De Meo (Seat) calls for “reinventing” combustion engines with natural gas as the main actor

Updated 04/11/2018 13:01:57 CET MADRID, 11 Apr (EUROPA PRESS) – The chairman of Seat, Luca de Meo, defends that compressed natural gas (CNG) has a “clear potential” business for the automotive sector, so it is necessary to “reinvent” the combustion engines thanks to the fact that there are many types of fuels and technologies that… Continue reading De Meo (Seat) calls for “reinventing” combustion engines with natural gas as the main actor

Daimler and VW against Prevent: The wrong strategy of the German car industry

All articles and backgrounds 04/11/2018 Daimler and VW v Prevent The wrong strategy of the German car industry A guest commentary by Stefan Randak Volkswagen and Daimler in a clinch with Prevent: The increasingly open conflict between suppliers and car manufacturers is also affecting manufacturers The dispute between VW and Daimler and the supplier Prevent… Continue reading Daimler and VW against Prevent: The wrong strategy of the German car industry

Waymo takes a page out of Google’s Android Playbook

Waymo seems to be banking on confronting the automotive industry with the same challenge. By Alex Webb When Google set out to tackle the smartphone market with its Android operating system, it picked off the more vulnerable subscale brands with little software expertise. Within three years, those phone makers had surged up the sales charts… Continue reading Waymo takes a page out of Google’s Android Playbook

Tesla engineering car leaked picture shows what Autopilot sees live with settings for ‘Full Self-Driving’

Tesla owners have been quite curious about what their Autopilot cameras can see since the second generation hardware introduced several more sensors. Now a leaked image of what appears to be an engineering car on ‘dev mode’ shows what Autopilot sees live on the center screen and settings for other options, including ‘Full Self-Driving’ capabilities.… Continue reading Tesla engineering car leaked picture shows what Autopilot sees live with settings for ‘Full Self-Driving’

Following Tragic Accident, a Personal Connection to Building Autonomous Cars

Patti Robb, chief strategist at Intel’s Silicon Valley Innovation Center and Autonomous Vehicle Labs, stands beside a car that is outfitted for autonomous driving in Intel’s Santa Clara, California, lab. (Photo Credit: Walden Kirsch/Intel Corporation) How she’d describe her work to a 10-year-old: “I am the leader of the garages where Intel and its partners… Continue reading Following Tragic Accident, a Personal Connection to Building Autonomous Cars

Visteon’s SmartCore™ Cockpit Domain Controller Wins Automotive News PACE Award

Visteon’s SmartCore™ Cockpit Domain Controller Wins Automotive News PACE Award VAN BUREN TOWNSHIP, Mich., April 10, 2018 — Visteon Corporation (Nasdaq: VC), a leading cockpit electronics technology supplier, has been awarded an Automotive News PACE Award for its industry-first cockpit domain controller platform, SmartCore™. The PACE Awards, announced April 9 in Detroit, honor innovation, technological… Continue reading Visteon’s SmartCore™ Cockpit Domain Controller Wins Automotive News PACE Award

Alphabet’s Waymo Takes a Page Out of Google’s Android Playbook

When Google set out to tackle the smartphone market with its Android operating system, it picked off the more vulnerable subscale brands with little software expertise. Within three years, those phone makers had surged up the sales charts to become the biggest players. At the time of Android’s launch in 2008, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and… Continue reading Alphabet’s Waymo Takes a Page Out of Google’s Android Playbook

Alibaba-backed Electric Vehicle Maker Xiaopeng Plans $2.7B Funding For Expansion

Alibaba-backed Chinese electric vehicle maker Xiaopeng Motors plans to raise RMB17 billion (US$2.7 billion) this year to expand its business, its CEO He Xiaopeng said in an interview at the Boao Forum in China. The news came two months after the firm raised RMB2.2 billion (US$348 million) in a series B round led by Alibaba… Continue reading Alibaba-backed Electric Vehicle Maker Xiaopeng Plans $2.7B Funding For Expansion

An electric car starts to be profitable from 15,000 kilometers a year, according to Rastreator.com

Posted 10/04/2018 11: 37: 26CET MADRID, 10 Apr (EUROPA PRESS) – An electric car, on average, starts to be profitable “with a minimum of 15,000 kilometers per year”, according to the ‘IV Online Comparison Study for Smart Savings’ carried out by the ‘online’ comparator Rastreator.com, which shows that 43% of the population is reluctant to… Continue reading An electric car starts to be profitable from 15,000 kilometers a year, according to Rastreator.com

Chinese NEV start-up Singulato to invest big in Suzhou

Singulato’s CEO Shen Haiyin attends the launching ceremony of an electric SUV Singulato iS6 in Beijing, April 13, 2017.[Photo/VCG] NANJING – Chinese new energy vehicle (NEV) start-up Singulato Motors announced Saturday plans to invest 15 billion yuan ($2.39 billion) in the manufacturing hub of East China’s Suzhou over the next five years. A partnership between… Continue reading Chinese NEV start-up Singulato to invest big in Suzhou