Audi and the city of Somerville are planning joint innovations for the city of the future on the east coast of the USA. Audi CEO Rupert Stadler and Mayor Joseph A. Curtatone signed a Memorandum of Understanding in the context of the Smart ...
Tags: Audi, networking cars, Automated Parking
As part of its commitment to reduce energy consumption, the City of Oceanside recently installed more than 7,700 GE LED roadway fixtures equipped with a GPS-enabled controls system. As part of its commitment to reduce energy consumption, ...
Following the footsteps of automakers like Honda and BMW, South Korean automaker Kia has announced that the company will introduce partially-autonomous driving technologies by 2020, followed by the introduction of fully-autonomous cars by ...
Tags: KIA, Partially-Autonomous Cars, DAS
Google’s bubble-shaped prototype car got into trouble when it got pulled over by officials at its hometown Mountain View, California. The car got pulled over because it was going at 24 mph in a 35 mph zone making it below the speed ...
Volkswagen has announced that it has found out the 2016 models affected by the CO2 issue which involves around 430,000 vehicles belonging to Audi, SEAT, Skoda and Volkswagen brands. The company said that these vehicles have "implausible ...
Tags: Volkswagen, vehicles, CO2 Issue
Seattle-based automotive platform and tools provider OpenCar Inc announced a new service today at the Connected Car Expo, part of the LA Auto Show in Los Angeles, CA. OpenCar launched its new InsideTrack portal, the industry's first ...
Tags: OpenCar, Infotainment System, InsideTrack
Jaguar is planning to unveil the C-X75 supercar, featured in the new James bond movie Spectre at the 800th Lord Mayor's Show in London this week. The electric hybrid concept car was developed by the company's Special Vehicle Operations ...
Tags: Jaguar, C-X75 supercar, hybrid powertrain
Osram continued to show a good profit performance in the third quarter of fiscal 2015. EBITA1 excluding special items rose 24% from a year earlier to EUR 129 million (US$ 142.51 million) , translating into a margin of 9.5%. The development ...
Tags: Osram, smart lighting, LED lighting
The Provincial Electricity Authority or PEA, in collaboration with Thailand Convention and Exhibition Bureau or TCEB and N.C.C. Exhibition Organizer Co., Ltd. or NEO, hosted PEA presents EcoLightTech Asia 2015, international trade show for ...
IKEA announced today that as of September 1, 2015, all IKEA stores will only sell LED bulbs and lighting to enable customers to live a more sustainable life at home. This bold move was announced in 2012 and IKEA is pleased it has met its ...
Tags: IKEA, LED Bulbs, LED lighting
Ameresco, a leading energy efficiency and renewable energy company, announced today that it has completed an LED street lighting and control project for the City of West Richland, WA. The project team converted 1,097 high pressure sodium ...
Qualcomm announced that its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, Qualcomm Global Trading, has completed its acquisition of CSR, a leading fabless provider of end-to-end semiconductor and software solutions for the Internet of Everything (IoE) ...
Tags: Qualcomm, CSR, smart lighting products
The world’s most established luxury brands are facing the toughest challenges in their history as consumers’ expectations and perception of what constitutes luxury evolves more rapidly than ever, according to preliminary ...
Tags: Volvo Cars, Luxury
Lasers and infrared LEDs for self-driving cars More than ten years ago, Osram Opto Semiconductors supplied infrared laser diodes for the first laser sensors in cars. As one of the first suppliers of powerful infrared LEDs (IREDs), Osram ...
Tags: Lasers, self-driving cars, LEDs
General Motors owned British automaker Vauxhall Motors is recalling 220,000 units of its Zafira B mid-sized cars after fire-related incidents were reported. The incidents were reported through social media where affected users took to ...