Meet the Omnivore: Developer Sleighs Complex Manufacturing Workflows With Digital Twin of Santa’s Workshop

Editor’s note: This is one in a series of Meet the Omnivore posts, featuring individual creators and developers who use the NVIDIA Omniverse 3D simulation and collaboration platform to boost their artistic or engineering processes. Don’t be fooled by the candy canes, hot cocoa and CEO’s jolly demeanor. Santa’s workshop is the very model of… Continue reading Meet the Omnivore: Developer Sleighs Complex Manufacturing Workflows With Digital Twin of Santa’s Workshop

Used car market up despite volatile year

UK used car transactions grow 11.5% in 2021 with 7,530,956 units changing hands. Weaker Q4, down -3.1%, contrasts with record Q2 to round off a volatile year. Record demand for used battery electric vehicles, up 119.2% with 40,228 transactions. Overall used car market still down -5.5% on pre-pandemic five-year average. The UK’s used car market… Continue reading Used car market up despite volatile year

@VW Group: Coronavirus premium for Volkswagen AG employees004586

Volkswagen AG is again paying the employees at its German locations a coronavirus premium in recognition of their great dedication in recent months working under difficult conditions. The regular coronavirus premium of €500 will be paid out at the end of February 2022 with employees’ monthly salary. This was announced today (Tuesday) by the Executive… Continue reading @VW Group: Coronavirus premium for Volkswagen AG employees004586

@VW Group: Solar lighting for Brazil: Audi supporting remote villages in the Amazon region004586

The Audi Environmental Foundation and Audi do Brasil are jointly supporting the NGO Litro de Luz Brasil, which is supplying solar lighting to three villages in the Amazon region without a reliable connection to the power grid. The primary objective is to enhance education and safety in the villages. The initiative is equipping common areas… Continue reading @VW Group: Solar lighting for Brazil: Audi supporting remote villages in the Amazon region004586

@Ferrari: Ferrari and Qualcomm: a strategic technology partnership aimed at the future000216

Maranello, 8 February 2022 – Ferrari N.V. (NYSE/EXM: RACE) (“Ferrari” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce a new and exciting partnership with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. As from today, the San Diego, California-based company, will be a Scuderia Ferrari Premium Partner through Snapdragon®, Qualcomm’s premium product and experience brand leveraged across multiple platforms and categories,… Continue reading @Ferrari: Ferrari and Qualcomm: a strategic technology partnership aimed at the future000216

Ferrari is Qualcomm’s latest partner to build smarter cars

Qualcomm has announced its latest automotive partner: none other than Ferrari, with whom it’ll be entering into a “strategic technology collaboration” that will (eventually) see Qualcomm’s automative technology make its way into future Ferrari cars. As part of the deal, Ferarri plans to use Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Digital Chassis suite in the future, although there are… Continue reading Ferrari is Qualcomm’s latest partner to build smarter cars

China’s new-energy vehicles reach a turning point

China’s new-energy vehicle (NEV) industry set records in 2021. The country produced 3.54 million NEVs, including battery-electric cars and plug-in hybrids, and sold 3.52 million of them. Sales were up 181% from 2020 and exceeded the total of the previous three years. In 2021, NEVs made up 15.7% of the country’s car market. Go to… Continue reading China’s new-energy vehicles reach a turning point