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Hyundai Motor Company to Equip Its Next “G90” with Two LiDAR Sensors

Hyundai Motor Company is planning to equip its next-generation Genesis “G90” with two “LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) sensors that will be the first within the global automotive industry. Two LiDAR sensors will be able to provide the level 3 of autonomous driving along with previous camera and radar sensors and Hyundai’s own control algorithm.… Continue reading Hyundai Motor Company to Equip Its Next “G90” with Two LiDAR Sensors

Auto software: VW sees Tesla in assistance systems

Volkswagen boss Diess The VW boss admires the network that Tesla vehicles build among themselves and thus regularly improve their properties. (Photo: AP) Frankfurt The carmaker attests to the smaller US competitor Tesla a technical lead in software. “What worries me the most is the capabilities in the assistance systems,” quotes the industry medium “Automobilwoche”… Continue reading Auto software: VW sees Tesla in assistance systems

Daimler says China business picks up again: report

FILE PHOTO: A worker assembles an engine for a Mercedes-Benz S-class model at the Daimler Powertrain plant in Bad Cannstatt, as the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) continues near Stuttgart, Germany, April 22, 2020. REUTERS/Andreas Gebert/File Photo BERLIN (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler (DAIGn.DE) has seen business stabilise in China after the country ended… Continue reading Daimler says China business picks up again: report

LG Chem Gets Another Huge Loan For Its Battery Plant In Poland

According to the South Korean media, LG Chem just received another huge loan for its lithium-ion battery gigafactory in Poland. Three banks – Korea Development Bank (KDB), Export-Import Bank of Korea (Korea Eximbank) and Nonghyup Bank – reportedly offered some €550 million for the project, which in total will cost €1.5 billion ($1.65 billion). In… Continue reading LG Chem Gets Another Huge Loan For Its Battery Plant In Poland

Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Gigafactory needs to be more than halfway to east coast

Tesla CEO Elon Musk added some comments about the automaker’s plan for a ‘Cybertruck Gigafactory’ to manufacture its upcoming electric pickup truck in the central US. Ever since Musk announced that Tesla was scouting locations in the central US for a new gigafactory to build its electric pickup truck dubbed “Cybertruck Gigfactory”, several states and… Continue reading Elon Musk: Tesla Cybertruck Gigafactory needs to be more than halfway to east coast

Volkswagen pushes back possible restart of operations in Mexico

FILE PHOTO: Volkswagen Tiguan cars are pictured in a production line at company’s assembly plant in Puebla, Mexico, July 10, 2019. REUTERS/Imelda Medina MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – German automaker Volkswagen will extend until at least May 18 a suspension on operations at two production plants in Mexico due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the company… Continue reading Volkswagen pushes back possible restart of operations in Mexico

Tesla fixes Model Y HVAC system using 3D printing

A recent YouTube video in content creator Munro Live’s ‘Tesla Model Y teardown’ series has drawn attention to a rather unusual manufacturing practice employed by the electric car manufacturer. Upon inspecting the HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) airbox of the car, a large injection molded component, the engineer Sandy Munro spots a 3D printed… Continue reading Tesla fixes Model Y HVAC system using 3D printing

Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third

Divergent, the Los Angeles-based startup aiming to revolutionize vehicle manufacturing, has cut about one-third of its staff amid the COVID-19 pandemic that has upended startups and major corporations alike. The company, which employed about 160 people, laid off 57 workers, according to documents filed with the California Employment Development Department. Founder and CEO Kevin Czinger… Continue reading Manufacturing startup Divergent 3D reduces staff by one-third