By Mitchell Rohde, CEO and Co-Founder, Quantum Signal AI, LLC Mike Rudisill (left) and Carina Vargas (right) are part of a rapidly growing Quantum Signal AI team prototyping advanced hardware and using advanced simulations to help Ford develop self-driving vehicles. As the auto industry evolves, so does the important role mathematics plays in driving the changes… Continue reading @Ford: How Algorithm and Simulation Work Is Helping Ford’s Autonomous Vehicle Operations
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UK new van market down slightly in February
05 March 2020 #LCVs #Registrations #SMMT News UK light commercial vehicle (LCV) market declines -2.0% after two months of growth. Demand for pickups and smaller commercials falls in double digits, but mid-size vans buck the trend, up 9.3%. Year-to-date performance remains ahead, up 2.8%, with 37,660 new LCVs registered. SEE LCV REGISTRATIONS BY BRAND DOWNLOAD… Continue reading UK new van market down slightly in February
UK new car market falls -2.9% in February as industry calls for tax free EVs to kick-start demand
UK new car market declines -2.9% in February to 79,594, as demand from private buyers falls again. Good month for battery electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars, with 4,566 joining UK roads but, at just 5.8%, market share remains low. Industry urges Chancellor to help more drivers go electric – as new calculations show removal… Continue reading UK new car market falls -2.9% in February as industry calls for tax free EVs to kick-start demand
@VW Group: Volkswagen presents Green Finance Framework
With the Green Finance Framework (GFF), the Volkswagen Group today presented further guidelines for sustainable financial instruments. In future, it will therefore be possible for investors to invest in a targeted fashion in sustainability projects of the Volkswagen Group such as e-mobility. A new corporate body, the Green Finance Committee, will select appropriate projects and… Continue reading @VW Group: Volkswagen presents Green Finance Framework
@VW Group: ŠKODA SUPERB SCOUT: a multifunctional lifestyle estate for any terrain
Since mid-2019, ŠKODA has been offering the third generation of its flagship as a rugged SCOUT version – the first SUPERB to be given this treatment. The manufacturer thus continues its tradition of offering SCOUT models, such as the OCTAVIA SCOUT, KODIAQ SCOUT and KAROQ SCOUT. The SUPERB SCOUT, available exclusively as an estate, focuses… Continue reading @VW Group: ŠKODA SUPERB SCOUT: a multifunctional lifestyle estate for any terrain
Fiat presents electric version of the small car 500: This is how FCA starts the e-age with the Cinquecento
DPA The 3rd generation of the mini car Fiat 500 was presented in Milan – including the electric drive The Italians are daring. The FCA group took a local risk at the world premiere of the third generation of the Fiat 500. Because the Geneva Motor Show was canceled, the Italians unveiled the new incarnation… Continue reading Fiat presents electric version of the small car 500: This is how FCA starts the e-age with the Cinquecento
@FCA: FCA to Invest $400 Million to Convert Idled Indiana Transmission Plant to Build Engines; Nearly 200 New Jobs to be Added to Support Production
March 5, 2020 , Kokomo, Ind. – FCA announced today that it will invest $400 million to repurpose an idled transmission plant in Kokomo, Ind., to build the GMET4 engine – the Company’s 2.0-liter Global Medium Engine inline four-cylinder turbo that is currently offered on the Jeep® Wrangler and Jeep Cherokee. With this investment, 1,000 Indiana jobs… Continue reading @FCA: FCA to Invest $400 Million to Convert Idled Indiana Transmission Plant to Build Engines; Nearly 200 New Jobs to be Added to Support Production
@Toyota: Notice of Personnel Changes of Board Members and Officers, Organizational Changes
2020-03-05 Toyota Tsusho Corporation (head office: Nagoya City; President & CEO: Ichiro Kashitani) announces that the Board of Directors today adopted a resolution approving the following changes to organizational, and personnel changes effective April 1, 2020. Toyota Tsusho also announces that the Board of Directors decided on the directors and Audit & Supervisory Board members… Continue reading @Toyota: Notice of Personnel Changes of Board Members and Officers, Organizational Changes
Auto parts supplier: Continental is slipping deeper into the crisis
Continental Düsseldorf The year 2019 was already for Continental extremely difficult. The bottom line was that the automotive supplier posted a net loss of EUR 1.2 billion. Now the coronavirus is exacerbating the situation: Expected in the first quarter the DaxCorporation with a slump in the Chinese passenger car market of more than 30 percent.… Continue reading Auto parts supplier: Continental is slipping deeper into the crisis
Apollo Vredestein to cut workforce, manufacture only high-performance tyres at Enschede facility
Apollo Vredestein, (AVBV) part of Apollo Tyres, an international tyre major with manufacturing units in India, the Netherlands and Hungary, today organised a meeting with its employees in the Netherlands to discuss the future of the plant in Enschede and the company’s plans to build a more sustainable business for the company in the Netherlands.… Continue reading Apollo Vredestein to cut workforce, manufacture only high-performance tyres at Enschede facility