VW commercial vehicle board member Renschler (left) and Otto board member Schiebur (r). “The future belongs to the autonomous truck,” say the experts. (Photo: Traton AG) Munich has his cigarettes VWTruck boss Andreas Renschler at the double interview with Otto-Vorstand Kay Schiebur exceptionally waived. Needless to say: After the conversation, Schiebur had him invite them… Continue reading VW truck boss Renschler and Otto board member Schiebur: “Autonomous trucks are the future of logistics”
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Uber is investing $150M in Toronto to expand self-driving car efforts
Months after an Uber self-driving vehicle struck and killed a pedestrian in Tempe, Arizona, the ride-hailing giant has announced it’s adding a new engineering hub in Toronto and expanding its autonomous research team as it refocuses its self-driving car efforts. In his first visit to the Canadian tech hub since becoming CEO of Uber last year,… Continue reading Uber is investing $150M in Toronto to expand self-driving car efforts
Automaker: VW stops golf production due to lack of demand
Production at Volkswagen For a week, the tapes will be at rest in Wolfsburg for a week in October. (Photo: AP) DüsseldorfBei Volkswagen is the next compulsory break in production. In the first week of October, production at the parent plant in Wolfsburg is expected to completely rest. As it is said from business circles,… Continue reading Automaker: VW stops golf production due to lack of demand
For DS, the hour of truth is approaching
The premium brand of PSA launches a new model, a small urban SUV. Go to Source
JADAK acquires Imaging Solutions Group
JADAK, a business unit of Novanta Corporation, has announced the acquisition of smart camera and imaging product company Imaging Solutions Group (ISG). [Native Advertisement] “ISG’s intelligent cameras will provide our customers with a broader and more robust line of embedded machine vision and image analysis solutions,” said Janie Goddard, President of JADAK. “Our expanded and… Continue reading JADAK acquires Imaging Solutions Group
Google Street View rival Mapillary collaborates with Amazon to read text in its 350M image database
Mapillary, the Swedish startup that wants to take on Google and others in mapping the world by way of a crowdsourced database of street-level imagery, is taking an interesting step in the development of its platform. The company is now working with Amazon, and specifically its Rekognition API, to detect and read text in Mapillary’s… Continue reading Google Street View rival Mapillary collaborates with Amazon to read text in its 350M image database
Honda recalls two more models in China due to engine issue
BEIJING: Honda Motor Co will recall 22,702 Honda Jade cars and 27,554 Acura CDX sport-utility vehicles (SUVs) in China, market regulators said on Thursday, because of a cold-climate engine problem that has already forced the recall of hundreds of thousands of vehicles. A Beijing-based company spokesman said in total Honda will have to recall six… Continue reading Honda recalls two more models in China due to engine issue
Paragraph attracts: BMW shortens lagging behind Mercedes
All articles and backgrounds 09/13/2018 Sales move to BMW Shortened backlog to Mercedes BMW BMW 3 Series: shortened distance to Mercedes-Benz The carmaker BMW Show stock market chart gained momentum in sales in August, shortening the gap to rival Mercedes-Benz. In August, the number of BMW cars sold increased by 3.2 percent to 151 633,… Continue reading Paragraph attracts: BMW shortens lagging behind Mercedes
New DS 3 Crossback revealed with petrol, diesel and electric power
The plan of DS, and indeed the whole of PSA, is to offer electrified versions of each of its cars, rather than have bespoke electric models. Engines include 99bhp, 128bhp and a new 153bhp variant of the three-cylinder 1.2-litre Puretech petrol unit, with an eight-speed automatic gearbox offered.A four-cylinder 99bhp 1.5-litre diesel will also feature.… Continue reading New DS 3 Crossback revealed with petrol, diesel and electric power
Lotus appoints former Jaguar Land Rover boss as new manager
Lotus has appointed Phil Popham, a former senior Jaguar Land Rover executive, as its new manager. Popham will serve as senior vice-president of commercial operations for Group Lotus and CEO of Lotus Sports Cars. He will report to Group Lotus chief executive Feng Qingfeng, a long-time executive of Geely, which now owns the Norfolk sports car… Continue reading Lotus appoints former Jaguar Land Rover boss as new manager