Daimler and Bosch are partnering to speed up the development of self-driving cars. The two companies have signed a development agreement to bring fully automated (SAE Level 4) and driverless (SAE Level 5) driving to urban roads by the ...
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Last year, following a ton of speculation, it emerged Apple may have scaled back its self-driving car ambitions, after many expected it to announce its own autonomous vehicle. A Bloomberg report from October claimed the iPhone maker had ...
Toyota Motor and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone (NTT) have agreed to collaborate on ICT platform R&D for connected cars. The collaboration will combine the automotive vehicle-related technologies of Toyota with the information and ...
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The European Commission has approved German plans for an infrastructure network for charging electric vehicles throughout the country. The German government plans to invest €300m over four years to the increase access to high-speed ...
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Ride-hailing company Uber has reportedly suspended its self-driving car tests, after one of the vehicles met with an accident in the City of Tempe, Arizona, US. The accident involved a Volvo SUV from Uber, which was carrying two engineers ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan is demonstrating its seamless autonomous mobility (SAM) system at CeBIT computer expo in Germany. The SAm system, which was developed from NASA, was initially demonstrated at this year’s CES. SAM works in ...
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The UK government has announced a £23m funding for hydrogen vehicles infrastructure to speed up adoption. Hydrogen fuel providers will be able to bid for funding in partnership with organisations that produce hydrogen vehicles to ...
Microsoft has agreed to license a batch of patents to Toyota to enhance connected car experience for consumers. Financial details of the agreement have not been disclosed. The deal will give Toyota access to a suite of in-car technologies ...
Volvo Cars has unveiled the new XC60 premium SUV at the Geneva Motor Show. The new car is replacement of the company's original XC60, the mid-sized SUV, which sold nearly a million units globally. The new SUV features a City Safety ...
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The Honda NueV is a pure-electric concept car made its European debut at the Geneva Motor Show. The car has a unique ownership proposition and a state-of-the-art ‘emotion engine’ that can learn about its driver. The NeuV ...
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Harman has partnered with Ultrahaptics to bring custom haptic sensations to the connected car. HARMAN International, the premier connected technologies company for automotive, consumer and enterprise markets, today announced the ...
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Japanese automaker Nissan has demonstrated its latest autonomous drive technology on public roads in Europe for the first time. The demo took part in the east of London. Prior to this, the automaker has carried out public-road testing of ...
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Ericsson, Orange, and PSA Group, owner of the Peugeot and Citroen car brands, have carried out connected-vehicle field trials using 5G technology. The trials were undertaken in France as part of the vendors' Towards 5G project, which took ...
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Tata Motors has collaborated with Microsoft India to redefine the connected experience for automobile users. Through the collaboration, Tata Motors plans to leverage Microsoft’s expertise in connected vehicle technologies that bring ...
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Daimler is planning to open a new facility in Russia for the production of Mercedes-Benz cars. At Esipovo Industrial Park, about 40 kilometers northwest of Moscow, a flexible production of SUVs and the E-Class Sedan will be established. ...
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