All Digital Leaders articles – Page 12
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ArticleTata Motors joins new-mobility trend
Tata Motors expects its new modular platforms to make it easier to introduce new technologies (Photo: Tata Motors)Tata Motors has formed a new unit that will help the Indian automotive group develop new business areas.The division, which is called Tamo, will unveil its first product at the Geneva auto ...
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Feature"My role is to protect the vehicle ecosystem"
Jeff Massimilla was named chief product cybersecurity officer of General Motors (GM) in 2014. His appointment, one of the first of its kind in the global auto industry, underscored the crucial importance of cyber safety for the coming generations of fully connected cars. Massimilla spoke to automotiveIT at the Detroit ...
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ArticleVolkswagen ethics boss departs
Hohmann-Dennhardt spent slightly more than a year revamping VW's ethics culture (Photo: Daimler)Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt is leaving the Volkswagen Group management board, having served little more than a year as the carmaker's top executive in charge of integrity and legal affairs.VW and Hohmann-Denhardt decided to go separate ways because of ...
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ArticleFord hires Apple exec for brand position
Tariq Musa is the latest executive to join an automaker from another industry (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor has hired an Apple marketing executive, Musa Tariq, to serve as its chief brand officer.Tariq, who most recently was Apple's global marketing and communication director for retail, is charged with further redefining Ford's ...
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ArticleStudy: Global EV sales set for massive jump in 2020s
Tesla is the biggest foreign seller of EVs in China (Photo: Tesla)Global sales of electric vehicles are set to start growing rapidly in the next decade, according to a new study.The report by Germany's Center of Automotive Management (CAM) said that, so far, car buyers are still showing little ...
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Feature"IoT is coming to car manufacturing with big steps"
Andre Ziemke: "The potential of digitization in manufacturing is gigantic" (Photo: Claus Dick)Andre Ziemke is one of the co-founders of nextLAP, which has built a software platform designed to boost efficiency in car manufacturing. Ziemke spoke by phone recently to automotiveIT.Why did you start nextLAP?nextLAP co-founder Thomas (Stoeckel) and ...
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ArticleProduction logistics next in line for digital overhaul
An autonomous tugger train supplies assembly logistics at a BMW plant in Dingolfing, Germany (photo: BMW)Manufacturing automation has in recent years reached a high degree of maturity, but production logistics has not kept pace. As a result, improvements in manufacturing efficiency haven’t been as high as they could be. ...
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Feature"The issue won't be 'either-or' in digitization"
Wehner: The main issue in digitization is speed (Photo: Claus Dick)More automakers are creating the position of chief digital officer as a central point of contact for digitization issues. Someone who is sure to understand how the role is different from that of the CIO is Skoda CDO Andre ...
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ArticleautomotiveIT Congress - Hanover
More than 500 people attended the 2016 automotiveIT Congress in Hanover (Photo: Claus Dick)This year's automotiveIT Congress, which will take place March 23 in Hanover, will focus on one of the biggest challenges facing the global car industry: How to move to a more agile IT approach.The annual event, ...
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ArticleMobile World Congress - Barcelona
More than 2,200 companies exhibited at the 2016 Mobile World Congress (Photo: MWC)The annual Mobile World Congress (MWC), which brings together stakeholders in the global connectivity revolution, will take place in Barcelona Feb. 27 through March 2.The annual gathering, the world's largest meeting place for the mobile industry, features ...
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ArticleNvidia GPU Technology Conference - San Jose
At the Amsterdam GTC, Nvidia CEO Huang unveiled new AI technology (Photo: Nvidia)Nvidia hosts its annual GTC Technology Conference, a forum for the global GPU development community, in San Jose, California, May 8 through 11.The chipmaker, which plays a growing role as a provider of high-powered systems and computing ...
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ArticleBosch Connected World - Berlin
More than 1,000 people attended last year's ConnectedWorld event (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch will hold its annual internet-of-things conference in Berlin March 15 and 16.The German automotive supplier, which has in recent years focused heavily on IoT technologies, is hosting an event that features senior industry executives speaking about the ...
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ArticleBaidu appoints Microsoft exec to COO position
Qi Lu was global executive vice president at Microsoft before joining Baidu (Photo: Microsoft)Baidu has recruited a senior Microsoft executive, Qi Lu, to serve as its group president and COO.Lu, an artificial intelligence expert, will be in charge of products, technology, sales, marketing and operations at the Chinese internet ...
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Feature"We will need more IT professionals in the future"
Continental's Eigler: "Our expertise is in demand." (Photo: Claus Dick)Christian Eigler is a realist. In his view, it won't be trendy roadmaps that lay the basis for successful digitization, but standardization and harmonization. In an interview with automotiveIT, the CIO of automotive supplier Continental talks about the trend toward ...
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ArticleWhat to expect in 2017
Automakers are hiring software engineers to develop new-mobility offerings (Photo: BMW)Is 2017 going to be the year of electric mobility? Will this be the year that autonomous vehicles take a decisive step toward roadworthiness? And will this be the year that automakers convince skeptics that they - rather than ...
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ArticleVW to hire 1,000 IT experts over 3 years
IT experts in VW's digital lab in Berlin work on new mobility services and connected-car technologies (Photo: VW)Volkswagen said it will hire more than 1,000 additional IT experts in the next three years, as Europe's largest car group aims to bolster its expertise in digital technologies.VW said the specialists, ...
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ArticleWith UK retail store, SEAT tests new sales concept
Seat customers can use 8 touchscreens to handle all aspects of their car purchase (Photo: Seat)LONDON -- Nobody really knows what car buying will look like in 10 years. Some say online retail will be the future, but others are certain that car showrooms and dealer groups will continue ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars appoints new R&D boss
Green joined Volvo in 1996 and has held several management positions in Sweden and China (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars has appointed Henrik Green senior vice president research & development, moving a company insider into a key management position.Green, 43, is currently in charge of sales and production planning and customer ...
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ArticleTrump advisory panel includes GM's Barra, IBM's Rometty
GM's Barra will join a business panel that will advise Donald Trump once he takes office (Photo: GM)US President-elect Donald Trump has put together a business advisory council that includes General Motors CEO Mary Barra, IBM CEO Ginny Rometty and a host of other US business leaders.Trump said the ...
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ArticleAutomakers will cooperate more on new mobility
Competition for market share is fierce in the global auto industry, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room to cooperate. Especially in the past two years, as the pace of change has picked up, there’s been a marked increase in the number of strategic jont ventures the world’s carmakers have ...
