The British luxury automaker has formed a joint venture with Chinese technology company LeEco to produce an electric car to be marketed by 2018. The joint venture is reportedly working to bring an electric car based on Aston Martin's ...
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Eco-friendly cars and self-driving technology became the hot topics for the international automobile industry in 2015. In January at Detroit's North American International Auto Show, over 40 new vehicles were unveiled. They included a ...
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Two self driving car makers, Google and Ford are teaming up to create an independent company to build autonomous vehicles. The companies have not made an official announcement yet, as they are expected to unveil the plan at CES show in ...
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California has released its first ever regulatory proposal for self-driving cars, which requires a licensed driver to be present in the car to take control of it in case of technical failure or emergency. It will also require ...
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Volvo Cars’ ongoing research into autonomous driving has confirmed what we all know - that the daily commute is taking the joy out of driving. It is during the commute and on long-haul motorway trips that people are most willing to ...
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Volvo Cars is working on a kangaroo detection technology for its cars in Australia that will help the cars avoid accidents occurred due to the national animal. The technology will include radars and cameras that will detect kangaroos and ...
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“Epistar has set many investment precedents, including in LED package manufacturers Edison Opto, Prolight Opto and others, since it is not involved in the LED package manufacturing,” said Chu. “This is mainly because ...
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Axalta Coating Systems will showcase its Harmonized Coating Technologies, a consolidated coating system, in China at the SURCAR 2015 automotive body finishing show in Shanghai. Combining latest generation waterborne coatings with ...
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Google has hired former Hyundai boss John Krafcik to spearhead its self-driving car project. He has been working as the president of online car shopping service TrueCar since April 2014 and earlier held management position in Ford. ...
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Sports car manufacturer Porsche, an arm of German automotive giant Volkswagen, will pump in more than Eur1.1bn for modernizing its manufacturing units for launching more car variants by 2020. The initiative comes under an agreement, ...
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Lectra, an integrated technology solutions firm dedicated to industries using soft materials-fabrics, leather, technical textiles and composite materials has announced that Bertrandt has chosen Lectra's DesignConcept solution to optimize ...
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Advanced infotainment systems, over-the-air (OTA) updates, big data analytics, mobility services and in-car security are key technologies that will shape the global connected car market in 2015. Human machine interface (HMI) input and ...
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ThyssenKrupp has reportedly approached BNP Paribas to find a suitable buyer for its automotive contract assembly business. The automotive systems unit produces axle systems for car makers, It generates revenues of around €1bn. ...
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Power supply makers and energy management solution providers including Delta Electronics, AcBel Polytech and Zippy Technology have all been aggressively pushing into the electric vehicle (EV) market, developing drive motors, battery ...
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China, the world's largest new-car market, is expected to surpass the United States to become the world's largest market for electric vehicles with its dramatically increased sales since the second half of 2014, according to an expert at ...
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