Geely to Use Volvo’s Europe Plants to Manufacture New Car Brand

Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co. Ltd. and its Volvo Cars unit will make Lynk & Co vehicles at Volvo plants in Europe, according to one company executive. Details of the plan will be unveiled this year, according to Geely CEO An Conghui, who also said the automaker is considering setting up its own factory on… Continue reading Geely to Use Volvo’s Europe Plants to Manufacture New Car Brand

Plastic Omnium invests $300 million in the United States

Après les nouvelles usines de Chattanooga (Tennessee pour Volkswagen) et Fairfax (Kansas pour General Motors), Plastic Omnium lance la construction de deux usines supplémentaires aux Etats-Unis. L’usine de Greer (Caroline du Sud) en construction est destinée à livrer toutes les grandes pièces peintes de carrosserie extérieure des BMW X3, X4, X5, X6 et des futurs… Continue reading Plastic Omnium invests $300 million in the United States

Lookers invests £12m in Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow

Lookers has invested £12m in new Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow. Its subsidiary Taggarts is relocating the Jaguar and Volvo businesses from Maryhill Road, Glasgow and Windmillhill Street, Motherwell to new dealerships at Hillington Park. The new Taggarts Jaguar Glasgow dealership includes a 29,000 ft showroom split over two floors, with capacity for over… Continue reading Lookers invests £12m in Volvo and Jaguar dealerships in Glasgow

NTU & Volvo for Autonomous Electric Buses in Singapore

The University of NTU and the manufacturer Volvo want to jointly develop an autonomous e-bus for Singapore. Volvo still has some difficulties at home approval to receive, but in Singapore If you want to stir up the public transport right now. Autonomous E-bus Singapore. Source: NTU In fact, there are some autonomous driving projects in… Continue reading NTU & Volvo for Autonomous Electric Buses in Singapore

Ford-backed self-driving car in crash that sent two to hospital

Ford exhibited self-driving delivery vehicle at CES 2018 this week – a modified Fusion, the same model involved in the Pittsburgh crash. Photograph: Jae C. Hong/AP Self-driving cars Ford-backed self-driving car in crash that sent two to hospital Modified Ford Fusion test car containing four occupants hit by van jumping red light in Pittsburgh, less… Continue reading Ford-backed self-driving car in crash that sent two to hospital

Volvo and NTU to Trial Autonomous Electric Buses in Singapore

GOTHENBURG, Sweden, January 11, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Volvo Buses and Nanyang Technological University (NTU) in Singapore have signed a cooperation agreement on a research and development program for autonomous electric buses. The program is part of the Land Transport Authority of Singapore’s drive to create new solutions for tomorrow’s sustainable public transport. Volvo and NTU… Continue reading Volvo and NTU to Trial Autonomous Electric Buses in Singapore

TomTom Cooperates with Zenuity, Baidu & Qualcomm

The industry participants are moving closer together: TomTom, Baidu and Qualcomm on maps. The map service provider and competitor of HERE. TomTom, has on the CES 2018 new map services introduced: TomTom AutoStream and TomTom MotionQ. TomTom HD cards. Source: TomTom The AutoStream service is a map-providing service for up-to-date data, such as the curve… Continue reading TomTom Cooperates with Zenuity, Baidu & Qualcomm

PROTON SALES NUMBER STABILISED IN 2017

PRESS PROTON SALES NUMBER STABILISED IN 2017 Posted on Jan 08, 2018 Subang Jaya, 7 January 2018 – PROTON managed to stabilise its sales numbers for 2017 with an overall sales of 70,991 units of cars in 2017, compared to the 72,291 units sold in the previous year. Retail sales increased 2.5% to 68,184 units… Continue reading PROTON SALES NUMBER STABILISED IN 2017

Uber Selects NVIDIA Technology to Power Its Self-Driving Fleets

CES — NVIDIA and Uber today announced that the ridesharing company has selected NVIDIA technology for the AI computing system in its fleet of self-driving vehicles. Speaking at the opening press conference of CES 2018, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang said that the collaboration utilizes NVIDIA technology for Uber Advanced Technologies Group’s fleets of self-driving… Continue reading Uber Selects NVIDIA Technology to Power Its Self-Driving Fleets

Stuart Rowley

Stuart Rowley is vice president and chief operating officer, Ford North America, effective March 1, 2018. Rowley is responsible for driving the redesign of the North American business to improve its overall fitness. He reports to Kumar Galhotra, group vice president and president, Ford North America. Previously, Rowley was vice president of Strategy, Ford Motor… Continue reading Stuart Rowley