Online search giant Baidu Inc said on Monday that it has set up a new business unit to spearhead its automobile efforts and plans to put self-driving cars on the roads in the next three years. The Beijing-based company, which successfully ...
A research team from Nankai University in China has come up with a mind control car, which uses brain power to operate. The car is operated through brain signal-reading equipment that the driver has to wear to control the movement of the ...
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A consortium of European automakers consisting of Audi, BMW and Daimler has completed the acquisition of Nokia’s maps and location services Here for €2.55bn. HERE is a location based platform that can deliver high definition ...
Soitec of Bernin, near Grenoble, France, which makes engineered substrates including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers, says that it is defending its rights in an investigation by the US International Trade Commission (ITC) instituted on 18 ...
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Rüsselsheim. According to statistics, a car collides with a deer, a stag or a wild boar every 2.5 minutes in Germany1. In the dark time of the year, the likelihood of an accident increases especially in forested areas. In the longest ...
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The Consumer Technology Association (CTA), formerly the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA), announced that Dr. Herbert Diess, chairman, board of management, Volkswagen Passenger Cars, will deliver a keynote address at the upcoming CES ...
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Porsche is planning to spend around €1bn on its main site in Stuttgart-Zuffenhausen, Germany to build the company’s first all electric race car Mission E. The investment will result in the creation of 1000 new jobs and it ...
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Electric car sales in China are expected to reach 220,000 to 250,000 this year, surpassing the US to rank first worldwide, China Association of Automobile Manufactures (CAAM) forecast. Worldwide electric cars sales will hit 600,000 and ...
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Porsche has revealed the details of its 2017 911 Turbo and 911 Turbo S cars, set to be unveiled at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit in January. The automaker is planning to launch both coupe and convertible body ...
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Google has received new patents from the US Patent and Trademark Office for a technology which will help the cars to interact with pedestrians and make the roads safer. The company has received patent for "pedestrian notifications" that ...
Formula One racing’s greener alternative Formula E has collaborated with automaker Kinetik to introduce the first of its kind driverless car racing series called Roborace. Roborace is expected to run its races before each scheduled ...
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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has ordered Audi, Porsche and Volkswagen to recall and repair 15,000 vehicles featuring 3.0-liter diesel engines sold in the state since 2009. According to the watchdog, the vehicles contain an ...
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After California and South Korea, Volkswagen has been asked recall 323,700 diesel cars in India which exceeded local pollution limits. The company will have to recall cars belonging to its own brand along with Skoda and Audi brands across ...
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Across America, businesses are looking for new ways to bring customers into their doors. People aren't driving as much as they used to, and they aren't spending as much as they used to, and that's making competition among small and ...
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Mercedes-Benz is planning to expand the production of its new GLC SUV by manufacturing the cars at its contract manufacturer’s facility in Uusikaupunki, Finland. Valmet Automotive is Finnish contract manufacturer of Mercedes-Benz ...
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