All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 22
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ArticleNvidia GPU Technology Conference - San Jose
At the Amsterdam GTC, Nvidia CEO Huang unveiled new AI technology (Photo: Nvidia)Nvidia hosts its annual GTC Technology Conference, a forum for the global GPU development community, in San Jose, California, May 8 through 11.The chipmaker, which plays a growing role as a provider of high-powered systems and computing ...
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ArticleBosch Connected World - Berlin
More than 1,000 people attended last year's ConnectedWorld event (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch will hold its annual internet-of-things conference in Berlin March 15 and 16.The German automotive supplier, which has in recent years focused heavily on IoT technologies, is hosting an event that features senior industry executives speaking about the ...
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ArticleAudi, FAW form Chinese new-mobility unit
Audi's China sales are boosted by strong demand for compact cars (Photo: Audi)Audi and its local partner, FAW, have established a dedicated unit for mobility and digital services in China, as the German premium brand pursues a strategy to further grow its business in the world's biggest market.Audi and ...
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ArticleBaidu appoints Microsoft exec to COO position
Qi Lu was global executive vice president at Microsoft before joining Baidu (Photo: Microsoft)Baidu has recruited a senior Microsoft executive, Qi Lu, to serve as its group president and COO.Lu, an artificial intelligence expert, will be in charge of products, technology, sales, marketing and operations at the Chinese internet ...
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ArticleGeneva Auto Show
The 2016 Geneva show was attended by 687,000 visitors (Photo: Palexpo)The Geneva Auto Show takes place March 7 through 19 at Geneva's Palexpo exhibition hall near the Swiss city's airport. March 7 and 8 are the press days that kick off the annual automotive gathering.The show, which hosted 687,000 ...
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Feature"We will need more IT professionals in the future"
Continental's Eigler: "Our expertise is in demand." (Photo: Claus Dick)Christian Eigler is a realist. In his view, it won't be trendy roadmaps that lay the basis for successful digitization, but standardization and harmonization. In an interview with automotiveIT, the CIO of automotive supplier Continental talks about the trend toward ...
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ArticleFrom Microsoft, a new connected-vehicle platform
Renault-Nissan is one of the first car companies to use Microsoft's platform (Photo: Microsoft)Microsoft has unveiled a connected vehicle platform designed to be a core building block for future automotive functions. Renault-Nissan will be the first automaker to build connected cars using the platform.The US-based software company said the ...
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ArticleHere maps to help Baidu expand outside China
Maps are considered a key building block for autonomous-driving systems (Photo: Here)Here will provide map content to Baidu to help the Chinese internet company grow its mapping business outside its home market.Here already provides content to Baidu Maps' desktop and mobile services in southeast Asia. The new agreement between ...
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ArticleToyota exec highlights autonomous-driving challenges
Toyota's Pratt says human nature is big factor in autonomous-driving technology (Photo: Bongard)Amid all the enthusiasm for driverless cars, a senior Toyota executive, speaking at the CES consumer electronics show, focused on some of the big challenges that will need to be overcome before autonomous driving can be adopted ...
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ArticleCES: Valeo shows range of new technologies
The Valeo cockpit offers a vision of future new-mobility options (Photo: Valeo)LAS VEGAS -- Valeo showed a range of new connected-car technologies at this year CES, as the French automotive supplier group works to grab a bigger share of the fast-growing market for autonomous-vehicle-related systems.Jacques Aschenbroich, the company's CEO, ...
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ArticleCES: Toyota unveils concept car with advanced artificial intelligence
Toyota's Bob Carter unveils the Concept-i at the CES in Las Vegas (Photo: Arjen Bongard)LAS VEGAS -- Toyota Motor unveiled a concept car here featuring artificial intelligence technology that is designed to learn and grow with the driver.The Japanese carmaker said at the CES consumer electronics show that its ...
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ArticleCES: ZF, Nvidia work on artificial-intelligence platform
ZF sees sensing and intelligent systems as crucial in future mobility (Photo: ZF)LAS VEGAS -- ZF Friedrichshafen and Nvidia are jointly developing artificial intelligence (AI) systems for cars, trucks and other industrial applications.The German automotive supplier unveiled its ZF ProAI platform at a press conference here on the eve ...
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ArticleFord to debut next-generation Fusion Hybrid at CES
Ford is designing its 1st-generation autonomous cars for ride-hailing and ride-sharing services (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor will show a further development of its Fusion Hybrid autonomous  vehicle at CES this year, introducing a research car it hopes will be its first autonomously driven production vehicle by 2021.The US carmaker ...
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ArticleAt CES, Daimler's mobility vision wil be on display
Daimler's EQ family represents the key mobility trends the carmaker expects to see in coming years (Photo: Daimler)LAS VEGAS -- Daimler will show its Concept EQ crossover and the Mercedes-Benz Vision Van at this year's CES in an attempt to provide concrete examples of what it expects the future ...
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ArticleWhat to expect in 2017
Automakers are hiring software engineers to develop new-mobility offerings (Photo: BMW)Is 2017 going to be the year of electric mobility? Will this be the year that autonomous vehicles take a decisive step toward roadworthiness? And will this be the year that automakers convince skeptics that they - rather than ...
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ArticleVW to hire 1,000 IT experts over 3 years
IT experts in VW's digital lab in Berlin work on new mobility services and connected-car technologies (Photo: VW)Volkswagen said it will hire more than 1,000 additional IT experts in the next three years, as Europe's largest car group aims to bolster its expertise in digital technologies.VW said the specialists, ...
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ArticleNew version of open-source infotainment platform released
Automotive Grade Linux (AGL), citing “an unprecedented level of collaboration," has released the latest version of its open-source infotainment platform.The community, which has close to 90 member companies including Ford, Honda, Jaguar Land Rover, Mazda, Mitsubishi Motors, Nissan, Subaru, Suzuki and Toyota, is promoting the adoption of an open-source standard ...
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ArticleNew Volvos to feature Skype for Business
Volvo may also add Cortana voice software to its connectivity platform (Photo: Volvo Cars)Volvo Cars said its new 90 Series cars will offer the Skype for Business communication tool. The option marks a further addition to the auto industry's growing range of connected services.The Swedish premium car group said ...
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ArticleVW buys N. American parking-payment operator
Paybyphone says it is adding about 7,000 users a day (Photo: Paybyphone)(Bloomberg) --Volkswagen AG bought North American parking-payment operatorPayByPhone in the latest move by Europe’s biggest carmaker to expand from manufacturing into mobility services.The purchase of Vancouver-based PayByPhone, which processed more than 250 million dlrs in transactions this year, ...
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ArticleHonda in talks with Google's Waymo
Honda unveiled an autonomous development vehicle in May (Photo: Honda)(Bloomberg) --Honda Motor Co. said Wednesday it is talking to Waymo, the autonomous driving unit of Google parent Alphabet Inc., to try to strike a deal that would put its self-driving technology into some of the Japanese automaker’s cars.Both companies ...
