Tag: Volvo

Car companies & EU authorities for networking data

Various car manufacturers and individual EU authorities have created the European Data Task Force. Actually, the networking standard was already within Europe, but there was resistance. So it is not quite sure if this is it default WLAN (DSRC or ITS-G5) or if it the mobile with for example 5G becomes. But it’s clear what… Continue reading Car companies & EU authorities for networking data

Mercedes-Benz is expanding its luxury subscription service

Mercedes-Benz is expanding a pilot subscription service that lets users switch between different luxury models to a third U.S. city a year after launching in Nashville and Philadelphia. The pilot is another example of how automakers are experimenting — with mixed levels of success — with different ways to make money beyond producing and selling… Continue reading Mercedes-Benz is expanding its luxury subscription service

Volvo Cars reports 12.4 per cent sales growth in May

  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

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

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