All Digital customer experience articles – Page 10

  • siemens.automotiveIT
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    Siemens reorganizes group IT

    2017-05-28T15:43:59Z

    Siemens will consolidate storage facilities in Germany (Photo: Siemens)Siemens is reorganizing its IT operations as part of a series of measures aimed at boosting the group's efficiency.The Germany-based technology conglomerate said it is reviewing the geographical setup of its IT activities and digitizing its own processes. It is also ...

  • ford.automotiveIT
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    Jeff Lemmer to become Ford's chief operating officer, information technology

    2017-05-25T17:30:19Z

    (Photo: Ford Motor)Jeff Lemmer, currently director, IT operations, at Ford Motor, will become the carmaker's vice president and chief operating officer, information technology effective June 1.The appointment is part of a series of senior management changes that follow the dismissal of CEO Mark Fields earlier this week.Ford's new CEO, ...

  • unu.automotiveIT
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    New mobility on two wheels

    2017-05-25T14:52:56Z

    A basic unu motors electric two-wheeler costs 1,700 euros (Photo: unu motors)Unu Motors, a small Berlin-based maker of electric scooters, is almost proud of its role of agile infiltrator in a new-mobility world dominated by huge automotive companies and other big-name players. “In an industry of giants we must ...

  • lotus.automotiveIT
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    China's Geely to acquire stakes in Lotus, Proton

    2017-05-24T11:30:02Z

    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 ...

  • ford.automotiveIT
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    Fields out, Hackett in as Ford CEO

    2017-05-22T14:07:55Z

    Mark Fields has led Ford for almost 3 years (Photo: Ford Motor)Ford Motor announced Monday that its CEO, Mark Fields, is being replaced, following a sharp decline in the carmaker's share price over the past two years.Fields, who took the helm at Ford in January 2014, will be succeeded ...

  • iaa.automotiveIT
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    Frankfurt Auto Show

    2017-05-03T12:50:55Z

    (Photo: VDA)This year's Frankfurt Auto Show will kick off with two press days September 12 and 13 and will then continue through September 24.The show, officially known as the IAA, takes place every other year. The exhibition, the world's biggest car show, is held at the Frankfurt Fairgrounds.In 2015, ...

  • electric.automotiveIT
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    US survey sees lack of EV buying interest

    2017-04-25T08:55:10Z

    Two out of three respondents wouldn't buy an EV, the survey found (Photo: Nissan)A US survey found that a majority of people remains hesitant to buy an electric car, despite the auto industry's commitment to building a growing range of electric vehicles in coming years.The poll, conducted by the ...

  • mercedes.automotiveIT
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    Mercedes expands private car-sharing program

    2017-04-24T11:55:19Z

    Croove lets participants set their own price for renting out their vehicles (Photo: Daimler)Mercedes-Benz is expanding its "Croove" private car sharing program, introducing the platform in Berlin four months after it started a pilot program in Munich.The German premium car brand, which belongs to the Daimler Group, said Croove ...

  • bosch.automotiveIT
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    Bosch opens new auto-electronics plant in China

    2017-04-13T13:17:49Z

    The new plant will build components for automated driving (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch has opened a new electronic-components plant in Changzhou, China, solidifying its position in the world's largest car market.With another production site, "we are strengthening our successful localization strategy," Bosch Automotive Electronics President Klaus Meder said in a ...

  • ford.automotiveIT
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    Ford adds 2 new EVs to China lineup

    2017-04-06T11:31:15Z

    Ford is pursuing an ambitious electrification strategy in China (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor is adding two new electrically powered models to its Chinese product lineup, as the US carmaker accelerates plans to bring more EVs to the world’s biggest car market.In 2018, Ford will launch the Mondeo Energi plug-in hybrid ...

  • ds 7.automotiveIT
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    PSA deploys Dassault Systemes virtual technology for DS brand

    2017-03-28T17:01:58Z

    The DS 7 Crossback was unveiled at the 2017 Geneva Auto Show (Photo: PSA)DS Automobiles will use the "Virtual Garage" technology developed by Dassault Systemes to launch its new SUV, the DS 7 Crossback.Dassault Systemes, which is a leading supplier of 3D design, digital mock up and product lifecycle ...

  • daimler.automotiveIT
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    Daimler consolidates Chinese car-sharing units

    2017-03-28T09:43:23Z

    Both Daimler car-sharing brands will henceforth be known as car2go (Photo: Daimler)Daimler is consolidating its two Chinese car-sharing units under the car2go brand.The German premium car maker has, to date, operated car2go with a free-floating business model, while it has run Car2Share as a more traditional, station-based car-sharing company.Daimler ...

  • VW.automotiveIT
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    At Volkswagen, change still comes slowly

    2017-03-28T09:21:26Z

    The Sedric concept is the first VW vehicle designed for level 5 autonomous driving(Photo: VW)There is some irony here: The Volkswagen Group battled for years under an autocratic leadership to become the world’s biggest automaker and did not shy away from disreputable practices on the way. Its widespread cheating ...

  • byd.automotiveIT
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    McKinsey: China consolidates electric-vehicle lead

    2017-03-28T05:53:00Z

    China consolidated its lead in electric-vehicle technology last year, building 43 pc of all EVs manufactured worldwide. The BYD Qin is China's best-selling EV model (Photo: BYD)According to a report by management consultants McKinsey, China also manufactured 25 pc of the world's fuel cells and 37 pc of all electric ...

  • psa.automotiveIT
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    PSA Group's mobility chief wants to be preferred services provider

    2017-03-23T16:50:20Z

    Brigitte Courtehoux is targeting 300 million euros in mobility services revenue by 2021 (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is stepping up eff0rts to build a real fourth brand for mobility services, the French carmaker's new mobility services chief, Brigitte Courtehoux, said Thursday.Next to Peugeot, Citroen and DS branded vehicles, ...

  • opel.automotiveIT
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    Opel brand strategist plans with OnStar after PSA takeover

    2017-03-23T15:01:54Z

    Opel's Tobias Gubitz (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Opel sees General Motors' OnStar connectivity service as a key part of its strategy to offer more mobility products, even after the planned takeover of the German brand by France's PSA Group."If the deal happens, OnStar will continue to be available and ...

  • daimler.automotiveIT
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    "Digitization offers completely new possibilities and we will make use of these"

    2017-03-20T14:54:29Z

    Klaus Entenmann: "The customer no longer needs to come to the dealership to get car-buying advice." (Photo: Daimler)Digitization is changing the automotive industry top to bottom. In a short interview with automotiveIT, Klaus Entenmann, CEO of Daimler Financial Services, discusses which technological developments are crucial for the financial services ...

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    City Car Summit: "An explosion of mobility"

    2017-03-15T17:06:43Z

    Panelists cited many mobility challenges as well as big opportunities (Photo: Arjen Bongard)BERLIN -- Automotive, car-sharing and technology experts shared an urban new-mobility vision here that highlighted the possibilities and challenges for cities looking for cleaner and smarter traffic solutions."We're seeing an explosion of mobility," said Richard Harris, an ...

  • rainer_mehl
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    Automotive Online Sales ”“ A new business model to capture digital savvy customers

    2017-03-14T14:08:53Z

    Adapting the online customer experience to automotive retail salesConsumer buying habits have radically changed over the past decade, and we have Amazon, Google and others to thank for it. Online shopping is convenient, and cost effective. We can get what we want, when we want it, and have it delivered ...

  • VW.automotiveIT
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    VW, Tata to cooperate in India

    2017-03-10T16:38:46Z

    In 2014, VW's Pune factory celebrated the 50,000th car built there for export (Photo: VW)Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors have agreed to cooperate on mobility services for developing countries, the two carmakers said in a statement Friday.VW, which became the world's biggest automotive group by unit sales last year, ...