All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 28
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ArticleeCarTec - Munich
The annual eCarTec exhibition, billed as the world's largest B2B trade fair for electric and hybrid mobility, will take place in Munich October 18 to 20.The exhibition will host makers of electric vehicles, energy and infrastructure specialists, makers of energy storage systems, powertrain developers and financial-service providers.eCarTec also features a ...
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ArticlecarIT Congress - Hanover
The automotiveIT Group is hosting its annual carIT Congress on Sept. 28 at the Hanover Fairgrounds.The event, which brings together key decision-makers in the automotive and IT industries, focuses on the business opportunities and challenges in the fast-growing connected-car market.The one-day conference features top speakers from automotive companies and other ...
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ArticleSurvey: German startups hampered by funding difficulties
Bitkom says startups need public and private funding (Photo: Ford)Many German startup companies say they are having trouble getting enough money to develop their businesses.According to a survey by the country's high-tech association - Bitkom - 55 pc of company founders say that acquiring startup capital is the single ...
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ArticleZF plans tech center in India
ZF runs a global network of R&D centers from its headquarters in Friedrichshafen (Photo: ZF)ZF plans to open an Indian technology center next year that will focus on software and mechanical engineering.The center, which will be located in Hyderabad, will employ 2,500 engineers by 2020. It will open with ...
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ArticleResearch report sees gradual implementation of new mobility
Uber's ride-hailing is a prominent example of a new mobility service (Photo: Uber)Automakers still have time to adapt their business models to changing consumer preferences, according to a report by the US Center for Automotive Research (CAR).The study, titled “The impact of new mobility services on the automotive industry,” ...
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ArticleStudy quantifies effect of smarter mobility on CO2 emissions
(Photo: TNO)Smarter mobility will reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by 56 megatons by 2025, an amount equivalent to half the annual emissions generated by transport in the UK.That is one of the conclusions from a study conducted jointly by telecommunications group BT and market researchers Frost & Sullivan.Automotive companies ...
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ArticlePSA invests in digital aftermarket platform
Autobutler lets customers select a repair shop online (Photo: Autobutler)PSA/Peugeot-Citroen is acquiring a controlling stake in Autobutler, an online platform that gives car owners the ability to get an online quote for maintenance and repair.The French car group said the move fits in its strategy to make its various ...
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ArticleDelphi to run mobility-on-demand test in Singapore
Delphi's autonomous vehicles will have a dedicated route in Singapore (Photo: Delphi)Delphi will conduct a mobility-on-demand trial in Singapore, providing a fleet of driverless vehicles for the test and developing a cloud-based software suite for the purpose.The US-based automotive supplier said the test involves an urban, point-to-point, low-speed autonomous-vehicle ...
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ArticleZF invests in lidar technology
ZF wants to use Ibeo technology to make lidar systems smaller (Photo: ZF)In a bid to strengthen its activities in autonomous-driving technologies, ZF Friedrichshafen has acquired a 40 pc stake in lidar specialist Ibeo Automotive Systems GmbH,"Lidar gives us access to a core technology for environmental and object recognition," ...
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ArticleUber sells Chinese business to Didi Chuxing
Chinese ride-sharing is growing as urban traffic jams worsen (Photo: Anna Frodesiak/wikimedia)Uber is selling its Chinese operations to Didi Chuxing, boosting the local company's already dominant transportation-services presence in the home market.In a statement, Didi Chuxing said it is acquiring all assets of Uber China, including its brand, business ...
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ArticleCisco report: Business unprepared for ransomware threat
Cisco sees a growing danger in ransomware attacks (Photo: Cisco)Companies are badly prepared for future strains of ransomware, according to the latest Cisco Cybersecurity Report.The study, which the US-based technology group conducts twicea year, found that companies are too often operating with a fragile IT infrastructure, don’t stick to ...
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Feature“You can forget everything that you’ve done to this point”
Opel's Tina Mueller is striving to improve the carmaker's brand imageWith deliveries rising in the second quarter and General Motors Europe and its core Opel brand posting its first quarterly pretax profit since 2011, the US carmaker hopes to continue the upward trend in  Europe for the rest ...
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ArticleChina seen widening EV lead
Incentives play a key role in electric-vehicle sales (Photo: Nissan)China is expanding its leadership position in electric vehicles, according to two new studies.Germany's Center of Automotive Management (CAM) said carmakers sold 170,000 EVs in China in the first six months of 2016, compared with 66,000 in the US, 22,000 ...
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ArticleSkoda CIO becomes chief digital officer
Andre Wehner (Photo: Linkedin)Skoda's former CIO, Andre Wehner, has taken over as chief digital officer at the Czech carmaking subsidiary of Volkswagen Group.Wehner assumed his new duties July 1 and is responsible for corporate strategy, digitization, process and organization management.Ralf Brunken, previously in charge of IT system development at ...
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ArticleMercedes starts online sales for all of Germany
Mercedes, until now, has only run regional online sales projects (Photo: Mercedes)Mercedes-Benz, which has been running a regional online sales program in Germany for several years, now offers customers across its entire home market the possibility of buying a car online.The premium brand said a selection of preconfigured cars ...
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ArticleBMW appoints Duesmann as purchasing boss
Duesmann has been with BMW since 2007 (Photo: BMW)BMW has appointed Markus Duesmann as its new head of purchasing effective October 1. Duesmann, 47, will succeed Klaus Draeger, who is retiring.Duesmann joined BMW in 2007 as head of powertrain. He subsequently headed the carmaker's Driving Dynamics unit and was ...
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ArticleAt Ford Europe, Armstrong takes on COO role
Armstrong's appointment is part of a broader management reshuffle at Ford (Photo: Ford Motor)Steven Armstrong was appointed COO of Ford of Europe, replacing Barb Samardzich, who is retiring from the carmaker. The company also announced that Lyle Watters is succeeding Armstrong as president of Ford's South American operations.Armstrong, 52, ...
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ArticleVW, LG to develop connected-car service platform
A VW Group concept at the 2015 Geneva auto show featured a range of LG electronic components (Photo: Giugiaro)Volkswagen Group and Korean electronics conglomerate LG plan to jointly develop a next-generation connected-car service platform that will provide seamless digital access to smart-home and location-based services, VW said in a ...
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ArticleMcKinsey study: Europe's slow digitization leaves money on the table
Europe's degree of digitization lacks behind the US (Photo: EU)European consumers are heavily invested in digital technologies, but the continent is far removed from realizing the full potential of digitization.That is one of the conclusions from a new study by the McKinsey Global Institute, a think tank affiliated with ...
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ArticleBMW teams up with Intel, Mobileye for autonomous driving
The autonomous-drive platform under development will be available to other carmakers (Photo: BMW)BMW is joining forces with Intel and Mobileye to bring autonomous-driving technologies to market by 2021.The premium car maker said in a joint press release that it will work with Intel, the world's biggest chipmaker, and Mobileye, ...
