All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 26
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Article"It's no longer just the tech aficionados buying electric vehicles"
Robertson (c) shows the BMW X2 concept to Daimler boss Dieter Zetsche (l) at the Paris auto show (Photo: Arjen Bongard)PARIS -- At the Paris auto show, BMW unveiled a variant of its i3 city car with an extended 300 km driving range. The premium brand also displayed an ...
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ArticleBMW, Toyota, Allianz invest in artificial-intelligence startup
(Photo: Allianz)BMW and Toyota Motor have teamed up with insurer Allianz to invest in Nauto, a Californian startup company that has developed technology to accelerate the auto industry's drive to develop autonomous cars.Nauto's system, which lets fleet vehicles become part of a self-learning network, consists of an in-vehicle camera ...
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ArticleToyota is highest ranked automaker on top brands list
Toyota placed higher than Mercedes and BMW on the Top 100 (Photo: Toyota)Toyota is the highest ranking automaker on Interbrand's annual list of the Top 100 global brands, besting Mercedes-Benz and BMW, which came second and third, respectively.The brand consultancy named Apple, Google and Coca-Cola the three most valuable ...
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ArticleBerylls study finds slow automotive digitization
Managing cultural change at traditional car companies is a challenge, the study found (Photo: Ford, Pivotal)A new study concludes that relatively few automakers are implementing a consistent digitization strategy, though most agree on what needs to be done.Berylls Strategy Advisors, which polled digital decision makers at six European automotive ...
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ArticleAudi's Mexico plant: virtually designed and fully connected
Audi officially inaugurated its Mexico plant Sept. 30 (Photo: Audi)Audi said the control center at its newly opened plant in Mexico, known as P-Control, lets the premium car brand make further improvements to its manufacturing processes."The centralized P-control station is the most advanced in the Audi production network," Audi ...
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ArticleFaraday Future, LG Chem to cooperate on batteries
The FFZERO1 concept will be the basis of a sports car scheduled for launch in 2018 (Photo: FF)Faraday Future has formed a partnership with LG Chem to develop battery technology for its planned electric sports car.The US electric-vehicle company said LG Chem, one of the world's biggest manufacturers of ...
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ArticleVW, Daimler, PSA establish mobility brands
The Generation EQ concept provides a preview of future Mercedes cars (Photo: Daimler)PARIS -- Major carmakers are founding new mobility brands as they look for ways to complement and even replace traditional revenue from new car sales.At the Paris auto show last week, volume car makers Volkswagen Group and ...
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ArticleAutomakers join forces to develop 5G connectivity
(Photo: Volkswagen Group)Three German automakers have joined forces with telecommunications and IT companies to accelerate the commercial availability of 5G mobile connectivity.The automakers - Audi, BMW and Daimler - have formed the "5G Automotive Association" together with Ericsson, Huawei, Intel, Nokia and Qualcomm. The group's aim is to test ...
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ArticleRinspeed to show urban EV at Las Vegas CES
Gardening on wheels is part of the Oasis concept (Photo: Rinspeed)Rinspeed will show an urban electric vehicle that aims to be "something new in the automotive wasteland of uniformity."The Swiss design studio, headed by founder Frank Rinderknecht, unveiled a two-seat electric concept car Thursday that will be presented to ...
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ArticlePoint of view: Apple and the car
Apple's automotive aspirations could soon move beyond the CarPlay interface (Photo: Apple)By Arjen BongardIs Apple going to become the first IT company to buy into the auto industry?According to the Financial Times last week, Apple has approached McLaren to either buy the British race car maker outright or make ...
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ArticleRenault-Nissan, Microsoft to jointly develop connected services
Renault and Nissan want to run connected functions on a single platform  (Photo: Renault)The Renault-Nissan alliance (RNA) and Microsoft will jointly develop next-generation connected services that will run on the software group's Azure platform.The cooperation is part of Renault and Nissan's plan to rapidly move beyond building and ...
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ArticleIHS: Automotive cybersecurity market to soar
Automotive software complexity increases cybersecurity concerns (Photo: Cisco)Demand for software and cloud-based services to protect connected cars will soar to 759 million dlrs in the next seven years, according to a new market forecast.IHS Markit predicts that, by 2023, a quarter of all vehicles sold will be equipped with ...
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ArticleAudi's Knirsch leaving as VW diesel emissions investigation continues
Stefan Knirsch (Photo: Audi)Audi's head of R&D, Stefan Knirsch, is stepping down from his post with immediate effect, as investigations into Volkswagen's emissions-test cheating continue.The engineer, who took over from Ulrich Hackenberg at Audi in January, is leaving the company, Audi said.Germany's Bild am Sonntag newspaper reported earlier this ...
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ArticleBosch, SAP to join forces for IoT
Bosch and SAP want to speed up manufacturing and logistics processes (Photo: SAP)Bosch and SAP plan to jointly develop cloud-based technologies to speed up manufacturing and logistics processes.The two German companies said they have formed a strategic partnership to develop new products for the internet-of-things (IoT) and Industry 4.0.Bosch, ...
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FeatureFinancial Times: Apple interested in McLaren
McLaren builds race cars and runs a Formula One team (Phto: McLaren)Apple is interested in buying McLaren or making a strategic investment in the British race car specialist, according to a report in the Financial Times.The newspaper, citing three people briefed on the negotiations, said Apple is considering a ...
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ArticleT-Systems extends contract to run Daimler's connected-car platform
T-Systems will continue to be Daimler's biggest IT partner (Photo: Deutsche Telekom)T-Systems will continue to manage Daimler's mainframe computers as well as the carmaker's connected-vehicle applications, the German IT service provider said.Under a new agreement, T-Systems, the business services arm of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, will continue to run Daimler's ...
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ArticleRenault-Nissan acquires software development company
Renault's Next Two prototype presents a vision of connected driving in 2020 (Photo: Renault)Renault and its alliance partner Nissan jointly acquired Sylpheo, a French software development company, in a move to speed up connected-car initiatives at the two car brands.The Renault-Nissan alliance (RNA) plans to launch more than 10 ...
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ArticleUS drafts guidelines for autonomous driving
Uber has launched a self-driving taxi experiment in Pittsburgh (Photo: Uber)The US government has drafted guidelines for the autonomous-vehicle revolution, providing more details on how it expects driverless cars to be regulated.The paper, termed "Federal Automated Vehicles Policy," provides regulatory guidelines for today's automated vehicles, but acknowledges that the ...
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ArticleKaspersky: recovery from security incidents is very costly
Speed is essential to minimize the effects of cyber crime, Kaspersky Lab says  (Photo: Kaspersky)A new Kaspersky Lab report warns that recovering from a successful cyber attack can be extremely costly.The average cost of recovery from a single security incident is 86,500 dlrs for small and mid-sized companies, ...
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ArticleTanaka to head Mazda's European R&D center
Tanaka has worked at Mazda for more than 30 years (Photo: Mazda)Matsuhiro Tanaka has taken over from Kenichiro Saruwatari as head of Mazda's European R&D center in Oberursel, outside Frankfurt.The 55-year-old engineer has worked at the Japanese carmaker since 1984, most recently in vehicle development and testing.Saruwatari, 51, is ...
