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ArticleFord to debut next-generation Fusion Hybrid at CES
Ford is designing its 1st-generation autonomous cars for ride-hailing and ride-sharing services (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor will show a further development of its Fusion Hybrid autonomous  vehicle at CES this year, introducing a research car it hopes will be its first autonomously driven production vehicle by 2021.The US carmaker ...
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ArticleAt CES, Daimler's mobility vision wil be on display
Daimler's EQ family represents the key mobility trends the carmaker expects to see in coming years (Photo: Daimler)LAS VEGAS -- Daimler will show its Concept EQ crossover and the Mercedes-Benz Vision Van at this year's CES in an attempt to provide concrete examples of what it expects the future ...
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ArticleWhat to expect in 2017
Automakers are hiring software engineers to develop new-mobility offerings (Photo: BMW)Is 2017 going to be the year of electric mobility? Will this be the year that autonomous vehicles take a decisive step toward roadworthiness? And will this be the year that automakers convince skeptics that they - rather than ...
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ArticleVW to hire 1,000 IT experts over 3 years
IT experts in VW's digital lab in Berlin work on new mobility services and connected-car technologies (Photo: VW)Volkswagen said it will hire more than 1,000 additional IT experts in the next three years, as Europe's largest car group aims to bolster its expertise in digital technologies.VW said the specialists, ...
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ArticleNew version of open-source infotainment platform released
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), citing “an unprecedented level of collaboration," has released the latest version of its open-source infotainment platform.The community, which has close to 90 member companies including Ford, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota, is promoting the adoption of an open-source standard ...
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ArticleNew Volvos to feature Skype for Business
Volvo may also add Cortana voice software to its connectivity platform (Photo: Volvo Cars)Volvo Cars said its new 90 Series cars will offer the Skype for Business communication tool. The option marks a further addition to the auto industry's growing range of connected services.The Swedish premium car group said ...
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ArticleHonda in talks with Google's Waymo
Honda unveiled an autonomous development vehicle in May (Photo: Honda)(Bloomberg) --Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker’s cars.Both companies ...
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ArticleUber pulls autonomous vehicles from San Francisco streets
Uber's self-driving cars were only seen on San Francisco streets for a brief period (Photo: Uber)(Bloomberg) --Uber Technologies Inc. pulled its self-driving cars from San Francisco’s streets after the state of California revoked registrations for the vehicles.The move impacted 16 Uber automobiles, the Department of Motor Vehicles wrote in ...
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ArticleWanxiang gets Chinese permission to build Karma EVs
The Karma Revero is a plug-in hybrid sports car based on the Fisker Karma (Photo; Karma Automotive)(Bloomberg) --Wangxiang Group, the owner of Karma Automotive, became the second auto-parts maker to receive permission from China's top economic planner to produce electric cars under a special scheme to encourage companies outside ...
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ArticleBlackBerry opens self-driving car research center
The BlackBerry research center will unveil some early research results at CES in Las Vegas in January (Photo: BlackBerry)(Bloomberg) --BlackBerry Ltd. and Canada are opening a research center for self-driving cars that raises the possibility of government backing for the former smartphone maker’s automotive software unit.Chief Executive Officer John ...
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ArticleAt CES, BMW to showcase "HoloActive Touch"
BMW wants to take the HMI to the next leve at CES 2017 (Photo: BMW)At the 2017 CES, BMW will show a kind of interactive touchscreen that offers a vision of what tomorrow's HMI may look like.The German premium car maker said the "HoloActive Touch" system consists of a ...
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ArticleFiat may show EV at Las Vegas CES
FiatChrysler will be one of the last major car brands to launch a full EV (Photo: FCA)(Bloomberg) -- Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV will reveal a fully electric vehicle based on the Chrysler Pacifica minivan at CES in Las Vegas next month as the carmaker moves to get in step ...
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ArticleWith UK retail store, SEAT tests new sales concept
Seat customers can use 8 touchscreens to handle all aspects of their car purchase (Photo: Seat)LONDON -- Nobody really knows what car buying will look like in 10 years. Some say online retail will be the future, but others are certain that car showrooms and dealer groups will continue ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars appoints new R&D boss
Green joined Volvo in 1996 and has held several management positions in Sweden and China (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars has appointed Henrik Green senior vice president research & development, moving a company insider into a key management position.Green, 43, is currently in charge of sales and production planning and customer ...
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ArticleAt Continental, Lenninger takes over Intelligent Transport
Continental is expanding its new mobility and intelligent transport business (Photo: Continental)Ralf Lenninger has taken over as head of Continental’s Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) business, succeeding Seval Oz, a high-profile former Google executive the German automotive supplier recruited in 2014. Oz has now left the company.Lenninger, previously senior vice ...
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ArticleWith new mobility unit, VW pursues Uber, Apple
VW CEO Matthias Mueller (right) and Moia CEO Ole Harms officially launched the carmaker's new mobility unit Monday (Photo: VW)(Bloomberg) --Volkswagen AG plans to expand its new mobility-services division into a business with billions in revenue as the German carmaker seeks salvation in ride-hailing, autonomous driving and electric cars ...
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ArticleFor China's BYD, monorails are next big growth area
Roughly half of BYD's revenue comes from its automobile business (Photo: BYD)(Bloomberg) --Chinese carmaker BYD is in discussions with several countries about exporting its monorail system, as its billionaire founder Wang Chuanfu seeks a new avenue of growth amid rising competition to sell electric vehicles in the world’s biggest ...
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ArticleAutomakers will cooperate more on new mobility
Competition for market share is fierce in the global auto industry, but that doesn’t mean there’s no room to cooperate. Especially in the past two years, as the pace of change has picked up, there’s been a marked increase in the number of strategic jont ventures the world’s carmakers have ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars appoints McDonalds exec in CIO-CDO post
Atif Rafiq (Photo: Volvo Cars)Volvo Cars has appointed Atif Rafiq senior vice president IT and chief digital officer effective January 2. The Swedish carmaker said Klas Bendrik, the current CIO, will leave the company.Rafiq, 43, has been the chief digital officer at fast-food chain McDonalds Corporation since 2013. There, ...
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ArticleIntel forms automated driving unit
Intel showed its automated-driving technology during the LA Auto Show (Photo: Intel)Intel has formed a separate automated driving unit that will focus on next-generation driver assistance systems and autonomous-driving technologies.The chipmaker's Automated Driving Group (ADG), which aims to boost Intel's share of a fast-growing new mobility market, will be ...
