22 February 2018 #CV Sector #News #SMMT News #TNB News #Top Stories #Tractor #Truck MAN Truck & Bus is to begin platooning trials with German logistics firm DB Schenker, following the official handover of test vehicles. The joint project, with involvement from Hochschule Fresenius University of Applied Sciences, was set up in May 2017, with… Continue reading MAN Trucks begins platooning trials
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Mastering the map: the key to an autonomous future
One of the key factors that will determine the success of autonomous cars is mastering the roadmap. The connected car of the future will rely heavily on a data-driven mapping system – a system that ‘self-heals’ and can understand the road environment beyond the range of a car’s onboard sensors. Maps need to be both… Continue reading Mastering the map: the key to an autonomous future
Porsche stops production of all its diesel cars
In the latest move towards cleaner forms of transport, Porsche has confirmed that it is putting an end to diesel engines in its cars. The German manufacturer cited a “cultural shift” among its customers as the main reason, according to trade publication Autocar. It was revealed this week that the company will cease production of… Continue reading Porsche stops production of all its diesel cars
Porsche introduces blockchain to cars
In collaboration with the Berlin-based start-up XAIN, Porsche is currently testing blockchain applications directly in vehicles. This makes the Zuffenhausen-based company the first automobile manufacturer to implement and successfully test blockchain in a car.
An eye for mistakes
Porsche develops artificial neural networks for Production 4.0.
AUDI gives update on use of SLM metal 3D printing for the automotive industry
Metal additive manufacturing specialists, the SLM Solutions Group AG has worked with fellow Germany based enterprise AUDI AG for several years now. A new update from SLM Solutions provides further details on how AUDI are using metal additive manufacturing. This includes the SLM280HL purchased in 2016. At AUDI, selective laser melting is used to manufacture… Continue reading AUDI gives update on use of SLM metal 3D printing for the automotive industry
This is how the software update from VW works
VW tries to avert a driving ban of diesel cars with a software update for manipulated models. What is to be held? Cover of a manipulated EA 189 Thursday, 22.02.2018 09:48 clock No internal combustion engine ever received larger negative headlines than the EA 189, commonly known as cheat diesel. VW was caught more than… Continue reading This is how the software update from VW works
Geneva Motor Show: Volkswagen premiers ‘autonomously driving’ I D VIZZION concept car
CHENNAI: German auto major Volkswagen on Thursday premiered its I D VIZZION concept car at Geneva Motor Show. After presenting the first all-electric vehicles of the new I D family models , the Volkswagen brand is now showing, for the first time, a concept of an autonomously driving automobile.Volkswagen is currently advancing the development of… Continue reading Geneva Motor Show: Volkswagen premiers ‘autonomously driving’ I D VIZZION concept car
Digital transformation at Porsche
Digital technology meets tradition: Porsche defines the next step for German engineering ingenuity.
Macan, Cayenne and Co .: How it comes to Porsche for creeping diesel off
DusseldorfPorsche is having a hard time with the diesel. As chief executive Oliver flower Last summer in Stuttgart presented the latest version of the SUV Cayenne, there was no clarity about a possible diesel variant. “We have not yet decided whether the new Cayenne will get a diesel engine,” said Blume at the time.