BMW has reported a 11% increase in its profits for the second quarter of this year due to strong sales of its three car brands. The net profit for the period between April and June end was €1.94bn, compared to €1.74bn for the ...
Daimler has trialed a semi-autonomous Mercedes-Benz bus on a 20km drive through Amsterdam in the Netherlands. The Future Bus undertook a manned trip via a section of a bus rapid transit (BRT) line at speeds of about 70km/h using the ...
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Volkswagen is planning to build electric vehicles in North America by 2020, in a bid to regain its lost image following the diesel emission scandal. The announcement was made by newly appointed Volkswagen America head Hinrich Woebcken ...
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Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk has revealed his second part of his self-titled masterplan, which intends to take the automaker to the next level. Musk in his official Tesla blog started by reminding about this first Master Plan where he ...
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LeddarTech unveiled key insights about its LeddarCore IC roadmap, which can enable low-cost, high-performance solid-state LiDARs for multiple automotive safety applications—from ADAS to autonomous driving. During the Sensors EXPO ...
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BMW, Intel and Mobileye have joined forces for the development of autonomous cars with an intention to put them on the road by 2021. Through their collaboration, the companies plan to develop future-proofed solutions that allow the ...
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By the end of 2016, more than half of all new automotive 77GHz radar systems worldwide will be equipped with chips from Munich-based Infineon Technologies AG, meaning that about one in 15 new cars will use a driver assistance system using ...
Volkswagen has adopted a new strategy to become a lead in sustainable mobility by bringing out more than 30 new e-vehicles by 2025. In order to achieve these goals, the Board of Management - with the approval of the Supervisory Board - ...
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Production of the long-wheelbase version of the all new Mercedes-Benz E-Class in China has started. The vehicles are flexibly manufactured at the Chinese joint venture Beijing Benz Automotive Co., Ltd. (BBAC) on the same line as the ...
Concept cars are, well, concepts. They’re not “real” in the sense that my dodgy, decade-old Vauxhall Tigra is real. But that doesn’t mean concept cars can’t get us seriously excited for the future. ...
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Nissan Motor's Joint Research Center for Intelligent Mobility and Tsinghua University (Department of Automotive Engineering) announced a collaboration in Beijing. The collaboration will work on research and development of electric vehicle ...
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Driverless cars are expected to take the world by storm from 2020 onwards, and BMW is already planning its entry. BMW has announced that it plans to release a fully functional autonomous vehicle as soon as 2021. It’s one of the ...
At Auto China 2016 Nissan unveiled the all-new Tiida and announced the launch of Maxima, strengthening its product offering for young consumers in China. Additionally, the Nissan IDS Concept premiered, bringing the company's vision for ...
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Chinese technology firm LeEco has unveiled an autonomous electric vehicle (EV) concept car. Dubbed LeSEE, the concept has fully autonomous capabilities, including machine learning of facial, emotion, system, and path recognition. LeEco ...
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Toyota has partnered with the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) to study fully autonomous driving and advanced mobility technology that is being tested in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The automaker plans to deploy ...
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