German auto supplier Bosch and Dutch traffic mapping firm TomTom have created a map which uses radar signals for automated driving. The HD map has integrated Radar Road Signature layer for the localisation of vehicles in autonomous ...
Tags: Automated Driving, Bosch
Don't panic if you see a driver in a moving car with no hands on the wheel because chances are the vehicle is self-driving. Such scenes, previously only found in fiction, are likely to be reality very soon. In late March, Volvo ...
Tags: BMW, Volvo, Transportation
Canadian Auto supplier Magna International has announced the completion of validation testing on multi-material lightweight vehicle (MMLV) concept car. The light weight concept car has been developed by Magna in cooperation with Ford ...
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Auto supplier KSR International earlier this year acquired Electronic Motion Systems, an innovative electronics supplier with Manufacturing based inSwansea, Wales, UK and a Development Center in Halifax, Nova Scotia. According to Craig ...
Auto supplier Takata has told US lawmakers that it is yet to identify the cause behind the explosion of its air bags, but refused to extend the recalls to all the 50 states of the US. The Japanese company suspects high humidity to be the ...
For the first time since 2011, automotive supplier merger and acquisition (M&A) activity is expected to increase. PwC estimates about 211 deals for the year, a 13 percent increase over 2013, according to PwC's seventh annual Consolidation ...
Korea-based auto supplier Hanil E Hwa Interior Systems Georgia will expand its existing LaGrange facility by investing $5.5m at the Troup County facility over the next two years. "The international automotive industry has repeatedly ...
Tags: Kia Motors, automotive cluster
US based automotive parts supplier Van-Rob Manchester will expand its Coffee County facility in the US with an investment of about $16.8m. The manufacturer expects the expansion to support its goal of becoming the top notch location in ...
Larry Mermuys started buying Borch injection molding presses imported from China in 2004 for his company, Tier 2 auto supplier Plastics Plus Inc. In Hamilton, Ontario. “The first ones had issues, ” he said. But at NPE2012, he ...
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German auto supplier Dr.Schneider Group will spend 5 million euros to open new manufacturing facilities in China and Mexico. "We will invest 2.5 million euros in each facility by early 2014 at the latest," CEO Klaus Fricke told Automotive ...
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