Digital R&D – Page 7
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ArticleFormer Audi CIO Ulbrich to head Porsche IT
Ulbrich served as Audi CIO for six years (Photo: Claus Dick)Former Audi CIO Mattias Ulbrich will take charge of IT at Porsche September 1, sources say.Ulbrich, who relinquished his CIO position at Audi in February, will succeed Sven Lorenz, who is set to assume other responsibilities within the Volkswagen ...
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ArticleByton starts road tests of M-Byte model
The M-Byte features a 49 inch-wide programmable display (Photo: Byton)Byton has started tests of its Byton M-Byte model on public roads in the Chinese city of Nanjing.The Chinese electric-vehicle startup said it is on schedule with the M-Byte. It cited its global engineering network, with facilities in Europe, the ...
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ArticleFord says safety, reliability key for AVs
Ford says AVs are "one of the solutions" to growing urban mobility problems (Photo: Ford)Safety, reliability and the consumer experience are crucial and arguably more important than the technology, as the industry works to build driverless cars, Ford Motor says in a new report.“We don’t believe that the central ...
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ArticleKinaxis: Digital transformation for the automotive supply chain
Innovations in electric and self-driving vehicles are fundamentally altering the automotive landscape and pushing customer expectations higher than ever before. Companies must digitally transform in order to face today’s shifting realities and succeed in minimizing inventory, maximizing cash flow and driving profitability in this dynamic business environment. Digital ...
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ArticleVolkswagen investing €3.5 billion into digital transformation, stresses role of software
We Share launch in BerlinImage: VolkswagenVolkswagen has confirmed an investment of over €3.5 billion into a digitization initiative to 2025. At a press conference in Berlin, executives outlined the strategy and a series of measures to speed up the development of its digital ecosystem.Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen brand board member, ...
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ArticlenextLAP presents AI data hub for production and logistics at AL Global Conference
Image: nextLAP Inc.nextLAP Inc. of Mountain View, California, is to present its AI Production-Process-Platform IP/1 at next month’s Automotive Logistics Global Conference in Detroit. This is a cloud-based data hub featuring real-time analysis and artificial intelligence to optimize material flow in production and logistics processes.The IP/1 collects process parameters, ...
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ArticleHyundai Mobis invests in StradVision, aims for self-learning AI cameras by 2020
Image: StradVisionHyundai Mobis has invested 8 billion Korean won (around $7,130,000) in StradVision, a Korean firm specialising in deep learning-based image detection using artificial neural networks. The co-operation will develop advanced camera detection technologies for self-driving systems, with a view to launching a self-learning, artificial intelligence camera by 2020.StradVision, ...
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ArticleFord’s Autonomic partners with Alibaba Cloud, sets up office in China
Image: Alizila.com Alibaba Cloud is to work with Autonomic on the China introduction of its Transport Mobility Cloud (TMC) platform to support connected vehicles. Autonomic, owned by Ford Smart Mobility, has signed an memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Chinese firm and the two companies intend further collaboration ...
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ArticleRenovo and HERE form partnership for open interfaces
Image: HERE Technologies/Renovo AutoMobility software company Renovo and mapping and location services specialist HERE Technologies have formed a partnership to develop and deploy open interfaces for automated vehicles. For highly and fully automated vehicles, these will have open standards for interoperability and data exchange across the transportation ecosystem.The first ...
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ArticleLuxoft buys Objective Software GmbH, specialists in autonomous and connected mobility
Image: Objective SoftwareLuxoft, a global IT service provider based in Zug, Switzerland, has acquired Objective Software GmbH, a 20-year-old consultancy with its headquarters in Munich, Germany plus offices in Turin, Italy; Luxembourg; and Wroclaw, Poland. Objective specializes in software development for the automotive industry, with a focus on connected ...
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FeatureRobert Bosch digital chief: “The mobility of the future will involve a melting pot of technologies”
Bernd Heinrichs, chief digital officer at Robert Bosch, talks about software for developing mobility solutions and how automotive suppliers needs to prepare for a digitalized, networked auto industry
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ArticleHonda SmartCharge uses JuiceNet platform, encourages EV drivers to be grid-friendly
Image: PRNewsfoto/Honda North AmericaHonda North America has rolled out a beta version of an app called SmartCharge for owners of its Fit EV [pictured] in California, within the Southern California Edison service territory. This app finds the best time for them to charge their cars, giving financial rewards for ...
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ArticleMagneti Marelli agrees to buy perception software start-up SmartMeUp
Image: Magneti MarelliMagneti Marelli, part of the FCA Group, has signed an agreement to buy SmartMeUp, a French start-up developing perception software for autonomous driving, smart cities and safety technologies. The agreement sets out the acquisition of 100pc of SmartMeUp shares, and the purchase is expected to take effect ...
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ArticleContinental joins UC Berkeley DeepDrive AI research center
Image: ContinentalContinental is joining the UC Berkeley DeepDrive center (BDD), an artificial intelligence research partnership which is focusing on optimizing speed of neural networks and protecting AI systems in safety-critical applications.The first year of the five-year joint research programme will focus on the testability of AI algorithms in safety-relevant ...
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ArticleFord creates new AV organization
Image: FordFord Motor Company has created a new organization called Ford Autonomous Vehicles LLC, to be based at its campus under development in Corktown, Detroit. The new company is tasked with accelerating Ford’s autonomous vehicle business and capitalizing market opportunities, and will include Ford’s activities in self-driving integration; AV ...
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ArticleAudi deploys new 3D visualization customer app
Image: AudiAudi has launched a 3D visualization app in its product configurator to give potential customers a real-time, high-resolution 360-degree view of their chosen vehicle. The Audi Visualization Engine, based on virtual data models, allows interaction with the animated rendering: turning on the headlights, opening and closing the doors, ...
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ArticleFaurecia invests in SubPac for immersive audio experience
Faurecia Ventures has made an investment in audio firm SubPac, which has developed an acoustic experience to “capture the physical dimension of sound”.
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ArticleToyota takes InfoTechnology Center in-house
Image: ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced the reorganization of its InfoTechnology Center research and development companies. The functions of the Tokyo-based InfoTechnology Center (ITC Japan) will be absorbed into TMC’s in-house Connected Company by March 2019, and ITC USA, California, will be incorporated into Toyota Motor North America.ITC ...
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ArticleSensoris platform releases vehicle-to-cloud data standard
Image: ERTICO-ITS EuropeA standardized, globalized interface specification for vehicle-to-cloud data has been announced by the Sensoris innovation platform, coordinated by the Ertico-ITS Europe partnership. This data specification is said to be a crucial piece of digital infrastructure for connected and automated driving as it “closes the loop” between a ...
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ArticlePSA Group steps up digital transformation
An analysis of PSA’s digital strategy and progress so far under chief digital officer, Christophe Rauturier.
