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ArticleEricsson to manage Volvo's connected car ecosystem
Volvo wants to take a leading position in car connectivity (Photo: Volvo)Ericsson will help Volvo Cars speed up the roll-out of new connected car services, as the Chinese-owned Swedish automaker plans to boost its competitiveness in the global premium car market.Volvo said in a press release it will rely ...
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ArticleGM, PSA settle on 3 common vehicle projects
General Motors and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen will build three cars together and move ahead  with plans to jointly purchase components.The US and French carmakers, which earlier  this year agreed on a far-reaching cooperation, said they would develop common vehicle architectures for a C-segment vehicle for Opel and Peugeot; a B-segment ...
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ArticleBMW hires Althaus for global brand management
Steven Althaus (Photo: BMW)BMW has hired Steven Althaus to oversee its brand management and marketing services.Althaus, 44, will assume his new position at the German premium car maker in January.Althaus was mostly recently chairman and CEO of the German and Austrian operations of Publicis. He joined the communications agency ...
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ArticleChina-Sweden research center opened in Beijing
Volvo's knee airbag, seen here in the V40 Cross Country, underscores the carmaker's push for better safety features (Photo: Volvo)Representatives of Volvo Cars, the truck maker Volvo and universities in Gothenburg and Shanghai attended the official inauguration of the China-Sweden Research Center for Traffic Safety in Beijing this week.The ...
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ArticleBosch in bid to grow Russian business
Robert Bosch plans to build a new factory in Russia on the expectation that the country's car market will continue to grow rapidly in coming years.The German automotive supplier, the world's largest, said it would invest some 40 million euros in the plant in the next three years. Construction will ...
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ArticleEurope's digital to-do list
Kroes, in charge of the EU's digital agenda, expects a busy 2013 (Photo: EU)The European Commission has published a "digital to-do list" for the European Union's 27 member states in an effort to speed up the development of the internet economy.Neelie Kroes, the European commissioner in charge of the ...
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ArticleDaimler consolidates all China sales in one organization
Daimler has formed a new Chinese sales operation that will market its imported as well as locally produced vehicles in the world's largest car market.Beijing Mercedes-Benz Sales Service is a 50-50 joint venture between Daimler and its Chinese partner, BAIC. It will handle sales and marketing, aftersales, used-car and fleet ...
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ArticleBosch dissolves Samsung JV, establishes battery unit
The Fiat 500e, which was unveiled at the Los Angeles auto show, is the first EV with a Bosch battery pack (Photo: Fiat)Robert Bosch, formalizing the dissolution of a battery joint venture with Korea's Samsung, has established a new division to build and market battery systems.The German automotive supplier ...
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ArticleEurope approves unified patent
The European Parliament has approved legislation that will establish one patent for 25 of the 27 European Union member states.The move, which comes after more than 30 years of internal discussions, will cut the cost of an EU patent by up to 80 pc, the parliament said in a press ...
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ArticleCeBIT - Hanover
CeBIT 2013 will focus on how companies and institutions are increasingly sharing rather than owning knowledge, resources and experience.The annual high-tech fair, the world's largest, will take place in Hanover March 5 - 9, 2013. The theme of the fair is "Shareconomy." In addition to sharing, the CeBIT exhibition halls ...
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ArticleCAR Symposium - Bochum
smart CEO Annette Winkler was one of the speakers at the 2012 CAR Symposium (Photo: CAR Symposium)Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche and his counterpart at Renault, Carlos Ghosn, will be two of the featured speakers at the 2013 CAR Symposium, which will take place in Bochum January 29 and 30, ...
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ArticleFormer VW CIO Muehleck to head IT at Thyssen Krupp
Klaus-Hardy MuehleckFormer Volkswagen Group CIO Klaus-Hardy Muehleck will take over as head of all IT operations at  Thyssen Krupp, a spokesperson for the German German engineering and steel group said Tuesday.Muehleck, 58, will assume his new responsibilities on January 1, 2013, taking over from Hans-Guenter Gaul. Gaul will ...
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ArticleOpel plans to close Bochum, Germany, car plant in 2016
Opel opened the Bochum plant in 1962 (Photo: Opel)Opel plans to end car production in Bochum, Germany, in 2016 as it reacts to continuing losses in the shrinking European car market.The German division of General Motors of the US said in a press release that it will cease car ...
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ArticleBMW launches new Web site
BMW's new Web site allows users to share configured cars with friends through social media (Photo: BMW)BMW has relaunched is Web site with new content, a different digital design and various social-media options.The new site is built around an improved car configurator that takes into account customers' now-standard practice ...
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ArticleRenault adopts GT Nexus cloud platform for aftermarket parts
GT Nexus will provide a cloud-based supply chain platform to Renault, as the French automaker moves to improve its international spare parts and accessory business.The US-based business software specialist said Renault has been successfully testing the system's ability to track spare parts exports from France to major markets such as ...
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ArticleWith cloud services, trust is more important than money - study
Pechardscheck: European business leaders are especially reluctant to move to the cloud (Photo: BearingPoint)Trust and data security are more important than saving money when it comes to cloud computing, a study by BearingPoint concludes.The consultants looked at why adoption of cloud-based services continues to be dogged by fears over ...
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Article2013 cyber threats: Supply chain prone to data security risks
(Photo: ISF)With more internal information held by outside service providers, companies face the risk of increased threats to data security, according to an independent cyber security body."More organizations will fall victim to information security incidents at their suppliers," the Information Security Forum (ISF) predicted. "Today's organization's data is increasingly ...
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ArticleReport: Audi plans to invest 3 billion euros in China
Audi showed its new Q3 SUV at the Beijing auto show in April, 2012 (Photo: Audi)With demand for its cars surging, Audi plans to invest 3 billion euros in China in the next five years, according to a report in the government-owned China Daily.The newspaper, citing an interview with ...
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ArticleDutch auto show cancelled because of weak car market
The AutoRAI, Holland's bi-annual auto show, has been canceled as sales of new passenger cars are falling more sharply in the Netherlands than in any other European Union member country.The organizers said in a statement that, "because of the economic development of the automotive sector, it has proven impossible to ...
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ArticleIn China, GM sees growing market for electric vehicles
GM's Lauckner says EVs need to become cheaper and easier to recharge (Photo: GM)General Motors sees a growing market for electric vehicles in China and is stepping up its local EV development activities."Electrified vehicles will play a critical role in efforts to conserve and ultimately displace petroleum as the ...
