Ford Motor Co. CEO Jim Hackett, left, and Volkswagen AG CEO Herbert Diess talk on the floor of the Detroit Auto Show today. Ford and Volkswagen will formally announce on Tuesday the first of what is expected to become a broad range of joint ventures and other partnerships, the head of the German automaker told… Continue reading Exclusive: Ford-VW Deal Kicking Off With Commercial Vehicle JV, VW CEO Diess Reveals – Paul Eisenstein
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Largest supplier in Europe: Daimler and BMW set up car sharing center in Berlin
Car2go and DriveNow The concept of the new joint venture also includes automated driving. (Photo: AP) BerlinDaimler and BMW want their mobility services from Berlin out of control. Daimler-Boss Dieter Zetsche said on Thursday in Berlin that the headquarters of the new joint venture should sit in the capital. Last had the US Competition Authority… Continue reading Largest supplier in Europe: Daimler and BMW set up car sharing center in Berlin
Cooperation of Magna & Lyft
The cooperation between the supplier Magna and the driving service Lyft is bearing fruit, which will be presented at the NAIAS. The NAIAS, the North America International Auto Show in Detroit, was once the first important auto show of the year. But in the meantime, the CES has outgrown the fair, especially in the area… Continue reading Cooperation of Magna & Lyft
They develop a technology that offers an electric car charge as fast as pouring gasoline
The main problem with the electric car is undoubtedly the duration of the battery recharging process and the limited autonomy that this offers to vehicles with these characteristics. Charging an electric car far exceeds the five minutes it takes to refuel with gasoline and this, as well as being a tedious task, is one of… Continue reading They develop a technology that offers an electric car charge as fast as pouring gasoline
Pony.ai: App for robot taxi service
Chinese startup Pony.ai has released an app to call a robot taxi. The Chinese company Pony.ai has recently announced that his fleet wants to increase automated vehicles. In addition, the company tests their vehicle technology in Peking, Now it was announced that you can call a robot car with a new app. The service is… Continue reading Pony.ai: App for robot taxi service
M City: Concept for safety assessment
The University of Michigan test city, M City, has unveiled a concept for evaluating the safety of highly automated cars. The M City, a façade city that recently celebrated its fifth anniversary, has presented a new test concept. It’s about testing highly autonomous vehicles with respect to theirs vehicle safety, Ford in the M-City The… Continue reading M City: Concept for safety assessment
Grave offers insurance in Asia
The travel service provider Grab offers an insurance service in Asia. The car service provider dig is mainly active in Asia and has also taken over the Uber branch there. But apparently you do not want to stiffen the ride and now plans to offer an insurance service. Dig. Source Techcrunch For this purpose, they… Continue reading Grave offers insurance in Asia
Autonomous mobile robot aided by 3D vision harvests sweet peppers
An autonomous mobile robot developed as part of the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 (H2020) framework that uses a 3D camera and object identification and tasking planning algorithms to harvest sweet peppers has been officially introduced after years of research and development. Go to Source
Has 3D imaging finally come of age?
When people mention three-dimensional (3D) imaging, what comes to mind? Do you think in terms of technologies? There’s single-camera triangulation, stereoscopic cameras, structured light and Time of Flight imaging techniques. Do you think about applications? Does vision guided robotics (VGR) come to mind first? If so, Vision Systems Design has a long tradition of covering… Continue reading Has 3D imaging finally come of age?
Innoviz Establishes Presence in Four New Regions and Enhances Manufacturing Ability, Enabling the Production and Distribution of its LiDAR Technology at Scale – PRNewswire
“Demand for our solid-state LiDAR offerings continues to invigorate the team and take Innoviz to new heights,” said Omer Keilaf, CEO and Co-Founder of Innoviz. “Our latest accomplishments are simply a reflection of the outstandingly successful year we’ve had filled with automaker design wins, Tier 1 supplier partnerships, product innovations and awards, and more. Innoviz… Continue reading Innoviz Establishes Presence in Four New Regions and Enhances Manufacturing Ability, Enabling the Production and Distribution of its LiDAR Technology at Scale – PRNewswire