Category: Automotive

Autonomous machine vision product from Inspekto to debut at VISION 2018

Touted by the company as an autonomous machine vision product, Plug & Inspect from Inspekto is a visual quality assurance solution that will debut at VISION 2018 from November 6-8 in Stuttgart, Germany. Inspekto’s Plug & Inspect technology enables employees in manufacturing facilities to take the system out of the box and install it minutes,… Continue reading Autonomous machine vision product from Inspekto to debut at VISION 2018

Proton sales down to 4524 units for September 2018

Proton has announced that it managed to deliver 4,524 cars in the month of September, following its record 9,501 units sold in August. The reintroduction of the sales and services tax (SST), which came after the end of a three-month, zero-rated goods and services tax (GST) period, was largely the cause for the decrease in… Continue reading Proton sales down to 4524 units for September 2018

Ford to stop building Focus cars in Argentina in 2019

DETROIT (Reuters) – Ford Motor Co (F.N) said on Monday it plans to stop building its Focus compact cars in Argentina in May 2019 as it seeks to stem losses from its operations in South America. FILE PHOTO: The Ford logo is seen at the New York Auto Show in the Manhattan borough of New… Continue reading Ford to stop building Focus cars in Argentina in 2019

Elon Musk Touts New Tesla Delivery System: “This Is the Future”

Tesla is pushing toward a new delivery system where the automaker sends the car directly to the consumer, cutting out needless bureaucracy. CEO Elon Musk touted the new approach in a series of Twitter posts over the weekend, describing the move as “the way it should work.” The proposal comes at a big time for… Continue reading Elon Musk Touts New Tesla Delivery System: “This Is the Future”

Aeva raises $45 million for autonomous car sensors that can measure velocity

Myriad sensors go into making autonomous cars tick. Drive.ai‘s fleet of Nissan NV200 vans pack lidar (laser-based sensors that measure the distance between themselves and objects) in addition to radar, GPS, and inertial measurement units. Google spinoff Waymo’s Chrysler Pacifica Hybrid Vans are similarly equipped with lidar, radar, and cameras. But Soroush Salehian and Mina Rezk, the… Continue reading Aeva raises $45 million for autonomous car sensors that can measure velocity

NAVYA and Charlatte Manutention joining forces to develop and market autonomous industrial vehicles

1 October 2018 NAVYA and Charlatte Manutention joining forces to develop and market autonomous industrial vehicles Villeurbanne, France, October 1st, 2018 – 6:00 pm CEST – NAVYA (FR0013018041- NAVYA), a leading company in autonomous vehicles and in smart and shared mobility solutions, and Charlatte Manutention, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of electric and combustionbased… Continue reading NAVYA and Charlatte Manutention joining forces to develop and market autonomous industrial vehicles