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  • ford.automotiveIT
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    Ford Europe appoints smart mobility director

    2017-08-11T15:40:24Z

    Sarah-Jayne Williams will work out of Ford's Smart Mobility Innovation Office in London (Photo: Ford Motor)Ford of Europe has recruited Bearing Point consultant Sarah-Jayne Williams to take charge of the carmaker's efforts in Europe to broaden its business into mobility services and other new ventures.Williams will report jointly to ...

  • tata.automotiveIT
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    VW, Tata end cooperation on small cars, new mobility

    2017-08-10T14:01:51Z

    The Tiago is Tata's best-selling small car (Photo: Tata Motors)Volkswagen Group and Tata Motors ended efforts to forge a small-car and new mobility cooperation, five months after the two car groups started to explore ways to work together in India and other fast-growing markets.The two companies "concluded that the ...

  • Raman Mehta, CIO, Visteon, (L) and Markus Schupfner, CTO, Visteon Corp.
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    "We can bring new technology to market in one year"

    2017-07-09T14:18:44Z

    Visteon's Schupfner (r) and Mehta (c) spoke to automotiveIT International Editor Arjen Bongard (Photo: Larry Peplin)Markus Schupfner became chief technology officer of Visteon in March 2016. Raman Mehta started as CIO of the US-based cockpit systems maker in April of this year. Both are part of the new top ...

  • EV.automotiveIT
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    Outlook: EVs set to soar in late 2020s

    2017-07-09T12:07:29Z

    More EVs will require more electricity overall. This will reduce demand for diesel and gasoline (Photo: Nissan)Global electric vehicle sales are likely to remain "relatively low" through 2025, but will start rising quickly in subsequent years, according to a new forecast.The Bloomberg Electric Vehicle Outlook 2017 says EV adoption ...

  • volvo.automotiveIT
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    Volvo forms high-performance EV unit

    2017-06-22T15:17:20Z

    Volvos upgraded by Polestar compete in the Nuerburgring FIA World Touring Car Championship (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars is forming a separate division to build electrified high-performance cars, in a move that underlines how the global automotive industry is readying itself for rapid growth in electric vehicle sales.The Swedish premium car ...

  • bitkom.automotiveIT
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    Poll: German industry lacks company-wide strategies for digital training

    2017-06-22T13:57:15Z

    Bitkom says training is crucial for the digital transformation (Photo: Alstom)Few German companies have a coordinated strategy to prepare their employees for the digital era, according to a new poll conducted by Bitkom, the country’s high-tech association.A survey of 305 companies found that only one in five companies with ...

  • opel.automotiveIT
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    Opel CEO Neumann steps down

    2017-06-12T15:16:40Z

    Neumann will stay on as a senior manager until Opel's sale to PSA is finalized (Photo: Opel)Opel CEO Karl-Thomas Neumann has stepped down in the runup to his company's takeover by France's PSA Group. He will be succeeded by Opel CFO Michael Lohscheller.Opel, the German brand that is owned ...

  • borgwarner.automotiveIT
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    BorgWarner's chief strategy officer discusses tech investment

    2017-06-06T10:51:42Z

    Brady Ericson (Photo: BorgWarner)On April third, BorgWarner, a Michigan based automotive industry components and parts supplier, announced its first foray into the auto-tech venture capital space, investing 10 million dollars in Palo Alto-based investment firm Autotech Ventures. Brady Ericson, BorgWarner’s chief strategy officer, who will oversee the investment, answered ...

  • siemens.automotiveIT
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    Siemens reorganizes group IT

    2017-05-28T15:43:59Z

    Siemens will consolidate storage facilities in Germany (Photo: Siemens)Siemens is reorganizing its IT operations as part of a series of measures aimed at boosting the group's efficiency.The Germany-based technology conglomerate said it is reviewing the geographical setup of its IT activities and digitizing its own processes. It is also ...

  • ford.automotiveIT
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    Jeff Lemmer to become Ford's chief operating officer, information technology

    2017-05-25T17:30:19Z

    (Photo: Ford Motor)Jeff Lemmer, currently director, IT operations, at Ford Motor, will become the carmaker's vice president and chief operating officer, information technology effective June 1.The appointment is part of a series of senior management changes that follow the dismissal of CEO Mark Fields earlier this week.Ford's new CEO, ...

  • toyota.automotiveIT
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    Will fuel cells replace batteries in tomorrow's EVs?

    2017-05-25T14:29:02Z

    (Photo: Toyota, Illustration: Thomas Lutz)The problem with electric vehicles is well-known: They cost too much, don’t have enough range and are impractical because of a dearth of charging stations. Automakers, together with other new-mobility stakeholders, are working on this. But so far, EV sales growth has been slow and ...

  • trendence.automotiveIT
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    Study: IT graduates want to work for premium car brands

    2017-05-25T14:05:04Z

    Google is the most interesting employer for German IT graduates (Photo: Google)BMW, Audi, Daimler and Porsche are the the car companies that IT graduates would most like to work for, according to a new survey.But the trendence Graduate Barometer 2017 found that Google tops all other companies as the ...

  • man.automotiveIT
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    MAN Truck unit appoints new CDO

    2017-05-25T13:22:48Z

    Christian Kaiser (Photo: MAN)MAN Truck & Bus has appointed Christian Kaiser CDO of the Volkswagen Group unit. Kaiser will play an important role in the digital transformation of the truck and bus division, the company said.Kaiser, 39, succeeds Markus Lipinsky, who will concentrate fully on his position as CEO ...

  • renault.automotiveIT
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    Renault plans to buy embedded software unit from Intel

    2017-05-25T12:20:25Z

    Renault and other carmakers need embedded software to develop autonomous vehicles (Photo: Renault)Renault plans to acquire a French R&D division from Intel, giving the French carmaker deeper expertise in key digital technologies.The R&D unit specializes in embedded software, which is important for the development of connected and autonomous cars. ...

  • lotus.automotiveIT
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    China's Geely to acquire stakes in Lotus, Proton

    2017-05-24T11:30:02Z

    Lotus makes sports cars and racing cars (Photo: Lotus)Geely Automobile said its parent company, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, has agreed in principle to buy significant equity stakes in Malaysian carmaker Proton and Proton-owned British specialty race car company Lotus.In a filing with the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, where Geely ...

  • ford.automotiveIT
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    Fields out, Hackett in as Ford CEO

    2017-05-22T14:07:55Z

    Mark Fields has led Ford for almost 3 years (Photo: Ford Motor)Ford Motor announced Monday that its CEO, Mark Fields, is being replaced, following a sharp decline in the carmaker's share price over the past two years.Fields, who took the helm at Ford in January 2014, will be succeeded ...

  • GE.automotiveIT
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    Cyber security is money well spent

    2017-05-16T13:49:42Z

    (Illustration: GE)Cyber security costs money but it's worth it. That's the lesson learned from last week's massive ransomware attack, which caused major problems for authorities, hospitals. companies and private citizens across the globe.It's also a lesson the auto industry should take to heart. CIOs of automotive companies are committed ...

  • iaa.automotiveIT
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    Frankfurt Auto Show

    2017-05-03T12:50:55Z

    (Photo: VDA)This year's Frankfurt Auto Show will kick off with two press days September 12 and 13 and will then continue through September 24.The show, officially known as the IAA, takes place every other year. The exhibition, the world's biggest car show, is held at the Frankfurt Fairgrounds.In 2015, ...

  • electric.automotiveIT
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    US survey sees lack of EV buying interest

    2017-04-25T08:55:10Z

    Two out of three respondents wouldn't buy an EV, the survey found (Photo: Nissan)A US survey found that a majority of people remains hesitant to buy an electric car, despite the auto industry's commitment to building a growing range of electric vehicles in coming years.The poll, conducted by the ...

  • delphi.automotiveIT
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    Delphi invests in 2 Israeli tech companies

    2017-04-24T17:35:20Z

    Delphi is investing heavily in autonomous-driving technology (Photo: Delphi)Delphi is taking minority interests in two Israeli companies, as it moves to strengthen its connected-car related products and services.The US-based automotive supplier said it had signed a commercial partnership agreement with otonomo, a specialist in monetizing automotive data by way ...