Future Mobility – Page 7
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FeatureAutomotive IT in focus: connectivity, new technology and integration
The automotiveIT International conference, which concluded in Atlanta last Wednesday, highlighted the breadth of the challenges and opportunities in the auto industry as companies change processes, products and business models.
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ArticleConsortium creates CAN Data Diode for vehicle cybersecurity
Image: IrdetoA consortium including America’s National Motor Freight Traffic Association (NMFTA), Irdeto, Geotab and DG Technologies has developed a CAN Data Diode hardware device in collaboration with the University of Tulsa. Created in the university’s Student CyberTruck Experience (CyTex) program, this is said to secure a truck’s electronic logging ...
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ArticleVolkswagen opens Konnect co-working campus in Tel Aviv to support tech start-ups
Konnect, the new Volkswagen Group Campus in Tel Aviv, Israel, has been opened to provide a co-working space for local tech start-ups and to support collaborations. Themes for the work to take place there include connectivity, smart navigation, sensors, simulators, cybersecurity, e-mobility and big data, with a view to pushing ...
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ArticleFord adds in-dash Waze integration to SYNC 3-equipped vehicles
Image: FordWaze, said to be the world’s largest community-based traffic and navigation app, is now available via iPhone and AppLink in Ford vehicles equipped with the SYNC 3 communications system. The app can be projected directly onto the in-dash screen and controlled using voice commands.Users can download the Waze ...
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ArticleC-V2X communications demonstrated by 5GAA, Audi, Ford and Qualcomm
The 5GAA communication technology could be ready for deployment by 2020 (Image: 5GAA)The 5G Automotive Association (5GAA), Audi, Ford and Qualcomm Technologies have demonstrated Cellular Vehicle-To-Everything (C-V2X) real-time direct communications. This will be compatible with future 5G cellular technology, is said to promise benefits for road safety, automated driving ...
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ArticleAptiv launches 30 autonomous vehicles on Lyft network in Las Vegas
Image: John F. Martin for AptivA fleet of 30 vehicles equipped with Aptiv’s autonomous driving platform is now available for public use in Las Vegas, Nevada, via the Lyft network. The cars, developed by Aptiv’s Mobility and Service group and featuring LiDAR, radar and vision sensors, have gone into ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars to embed Google services into next-gen infotainment
Volvo Cars and Volvo Trucks sharing live data Image: Volvo CarsVolvo Cars is to embed Google Assistant voice controls, Google Play Store, Google Maps and other Google services into its next-generation Android-based Sensus infotainment system.The Swedish carmaker also said its vehicle would in future start sharing data with trucks ...
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ArticleBlockchain initiative launched to develop digital mobility ecosystem
BMW, Ford, GM and Renault are among the automakers participating in the consortium (Image: Shutterstock)A non-profit consortium involving major carmakers, suppliers, IT firms, start-ups and other transportation stakeholders has been announced to explore the application of blockchain technology in a digital mobility ecosystem. Founding members include BMW, Bosch, Ford, ...
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ArticleFord Smart Mobility and Zotye form mobility joint venture
MOU signing ceremony; [L-R] Chen Jing, vice president of Zotye Auto; Jin Zheyong, chairman of Zotye Auto; Marcy Klevorn, executive vice president and president of mobility, Ford Motor Company; Peter Fleet, Ford group vice president and president, Ford Asia Pacific.Image: FordFord Smart Mobility has signed a memorandum of understanding ...
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ArticleVolkswagen announces multiple digitalization and new mobility investments in China
VW showed the first member of its SOL range, the SOL E20X, at the Beijing Auto Show (Image: VW)Volkswagen Group has announced direct investments of around 15 billion euros into e-mobility, autonomous driving, business digitalization and new mobility services in China, part of a 34 billion euro global program. ...
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ArticleDENSO takes stake in On The Road to accelerate IoT for mobility services
Denso is paying 160 million yen for a 15% stake in On the Road (Image: Denso)DENSO Corporation has taken an equity stake in On The Road Co. Ltd., with a view to accelerating development of technologies for Mobility as a Service (MaaS). Its investment of around 160 million yen ...
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ArticleViaVan ridesharing launched in London, European roll-out continues
ViaVan is a joint venture between Mercedes and US tech start-up Via (Photo: Daimler)ViaVan, a joint venture between Mercedes-Benz Vans and US tech start-up Via, has gone into operation in the center of London following its European launch a few weeks earlier in Amsterdam.New York-based Via has developed the ...
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ArticleVolkswagen promises autonomous parking for 2020
VW is conducting autonomous-parking trials at the Hamburg airport (Photo: VW)Autonomous parking will be available in series-production vehicles as of 2020, the Volkswagen Group has announced, following trials now underway at Hamburg Airport.In this program, Volkswagen, Porsche and Audi vehicles are self-navigating to spaces in the airport’s multi-storey car ...
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ArticleBMW starts subscription-service pilot in Nashville
The 2019 BMW X4 M40i M Performance debuted at the New York Auto Show last month (Photo: BMW)BMW became the latest major car brand to offer a subscription to its vehicles rather than selling or leasing them to customers.The German premium brand said it had launched a pilot program ...
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ArticleNeumann, former Opel CEO, invests in mobility start-up
door2door's allygator shuttle addresses the so-called "last mile" issue (Photo: door2door)Karl-Thomas Neumann, former CEO of Opel, is investing in mobility start-up door2door. Neumann will also join the board of the directors of the German ride sharing-technology specialist.Neumann headed Opel from 2014 until 2017, when General Motors sold the carmaker ...
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ArticleDaimler, BMW to merge mobility services
Daimler's moovel platform will be part of the joint venture (Photo: Daimler)As expected, Daimler and BMW announced Wednesday that they planned to merge their mobility services, in a move that will create a car-sharing giant with a commanding footprint across the world's major cities.The plan underscores how scale considerations ...
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ArticleMagna to invest 200 million dlrs in Lyft
Magna will invest 200 million dlrs in ride-sharing company Lyft as part of an agreement to jointly develop and manufacture self-driving systems.The move underscores the Canadian automotive supplier's ambition to be a leading player in the shift toward autonomous vehicles.The two companies agreed on a multi-year cooperation that will put ...
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ArticleToyota USA creates digital transformation division
The new digital division underlines Toyota's resolve to develop new digital business areas (Photo: Toyota)Toyota Motor North America will establish a division that will focus on digital transformation and new forms of mobility. It will be led by regional CDO and CIO Zack Hicks.Hicks, who also is in charge ...
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ArticleDidi, BAIC to jointly operate an EV car-sharing program
Didi and BAIC executives agree to cooperate (Photo: Didi Chuxing)Didi Chuxing and BAIC Group will jointly operate an electric-vehicle car-sharing program in China.Didi, which operates China's largest mobile transportation platform, said it had formed a strategic partnership with automaker BAIC to work together in areas such as EV fleet ...
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ArticleVW Group moves company veteran to head Seat production
Christian Vollmer, Seat's new head of production, joined the VW Group in 1999 (Photo: Seat)A Volkswagen Group veteran, Christian Vollmer, will take charge of manufacturing operations at Seat starting July 1.Vollmer will become vice-president for production and logistics at the Spanish VW Group brand, leading the management of its ...
