Ramkripa Ananthan New Delhi: Mahindra & Mahindra has announced changes in its global design organisation after Ramkripa Ananthan ended her over two-decade stint with the company as chief of design for the automotive sector in June this year. Ramkripa’s resignation came soon after automobile designer Pratap Bose joined the Mahindra Group to head the newly-formed… Continue reading M&M changes global design positions after Ramkripa Ananthan’s resignation
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@Groupe PSA: PR FIH Mobile and Stellantis Establish Joint Venture to Deliver Disruptive, Smart Cockpit Solutions for the Automotive Industry002343
AMSTERDAM, TAIPEI – Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., (“Foxconn”) (TPE: 2317) together with its subsidiary FIH Mobile Ltd., (“FIH”) (HKG:2038) and Stellantis N.V. (NYSE / MTA / Euronext Paris: STLA) (“Stellantis”) today announced that they have entered into a joint venture agreement. Mobile Drive, the joint venture entity, will focus on delivering a smart cockpit… Continue reading @Groupe PSA: PR FIH Mobile and Stellantis Establish Joint Venture to Deliver Disruptive, Smart Cockpit Solutions for the Automotive Industry002343
Microsoft Flight Simulator’s next updates add electric air taxis and competitive multiplayer
Microsoft has revealed the next major additions coming to Microsoft Flight Simulator later this year, including the Volocopter VoloCity air taxi; updated maps for the Germany, Austria, and Switzerland regions; and a competitive online multiplayer racing mode. First up is a new series of “Local Legends” planes that are being added to Flight Simulator, which… Continue reading Microsoft Flight Simulator’s next updates add electric air taxis and competitive multiplayer
Global Availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Makes AI Accessible for Every Industry
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 24, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — NVIDIA today announced the availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise, a comprehensive software suite of AI tools and frameworks that enables the hundreds of thousands of companies running VMware vSphere to virtualize AI workloads on NVIDIA-Certified Systems™. Leading manufacturers Atos, Dell Technologies, GIGABYTE, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Inspur,… Continue reading Global Availability of NVIDIA AI Enterprise Makes AI Accessible for Every Industry
Tango Raises $5.7M in Seed Funding
Tango Co-founders Dan Giovacchini, Ken Babcock, and Brian Shultz Tango, a Los Angeles, CA-based workflow intelligence platform that streamlines the process of creating documentation, raised $5.7M in seed funding. The round was led by Wing Venture Capital with participation from General Catalyst, GSV Ventures, Outsiders Fund, and Red Sea Ventures, as well as angel investors Michael Stoppelman (former… Continue reading Tango Raises $5.7M in Seed Funding
TransWest Fills Key Leadership Roles for Accelerated Growth and Scale
SEATTLE, Aug. 24, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — TransWest, a leading tech-enabled mobility services operator, today announced the addition of three key new executives: Christie Perrott as Vice President, Marketing & Communications; Andrew Glass Hastings as Vice President, Strategic Partnerships; and Janet Zimmermann as Vice President, People & Culture. The three positions are set to prepare the company for… Continue reading TransWest Fills Key Leadership Roles for Accelerated Growth and Scale
Goodyear (GT), Plus Unite for Safer & Efficient Autonomous Big Rigs
The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company GT recently teamed up with Plus, a global provider of autonomous truck technology solution. The partnership aims to provide efficient self-driving trucking solutions that would steer the transformation of the logistics industry. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Plus has a goal to be a leading self-driving truck company that makes… Continue reading Goodyear (GT), Plus Unite for Safer & Efficient Autonomous Big Rigs
Goodyear Partners With Plus On Autonomous Trucks
Reuters A secret weapon for self-driving car startups: Humans FREMONT, Calif. (Reuters) -Self-driving startups like Cruise and Pony.ai have begun testing their driverless cars in some parts of California in the past year, with an additional feature: Human operators. While there is no driver behind the wheel, the passenger seat is occupied by a safety… Continue reading Goodyear Partners With Plus On Autonomous Trucks
Waymo launches robotaxi service in San Francisco
Waymo, the self-driving vehicle company under Alphabet, has launched a robotaxi service that will be open to certain vetted riders in San Francisco. On Tuesday, the company officially kicked off its Waymo One Trusted Tester program in the city with a fleet of all-electric Jaguar I-PACEs equipped with the company’s fifth generation of its autonomous… Continue reading Waymo launches robotaxi service in San Francisco
Automotive startup Upstream raises $62M Series C to scale cloud-based security
Back in 2015, researchers Charlie Miller and Chris Valasek remotely hacked into a Jeep Cherokee driven by a Wired reporter, Andy Greenberg, in an attempt to warn the auto industry of potential pitfalls in their software and inspire legislation around automotive cybersecurity. It did that and more. Fiat Chrysler, which owns Jeep, ended up recalling… Continue reading Automotive startup Upstream raises $62M Series C to scale cloud-based security