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 ...
Tags: Autonomous Driving, Apollo
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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ILC Dover is set to unveil new Xtrakt Bulk Liquid Dispensing System for customers in the personal care, chemical and food industries at this year’s Pack Expo event in Las Vegas. Pack Expo will take place from 25 to 27 September. ...
Tetra Pak has announced €30m investment to expand its packaging material converting factory in Texas to facilitate its business growth in the US and Canada. The investment will be used for modernization in the factory located in ...
Lindal Group has launched a new, modern-looking actuator for shaving gel and foam Henry brand, which will join its range of aerosol dispensing solutions. Launched across the world, Henry actuator is claimed to meet the demand for a new, ...
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The automotive LIDAR (light detection and ranging) system market is growing from $230m in 2016 to $2.5bn in 2026, with LIDAR semiconductor revenue rising from $103m to $1.8bn, according to a report by IHS Markit. The current generation of ...
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At the International Conference on Silicon Carbide and Related Materials (ICSCRM 2017) in Washington DC (17-22 September), Tokyo-based Mitsubishi Electric Corp unveiled a silicon carbide (SiC) metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect ...
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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 ...
Tags: electric scooters, battery
Epson America announced the ColorWorks C7500 is the first color label printer to be certified by Applied Data Corporation (ADC), a provider of fresh item, recipe management, and scales management software to the grocery retail and food ...
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American grocery store chain Albertsons Companies will buy meal kit startup Plated for an undisclosed price, in a move to attract more customers to its stores. The acquisition of the New York City based food tech company, founded in 2012, ...
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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 ...
Infineon Technologies AG of Munich, Germany has signed a definitive agreement for the newly founded private company Neptune 6 Ltd to acquire its subsidiary manufacturing site IR Newport Ltd in Newport, Wales, UK. The deal is expected to ...