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ArticleGartner: Germans not keen on EVs - yet
Toyota is one of many automakers planning an EV next year (Source: Toyota)Germans aren't ready to buy battery-powered electric vehicles yet, according to a recent Gartner study.The market researchers said a study conducted in Europe's biggest car market in the first half of 2011 showed that a majority of consumers ...
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ArticleBosch opens new photovoltaics competence center
Bosch will coordinate global solar energy activities from Arnstadt (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch has opened a new 530 million euro photovoltaics center in Arnstadt, eastern Germany.The automotive supplier will coordinate its global photovoltaics activities from the 382,000 square meter facility. Bosch's solar energy division headquarters brings together research and development departments, ...
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ArticleConsultant: EVs to grow faster than expected in Germany
Toyota is one of many automakers planning an EV next year (Source: Toyota)A German management consultancy predicts that electric vehicle sales will grow faster in Germany than previously expected.In a study conducted with the SIIE research institute and the EBS business school, consultants Horvath & Partners concluded that Germany may ...
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ArticleGerman researchers test new EV charging station
The industry is working hard on new EV charging technologies. Honda is testing solar charging stationsGerman researchers are testing a new charging station for electric vehicles that can adapt to different plug-in standards.The Research Institute of Automotive Engineering and Vehicle Engines Stuttgart (FKFS), an independent institute that provides research and ...
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ArticleGermany's project HONEY: Designing smaller chips
German technology companies hope that improved production methods will help reduce the size and weight of in-car semiconductors (Photo:XFAB)Four German semiconductor makers have concluded project "HONEY" and have come up with new methods to make smaller chips.With roughly 1,000 chips and as many as 80 networked electronic systems in the ...
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ArticleChina's Lenovo to buy Medion
Chinese PC maker Lenovo, continuing its global expansion, said it is buying Medion, a large German maker of personal computers and consumer electronics.Lenovo, which acquired IBM's PC business in December, 2004, said the addition of Medion will double its market share in Germany and make it the third-largest PC company ...
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ArticleGermany opposes incentives for electric vehicles
An EV is being charged on a public street in the city of LondonGermany won't be providing government incentives for electric vehicles, the country's transport minister, Peter Ramsauer, said Monday."I am decidedly against expensive purchasing incentives," he said in a press release. "Especially in times of tight money a country ...
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ArticleGerman companies join forces to improve electronic components
The number of microprocessors in cars is growing exponentially (Photo: Infineon)Six German auto-industry players have joined forces to improve the robustness of electronics components.The technology cooperation, which is called RESCAR 2.0, groups automakers Audi and BMW, automotive supplier Robert Bosch and semiconductor maker Infineon and researchers from two Fraunhofer Institutes ...
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ArticleRaw materials for E-mobility, Stuttgart
Euroforum is organizing a conference on the electric vehicle industry's dependence on raw materials.The German-language event will take place in Stuttgart May 25 and 26.Availability of key raw materials is becoming more important as electric vehicles are entering series production. Where and how the industry will obtain materials such as ...
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ArticleGerman companies lack an enterprise mobility strategy
Tablets such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab are inreasingly used for business purposes German companies don’t have solid strategies to connect mobile users to their business operations, according to a study by market researchers Berlecon. The study found that almost half of the German IT managers interviewed ...
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ArticleGerman electronics industry registers Japan impact
Japan’s NHK TV continues to report on efforts to contain the country’s worst nuclear accidentGerman electronics companies are beginning to register component shortages resulting from a Japanese earthquake and the resulting nuclear accident.According to a spot survey conducted by Germany's BITKOM high-tech association, producers and resellers of information and communication ...
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ArticleIT set to benefit from nuclear withdrawal, German exec says
GFT Technologies CEO Ulrich DietzThe IT industry would benefit if electricity providers move away from nuclear power toward more alternative energy, the head of a German IT group said.Ulrich Dietz, CEO of Germany's GFT Technologies, said the German IT industry could see 50,000 new jobs resulting directly from an increase ...
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ArticleFraunhofer's vision of sustainable transportation at Hanover Fair
Segway’s Personal Transporter is one example of new modes of transportation in citiesA German research institute has developed a transportation scenario for Germany that foresees no change in truck traffic, but a decline in passenger cars.The Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI said in its "Vision for sustainable ...
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ArticleGerman govt extends virtual-reality research project
A combination of virtual reality and airflow simulation allows scientists to see and optimize material flows in a factoryThe German government has extended by almost three years a research project that aims to improve security and reliability of technical equipment and processes. The project may help improve electric-vehicle battery technology.The ...
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ArticleGerman association: Japan disaster may lead to "global bottlenecks" in electronics production
Earthquakes and a tsunami hit the northeastern part of Japan late last week (Source:www.japanquakemap.com)The German electronics industry association warned Wednesday that a major Japanese earthquake, a devastating tsunami and the ensuing nuclear-power station malfunctions could lead to problems for the global electronics industry.The industry association, the ZVEI, said Japanese electronics ...
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ArticleGerman car retail & service business shrank 3.2 pc in 2010
Germany’s car service business increased slightly in 2010The sales and service business of the German car industry shrank 3.2 pc in 2010 top 130 billion euros, but dealer margins actually increased a bit.The decline in sales was triggered by a 12.5 pc drop in new-car sales to 52.15 billion euros. ...
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Study: The case for stronger business intelligence strategies
German companies have a long way to go with the implementation of a comprehensive business intelligence (BI) strategy, according to a consultants’study.The study found that two-thirds of German companies have adopted business-intelligence strategies and are using information gathered to gain competitive advantage. But only one in five is using its ...
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ArticleSAP will build innovation center in Potsdam near Berlin
SAP will build an innovation center in Potsdam outside Berlin to develop new software solutions together with customers.The German enterprise software maker said it will invest 14.3 million euros in the new location and will create 100 additional jobs.The innovation center will work closely with Berlin and other regional universities ...
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German companies see strong rise in data volumes
German companies expect a strong increase in data volumes, according to a survey conducted by Steria Mummert Consulting.Of all German companies polled 44 percent say that ever more detailed capture of customer data and more indepth analysis is going to require more storage capacity to deal with the growing flood ...
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A Cloud benchmark for German service providers
With the number of Cloud service providers growing rapidly, the Experton Group will shortly release a study that sheds some light on the differences between the various market players.In April the German consultants and market researchers will release “Cloud Vendor Benchmark 2011,” a study that compares Cloud service providers in ...
