Tag: Toyota

Hyundai Mobis to make inroads into automotive digital instrument cluster market

SEOUL, May 9 (Yonhap) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s biggest auto parts maker by sales, said Wednesday it aims to make inroads into the global automotive digital instrument cluster market to generate future growth. Hyundai Mobis, the auto component affiliate of Hyundai Motor Group, said it began production of 7-inch digital instrument clusters for… Continue reading Hyundai Mobis to make inroads into automotive digital instrument cluster market

Auto: the fall of diesel is accelerating

A new course is crossed. For two months, the share of diesel engines in sales of new passenger cars fell below 40%: 39.83% in March, and 39.97% in April, bringing the average to 40% over the first four month of 2018, according to data compiled by AAA Data for the CCFA (Committee of French Automobile… Continue reading Auto: the fall of diesel is accelerating

New Lotus Esprit supercar to hit roads in 2020

Lotus boss Jean-Marc Gales has revealed that two new sports cars are in the pipeline as investment begins to materialise from the company’s new owner, Chinese automotive giant Geely. The two cars will include a new star model, due in 2020, that will sit above the Evora — essentially placing it as a modern-day version of the… Continue reading New Lotus Esprit supercar to hit roads in 2020

Lotus could switch to Volvo powertrains

Jean-Marc Gales expects Lotus to still be using Toyota engines in the immediate future, but the Lotus boss is keen to embrace the powertrain options available from other Geely-owned brands. Such co-operation is most likely to make use of resources developed by Volvo, whose technology is also being used by fellow Geely brands Polestar and… Continue reading Lotus could switch to Volvo powertrains

Hyundai’s Ioniq becomes top seller in Israel in Q1

SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — Hyundai Motor Co.’s Ioniq hybrid emerged as the best-selling car in Israel in the first quarter of this year, achieving such a landmark for the first time since the start of its exports two years ago, industry sources said Tuesday. Hyundai Motor, South Korea’s top automaker, sold 4,149 Ioniq hybrids… Continue reading Hyundai’s Ioniq becomes top seller in Israel in Q1

A New MIT Project Could Bring Driverless Cars to Rural Roads

Cows. Cornfields. Autonomous cars? The phrase “country living” might not inspire visions of high-tech transportation. But that could soon change, thanks to a new autonomous navigation system developed by researchers at MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL). Today, most autonomous vehicles (AVs) rely on highly-detailed 3D maps to navigate roads. Creating these maps requires… Continue reading A New MIT Project Could Bring Driverless Cars to Rural Roads