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ArticleBMW responds quickly to report of possible security breach
BMW said no driving functions were compromised (Photo: BMW)BMW responded quickly to a report of a potential security gap in the data transmissions to and from the carmaker's connected vehicles. The German premium car group said it had closed the security gap with "a new configuration."The quick action by ...
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ArticleGermany's Hella implements CRM platform from Salesforce
Hella went public in late 2014 but continues to be majority-owned by family interests (Photo: Hella)In a bid to increase its operational efficiency, Hella has implemented a cloud-based CRM software platform built by Salesforce. The German automotive lighting specialist said in a press release that it had decided to ...
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ArticleDetroit auto show: Mercedes, VW target SUV segment
Mercedes unveiled a GLE Coupe on the eve of the Detroit auto show (Photo: Arjen Bongard)DETROIT -- Mercedes-Benz will keep renewing its product lineup in coming years, with particular focus on premium SUVs, Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche said Sunday.Speaking on the eve of the Detroit auto show, Zetsche noted ...
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ArticleCES: Ford wants to bring autonomous cars to mass market
Ford's Fields says connectivity is the key to finding workable transportation solutions (Photo: Ford Motor)Ford Motor wants to bring autonomous cars to the mass market but isn't in a hurry to be the first to sell a driverless vehicle."Our priority is not in making marketing claims or being in ...
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ArticleGM CEO sees further industry growth in US car market
GM's Barra says she expects younger car buyers to help boost U.S. market growth (Photo: GM)The US car market is set to continue its expansion this year, GM CEO Mary Barra told reporters, predicting light-vehicle sales of between 16.5 million and 17.0 million units in 2015. Barra cited a ...
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ArticleLong road ahead predicted for fuel-cell electric vehicles
Hyundai's ix35 fuel cell vehicle has been on the road for several years (Photo: Hyundai)OFFENBACH, Germany -- Frank Meijer seems resigned to the fact that it will be a while until hydrogen-powered electric vehicles are a significant part of the car market. "It's a marathon, not a sprint," said ...
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ArticleIBM adds data centers to offer companies more local storage
IBM, which wants to solidify its position as a leading provider of cloud-based services, has expanded its global data center network through the addition of 12 new locations. Nine of them are operated by partner Equinix, while the US-based software group is opening new data centers of its own in ...
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ArticleSales ranking: GM slips to 3rd place in 2014
Hyundai posted stronger 2014 unit sales growth than Toyota, Ford and GM (Photo: Hyundai)General Motors, which has for years been a strong contender in the race to be the world's biggest selling carmaker, slipped to third place in 2014, according to Germany's Center of Automotive Management (CAM). Toyota and ...
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ArticleStudy: Industry revenue is hit by data losses
An EMC poll shows that unplanned downtime and data losses cost companies money (Graphic: EMC)German companies and larger public organizations have posted 33.6 billion euros less revenue in the past 12 months because they have lost data as a result of a technical problem, according to a new study.The ...
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ArticlePoint of View: The Uber case
The Uber app lets customers book a car from their smartphone (Photo: Apple)(This Point of View was originally published in the October edition of the automotiveIT international Executive Report)In cities all over the world an ugly war is being fought by “traditional” taxi companies against a new form of ...
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ArticleKrueger to succeed Reithofer as next BMW CEO May 13
Krueger's appointment is part of a generational change at BMW (Photo: BMW)BMW's head of production, Harald Krueger, will become the next CEO of the German premium car maker in May. He will succeed Norbert Reithofer, who will become chairman of the BMW supervisory board.BMW also announced that Klaus Froelich, ...
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ArticleIn surprise move, BMW's Diess to head VW passenger car brand
Diess has headed BMW's R&D since 2012 (Photo: BMW)In a surprise move, BMW R&D chief Herbert Diess will move to Volkswagen  to head the brand's core VW passenger car brand. He will take over  - on October 1, 2015 - from VW Group CEO Martin Winterkorn, who ...
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ArticleTomTom acquires Fleetlogic
TomTom has acquired Fleetlogic, a leading Dutch provider of fleet management services, in a bid to strengthen its position in the European fleet market.The Amsterdam-based location and mapping services group said Fleetlogic will add 27,000 subscriptions to the installed base of TomTom Telematics. That brings the total of TomTom's installed ...
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ArticleBMW plans more plug-in hybrids for its core model range
BMW has developed a plug-in hybrid powertrain that can be used across its model range (Photo: BMW)BMW plans to roll out plug-in hybrid versions of all BMW models in the long term. The premium car maker is unveiling a plug-in hybrid 3 Series prototype as well as a range ...
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ArticleGM appoints new connected-consumer chief
Boler-Davis takes over from Mary Chan, who is leaving GM (Photo: GM)Alicia Boler-Davis will take over as head of General Motors' connected-car operations, replacing Mary Chan, who will leave the car company next year. Boler-Davis, currently senior vice president, global quality and customer experience, will hand over quality control ...
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ArticleautomotiveIT Congress - Hanover
Around 500 automotive and IT executives each year attend the Hanover Congress (Photo: Claus Dick)The automotiveIT Group will host its annual Congress during the CeBIT high-tech fair in Hanover March 19, 2015. The event will focus on the new role IT is playing in tomorrow's car industry. It is ...
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ArticleDeutsche Telekom chief casts wary eye on Google
Hoettges sees the balance between infrastructure and service providers disappearing (Photo: Telekom)Deutsche Telekom's CEO doesn't fear Google, but he closely watches any moves the California-based internet giant makes in the traditional telecommunications space."I'm not afraid of Google; I take Google seriously," Tim Hoettges told Germany's Sueddeutsche Zeitung in a ...
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ArticleAutomotive World - Tokyo
Automotive World features several specialized exhibits and a conference program (Photo:Automotive World)Automotive World, which will focus on new automotive and connected-car technologies, will take place at the Tokyo "Big Site" conference venue January 14 through 16, 2015.Billed as "Japan's largest exhibition and conference for automotive technology," the event consists ...
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ArticleDetroit auto show
More than 800,000 people visited the Detroit auto show in January, 2014 (Photo: NAIAS)The 2015 Detroit auto show will start with two press days January 12 and 13. The first major car show of the year will run though January 25.The Detroit gathering, officially called the North American International ...
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ArticleCisco sees data-center traffic tripling in 5 years
(Photo: Cisco)Data-center traffic will nearly triple between 2013 and 2018 and cloud-based interactions will represent 76 pc of that traffic, according to a study by Cisco.The US-based networking specialist also predicted that, by 2018, half of the world's population will have residential internet access and 53 pc of them ...
