“Dagmar Steinert is a proven expert for Finance and Investor Relations. Furthermore, she has profound knowledge of the automotive industry and will be a true asset for ZF’s Supervisory Board”, said Andreas Brand, first mayor of the city of Friedrichshafen and chairman of the Zeppelin Foundation’s board of trustees. Owning 93.8% of shares, the Zeppelin… Continue reading Dagmar Steinert Joins ZF Friedrichshafen AG Supervisory Board
Category: Automotive
China Digest: MoSeeker, Ulucu, Huangjinguanjia and Huiyihuiying raise funds
January 8, 2018 Here is a roundup of Chinese startups that are the latest to secure funding, as reported by the China Money Network. MoSeeker closes $15m Series B Chinese recruitment solutions provider MoSeeker has raised $15 million in a series B funding round led by an undisclosed investor. Recruit Holdings participated in the latest round.… Continue reading China Digest: MoSeeker, Ulucu, Huangjinguanjia and Huiyihuiying raise funds
Deutsche Post DHL Group Selects NVIDIA DRIVE PX for Autonomous Delivery Truck Fleet
DPDHL will outfit electric light trucks with the ZF ProAI self-driving system, based on NVIDIA DRIVE™ PX technology, for automating package transportation and delivery, including the “last mile” of deliveries. Taking packages from a central point to their final destinations is considered the most complex and costliest aspect of courier and e-commerce deliveries. DPDHL currently… Continue reading Deutsche Post DHL Group Selects NVIDIA DRIVE PX for Autonomous Delivery Truck Fleet
Cooperation Between ZF and Faurecia Gains Momentum with “Cockpit 2025”
When ZF and Faurecia announced their cooperation in May 2017, the networked ecosystems from Silicon Valley served as a model. The initial results of their four-month cooperation demonstrate the impressive speed and agility from both suppliers at the 2017 IAA. A jointly developed seat concept demonstrates how passive safety can be designed for the transition… Continue reading Cooperation Between ZF and Faurecia Gains Momentum with “Cockpit 2025”
Jaguar Land Rover reports record annual sales
The UK’s biggest carmaker, Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), has said sales hit a record high last year. The company said Jaguar sold 178,601 cars, up 20% on the year before, while Land Rover sales rose 2% to 442,508. JLR said sales had more than tripled since 2009. It said this was the seventh successive year… Continue reading Jaguar Land Rover reports record annual sales
Byton’s CES concept car looks destined for the high-tech road
If you could create a car from a blank slate, picking and choosing all the technologies likely to be relevant in the next decade, you would come up with something similar to the concept car startup company Byton just introduced at CES 2018. It’s electric, of course, can drive itself, connects to the internet through… Continue reading Byton’s CES concept car looks destined for the high-tech road
JLR sells record 621,109 vehicles in 2017
Luxury carmaker Jaguar Land Rover sold a total of 621,109 vehicles in 2017 an increase of 6.5 percent compared to same period the previous year. The company says that despite tough conditions in some markets it has been able to achieve record global sales including retail sales of 55,697 units an increase of 0.6 percent… Continue reading JLR sells record 621,109 vehicles in 2017
Mercedes-Benz Cars sold more than 2.4 million vehicles in 2017, up 8.8%
Posted 08/01/2018 12: 23: 40CET STUTTGART (GERMANY), 8 Jan. (EUROPA PRESS) – Mercedes-Benz Cars, a division of the Daimler group that includes Mercedes-Benz and Smart, closed last year with a global sales volume of 2.42 million units, 8.8% more than the same period of the previous year. according to data published by the company. In… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz Cars sold more than 2.4 million vehicles in 2017, up 8.8%
Nissan delivers 300,000th Nissan LEAF
Nissan introduced the new LEAF in September 2017 YOKOHAMA, Japan – Nissan announced today that the company has sold its 300,000th* Nissan LEAF globally since the model first went on sale in 2010. The 100% electric LEAF is the world’s first mass-produced – and also the world’s best-selling – electric car. Nissan launched a fully… Continue reading Nissan delivers 300,000th Nissan LEAF
So Volkswagen is to be rebuilt
Volkswagen is facing a far-reaching transformation: around one fifth of the business is to be sold – in order to save costs. Employee representatives announce resistance. Friday, 08.09.2017 18:04 clock A few days before the start of the Frankfurt Motor Show IAA Volkswagen CEO Matthias Müller makes the car world sit up and take notice:… Continue reading So Volkswagen is to be rebuilt