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ArticleCES: Ford expands fleet of autonomous test vehicles
More autonomous Ford Fusions will be tested this year (Photo: Ford)LAS VEGAS -- Ford Motor will put more fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles on the road this year as it accelerates its driverless-driving programs.The carmaker's CEO, Mark Fields, said at the CES consumer electronics show that Ford ...
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ArticleCES: Faraday Future unveils electric race car concept
FF's race car concept is built on a new modular platform (Photo: FF)LAS VEGAS -- Automotive newcomer Faraday Future (FF) unveiled an electric sports car concept and said it would be the basis for a production car scheduled for launch in 2018.The FFZERO1 is an electric 1,000 hp race ...
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ArticleCES: Volvo to use Nvidia's deep-learning technology on the road
Nvidia CEO Huang shows Drive PX2 at a pre-CES briefing (Photo: Arjen Bongard)LAS VEGAS -- Volvo Cars will operate a test fleet of 100 XC90 SUVs equipped with Nvidia's new deep-learning based computing engine.Nvidia said on the eve of the CES consumer electronics show here that the test cars, ...
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ArticleCES: Volvo, Ericsson develop "intelligent" media streaming
Volvo believes that autonomous cars require better connectivity technology (Photo: Volvo)LAS VEGAS -- Volvo Cars and technology company Ericsson are developing intelligent, high-bandwidth streaming capabilities for cars, the Swedish automotive group said.On the eve of the CES consumer electronics show, Volvo said the technology will be important for autonomous ...
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ArticleCES: Toyota steps up connected-car technology
Toyota wants to improve maps with data from camera-equipped production cars (Photo: Toyota)LAS VEGAS - Toyota announced it is stepping up its effort to provide enhanced connectivity in its next-generation vehicles. As part of the plan, the world's biggest automaker is establishing a Toyota Big Data Center that will ...
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ArticleCES 2016: What to expect in automotive technology
New technologies are the biggest draw of the Las Vegas CES (Photo: CEA)For anyone involved in consumer electronics, 2016 has to start with the massive CES gathering in Las Vegas. In recent years, as the auto industry has expanded its borders into new technologies, many of the major car ...
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ArticleSiemens, HP provide vehicle design infrastructure to Nissan
Nissan wants to speed up global growth (Photo: Nissan)Siemens and Hewlett Packard have built a new vehicle design infrastructure that provides Nissan's global R&D centers with improved access to the latest vehicle development data.The two technology companies said the infrastructure, which uses a virtual desktop for engineering, lets Nissan ...
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ArticleBosch builds up augmented-reality expertise
Bosch sees high potential for augmented reality in the workshop and elsewhere (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch plans to raise its expertise in the field of augmented-reality (AR) technology by acquiring a minority stake in Munich-based AR specialist Reflekt.The German automotive supplier group has worked together with Reflekt for the past ...
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ArticleAt VW, Eichhorn becomes head of R&D
Eichhorn, current a director at Germany's VDA, returns to VW as head of R&D (Photo: VDA)Volkswagen turned to a company veteran, Ulrich Eichhorn, to head its group research & development operations, as the German carmaker continues to revamp its management ranks.Eichhorn, a managing director at the German Auto Industry ...
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ArticleFord turns to Pivotal for software development
Ford and Pivotal developers work together at Pivotal Labs (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor has engaged Pivotal to develop new software, marking the second time this year that a major automaker is contracting with the California specialist. In September, Daimler announced that it had quickly developed its Mercedes me application with ...
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ArticleChinese market expands lead
China's share of the global car market has soared in recent years (Photo: Wikimedia)China looks set to solidify its position as the world's biggest car market, as vehicle demand in second- and third-tier megacities offsets the negative impact of growing political and economic risk.According to Germany's Center of Automotive ...
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FeatureKienbaum consultant: Automotive culture change is key
Dirk Seiferth (Photo: Kienbaum)Non-traditional players are increasingly moving into the automotive space and, to counter this competitive threat, carmakers will, to some extent, have to become more like IT companies. Dirk Seiferth, partner at Kienbaum Management Consultants talks to automotiveIT about data labs, time-to-market and the impact of the ...
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ArticleGeneva Motor Show
The 2016 Geneva Motor Show will start with two press days - March 1 and 2 - before opening its doors to the general public March 3. The annual exhibition runs through March 13.The show traditionally features equal participation from French and German carmakers, with other global car brands also ...
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ArticleDriving Digital Radio - Geneva
WorldDAB is hosting a workshop on the role of digital radio in connected vehicles. The event will take place during the Geneva auto show on March 8, 2016.At the show, several major car brands will display new models that come with digital radio reception built in. The conference will look ...
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ArticleAutomotive Cyber Security Summit - Shanghai
(Illustration: Eugene Sergeev)The China Automotive Cyber Security Summit 2016 will take place January 21 - 22 in Shanghai amid growing concerns that connected cars and connected car plants will increasingly be the objects of digital attacks.The conference, which brings together automakers, suppliers, various connected-services providers and security specialists, will ...
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ArticleAchenbach is new CIO at BMW Brilliance
Thorsten Achenbach (Photo: BMW)Thorsten Achenbach ist the new CIO at BMW's Chinese joint venture, BMW Brilliance Automotive.The IT manager, who earlier served as vice president at consultants Capgemini, has been in his new position in China since September 1.Achenbach, who has an engineering degree, knows BMW well from his ...
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ArticleCES - Las Vegas
The annual CES takes place in Las Vegas Jan 6 - 9 (Photo: CEA)The upcoming CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas will feature keynote addresses by General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Volkswagen brand CEO Herbert Diess.The high-profile presentations underscore the growing importance of the global electronics industry ...
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ArticleKnirsch succeeds Hackenberg as Audi technology chief
Knirsch is head of powertrain at Audi. He takes up his new position Jan 1 (Photo: Audi)Stefan Knirsch will succeed Ulrich Hackenberg as head of technical development at Audi effective January 1.The 49-year-old is currently head of powertrain of the Volkswagen Group's premium brand. He previously worked at Porsche ...
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ArticleDemand for automotive semiconductors grows
(Photo: Siemens)Global demand for automotive semiconductors is set to grow 4.5 pc annually in the next five years, according to a forecast by Germany's Association of Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers (ZVEI). In 2014, global demand stood at almost 35 billion euros, the association said.Speaking at a ZVEI conference on ...
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ArticleStudy: 20 million autonomous cars by 2025
Juniper says Google is the most promising player in driverless cars (Photo: Google)There will be almost 20 million fully autonomous or self-driving vehicles on the world's roads by 2025, according to a new study.The outlook, which adheres to the more optimistic scenarios of some automakers, was presented by Juniper ...
