All articles by Farah Alkhalisi – Page 2
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ArticleVolvo Cars and Luminar demonstrate LiDAR for autonomy in LA
Image: Volvo Cars Volvo Cars is showing no actual cars at the Los Angeles auto show (now known as Automobility LA) this week – it has instead elected to “demonstrate its vision” for the future of mobility – but it is exhibiting the LiDAR sensor and perception technology ...
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ArticleNissan demonstrates home energy and bi-directional EV charging solutions
Nissan has built a demonstration house at its global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, to show the integration of electric vehicles into domestic energy systems.
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ArticleVolkswagen takes investment in Diconium for digital services, starts Open Source Lab, partners with Cinemo for in-car media
Image: Volkswagen The Volkswagen Group has acquired 49pc of the shares in Diconium, a German digital specialist. Diconium is to become a technology partner to develop new digital business models and services offered via the Microsoft-enabled Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, building on the Volkswagen We ecosystem. Based in Stuttgart, ...
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ArticleVeniam and Denso to collaborate on connected vehicle software
Image: Veniam Veniam, a young provider of networking software for connected vehicles and mobility systems, has signed a memorandum of understanding with Japan’s long-established Denso. The planned joint project will explore the integration of Veniam’s intelligent data networking features into Denso’s communication management systems: this will, says Veniam, ...
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ArticleVisteon inaugurates new tech centre in Karlsruhe, Germany; Harman sets up software office in Łódź, Poland
Image: Visteon Visteon Corporation has held an inauguration ceremony for a new 6,500 sq-m facility in Karlsruhe, Germany, its lead technology hub for Europe. This technology centre will host advanced development of vehicle cockpit electronics, and will lead the development of the Visteon DriveCore autonomous driving platform [under ...
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ArticleNuance spins off its automotive division as a separate company, specializing in conversational AI
Image: Nuance Communications Nuance Communications is planning to spin off its automotive business division and activities into an independent, publicly-traded automotive software company, Nuance Auto. The formation of this company and share transactions are expected to be completed by the end of the 2019 fiscal year. Nuance specializes ...
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ArticleŠkoda deploys drone for stocktaking and logistics
Skoda is testing drones for inventory management Škoda is testing the use of autonomous drones for stocktaking at its factory in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. The drone is detecting, identifying and counting empty containers outside the factory from above, three times a day, and the data it collects ...
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ArticleSecure, safe EV charging: Penta Security and GridWiz go for encryption, Luxoft leverages blockchain for carshare services
Image: Penta Security South Korea-based Penta Security has added an electric vehicle charging security solution, AutoCrypt V2G, to its AutoCrypt suite for connected transportation systems. This is intended to provide safe communication throughout the EV charging infrastructure and charging payment systems. AutoCrypt V2G uses the open charge point ...
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ArticleToyoda Gosei gets into venture capital, FCA looks for insurance innovations, Volvo Financial Services launches fintech lab
Image: Car Design News Toyoda Gosei – a Toyota Group company manufacturing rubber and plastic automotive components – is setting up a corporate venture capital department, specifically to invest in start-ups and accelerate innovations. Effective from January 2019 with a three-billion yen budget through till December 2020, this ...
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ArticleCloud-based platform for smart steel tracking speeds up welding, further automates car assembly
Image: Shutterstock Global steel firm SSAB, a major supplier of steel to the automotive industry, and Kemppi, a digital welding technology specialist, have integrated their cloud-based SmartSteel and WeldEye systems for a streamlined tracking process to speed up welding. Following a successful pilot trial, SSAB clients already using ...
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ArticleTU Wien develops new antenna box for car connectivity
Image: TU Ilmenau Telecommunications researchers at TU Wien (Technical University Vienna) have developed a new antenna concept for cars which could replace the current ‘shark fin’ attachments, now becoming too small. The antenna box, made from carbon fibre-reinforced polymer, can be integrated in a cavity within the front ...
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ArticleEricsson 5G tech on trial in Einride T-pod autonomous truck
Image: DB Schenker A collaboration between Ericsson, Telia and Einride is trialling an autonomous transport ecosystem at a DB Schenker logistics facility in Jönköping, Sweden. This marks the first commercial application of Einride’s autonomous electric transportation (AET) technology in its T-pod driverless vehicle, which will operate continuously at ...
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ArticleHyundai Cradle invests in allegro.ai for deep learning, autonomous decision-making
Image: allegro.ai Hyundai’s corporate venture division has made an investment in Israeli technology firm allegro.ai, which specializes in deep learning-based computer vision. It aims to accelerate its deployment of artificial intelligence across various business areas, as well as to use AI to enhance the safety of the driving ...
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ArticleRenault Alliance invests in Transit mobility app, WeRide.ai for Level 4 AVs
Image: Transit Alliance Ventures, the venture capital division of the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, has made two new strategic investments. Its latest is in Transit, a multi-modal transport app firm based in Montreal, Canada, which has produced an app functional in over 175 metropolitan areas around the world. Transit’s app ...
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ArticleToyota announces AV data alliance, trials multi-modal service
Image: TRI-AD Toyota is establishing a business alliance with the Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co., Ltd., and the Toyota Research Institute – Advanced Development, Inc. (TRI-AD). The insurance company’s data, including that on circumstances and causes of accidents, will be deployed to develop automated driving technology; ...
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ArticleInfiniti supports start-ups, sees digital transformation benefits
Image: Infiniti Infiniti is hosting an innovation initiative in Hong Kong to connect local start-ups with corporate partners. This extends the Infiniti Lab programme launched in 2015, which “has helped drive cultural transformation and open innovation within Infiniti” as well as in the start-up community, the company says. ...
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ArticleBASF launches digital platform for visualizing paint colours, digitised Lean Lab concept
Image: BASF Coatings BASF Coatings is launching Auroom, a digital platform for automotive designers to map paint colours onto their models and visualize their appearance and effects. This is said to give a realistic impression of colour proposals at an early stage of the design process, including the ...
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ArticleVolkswagen announces self-driving MaaS venture in Israel, joins Baidu Apollo consortium in China; Volvo also to collaborate with Baidu
Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen Group is to establish a self-driving Mobility as a Service (MaaS) venture in Israel with partners Mobileye and Champion Motors. It will provide a fleet of electric vehicles for the New Mobility in Israel operation; Mobileye will provide its Level 4 AV hardware, map data, ...
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ArticlePartner ecosystems or going it alone? Auto executive study identifies digital strategy split
Image: Shutterstock.com There are major inconsistencies in automotive industry digital strategy – but also major opportunities, reports a global study by BearingPoint, a management and technology consultancy (developed from the former KPMG and Arthur Andersen consultancies). The research, carried out March-April 2018 included the survey of 90 automotive ...
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ArticleJaguar Land Rover creates algorithm against motion sickness
Image: Jaguar Land Rover Jaguar Land Rover has collected 15,000 miles-worth of data on factors affecting motion sickness and created an algorithm to automatically adapt a vehicle’s dynamics and cabin settings. It claims this can reduce the effects – and thus nausea or worse – by “up to ...
