All articles by Farah Alkhalisi – Page 7
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ArticleInrix AV Road Rules platform connects road authorities and vehicle operators
Image: InrixA platform connecting city and road authorities with autonomous vehicle operators has been launched by Inrix. This allows the assignation, validation and management of traffic rules and restrictions, via a quick and easy process to digitize local information such as speed limits, crosswalks, school zones or stop signs. ...
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ArticleRinspeed founds Snap Motion as start-up mobility provider
Image: RinspeedSwiss design consultancy Rinspeed, known for the adventurous concept cars it unveils each year, is establishing a start-up company called Snap Motion. It intends to build a small fleet of its ‘Snap’, as seen at CES and the Geneva motor show earlier this year, for proof of concept ...
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ArticleLuxoft opening Berlin R&D center with Daimler
Image: LuxoftLuxoft has partnered with Daimler subsidiary MBition GmbH to open a research and development center in Berlin, and is recruiting software developers, automation engineers and QA engineers to work at this new facility.The center is based at Mindspace, a co-working office, and will focus on mobility services and ...
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ArticleAudi signs MOU with Huawei for connected car and digitalization cooperation
Image: AudiAudi has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese information and telecoms company Huawei for a strategic cooperation covering intelligent connected vehicles, the advancement of automated driving, and the digitalization of in-car services. It points to the intensive research and development needed to develop a high-quality, stable data ...
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ArticleRocket Software and T-Systems International reduce data transfer delays
Image: Rocket Software/TSIRocket Software and T-Systems International, a Deutsche Telekom subsidiary based in Frankfurt, have launched a combined solution for secure and rapid data exchange between product design and manufacturing partners, claiming a 90pc reduction in the time needed to share the data. Three global manufacturers have now signed ...
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ArticleBMW Group, Suning Logistics, Hyundai join Baidu Apollo open AV platform
Zhenyu Li, VP and general manager, Baidu’s Intelligent Driving Group, with Klaus Fröhlich, board member for development, BMW AG.Image: BMW AGBMW Group and Suning Logistics have both announced that they are joining Apollo, Baidu’s open, shared autonomous driving platform. Apollo, launched in July 2017, now involves 118 global partners ...
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ArticleC-V2X demos incorporate motorcycles, vehicles and infrastructure, communications between carmakers
Image: 5GAATwo demonstrations have been carried out marking advances in C-V2X (cellular vehicle-to-everything) technology.The ConVex Consortium, a collaboration between Audi, Ducati, Qualcomm, SWARCO and Technical University Kaiserslautern, has shown Europe’s first demonstration of C-V2X communications between motorcycles, vehicles and infrastructure. The ConVex (Connected Vehicle to Everything of Tomorrow) trial ...
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ArticleBosch and Daimler announce pilot automated driving trial in California
Image: DaimlerBosch and Daimler have announced a pilot trial of fully-automated and driverless driving in an as-yet unnamed metropolitan city in California, with a test fleet hitting the road in the second half of next year. Daimler Mobility Services is expected to be the operator of a fleet of ...
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ArticleVisteon and ZongMu Technology agree joint development of autonomous solutions
Image: ZongMu TechnologyVisteon Asia Pacific and China’s ZongMu Technology have confirmed their cooperation to jointly develop autonomous driving technologies from Level 3 upward. A self-parking solution integrating Visteon’s DriveCore autonomous driving platform and ZongMu’s autonomous parking system [pictured] is the first product announced.The Visteon DriveCore platform comprises hardware, in-vehicle ...
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ArticleVolkswagen, Renault and PSA all announce new car-sharing and mobility services
Image: VolkswagenVolkswagen will launch a fleet of shared electric vehicles in Germany next year, with international roll-out of its car-sharing services from 2020. Expanding Volkswagen’s ‘We’ customer platform, the mobility service will focus initially on cities in Europe, North America and Asia.Jürgen Stackmann, Volkswagen brand board member for sales, ...
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ArticleGroupe PSA and Inria announce OpenLab artificial intelligence project
Image: Groupe PSAGroupe PSA and Inria, the French national institute for computer science and applied mathematics, are working together on artificial intelligence in a four-year research programme. The joint AI OpenLab joins the 18 OpenLab research facilities - described as pooled experimental resources - already established by PSA with ...
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ArticleEberspaecher buys stake in PACE Telematics, gets cloud-connected
Image: EberspaecherAutomotive system developer and supplier Eberspaecher has acquired a stake of more than 20 pc in Karlsruhe-based start-up PACE Telematics GmbH, reflecting its aim to expand its business into cloud-based mobility services and connectivity solutions. Eberspaecher is known as a supplier of thermal management, exhaust and electronic systems, ...
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ArticleZF spins off Car eWallet as standalone ‘start-up’, Eaton forms new eMobility division
Image: ZF/Car eWalletZF has established Car eWallet, developer of an open, blockchain-enabled platform to support payments for refuelling, electric car charging, parking, toll, car-sharing or other such transactions, as a separate company. Based in Berlin, it intends to operate like an independent start-up, and while ZF has provided the ...
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ArticleZF to build e.GO Mover autonomous vehicle, showcase digital logistics
Image: e.Go Mobile AGZF will start production of the e.GO Mover autonomous electric vehicle next year, and will display it at the IAA commercial vehicle show in Hanover in September to highlight its services in the field of digital logistics.The e.GO Mover will be built in Aachen, Germany, with ...
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ArticleFord China and Baidu to cooperate on AI, digital services and connectivity
Image: Ford[L-R]: Ya-Qin Zhang, president, Baidu; Tan Su, general manager, Baidu, internet of vehicles; Robert Hou, director of mobility platforms and products, Ford Asia Pacific; Peter Fleet, Ford group VP and president, Ford Asia PacificFord China and Baidu have signed an agreement to work together to enrich the consumer ...
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Byton brings in BlackBerry QNX technology
Image: BytonByton’s first production vehicles will feature technology from BlackBerry, including the Canadian company’s QNX SDP 7.0 real-time operating system and Hypervisor 2.0 software. BlackBerry was chosen as a supplier for its ability to partition and isolate safety-critical and non-critical systems, the firm notes.Jeff Chung, VP for intelligent car ...
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ArticleVW Group of America joins Networking for Autonomous Vehicles Alliance
Image: BusinessWireVolkswagen Group of America has joined Aquantia, Robert Bosch, Continental and Nvidia to form the Networking for Autonomous Vehicles (NAV) Alliance. The group intends to support the development of multi-gigabit ethernet networking in vehicles, and of its related ecosystem of cameras, sensors, gateways, data storage devices, control systems, ...
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ArticleBosch announces board changes, new chief digital officer position
[L-R]: Dr Rolf Bulander; Dr Stefan Hartung; Rolf Najork; Dr Christian Fischer; Dr Michael Bolle (Image: Robert Bosch)Robert Bosch GmbH has announced a series of changes to its board of management, including the creation of a new role: chief digital officer. This position will be taken by Dr. Michael ...
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ArticleRenault and partners test on-demand AVs on-road in Rouen; Kroger and Nuro to trial driverless deliveries
Image: RenaultThe first European on-road trial of a shared mobility service using autonomous vehicles is beginning near Rouen, France. The partners in this Rouen Normandy Autonomous Lab initiative are Groupe Renault, Métropole Rouen Normandie, Transdev Group and Matmut, and the on-demand service will be open for public use from ...
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ArticleDARPA talks about AR and VR for future combat vehicles
Image: DARPADARPA, the US Defense Advance Research Projects Agency, has demonstrated some of its upcoming technologies to be applied in combat vehicles. The GXV-T (Ground X-Vehicle Technologies) program has been looking at ways to make vehicles lighter, faster and more agile over a variety of terrain – and also ...
