magna's driverless platform will accommodate level 4 autonomous driving (Photo: Magna)Â Magna International will unveil its MAX4 autonomous driving platform at the upcoming Frankfurt Auto Show (IAA), underlining how automotive suppliers plan to play a crucial role in the transformation of the car industry.The Canadian supplier, one of the ...
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ArticleToyota in partnership to handle connected-car data
Automotive data traffic is expected to grow 10,000 times in the next 8 years (Photo: Denso)Toyota Motor has formed a partnership with Denso, Ericsson, Intel and NTT to better handle the huge data volumes that are expected to move in and out of tomorrow's cars.The carmaker also said it ...
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ArticleSiemens PLM to acquire TASS simulation software company
TASS PreScan allows the simulation of complex traffic situations (Photo: TASS) Siemens plans the acquisition of simulation software specialist TASS International, in a move to strengthen its product lifecycle management (PLM) business. Terms of the transaction weren’t disclosed. Netherlands-based TASS specializes in autonomous driving, integrated safety, advanced driver ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars to add electric motors to all models
Volvo's mild hybrid is one of three types of EVs the company plans to roll out (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars, in a move aimed at distinguishing itself from its big premium-segment competitors, said it will equip all cars it launches from 2019 onwards with electric motors.The decision doesn't mean Volvo ...
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ArticleRenault invests in virtual testing company for autonomous driving
Renault wants to launch 10 vehicles with autonomous capacity by 2020 (Photo: Renault)Renault is buying a 35 pc stake in Autonomous Vehicle Simulation (AVS), a move that will help it in efforts to develop and test autonomous vehicles.AVS was formed together with Oktal, a unit of French high-tech engineering ...
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ArticleEuropean suppliers focus on innovation
CLEPA's jury awarded 12 innovation prizes across 4 categories (Photo: Arjen Bongard)ROME -- European automotive suppliers gathered here last week to honor a range of companies and products that will likely play a key role in the transformation of personal mobility.The European suppliers association, CLEPA, awarded innovation awards to ...
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ArticleVolvo forms high-performance EV unit
Volvos upgraded by Polestar compete in the Nuerburgring FIA World Touring Car Championship (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars is forming a separate division to build electrified high-performance cars, in a move that underlines how the global automotive industry is readying itself for rapid growth in electric vehicle sales.The Swedish premium car ...
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ArticlePoll: German industry lacks company-wide strategies for digital training
Bitkom says training is crucial for the digital transformation (Photo: Alstom)Few German companies have a coordinated strategy to prepare their employees for the digital era, according to a new poll conducted by Bitkom, the country’s high-tech association.A survey of 305 companies found that only one in five companies with ...
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ArticleJ.D. Power study: Quality up but infotainment problems abound
The Kia Optima is the Korean brand's biggest US seller (Photo: Kia)J.D. Power's Initial Quality Study found that new vehicles are constructed better than ever, but problems abound in infotainment and other relatively new automotive technologies that are crucial to the auto industry's transformation.The study, which measures the number ...
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ArticleWind River leads “rolling lab” autonomous-driving test in Ohio
The Ohio project aims to speed up development of key autonomous-driving technologies (Photo: Wind River)Wind River will lead a project to test connected and autonomous vehicle technologies and speed up development in a key focus area for the auto industry.The embedded-software unit of chipmaker Intel said it will work ...
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ArticleBorgWarner's chief strategy officer discusses tech investment
Brady Ericson (Photo: BorgWarner)On April third, BorgWarner, a Michigan based automotive industry components and parts supplier, announced its first foray into the auto-tech venture capital space, investing 10 million dollars in Palo Alto-based investment firm Autotech Ventures. Brady Ericson, BorgWarner’s chief strategy officer, who will oversee the investment, answered ...
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ArticleAGL platform to debut on 2018 Toyota Camry
The 2018 Camry will be the first Toyota vehicle to have the Automotive Grade Linux (AGL) platform underpinning its next-generation infotainment system.AGL, an open source project hosted by the Linux Foundation, is developing a common platform for car infotainment systems and enhanced connectivity that functions as an industry standard.“The flexibility ...
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ArticleStudy: IT graduates want to work for premium car brands
Google is the most interesting employer for German IT graduates (Photo: Google)BMW, Audi, Daimler and Porsche are the the car companies that IT graduates would most like to work for, according to a new survey.But the trendence Graduate Barometer 2017 found that Google tops all other companies as the ...
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ArticleChina's Geely to acquire stakes in Lotus, Proton
Lotus makes sports cars and racing cars (Photo: Lotus)Geely Automobile said its parent company, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, has agreed in principle to buy significant equity stakes in Malaysian carmaker Proton and Proton-owned British specialty race car company Lotus.In a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where Geely ...
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ArticleVW enters AI partnership with China’s Mobvoi
VW's 2017 concept car relies on artificial intelligence technologies (Photo: VW)Volkswagen Group is teaming up with China’s Mobvoi to develop and implement artificial intelligence (AI) technologies in the car.The German automotive group said the two companies will form a 50-50 joint venture to develop technologies for smart mobility.Mobvoi is ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars: Traffic data should be shared
Volvo's Samuelsson says Level 3 autonomous vehicles are unsafe (Photo: Volvo Cars)Governments and carmakers should share traffic data to improve global traffic safety, Volvo Cars CEO Hakan Samuelsson said Monday.Speaking at a European Union conference on connected and automated driving, the Volvo chief said the Swedish carmaker has, for ...
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ArticleIntel to acquire Mobileye
In July, 2016, BMW, Intel and Mobileye top executives announced they would cooperate on an autonomous-driving platform (Photo: Intel)Intel has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Mobileye, giving the California-based chip maker a stronger position in the automotive technology sector.Intel said it plans to acquire the sensor specialist through ...
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ArticleFrance's PSA Group to acquire Opel
PSA expects a 2 pc operating profit margin at Opel in three years (Photo: Opel)PSA/Peugeot-Citroen and General Motors confirmed Monday that the French carmaker will acquire Opel, its British sister company Vauxhall, and half of GM's European finance arm for a combined 2.2 billion euros.The two companies said in ...
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ArticleFord bets on artificial intelligence
Ford plans to have an SAE level 4 autonomous vehicle on the road by 2021 (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor plans to invest 1 billion dollars in artificial intelligence by acquiring a majority stake in Argo AI.The artificial intelligence startup will continue to operate independently from Ford, but the carmaker said ...
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ArticleBitkom: Cognitive computing market set to double in 2017
At CES, chipmaker Nvidia announced it will equip Mercedes with AI technology (Photo: Nvidia)The global market for so-called "cognitive computing" application is set to almost double in 2017, according to Germany's high-tech association, Bitkom.The projection reflects the focus that many companies, including automakers, are putting on hardware and software ...
