Thursday 6th December 2018
Karamba Security, a provider of end-to-end automotive cybersecurity prevention solutions, announced that Ficosa, a global provider for the automotive and mobility sectors, is partnering with Karamba Security to harden its Telematics Control Unit (TCU) and keep vehicles protected from cyberattacks when communicating with the internet.
Thursday 6th December 2018
Skyworks Solutions, Inc. introduced its suite of next generation SkyOne Ultra 3.0 devices specifically designed for advanced automotive applications.
Wednesday 5th December 2018
Marston’s Inns and Taverns, the UK’s leading independent and pub retailing business, unveiled a partnership with rapid electric vehicle (EV) charging network Engenie to become the UK’s first pub company to roll out rapid chargers across sites nationwide.
Wednesday 5th December 2018
Bosch has combined connectivity units and telematics units, which, individually, are only capable of a single transmission technology, to create an all-in-one central control unit for V2X data communication.
Wednesday 5th December 2018
FreeWire Technologies, a company delivering flexible and future-proof power solutions for the grid edge, announced the successful closing of its $15 million Series A financing.
Wednesday 5th December 2018
Wind River, a company delivering IoT software for safety-critical domains including automotive, and Renesas Electronics Corporation are expanding their collaboration for connected, advanced driver assist systems, and autonomous driving programs, including plans to pre-validate Wind River software with the latest Renesas R-Car systems-on-chip (SoCs).
Wednesday 5th December 2018
Netradyne, a company providing Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology focusing on driver and fleet safety, announced a global partnership with Hyundai MNSOFT, a Hyundai Motor Group subsidiary specialising in location-based services (LBS), cloud-based connected navigation software and future high definition (HD) maps for autonomous vehicles.
Wednesday 5th December 2018
inDriver, an international ride-hailing service used by 14 million people across 160 international cities, officially entered the U.S. market with its launch in New York City.
Wednesday 5th December 2018
EVgo, a public electric vehicle (EV) fast charging network, announced a multi-year contract with Hyundai and Kia that will provide the auto manufacturers’ North American EV drivers with on-board, real-time access and availability to more than 1,000 EVgo fast charging stations.
Tuesday 4th December 2018
Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd., a developer of automotive vision systems, announced that it has successfully delivered and installed its first QuadSight prototype system for evaluation by a leading European manufacturer of commercial vehicles.
Tuesday 4th December 2018
From 2019 until the end of 2023, Audi AG plans advance expenditure of approximately €14 billion ($15.96 billion) in electric mobility, digitalization and autonomous driving. This includes investments in property, plant and equipment as well as research and development expenditure.
Tuesday 4th December 2018
Ouster, a manufacturer of high-resolution lidar sensors, announced a partnership with data labelling companies Playment and Scale.AI to rapidly accelerate the implementation of deep learning models in self-driving vehicles and other real-time robotics by solving their biggest bottleneck: accurate, multi-layer labeled training data.
Tuesday 4th December 2018
Seat signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Volkswagen Group China and Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp., Ltd (JAC).
Tuesday 4th December 2018
Amazon Web Services, Inc. (AWS) announced that Mobileye, an Intel company, has chosen AWS as its preferred public cloud provider for its autonomous vehicle business. Mobileye is running core workloads on AWS for greater speed, agility, and compute power.
Monday 3rd December 2018
Volkswagen has been testing the newly developed R33 BlueDiesel fuel at its in-house filling station in Wolfsburg since January 2018. The innovative fuel enables CO2 savings of at least 20% compared to conventional diesel thanks to the use of biofuels.
Monday 3rd December 2018
BMW is planning to implement a new technology that forces its hybrid vehicles to run solely on its electric motor when it enters highly polluted inner-city areas.
Monday 3rd December 2018
In a bid to help drivers of electric cars locate exactly where they can recharge their vehicles, Bosch is joining forces with the German website clever-tanken.de.
Monday 3rd December 2018
SafeRide Technologies, provider of industry-leading multi-layer cybersecurity solutions for connected and autonomous vehicles, announced that it has joined the GENIVI Alliance, a non-profit alliance focused on delivering open source, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) and connected vehicle software.
Monday 3rd December 2018
Kia Motors America (KMA) introduced the 2020 Soul, a completely new version of Kia’s unconventional compact utility vehicle. In conjunction with that world-debut, the all-electric, battery-powered Soul EV was also unveiled.
Friday 30th November 2018
Bosch has developed a sensor that allows automated vehicles to precisely determine their position: the vehicle motion and position sensor. This new sensor includes a high-performance receiver unit for global navigation satellite system (GNSS) signals, which an automated vehicle needs to determine its absolute position.
Friday 30th November 2018
Volvo Cars Silicon Valley Tech Centre has opened the doors to its new, state-of-the-art facility in downtown Sunnyvale. The move, which almost triples the physical presence of the Silicon Valley Tech Centre, grows the Swedish automaker’s initial foray into Silicon Valley established in September 2016.
Friday 30th November 2018
Volkswagen and Tesco announced the development of the largest UK retail electric vehicle (EV) charging network, powered by Pod Point. The world’s largest vehicle manufacturer and the UK’s largest fuel retailer will roll out more than 2,400 EV charging bays across 600 Tesco stores within the next three years.
Friday 30th November 2018
General Motors and Cruise are taking the next step toward commercialising autonomous vehicle technology with the appointment of Dan Ammann as CEO of Cruise. Kyle Vogt, Cruise co-founder, will partner with Ammann to set strategic direction for the company and will lead technology development as Cruise president and chief technology officer. The appointments are effective Jan. 1, 2019.
Friday 30th November 2018
From 3 December, Groupe PSA’s car-sharing platform, Free2Move Paris, will start providing access to a fleet of 550 electric Peugeot i0n and Citroën C-Zéro vehicles.
