All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 36
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ArticleDaimler appoints new head of integrity and legal affairs
Renata Jungo Bruengger (Photo: Daimler)Daimler has appointed Renata Jungo Bruengger as board member for integrity and legal affairs, succeeding Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt, who is joining the Volkswagen Group.Jungo Bruengger, 54, is an expert in international commercial law with 25 years of legal experience at various companies. She has been head ...
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ArticleAchenbach is new CIO at BMW Brilliance
Thorsten Achenbach (Photo: BMW)Thorsten Achenbach ist the new CIO at BMW's Chinese joint venture, BMW Brilliance Automotive.The IT manager, who earlier served as vice president at consultants Capgemini, has been in his new position in China since September 1.Achenbach, who has an engineering degree, knows BMW well from his ...
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ArticleCES - Las Vegas
The annual CES takes place in Las Vegas Jan 6 - 9 (Photo: CEA)The upcoming CES consumer electronics show in Las Vegas will feature keynote addresses by General Motors CEO Mary Barra and Volkswagen brand CEO Herbert Diess.The high-profile presentations underscore the growing importance of the global electronics industry ...
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ArticleKnirsch succeeds Hackenberg as Audi technology chief
Knirsch is head of powertrain at Audi. He takes up his new position Jan 1 (Photo: Audi)Stefan Knirsch will succeed Ulrich Hackenberg as head of technical development at Audi effective January 1.The 49-year-old is currently head of powertrain of the Volkswagen Group's premium brand. He previously worked at Porsche ...
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ArticleDemand for automotive semiconductors grows
(Photo: Siemens)Global demand for automotive semiconductors is set to grow 4.5 pc annually in the next five years, according to a forecast by Germany's Association of Electrical and Electronics Manufacturers (ZVEI). In 2014, global demand stood at almost 35 billion euros, the association said.Speaking at a ZVEI conference on ...
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ArticleStudy: 20 million autonomous cars by 2025
Juniper says Google is the most promising player in driverless cars (Photo: Google)There will be almost 20 million fully autonomous or self-driving vehicles on the world's roads by 2025, according to a new study.The outlook, which adheres to the more optimistic scenarios of some automakers, was presented by Juniper ...
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ArticleAudi admits defeat devices present in bigger US engines
Audi expects it will cost 10s of millions of euros to bring engines in line with US law (Photo: Audi)Audi admitted that so-called defeat devices are present in the US versions of its V6 TDI 3-liter diesel powertrains and promised to update software to bring the engines into compliance.The ...
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ArticleAt Schaeffler, a new manager focuses on digitization
Gerhard Baum (Photo: Schaeffler)Following in the footsteps of several other automotive companies, Schaeffler has appointed a chief digital officer. Gerhard Baum, formerly the head of IBM's automotive business, assumed his new responsibilities at the German supplier in October.Baum's primary task will be to optimize, synchronize and merge the growing ...
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ArticleDaimler design chief sees ever smarter cars
Gorden Wagener expects autonomous driving to be possible by 2030 (Photo: Daimler)Mercedes-Benz unveiled a rolling club lounge for young urbanites at the recent Tokyo auto show. In an interview with automotiveIT, the premium car maker's design chief, Gorden Wagener, explains how digitization will affect upcoming Mercedes models and how ...
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ArticleVolvo Cars tests Microsoft's Hololens technology
Volvo sees many automotive possibilities for Microsoft's HoloLens technology (Photo: Volvo)Volvo Cars is working with Microsoft to jointly develop next-generation automotive technologies. The cooperation will look at autonomous driving technologies and the use of connected-car data.Volvo and Microsoft this week demonstrated how the use of Microsoft's HoloLens mixed-reality computer ...
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ArticleTomTom to provide map data to Uber
TomTom data will power the Uber app (Photo: Uber)TomTom will provide maps and traffic data to Uber, confirming that the Dutch mapping specialist will remain the biggest competitor to soon-to-be-German owned Nokia HERE.TomTom said it has signed a global, multi-year agreement with  Uber, a fast-growing global taxi services ...
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ArticleVW recruits Apple exec to head digitization
Johann Jungwirth (Photo: VW)Volkswagen has recruited Apple executive Johann Jungwirth to head its digitization efforts. He most recently headed Apple's Mac systems engineering operations in California and started in his new position at VW November 1.Jungwirth, 42, is in charge of a newly established "Digitalization Strategy" department at the ...
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ArticleToyota plans massive artificial-intelligence investment
Gill Pratt joined Toyota earlier this year. He previously was a robotics program manager at DARPA, a US Defense Department agency (Photo: Toyota) Toyota Motor is investing 1 billion dlrs over the next five years in artificial intelligence and robotics, underscoring how the automotive industry's corporate priorities are changing.The ...
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ArticleVW: No forbidden software in 3-liter V6 diesels
The 2015 Porsche Cayenne diesel was cited by the EPA (Photo: Porsche)Volkswagen, in response to new allegations of illegal software deployment, denied that vehicles with V6 TDI engines sold in the US are equipped with programs that can detect emissions testing cycles and react to them.The US Environmental Protection ...
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ArticleNissan tests semi-autonomous driving
Nissan will test a range of autonomous technologies in coming years (Photo: Nissan)Nisssan has started testing its autonomous-driving technology on highways and urban roads in Japan.The carmaker wants to launch what it calls "Piloted Drive 1.0" by the end of 2016. The technology allows autonomous driving in heavy highway ...
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ArticleConti's Ariane Reinhart discusses IT staff shortages
Ariane Reinhart (Photo: Continental)German industry is faced with a growing shortage of IT specialists. In answers to written questions, Continental’s HR chief Ariane Reinhart explains how the automotive supplier is refocusing its human resources department to deal with this challenge and how workers can be prepared for digital change.automotiveIT: ...
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ArticleVW appoints company outsider as head of strategy
Thomas Sedran previously held senior positions at GM (Photo: GM)Volkswagen has named Thomas Sedran as its new head of group strategy effective November 1. The appointment marks the second time in recent weeks that the embattled carmaker appoints someone from outside the group to assume key responsibilities.Sedran, 51, most ...
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ArticlePoll: Germans still like VW
Germans don't feel the "Made in Germany" label has suffered long-term damage (Photo: VW)A large majority of Germans stands by Volkswagen, despite the carmaker's admission that it has purposely manipulated emissions tests with the help of software.According to a poll of 1,000 Germans by consultants Prophet, 65 pc believes ...
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ArticleDaimler's integrity boss moves to Volkswagen
Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt takes up here new job at VW January 1 (Photo: Daimler)Christine Hohmann-Dennhardt says that, over the last four years, she has spent a considerable amount of effort creating a proper understanding of compliance among Daimler's workforce. "That's why we have highlighted the term integrity," she said in ...
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ArticleGoogle takes stake in German artificial intelligence think tank
Google hopes to use some products and services developed by German researchers  (Photo: DFKI)Google has acquired a shareholding in the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI).The institute said the move will make it easier to transfer the results of research activities to business and society.Germany's R&D minister, ...
