Volvo Cars said it will build its next generation of the XC90 large premium SUV in its new manufacturing facility in Charleston, South Carolina, US, from 2021. The move takes the company's total investment in its US manufacturing ...
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Honda Foundation (a public-interest incorporated foundation created by Honda Motor Co Ltd’s founder Soichiro Honda and his younger brother Benjiro Honda) says that the Honda Prize 2017 will be awarded to Kyoto University professor ...
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The hybrid LED provides smart headlighting with more than 1000 individually controllable pixels. Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany claims that its newly developed Eviyos prototype is the first hybrid LED, representing ...
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State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute says that associate professor of nanoengineering Dr Woongje Sung has been selected to receive $750,000 in federal funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop silicon ...
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Chinese search engine giant Baidu has created a new CNY10bn ($1.5bn) Apollo Fund to invest in more than 100 new and emerging autonomous driving projects in the next three years. The company has also released Apollo 1.5, its latest ...
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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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Gogoro Inc, a Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure, has raised another US$300 million (NT$9 billion) as it looks to further expand to new regions and product ...
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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 ...
BorgWarner, a company involved in the sale of products in the aftermarket business, is now offering its Wahler-branded products in a new white and blue box design. The new packaging has been introduced as part of the company’s ...
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Honda, Japanese manufacturer of automobiles, aircraft, motorcycles, and power equipment, has declared the launch of the 2017 Honda Clarity Electric sedan at selected dealerships in California and Oregon. The vehicle is powered by ...
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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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During the 67th Anternational Motor Show, as known as InternationaleAutomobil-Ausstellung (IAA), the world's largest motor show taking place in Frankfurt, Germany, annually, several heavy-weight exhibitors expressed growing worries that ...
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