Volvo Cars posted strong sales in May, with volumes up 12.4 per cent compared with the same period last year. The company sold 60,196 cars during the month, as China, Europe and the US all reported a growth in sales compared with the same period last year. The double digit volume growth… Continue reading Volvo Cars reports 12.4 per cent sales growth in May
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TomTom Collaborates on Innovative Road Safety Initiative
AMSTERDAM–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Location technology specialist, TomTom (TOM2), today announced that it is collaborating with the EU Data Task Force (DTF) on a proof of concept to improve road safety by sharing vehicle and infrastructure data between countries and manufacturers. Using the latest technologies, vehicles can detect and warn occupants about dangerous road conditions — for example, when roads… Continue reading TomTom Collaborates on Innovative Road Safety Initiative
Carmakers wrestle with diesel’s decline
Five years ago, Toyota took an unusual decision — not to fit its newly developed C-HR model with a diesel engine. At the time, diesel-fuelled cars accounted for half of all new vehicles sold across Europe and a higher percentage in the sport utility vehicle market. Half a decade later, that move looks prescient. Diesel… Continue reading Carmakers wrestle with diesel’s decline
China’s Geely ramps up self-driving efforts amid auto market slowdown – Nikkei Asian Review
HONG KONG — Geely Auto Group, China’s largest private automaker, is ramping up efforts to develop self-driving technology as it grapples with a slowdown in the domestic car market. Geely, a group company of Volvo Cars owner Zhejiang Geely Holding Group, said earlier this month that it aims to introduce Level 4 self-driving technology — defined… Continue reading China’s Geely ramps up self-driving efforts amid auto market slowdown – Nikkei Asian Review
Volvo’s ‘World First’ Bicycle-Helmet-Versus-Car Test Flags Helmet Safety Flaws
Volvo and POC’s “world first” testing of a bicycle helmet impacting a car suggests that current testing protocols are not tough enough.
BMW Group enhances road safety by sharing anonymised traffic data.
Eindhoven / Munich. At the ITS Congress in Eindhoven, the BMW Group, together with partners from politics and the automotive industry, as well as service providers, launched the first pilot of a neutral server platform for the exchange of safety-relevant traffic data. The aim is to increase traffic safety: To achieve this, data collected via… Continue reading BMW Group enhances road safety by sharing anonymised traffic data.
More traffic safety with Car-to-X communication: Daimler is starting a Europe-wide cooperation project
Stuttgart/Eindhoven. Working together for more safety in road traffic: In cooperation with HERE Technologies, Tom Tom and the transport authorities in six European countries, Daimler, BMW, Ford and Volvo are testing how information about acutely hazardous situations can be passed on using Car-to-X technology. Today the project partners signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in… Continue reading More traffic safety with Car-to-X communication: Daimler is starting a Europe-wide cooperation project
Volvo Cars and Varjo launch world-first mixed reality application
Volvo Cars and Varjo launch world-first mixed reality application
Volvo Cars Invests in VR Startup to Help Dodge Virtual Moose
Volvo Cars has made a multi-million euro investment in Varjo Technologies Oy, whose headset with screens and cameras can be used to allow engineers to test-drive cars to dodge hazards such as virtual moose.
FCA, Renault face tall odds delivering on cost-cutting promises in merger
FRANKFURT/DETROIT (Reuters) – Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV and Renault SA promise huge savings from a mega-merger, but such combinations face tall odds because of the industry’s long product cycles and problems translating deal blueprints into real world success, industry veterans told Reuters. FILE PHOTO: A Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) sign is seen at the U.S.… Continue reading FCA, Renault face tall odds delivering on cost-cutting promises in merger