Aimed to drive global digital transformation PLANO, Texas (June 21, 2021) – Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) today announced that Brian Kursar, Chief Technology Officer (CTO), TMNA and Toyota Connected North America (TCNA), has been promoted to group vice president, Digital Technology. Kursar will remain CTO for both TMNA and TCNA. In his new role,… Continue reading @Toyota: Toyota Motor North America Announces Executive Change in ITx
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@Ford: Franck Louis-Victor to Join Ford as VP, New Businesses, A Strategic Priority in Ford+ Plan to Grow, Create Value
Will head cross-functional team charged with accelerating development, incubation and delivery of new businesses to accelerate innovation in areas including AVs, mobility services DEARBORN, Mich., June 21, 2021 – A key driver of the Ford+ plan to grow and create value for customers and other stakeholders has a new leader, with Ford naming former Groupe… Continue reading @Ford: Franck Louis-Victor to Join Ford as VP, New Businesses, A Strategic Priority in Ford+ Plan to Grow, Create Value
Hyundai Motor Group Completes Acquisition of Boston Dynamics from SoftBank
Post-closing, the Group holds an 80 percent stake in Boston Dynamics and SoftBank, through one of its affiliates, retains the remaining 20 percent stake. Boston Dynamics is the established leader in developing agile, mobile robots that have been successfully integrated into business operations of many of the world’s leading industrial firms. Advanced robotics offer opportunities… Continue reading Hyundai Motor Group Completes Acquisition of Boston Dynamics from SoftBank
German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Joint venture for super cells: Porsche announces its own battery factory in Germany002264
Production at Porsche From 2024, Porsche could produce its own battery cells. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf Porsche is driving the development and production of its own high-performance battery cells for electric cars. The Volkswagen subsidiary claims to be setting up a joint venture with the cell specialist Customcells from Itzehoe and Tübingen. Porsche is therefore investing… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Joint venture for super cells: Porsche announces its own battery factory in Germany002264
German Handelsblatt: Oliver Zipse: BMW boss warns of “shrinking course” with early farewell to combustion engines002262
Oliver Zipse The BMW boss defends the course of his company. (Photo: dpa) Passau BMW boss Oliver Zipse has defended his group’s strategy of getting out of the production of classic internal combustion engines more slowly than, for example, the domestic competitor Audi. “The real decision-makers in our industry are the customers. And you should… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Oliver Zipse: BMW boss warns of “shrinking course” with early farewell to combustion engines002262
Alfa Romeo to revive GTV as an EV in sweeping range renewal
Alfa Romeo is plotting a revival of the GTV as an electric four-door coupé flagship under a sweeping revival plan that will include a major revamp of its model line-up, Autocar has learned. Seen as a technological flagship for Alfa Romeo’s future line-up, the modernday GTV is one of a number of proposed new models… Continue reading Alfa Romeo to revive GTV as an EV in sweeping range renewal
German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Joint venture for super cells: Porsche announces its own battery factory in Germany002260
Production at Porsche From 2024, Porsche could produce its own battery cells. (Photo: dpa) Düsseldorf Porsche is driving the development and production of its own high-performance battery cells for electric cars. The Volkswagen subsidiary claims to be setting up a joint venture with the cell specialist Customcells from Itzehoe and Tübingen. Porsche is therefore investing… Continue reading German Handelsblatt: Electromobility: Joint venture for super cells: Porsche announces its own battery factory in Germany002260
Dacia, the logo of the Romanian brand changes
2 ‘of reading Dacia opens a new chapter in its history, as it announced at the beginning of the year with the presentation of its strategic plan: a new chapter that today manifests itself with the evolution of the brand’s image, totally revised: logo, emblem and colors, all new, but without denying its origins. How… Continue reading Dacia, the logo of the Romanian brand changes
Only half of manufacturers on track to reach Paris Agreement goals: Capgemini
Only 10 per cent of organisations employ a holistic approach to sustainable manufacturing. Across industries, consumer products is the most sustainable sector (15 per cent) followed by industrial and capital goods (11 per cent) and automotive (10 per cent). Paris: Manufacturing organisations are setting ambitious sustainability targets for the coming decade with 20 per cent… Continue reading Only half of manufacturers on track to reach Paris Agreement goals: Capgemini
Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build
A tech-eternity ago, in 2016 and 2017, one of us helped organize a shareholder campaign at Twitter, asking the platform to explore strategies for making its users into co-owners of the company. Twitter was then entertaining acquisition offers from the likes of Disney and Salesforce. To those of us in the campaign, it seemed wrong… Continue reading Let Users Own the Tech Companies They Help Build