Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Hino Motors agree to enter into a strategic partnership

News Press Release News Group Braunschweig, Germany, Tokyo, Japan, 12 April 2018 Volkswagen Truck & Bus and Hino Motors agree to enter into a strategic partnership Hino Motors, Ltd. and Volkswagen Truck & Bus GmbH signed an agreement aiming to build a mutually beneficial strategic long-term partnership on eye-level.   …more

Incredibly done

After his expulsion, VW CEO Matthias Müller suddenly stands as a failed manager. At the same time, the balance of his term of office can be quite impressive. Still-VW boss Matthias Müller Wednesday, 11.04.2018 18:01 clock It is such a thing with public reputation. Inevitably, in the general consciousness, only a few details are reflected… Continue reading Incredibly done

Lyft is considering entering Japan’s challenging ride-hailing market for some reason

Lyft, Uber’s chief nemesis in the U.S., is thinking of entering the fiercely competitive Japanese ride-hailing space, according to comments from one of its founders. “We would love to be in Japan, and we also will be looking at that possibility,” John Zimmer, Lyft co-founder and president, said at the New Economy Summit 2018 in Tokyo.… Continue reading Lyft is considering entering Japan’s challenging ride-hailing market for some reason

NEWSMAKER-Cost-cutter Diess seen driving change as Volkswagen CEO

FRANKFURT, April 10 (Reuters) – Loved by investors and prepared to take on trade unions, Volkswagen brand boss Herbert Diess is likely to finally get his chance to lead Germany’s biggest carmaker which is expected to change faster under his cost-cutting style. Diess is known for squeezing more savings out of suppliers than fellow managers… Continue reading NEWSMAKER-Cost-cutter Diess seen driving change as Volkswagen CEO

Ford Debuts More Upscale Focus to Trade Sales for Richer Margins

As Ford Motor Co. rolls out a redesigned version of its Focus compact car in China and Europe, it’s also debuting a strategy to be more choosy about which buyers it battles for and where. The automaker is taking the wraps off upscale grades of the car in London including the Focus Vignale, expanding the… Continue reading Ford Debuts More Upscale Focus to Trade Sales for Richer Margins

Toyota’s China Crisis

The world’s biggest carmaker and the world’s biggest car market should be made for each other. So why is Toyota Motor Corp. misfiring in China? As recently as 2015, it was the No. 2 marque in the country, behind the eternally dominant Volkswagen AG.  Since then, though, sales have flatlined, while rivals have picked up… Continue reading Toyota’s China Crisis

BMW, Daimler, Toyota: Speech by China’s head of state Xi inspires the auto industry

Lexus production The Toyota luxury brand would benefit particularly strongly from the market opening. (Photo: AP) Automakers like BMW. Daimler and Toyota are likely to over the Message from the Chinese President Xi Jinping pleased: This announced in his speech on Tuesday to lower import tariffs on cars later this year. In doing so, the… Continue reading BMW, Daimler, Toyota: Speech by China’s head of state Xi inspires the auto industry

Lexus marks 1 year in India, starts deliveries of NX300h hybrid SUV

Lexus India marks the first year of operations in India by commencing deliveries of its hybrid SUV, the NX330h, which was launched in the market in November 2017. Deliveries of the NX 300h are taking place across the country in signature Lexus style that means the car arrives on flatbeds allowing owners to be the… Continue reading Lexus marks 1 year in India, starts deliveries of NX300h hybrid SUV

Self-Supervised Learning: A Key to Unlocking Self-Driving Cars?

The holy grail for many artificial intelligence (AI) startups is to easily obtain data, and then extract value from that data with minimal human intervention. Self-supervised learning is an innovative approach that uses visual signals or domain knowledge, intrinsically correlated to the image, as automatic sources of supervision, thus removing the need for humans to… Continue reading Self-Supervised Learning: A Key to Unlocking Self-Driving Cars?