All Future mobility articles – Page 9

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    Daimler Trucks & Buses sets up technology hub in Lisbon, follows VW and BMW on the innovation trail to the Portuguese capital

    2018-10-26T12:39:19Z

    Image: Radu Bercan/ Shutterstock.comDaimler Trucks & Buses has selected Lisbon as the location for its new technology hub – following companies including Volkswagen Group IT and MAN Truck & Bus, and BMW’s Critical TechWorks joint venture, in setting up digital development facilities in Portugal’s capital city. Daimler notes the ...

  • Vision URBANETIC: Mit dem Vision URBANETIC in die Stadt der ZukunftVision URBANETIC: Into the city of the future with Vision URBANETIC
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    Mercedes-Benz Vans adds AI to last-mile logistics

    2018-10-12T15:02:46Z

    Shining star. The MB Vision Urbanetic concept premiered at the Hannover Commercial ShowThe Future Transportation team of Mercedes-Benz Vans has developed an AI and computer vision-powered cargo sensor system. CoROS (Cargo Recognition and Organization System) is intended to optimize deliveries for logistics businesses by automating cargo management, decreasing the ...

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    Ford, Honda and Volkswagen get smarter at crossroads

    2018-10-12T12:19:06Z

    Image: FordFord, Honda and Volkswagen have demonstrated or announced vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2X) trials this week. These are all intended to explore technologies to ease traffic congestion, smooth out traffic flow and increase safety and efficiency; and while they currently involve alerts (and later, interventions) to human drivers, ...

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    Nvidia CEO sees “gigantic opportunities" for auto industry

    2018-10-11T13:03:00Z

    Nvidia CEO Huang says current level 2 vehicle technology is “not very good” (Photo: Nvidia) MUNICH – Jensen Huang isn’t bothered by the differences between the five levels of autonomy that the US-based Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) has defined for driverless cars. “As long as it works,” ...

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    Volkswagen Group: "The mobility market is changing and so are we"

    2018-10-08T16:36:00Z

    Ludger Fretzen, head of group strategy for new business at the Volkswagen Group, spoke to Arjen Bongard about the role of technology in solving urban transport problems, the complexity of the challenges and the need for cross-industry cooperation.

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    Toyota forms mobility JV with SoftBank; Honda and Ford announce more mobility and autonomous collaborations

    2018-10-04T16:58:39Z

    Image: ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation and SoftBank Corporation are to establish a joint venture company, MONET Technologies Corporation, by the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year. The aim is to create new mobility services, co-ordinating Toyota’s connected-vehicles Mobility Services Platform (MSPF) and SoftBank’s IoT platform, which collects and analyses data ...

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    Ola Källenius: Daimler's new Swedish CEO has eyes set on digital future for Stuttgart giant

    2018-10-03T15:15:00Z

    Mention Ola Källenius, the soon-to-be boss of Daimler, and industry watchers note that he is the first non-German to take the role. That is significant but there is more to the Swede who will now guide the auto giant into the first stage of its digital future. He will ...

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    Harman and AT&T launch Spark device to connect older cars

    2018-09-28T17:19:16Z

    Image: AT&TThe Harman Spark connected-car device is being offered to drivers in the US to enable location-based services, a 4G LTE wifi hotspot for up to eight devices, remote diagnostics, emergency crash assistance, in-app payments, geofencing, remote monitoring of the vehicle, parking reservations and more. It is marketed via ...

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    Bosch CDO: 'Not-invented-here' is a positive thing

    2018-09-26T13:59:00Z

    Bernd Heinrichs points to digital twins, compute power and digital services as pillars of the future for the supplier.

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    Rapid industry transformation cited by Daimler as reason to bring forward succession of Ola Kaellenius as CEO of group and core Mercedes-Benz passenger car division

    2018-09-26T12:16:00Z

    Like his predecessor, Kaellenius will be both group CEO and head Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz passsenger-car division (Photo: Daimler) Supervisory Board prepares succession at an early stage Dieter Zetsche to be elected as member of the Supervisory Board in 2021 Ola Källenius to be appointed for a new term ...

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    Audi aims to do a few things very well

    2018-09-25T12:46:00Z

    Audi’s Newman: “Simplicity should be seen as the guiding principle.” HANOVER —Audi’s digitalization chief said the premium carmaker aims to focus on “a limited set of profit pools” as it adapts its business strategy to changing market conditions. John Newman, Audi’s head of digitalization, told the carIT Congress ...

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    HERE Mobility launches scalable software developer kit for service integration

    2018-09-21T15:42:41Z

    Image: HERE TechnologiesHERE Mobility is launching a scalable software developer kit (SDK) promising access to a full range of mobility services and capabilities via the HERE Mobility Marketplace. Developers will be able to integrate services such as interactive maps, on-demand transportation, geocoding and location-based services into their apps via ...

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    BMW, Daimler request official EU approval for mobility JV

    2018-09-20T11:50:33Z

    Daimler and BMW want to grow their mobility services together (Image: Daimler)BMW and Daimler officially asked the European Commission for approval to form a new global mobility company.The green light from the European Union is one of the last obstacles to establishing the joint venture, which will bundle the ...

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    Intelligent transport, but how soon?

    2018-09-18T13:48:00Z

    More than 10,000 people are expected to visit the ITS World Congress (Photo: Bongard) COPENHAGEN – The ITS World Congress kicked off here Monday and Tuesday amid a general sense of optimism about the opportunities provided by new technologies to make public and private mobility smarter. At the ...

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    Groupe PSA starts showcase LTE-V2X trial in China

    2018-09-14T13:48:47Z

    Image: Groupe PSAGroupe PSA has started a connected-car demonstration programme in Wuxi, China, to showcase the application of wireless LTE-V2X vehicle-to-infrastructure communications on a city level. The project involves over 100,000 commercial users; 13 typical scenarios; over 600 communication base stations; and 226 road intersections; and covers an area ...

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    Remember Nokia!

    2018-09-04T13:21:00Z

    To build mobility of the future, manufacturers will have to create the right data, IT infrastructure and security preconditions.

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    Denso, Aisin, Advics and Jtekt agree JV for integrated ECU software

    2018-08-28T14:44:48Z

    Image: DensoDenso Corporation has agreed to establish a joint venture with Aisin, Advics and Jtekt to develop integrated ECU software for automated driving and vehicle dynamics control. The four companies, with their roots in Japan, aim to launch the new firm in March 2019.Denso is providing 65 pc of ...

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    Jaguar Land Rover autonomous pods ‘see’ through virtual eyes

    2018-08-28T14:02:30Z

    Image: Jaguar Land RoverJaguar Land Rover is working with cognitive psychologists to study how pedestrians prepare to cross a road, and how they might safely interact with an autonomous vehicle. In this part of the Autodrive project supported by the UK government, autonomous pods are running on a simulation ...

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    Toyota ties up with Uber, plans to invest $500 million

    2018-08-28T13:34:46Z

    Image: ToyotaToyota Motor Corporation and Uber Technologies are expanding their partnership, with Uber to deploy purpose-built Toyota vehicles on its fleet. Toyota is also investing $500 million in the ride-hailing firm, subject to regulatory approval.The collaboration aims to advance, commercialize and scale up technologies for autonomous ride-sharing. An initial ...

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    Toyota R&D team asked to connect up their cars to UMTRI research

    2018-08-23T12:10:06Z

    Image: UMTRIToyota’s North America R&D team members are being invited to connect up their cars to the Ann Arbor Connected Vehicle Test Environment (AACVTE), led by the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). The AACVTE is trialling the latest wireless DSRC 5.9GHz V2X system and is asking over ...