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At high-tech gathering, Kia to show emotion recognition for cars
Kia will illustrate its ‘emotive driving’ concept at CES (Photo: Kia) Kia Motors will show a new technology at the CES consumer electronics exhibition that will allow a vehicle to automatically adapt its cabin to a driver’s emotional state. The Korean car brand said its real-time emotion adaptive ...
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NIO launches ES6 electric SUV, battery upgrades, updated NOMI digital assistant
Image: NIO NIO’s ES6 five-seater electric SUV was launched this week at an event in Shanghai, and the company further announced a battery upgrade plan for its existing longer-wheelbase, seven-seat ES8. Over 9,700 ES8s have now been sold in China, and upgrades to the new 84 kWh battery ...
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SEAT joins Alastria blockchain co-operation, partners with city of Barcelona on urban mobility initiative
Image: SEAT SEAT is the first car manufacturer to join Alastria, a multi-sector network of over 70 Spanish businesses and institutions developing, testing and collaborating on a blockchain infrastructure. It is already working on a proof-of-concept blockchain project with Telefónica to improve the traceability of parts within the ...
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Honda to show autonomous, robotics and energy management solutions
Image: Honda Honda is planning an extensive exhibit for next month’s CES, Las Vegas, to highlight its work in autonomous vehicles, robotics and connectivity and to attract future collaborators. Its Silicon Valley-based Honda Innovations division is to announce new tie-ups with start-ups and other partners. The Honda Autonomous ...
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The empires strike back: BMW, Siemens and Porsche beat Tesla in the fast charging stakes
A consortium led by BMW, Porsche and Siemens has created the world’s first publicly accessible 450kw charging station in a Bavarian town.
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Mahindra moves toward future mobility and EV in India
Mahindra & Mahindra is to trial 100 electric vehicles including its Treo three-wheeler and e-Supro passenger vehicle in a mobility service in Thane, near Mumbai.
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Digital manufacturing: Volkswagen opens 3D printing center, BMW tools up for i4 production
Image: Volkswagen Volkswagen has added a 3D printing center to its Toolmaking unit in Wolfsburg, to make complex vehicle components both for prototyping and then series production. It features new-generation HP-supplied printers with a fast, flexible binder jetting process; this supplements the selective laser melting (SLM) process used ...
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Nissan opens first global digital hub in India
At home Nissan continues to manage the fallout from the Ghosn arrest, but remains committed to digital ambitions as it opens first global technology centre in India.
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An eventful year for Volkswagen draws to a close with a call for cultural change and faster transformation
The Volkswagen brand has lived through an eventful 2018. Senior management at the Wolfsburg car maker gave journalists an end of year update on production and future plans.
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Škoda starts partnerships with Israeli start-ups, tests technologies
Škoda has announced a series of partnerships with start-up firms in Israel, currently developing rapidly as a global tech hotspot; the company last year opened its Škoda Auto DigiLab Israel in Tel Aviv, a collaborative incubator center.
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Hyundai MNsoft partners with Netradyne for HD mapping, crowd-sourced deep vision analytics
Image: Netradyne Hyundai MNsoft, a subsidiary of the Hyundai Group, is partnering with start-up Netradyne, which focuses on computer vision, deep learning, edge computing and predictive analytics, to develop global HD maps for autonomous vehicles. Hyundai MNsoft currently supplies Hyundai and Kia with embedded navigation and location-based and ...
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Mercedes-Benz Vans links custom convertors, suppliers and customers with new digital platform
Image: Mercedes-Benz Vans Mercedes-Benz Vans is launching Conversion World, a digital platform to link its end-users with suppliers, certified bodybuilders and custom converters, and to compare different solutions for commercial vehicle configuration and conversion. The platform enables global customers to easily check out, for example, refrigeration equipment for ...
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VW will introduce last ICE platform in 2026, but some vehicles could still be in production late as 2050
Michael Jost, head of strategy, Volkswagen Volkswagen has announced that it will release what it says will be its final diesel and petrol platforms in 2026, paving the way for an all-EV future, according to Bloomberg. The announcement came at an industry conference ...
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GM President Dan Ammann to head Cruise autonomous-vehicle unit
Dan Ammann, the number two executive at General Motors, will step down from his post as president of the company January 1 to head the carmaker’s Cruise Automation autonomous vehicle unit.
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EV start-up Rivian reveals R1T truck and R1S SUV, connected and with self-driving capabilities; BMW hides its tech in iNEXT
Image: Rivian Californian electric vehicle start-up Rivian Automotive, founded 2009, has hit the headlines this week with the unveiling of two tough-looking, load-carrying, active-outdoors models: the R1T, a five-seater pick-up truck, and the R1S, a seven-seater SUV [pictured]. These are both to be built in the USA in ...
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Nissan demonstrates home energy and bi-directional EV charging solutions
Nissan has built a demonstration house at its global headquarters in Yokohama, Japan, to show the integration of electric vehicles into domestic energy systems.
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Volkswagen takes investment in Diconium for digital services, starts Open Source Lab, partners with Cinemo for in-car media
Image: Volkswagen The Volkswagen Group has acquired 49pc of the shares in Diconium, a German digital specialist. Diconium is to become a technology partner to develop new digital business models and services offered via the Microsoft-enabled Volkswagen Automotive Cloud, building on the Volkswagen We ecosystem. Based in Stuttgart, ...
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All-new Range Rover Evoque gets Ai, EV ready platform, and world’s first deployment of "ground view" camera technology
Since its launch in 2010, the Range Rover Evoque has gone on to shift 770,000 units globally, making it one of JLR’s most important models, bringing Range Rover ownership to a younger demographic and lower entry price point. Jaguar LandRover (JLR), has packed the 2019 Evoque with new interior ...
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Škoda deploys drone for stocktaking and logistics
Skoda is testing drones for inventory management Škoda is testing the use of autonomous drones for stocktaking at its factory in Mladá Boleslav, Czechia. The drone is detecting, identifying and counting empty containers outside the factory from above, three times a day, and the data it collects ...
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New BMW 3 Series cockpit production pre-planned with VR tools, company claims digital tools ushers in new era of collaboration between different production stakeholders
The Munich auto giant claims a company first in bringing building, systems, logistics and assembly planners as well as production employees together to assess new production areas in virtual reality, and test new procedures using 3D glasses. The cockpit pre-assembly workstations for the new 3 Series sedan were the first ...