At Palazzo Barberini in the heart of Rome earlier this month, a handful of billionaires, multimillionaires and, tagging along some distance behind, representatives of the world’s automotive press had their first look at a new £1.7 million hypercar. In the imposingly grand surroundings of the 17th-century palace, now repurposed as a fine art gallery, those… Continue reading Pininfarina: why the design house is making an electric supercar
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Innovation 30.04.2018 Lydia Directs Logistician An innovative system will ensure a more ergonomic working style for logisticians in Wolfsburg. mehr
Her name is Lydia. You can’t see her – but you can hear her. When Kevin Foerster in Logistics Hall 55 in Wolfsburg puts on his headset, the computer voice, called Lydia, shows him the way. Since the beginning of the year, Logistics has been picking the side cladding for the trunk of the new… Continue reading Innovation 30.04.2018 Lydia Directs Logistician An innovative system will ensure a more ergonomic working style for logisticians in Wolfsburg. mehr
Parallel Domain wants to train self-driving cars in virtual worlds
Kevin McNamara, a former Apple and Pixar employee, is bringing his virtual world creation expertise to the domain of self-driving cars. And he has $2.5 million from Costanoa Ventures, Ubiquity Ventures and others to do so. At Apple, McNamara says he worked on an autonomous systems project, where he explored automatic content generation of simulated… Continue reading Parallel Domain wants to train self-driving cars in virtual worlds
Volkswagen in JV talks with China’s Didi to manage fleet, co-develop cars
April 30, 2018 Volkswagen AG, the world’s biggest automaker, is in talks to form a joint venture with China’s Didi Chuxing to manage part of the ride-hailing company’s fleet of cars and help develop “purpose-built” vehicles for Didi‘s services. As part of the deal between Volkswagen and China’s biggest ride-hailing service, expected to be signed… Continue reading Volkswagen in JV talks with China’s Didi to manage fleet, co-develop cars
Jim Keller Joins Intel to Lead Silicon Engineering
Jim Keller will join Intel Corporation as a senior vice president. SANTA CLARA, Calif., April 26, 2018 – Intel today announced that Jim Keller will join Intel as a senior vice president. He will lead the company’s silicon engineering, which encompasses system-on-chip (SoC) development and integration. “Jim is one of the most respected microarchitecture design… Continue reading Jim Keller Joins Intel to Lead Silicon Engineering
Tesla’s head of Autopilot leaves, ex-Apple exec to succeed
(Reuters) – Tesla Inc said on Thursday Jim Keller, the head of its low-voltage hardware, Autopilot software and infotainment, is leaving the automaker to focus on microprocessor engineering with another company. An advertisement promotes Tesla Autopilot at a showroom of U.S. car manufacturer Tesla in Zurich, Switzerland March 28, 2018. REUTERS/Arnd Wiegmann Pete Bannon, who… Continue reading Tesla’s head of Autopilot leaves, ex-Apple exec to succeed
BMW China integrates BMW Connected into Tmall Genie.
Munich/Beijing. BMW Connected seamlessly integrates customers’ cars into their digital lives all over the world. And at this year’s Beijing Auto Show the BMW Group in China is demonstrating how BMW Connected has now been linked up to a Chinese ecosystem – through integration into Tmall Genie, the first smart voice assistant developed by Alibaba… Continue reading BMW China integrates BMW Connected into Tmall Genie.
Too radical, too innovative, too fast: why Tesla could fail
All articles and backgrounds 04/20/2018 Too radical, too innovative, too fast For what Tesla could fail An opinion made by Jens-Uwe Meyer SpaceX Tesla Roadster in space: Will Elon Musk too much at once? The term “digital disruption” – the radical change of business models and markets through the digitization – may currently be missing… Continue reading Too radical, too innovative, too fast: why Tesla could fail
Infotainment: Shell allows payment on the dashboard
From the summer of 2018, Chevy owners can use the infotainment screen to pay for the gas they want to tap from the fuel pump. It is not possible without getting out, but the system is without Smartphone available. April 20, 2018, 7:11 am, Andreas Donath Petrol in the car pay at Shell (Image: Shell)… Continue reading Infotainment: Shell allows payment on the dashboard
Lyft promises to make all rides carbon neutral
Lyft Lyft announced today that it will purchase enough carbon offsets to make every Lyft ride carbon neutral. Just within the first year of this program, the company says it will put millions of dollars towards the effort and expects to offset over a million metric tons of carbon. To make every ride carbon neutral,… Continue reading Lyft promises to make all rides carbon neutral