Munich. The BMW Group uses a growing number of artificial intelligence (AI) applications in production. For instance, AI relieves workers of monotonous tasks such as checking whether the warning triangle is placed in the right spot in the trunk. This task is now performed by a camera and self-learning software that compares the camera’s live… Continue reading @BMW: BMW Group shares AI algorithms used in production
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@Ferrari: Ferrari N.V. signs a new syndicated revolving credit facility
Maranello (Italy), 12 December 2019 – Ferrari N.V. (NYSE/MTA: RACE) (“Ferrari” or the “Company”) announces that it has signed on 11 December a Euro 350 million unsecured committed revolving credit facility, intended for general corporate and working capital purposes (the “New RCF”). The New RCF, entered into with a group of twelve banks, has a… Continue reading @Ferrari: Ferrari N.V. signs a new syndicated revolving credit facility
@Daimler: Daimler Trucks & Buses plant in Brazil opens an “urban farm” for growing its own vegetables
Mercedes-Benz do Brasil has opened an “urban farm” at its plant in São Bernardo do Campo: since November 2019 they have been growing organic vegetables at the truck and bus plant in keeping with ecological farming standards and serving them in the works canteen in accordance with the “farm-to-table” principle. As the vegetables are grown… Continue reading @Daimler: Daimler Trucks & Buses plant in Brazil opens an “urban farm” for growing its own vegetables
@FCA: New UAW-FCA Collective Bargaining Agreement Expands Commitment to U.S. Manufacturing Operations With Investment and Jobs
December 11, 2019 , Auburn Hills, Mich. – FCA confirmed today that its UAW-represented workforce has ratified a new four-year collective bargaining agreement that builds on the Company’s commitment to grow its U.S. manufacturing operations by providing for total investments of $9 billion and the creation of 7,900 new or secured jobs. “We wouldn’t be the… Continue reading @FCA: New UAW-FCA Collective Bargaining Agreement Expands Commitment to U.S. Manufacturing Operations With Investment and Jobs
@GM: Chevrolet Introduces All-New 2021 Tahoe and Suburban
Chevrolet Introduces All-New 2021 Tahoe and Suburban Transformed to offer more of the people- and cargo-hauling capabilities that have distinguished the industry’s best-selling full-size SUVs for generations 2019-12-10 DETROIT — Chevrolet’s iconic people and cargo haulers begin a new chapter today with the introduction of the all-new 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban. Each has been… Continue reading @GM: Chevrolet Introduces All-New 2021 Tahoe and Suburban
@GM: We Need to Move Beyond the Car
Imagine if someone invented a new transportation system and said, “I’ve designed a new way of getting around: It’s powered by fossil fuels that will pollute our air. It will congest our cities to the point of inciting rage in its users. Its human operators will be fallible, killing 40,000 Americans — and more than a million… Continue reading @GM: We Need to Move Beyond the Car
@GM: Latest Manufacturing Technologies Drive Production at GM’s Updated Arlington Assembly Plant
Latest Manufacturing Technologies Drive Production at GM’s Updated Arlington Assembly Plant 1.6-million-square-foot expansion incorporates the latest manufacturing-efficiency and quality-control technologies 2019-12-10 ARLINGTON, Texas — A 1.6-million-square-foot expansion of General Motors’ Arlington Assembly facility is designed to improve production-efficiency and build-quality of the all-new 2021 Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban. The previously announced investment of more than… Continue reading @GM: Latest Manufacturing Technologies Drive Production at GM’s Updated Arlington Assembly Plant
@VW Group: Volkswagen passenger cars grows deliveries in November
The Volkswagen brand delivered 586,400 vehicles worldwide in November, 3.9 percent more than in November 2018. Volkswagen made further gains in market shares in a shrinking overall global market. That also applies to China, the brand’s largest single market, where Volkswagen grew deliveries by 4.0 percent despite the shrinkage in the overall Chinese market. Significant… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen passenger cars grows deliveries in November
@VW Group: ŠKODA delivers 109,000 vehicles in November
Alain Favey, ŠKODA AUTO Board Member for Sales and Marketing, emphasises: “Globally we are above the market level, except for China, where we are getting under the pressure due to the continuously decreasing market. Our successful product campaign has been crucial to our success: alongside our successful SUV models, the SCALA, the KAMIQ, the first two… Continue reading @VW Group: ŠKODA delivers 109,000 vehicles in November
@VW Group: Being tested: Audi production tests exoskeletons for overhead tasks
Audi wants to further improve its employees’ ergonomics in its production facilities. For this reason, the company is currently conducting a comparative study of two exoskeletons. These external support structures are designed to help employees when they are performing overhead tasks by protecting their joints and tiring their muscles less quickly. All in all, around… Continue reading @VW Group: Being tested: Audi production tests exoskeletons for overhead tasks