Category: Official Press Release

Press: E-volution for Sea Vessels: ZF Develops Fully Electric Propulsion System for Sailing Yachts

Zero noise and zero emissions: full electric propulsion system makes sailing more environmentally friendly New technology boosts ZF’s leadership position in sustainable marine propulsion systems E-drive proves its worth in the innovation ship since September 2019 Friedrichshafen. ZF is continuing to expand its portfolio of environment-friendly marine propulsion solutions. The new fully electric propulsion system… Continue reading Press: E-volution for Sea Vessels: ZF Develops Fully Electric Propulsion System for Sailing Yachts

Press: ZF and Wolong Electric Plan Joint Venture for Production of Electric Motors and Components

“The partnership with Wolong, a key player of electric motors and components in the Chinese market, is a great next step in further strengthening our electric mobility strategy. With the joint venture we extend our value chain for electric motors to include sub-components and it gives us even better access to customers and suppliers in… Continue reading Press: ZF and Wolong Electric Plan Joint Venture for Production of Electric Motors and Components

@Ford: Bill Dirksen Retiring as Ford Labor Affairs VP, To Be Succeeded by Company’s Kevin Legel

DEARBORN, Mich., Nov. 19, 2019 – Bill Dirksen, Ford Motor Company’s vice president of Labor Affairs for the past six years, has announced he will retire effective Dec. 1. Dirksen’s decision to conclude his 35-year Ford career follows ratification of a new four-year labor contract by employees represented by the United Auto Workers.  More than… Continue reading @Ford: Bill Dirksen Retiring as Ford Labor Affairs VP, To Be Succeeded by Company’s Kevin Legel

Aptiv Completes Acquisition of gabocom

DUBLIN, Nov. 19, 2019 /PRNewswire/ — Aptiv PLC (NYSE: APTV), a global technology company enabling the future of mobility, announced today it completed the acquisition of gabo Systemtechnik GmbH (“gabocom”) from Bregal Unternehmerkapital. Based in Germany, gabocom is a leading provider of highly-engineered, high-quality cable management and protection solutions for the telecommunications industry. Going forward, gabocom… Continue reading Aptiv Completes Acquisition of gabocom

NVIDIA Takes RTX, AI and CloudXR to Autodesk University

From architectural design to virtual productions, NVIDIA RTX is taking visualizations to the next level — and you can see it all at Autodesk University, which runs Nov. 18-21 in Las Vegas. Over 11,000 professionals from the engineering, construction and manufacturing industries will get a glimpse of how RTX accelerates design and visualization applications. A… Continue reading NVIDIA Takes RTX, AI and CloudXR to Autodesk University

Record 136 NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Supercomputers Feature in TOP500 Ranking

The new wave of supercomputers is largely GPU accelerated, the latest TOP500 list of the world’s fastest systems shows. Of the 102 new supercomputers to join the closely watched ranking, 42 use NVIDIA GPU accelerators — including AiMOS, the most powerful addition to the list, which was released this week. Coming in at No. 24,… Continue reading Record 136 NVIDIA GPU-Accelerated Supercomputers Feature in TOP500 Ranking

Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: ICCV 2019

By the Level 5 Research Team: Peter Ondruska, Luca Del Pero, Qi Dong, Anastasia Dubrovina and Guido Zuidhof ICCV, along with CVPR, is one of the main international computer vision conferences. It happens bi-annually, with this year’s edition taking place in Seoul, South Korea. Out of the 1076 papers presented, we summarized the most relevant… Continue reading Lyft: Self-Driving Research in Review: ICCV 2019