Japanese automaker Toyota will be showcasing its new Concept-i series at Tokyo Motor Show 2017, which will be held from 25 October through 5 November. The Concept-i series includes two vehicles, the Concept-i and Concept-i RIDE. These two ...
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German luxury automaker BMW will be investing EUR400m to expand its its FIZ research and innovation centre in Munich. The “FIZ Future” masterplan, which was developed as part of an urban development competition, will expand ...
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Following development that was partially supported by Japan’s New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp is to launch the MGFG5H3001, a Ka-band (26–40GHz) 8W ...
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French automaker Groupe PSA has chosen Seattle for the launch of its new mobility platform Free2Move, a smartphone-based mobility aggregation platform to meet changing customer demands. With the app, Free2Move allows users in Seattle to ...
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Automaker Ford Motor is targeting $10bn in incremental material cost reductions and lower engineering costs by $4bn from planned levels over the next five years. Ford’s newly appointed CEO and president Jim Hackett noted that the ...
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Delphi Automotive has signed a commercial partnership agreement with BlackBerry to provide operating system for its autonomous driving system. Delphi and BlackBerry QNX will collaborate to bolster software performance and safety in their ...
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Ford has expanded the use of Microsoft’s HoloLens mixed reality technology to all of its global centers to speed up vehicle design. Ford designers can now wear a pair of wireless headsets to see several digital designs and parts, as ...
German luxury automaker Daimler, through its brand Mercedes Benz is investing $1bn in Alabama, US plant to produce electric vehicles. The company plans to produce EQ-branded SUV models at MBUSI (Mercedes-Benz U.S. International), its ...
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At a roll-out event for customers and partners in Zurich, Flisom AG of Niederhasli, Switzerland – which has the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (Empa) as a technology partner – showcased its ...
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Engineered materials and optoelectronic component maker II-VI Inc of Saxonburg, PA, USA (which makes high-power semiconductor laser components) has announced the commercial availability of its actively cooled laser bars, emitting 200W of ...
Nikola Motor, a start-up company which ventured into developing electric long-haul trucks, has partnered with Bosch to develop commercial vehicle powertrain. The partnership will help in bringing to market fuel cell and commercial vehicle ...
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Volkswagen has unveiled a plan to roll out 80 new electric vehicles, including about 50 purely battery-powered vehicles and 30 plug-in hybrids, by 2025. The company launched what it claims to be the most comprehensive electrification ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan has unveiled a longer-range version of its Leaf electric vehicle (EV). The company has so far sold more than 112,000 Leaf EVs in the US and over 283,000 globally. The new model of the electric vehicle will be ...
Bosch has revealed what it describes as a start-up powertrain for electric vehicles. It’s now common knowledge that a more powerful battery will increase an electric car’s range. But can a new powertrain have a comparable ...
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French automaker Renault will be showcasing a new concept – Symbioz – at the 2017 Frankfurt Motor Show to be held on 12 September. Renault stated that Symbioz will culminate autonomous, electric and connected mobility ...
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