Unique McLaren P1™ GTR by McLaren Special Operations commemorates 1988 Ayrton Senna maiden championship

20 Dec 2018 McLaren Special Operations (MSO) completes unique McLaren P1™ GTR bespoke commission in celebration of 30th anniversary of Ayrton Senna securing his maiden Formula 1 World Championship Chassis 12 finished in livery that is a tribute to all-conquering McLaren MP4/4 and its Brazilian driver Aerodynamic upgrades increase downforce of track-focused car Christened ‘Beco’… Continue reading Unique McLaren P1™ GTR by McLaren Special Operations commemorates 1988 Ayrton Senna maiden championship

Press release / December 19, 2018 LeddarTech and Cailabs Sign Agreement on Combining LIDAR and Laser Beam Shaping Solutions LeddarTech has  entered an agreement with Cailabs to explore combining LeddarTech’s solid-state LiDAR technology with Cailabs’ laser beam shaping solutions for the automotive industry.  

Leddartech/Press release/LeddarTech and Cailabs Sign Agreement on Combining LIDAR and Laser Beam Shaping Solutions

LeddarTech and Cailabs Sign Collaboration Agreement on Combining LIDAR and Laser Beam Shaping Solutions for the Automotive Market
RENNES and QUEBEC CITY, December 19, 2018 — LeddarTech, an industry leader providing the most versatile, scalable Auto and Mobility LiDAR Platform, announces that it has entered an agreement with Cailabs, a French deep tech company and global leader in light shaping technology, to explore combining LeddarTech’s solid-state LiDAR technology with Cailabs’ laser beam shaping solutions for the automotive industry.A memorandum of understanding between the two parties was signed on December 13, 2018.

LeddarTech delivers a proprietary auto and mobility LiDAR platform based on the LeddarEngine™ (SoC + software) enabling high-performance, low-cost LiDAR sensor solutions and that is used by large Tier-1 suppliers to develop specific LiDARs for ADAS and autonomous driving applications.

Cailabs develops and produces a unique range of optical components based on its know-how and its patented technological innovations, in particular, Multi-Plane Light Conversion (MPLC).

“For Cailabs, LiDAR technology is a strategic market that offers extraordinary growth potential in the coming years as ADAS and autonomous driving vehicles gain traction,” stated Jean-François Morizur, CEO at Cailabs. “We are excited to enter this partnership with LeddarTech; their innovative technology generates a higher range-to-power ratio and enables lower detection thresholds for significantly increased range and sensitivity over other solid-state LiDAR methods, and Cailabs is eager to assess the compatibility of its solutions with LeddarTech’s technology.”

“LeddarTech is committed to meeting present and future LiDAR market requirements and we are looking forward to validating that our LiDAR solutions can be combined with Cailabs’ advanced beam combination technology,” stated Charles Boulanger, CEO of LeddarTech. “If successful, we will proceed with developing prototypes to bring this innovative solution that will add great value to the automotive industry as rapidly as possible.”

About Cailabs

Founded in 2013, Cailabs is a French deep tech company which designs, manufactures and distributes innovative photonic products for telecommunications, free space transmission, industrial lasers, and LANs. A global leader in complex light shaping, its technology is currently protected by 15 patent families. Its innovative optical components are used in a variety of sectors and have contributed to several world records (notably the optical fiber bandwidth record achieved by the Japanese operator KDDI).

Cailabs, based in Rennes, has raised EUR 8.6 million since its creation and has 40 employees. Additional information about Cailabs is accessible at www.cailabs.com.

About LeddarTech

LeddarTech is an industry leader providing the most versatile and scalable Auto and Mobility LiDAR Platform based on the unique LeddarEngine, which consists of a suite of automotive-grade, functional safety certified SoCs working in tandem with LeddarSP signal processing software. The company is responsible for several innovations in cutting-edge mobility remote-sensing applications, its patented technologies enhancing ADAS and autonomous driving capabilities for automobiles, trucks, buses, delivery vehicles, robotaxis, shuttles, and more. Additional information about LeddarTech is accessible at www.LeddarTech.com, and on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and YouTube.

LeddarTech, Leddar, LeddarEngine, LeddarSP, and LeddarTech logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of LeddarTech Inc. All other brands, product names, and marks are or may be trademarks or registered trademarks used to identify products or services of their respective owners.

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Canadian union to GM: 'Keep our plants open'

Canadian union to GM: 'Keep our plants open'The trade union that represents Canada's autoworkers is using General Motors Co.'s hometown newspapers to deliver a message as top union officials arrive in Detroit on Thursday to meet with the automaker's leaders.
“U.S. and Canadian workers made GM,” reads the front page of an advertisement wrapping the Thursday editions of The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press. “Why should our jobs and our products go to Mexico? Keep our plants open.”
Unifor, a Canadian general trade union representing auto workers at GM's endangered Oshawa, Ontario, plant and elsewhere, is using the ad to urge GM to reconsider plans that would see four plants in the U.S. and one in Canada idled next year.
Inside, the four-page ad speaks directly to the automaker: “GM, if you sell here you have to build here.” The back page of the ad is designed to be displayed in a window with the text, “I support GM workers.”
Ahead of its trip to Detroit, Unifor held a rally on the Detroit River in Windsor on Wednesday, in view of GM's Renaissance Center headquarters. Unifor officials are expected to meet with GM at the headquarters to discuss the future of the Oshawa Assembly plant as well as other GM operations in Canada.
“GM made commitments to invest in Canada but instead seems intent on continuing to bleed away Canadian production and jobs while it continues to expand in Mexico,” Unifor National President Jerry Dias said in a statement confirming the Thursday meeting with GM officials. “Unifor will be making it clear that if GM expects to sell in Canada then it needs to build in Canada.”
Both the United Auto Workers and Unifor have criticized GM for building abroad too many vehicles sold in the U.S. and Canada. The unions — and federal lawmakers — have lambasted GM for its decision to build the upcoming Chevrolet Blazer at its plant in Ramos, Mexico. The UAW also challenged GM's ability to “unallocate” the plants outside of contract negotiations.
GM already imports from Mexico the Chevrolet Equinox, Trax and Cruze hatchback, as well as the GMC Terrain. The automaker imports one vehicle from China, the Buick Envision. Its three Buick Regal models are assembled in Germany, and its compact Buick Encore SUV is built in South Korea.
On the Monday after Thanksgiving, when some workers were still on holiday vacation, GM announced a sweeping restructuring of its workforce and manufacturing operations that would stop production at five plants and would cut some 8,000 white-collar jobs. The U.S. plants include Detroit-Hamtramck Assembly, Warren Transmission, the Lordstown Complex in northeast Ohio, and Baltimore Operations in Maryland.
The Detroit automaker said last week it would be able to offer new positions to roughly 2,700 of the 2,800 active U.S. hourly employees affected by the plant idlings. For Canadian workers, GM is working with dealers, local colleges and other employers to train and help secure jobs for impacted workers.
“I understand how GM's recent news is affecting our colleagues, families and communities,” GM CEO Mary Barra wrote in a Friday tweet. “Our focus remains on helping employees … We're committed to doing the right thing, for the future of GM and our people.”
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The BMW Group Autonomous Driving Campus: the first 450 days. Six questions for Elmar Frickenstein, Senior Vice President Automated Driving and Driver Assistance, BMW AG.

In September 2017, you and your team moved to the Autonomous Driving Campus in Unterschleissheim.What prompted the BMW Group’s decision to create this new site?We are currently experiencing the largest paradigm shift in the history of the automotive industry. The industry is set to witness more change in the next decade than in the past… Continue reading The BMW Group Autonomous Driving Campus: the first 450 days. Six questions for Elmar Frickenstein, Senior Vice President Automated Driving and Driver Assistance, BMW AG.

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10.12.18
New production in the Industrial park of AVTOVAZ

New production of the company “HM Rus” was launched in the Indistrial park of AVTOVAZ on December, 10, 2018. The event was attended by the leadership of Togliatti, resident of industrial park and industrial site.
On the area of more than 14000 sq m “HM Rus” will produce high-quality heating radiators. The total amount of investments in new production makes 311 million rubles.
It is to recap that currently 10 companies-residents are working at the sites of industrial park of AVTOVAZ, which have created 1210 new jobs. The project aimed at creation of additional jobs in Togliatti and the use of sites, not engaged in the production of AVTOVAZ, will continue to develop. Residents of the park plan to create another 350 new jobs in 2019.
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HM Heizkorper (Germany) – the trademark of heating radiators established in 1994. Production sites are located in Germany, Turkey, Russia. Sales make more than 500 K radiators per year.
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Truckmaker Volvo builds safety stockpiles to prepare for no-deal Brexit

STOCKHOLM (Reuters) – Sweden’s AB Volvo (VOLVb.ST) has triggered its hard Brexit contingency plans, with the truckmaker building “safety stock” with its British dealers and considering alternative shipping routes to minimise disruption. FILE PHOTO: A worker holds a component for a Volvo truck at the Muller manufacturing facility in Redditch, Britain August 28, 2018. REUTERS/Darren… Continue reading Truckmaker Volvo builds safety stockpiles to prepare for no-deal Brexit

SoftBank Vision Fund makes $500m investment in Cambridge Mobile Telematics

December 20, 2018 SoftBank Vision Fund (SBVF) has made a $500-million investment in global mobile telematics and analytics provider Cambridge Mobile Telematics, according to a company statement. Headquartered in Cambridge, MA, CMT aims to improve the safety of people and goods using mobile sensing and IoT, AI, and behavioural science. The company claims to have pioneered… Continue reading SoftBank Vision Fund makes $500m investment in Cambridge Mobile Telematics

Court rejects Opel’s urgent petition against recall

Monday, 12/11/2018 14:23 clock The car manufacturer Opel has in front of the Schleswig-Holstein administrative court suffered a defeat in Schleswig. The group had tried with an emergency application, the immediate recall of about 95,000 Euro -6-models of the types Zafira, Cascada and Insignia but still to prevent. The Chamber has now at least rejected… Continue reading Court rejects Opel’s urgent petition against recall

Opel employees make front against partial sale

Thursday, 13/12/2018 11:25 clock Numerous employees of the car manufacturer Opel protested against management sales plans at the Rüsselsheim headquarters. A large crowd left the factory premises on this Thursday morning and marched through the city in a demonstration. In the morning, a company meeting with several thousand participants was to take place in one… Continue reading Opel employees make front against partial sale

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Cyrille Druhen-Charnaux appointed PJSC «AVTOVAZ» Vice-President for Purchasing

Effective January 1st, 2019, Cyrille Druhen-Charnaux will take the position of Vice-President for Purchasing of PJSC “AVTOVAZ”. Venkatram Mamillapalle, who has been working in this position since 2014, will continue his career in Alliance Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi.
Cyrille Druhen-Charnaux was born in 1975. In 1998, he graduated from the engineering school in Besançon (France). He began his career at Delphi as a technical engineer and industrialization engineer at an automotive systems factory in Strasbourg (France). In 2001, he moved to Groupe Renault, where he made a career from a responsible for purchasing activities for the Alliance at RNPO to the position of supplier development consultant (Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, France). He passed through various appointments at the Technocentre up to a senior supply strategy manager. Then for 3 years he worked at Renault Samsung Motors in Seoul (South Korea) in the position of Deputy Head of Purchasing. Since 2017 – Deputy General Director of ARNPO LLC (Russia).
President of PJSC “AVTOVAZ”, Yves Caracatzanis thanked Mr. Mamillapalle for the results he achieved at AVTOVAZ in the field of purchasing: “I wish Venkatram success in his future career, and Mr. Druhen-Charnaux to further intensify AVTOVAZ purchasing activities. His work experience in Russia will ensure implementation of the Company’s med-term development plan.”
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