All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 74
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ArticleVolkswagen raises IT's profile with new in-house academy
VW will use IT to improve cooperation between its various brands (Photo: VW)Volkswagen has launched a new company-wide IT academy in a move to give greater in-house prominence to the role of information technology in meeting its corporate goals."IT is the nerve center of our company," said VW personnel chief ...
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ArticleContent & Apps conference - Munich
In-car content and Apps are becoming standard in new passenger cars (Photo: Delphi)Telematics Update will hold a conference on in-car content and Apps in Munich April 18-19, focusing on one of the fastest growing areas of the global auto industry.The conference will look at the market for mobile apps, which ...
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ArticleGerman testers: In-car electronics hard to handle for many drivers
Drivers worry about being distracted but they also appreciate new safety and comfort featuresFor most drivers many new electronics functions in passenger cars are difficult to manage, according to a recent survey carried out in Germany by DEKRA, a major testing and certification company.In the survey, 77 pc of all ...
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ArticleManager Magazin: Change at top of Robert Bosch imminent
Bosch’s Fehrenbach has been an outspoken commentator on major economic and business issues (Photo: Bosch)Robert Bosch, the world's largest automotive supplier, is likely to get a new CEO before the end of the year, according to the German business monthly Manager Magazin.The publication says former CEO Hermann Scholl, 76, plans ...
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ArticleBosch-Samsung battery JV may be dissolved - Financial Times Deutschland
SB Limotive builds battery systems for the new generation of electric vehicles (Photo: SB Limotive)A four-year old battery joint venture between Germany's Robert Bosch and Korea's Samsung may be dissolved because the two partners' business priorities are too diverse, according to the Financial Times Deutschland.The newspaper said Bosch, the world's ...
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ArticleJaguar Land Rover, Chery agree on China JV
Land Rover showed a convertible version of its Evoque model at this month’s Geneva auto show (Photo: Land Rover)Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) and Chery Automobile confirmed they will jointly build JLR models and other cars in China, in a move to boost the presence of the British brands in the ...
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ArticleMunich Management Colloquium: Winterkorn, Bohr see different resource opportunities
VW CEO Winterkorn (left) and Bosch Automotive CEO addressed the Munich management conference March 20MUNICH -- Top industry executives speaking at this year's Muenchner Management Kolloquium provided various interpretations of the conference topic: Growth through resource efficiency.But they agreed that, by making better use of available resources, companies can save ...
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ArticlePLM suppliers in Germany see strong growth continuing
The PLM industry is benefiting from strong demand through the IT sector (Photo: wikipedia)PLM software suppliers in Germany see strong growth continuing despite expectations of an economic slowdown this year.At a meeting in February of the sendler\circle, an association of PLM service providers in Germany, company representatives said growth in ...
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ArticleNXP supports 48 volt electrical systems
NXP has developed a new family of Flexray transceivers aimed at helping carmakers introduce higher voltage electrical systems.The Netherlands-based semiconductor group said it is now offering carmakers a new family of 48 volt transceivers capable of supporting electrical architectures operating at up to 60 volts.The move follows an agreement by ...
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Article1,500 software engineers wanted at Germany's Continental
Continental expects the connected car to generate additional programming demands (Photo: Continental)Continental is looking to add about 1,500 new software developers to its global workforce in a bid to stay competitive with products that rely ever more on sophisticated IT components.The German automotive supplier group, one of the world's largest, ...
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ArticleRussia to overtake Germany as biggest European car market
Russia is set to become the world’s 5th largest national market(Photo: Dmitry Azovtsev, wikimedia)Russia is set to overtake Germany as Europe's biggest market this year, according to the Center of Automotive Management (CAM).The German automotive think tank predicted that sales of passenger cars and light commercial vehicles (LCVs) in Russia ...
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ArticleBosch opts for IBM Connections software
IBM will help Robert Bosch provide its employees with social-media toolsRobert Bosch has decided to use IBM Connections software to deepen the integration of social media in its office procedures.The German automotive supplier decided on IBM because the US based IT services and computer company offered a highly standardized package ...
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ArticleMercedes starts eCall rollout June 1
eCall is designed to provide faster and more targeted emergency assistance (Photo: ADAC)Mercedes-Benz will start equipping new models with an eCALL-conform emergency warning system from June 1.The German premium car maker, a member of the Daimler Group, said new Mercedes models such as the new B-Class, C-Class, E-Class and M-Class ...
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ArticleChinese group set to acquire German supplier Kiekert
Kiekert makes side-door latches and other locking systems (Photo: Kiekert)Hebei Lingyun Industrial Group is set to acquire German locking systems specialist Kiekert in a move that will give the Chinese automotive supplier a strong position in the market for specialist latches and other automotive locks.Kiekert said Lingyun had reached agreement ...
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ArticleBMW steps up CO2 reduction efforts; delivers record 2011 results
CEO Reithofer says BMW has had a good start to 2012 (Photo: Arjen Bongard)BMW is confident it will achieve European CO2 targets for 2015, but to meet longer-term goals, it plans to step up r&d developments."We are totally confident we will meet the target set for the BMW Group" for ...
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ArticleautomotiveDAY 2012: IT becoming a competitive differentiator
Local Motors co-founder Rogers explained a new crowd-sourcing based approach to carmaking (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- One thing was clear at the 2012 automotiveDAY conference: IT is quickly becoming one of the major differentiators in the competition between the world's car brands.Until recently, IT was mostly seen as way to ...
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ArticleautomotiveDAY: At Local Motors, crowd-sourcing provides a new car-building model
LM’s Rally Fighter may well be the world’s first crowd-sourced car (Photo: Local Motors)HANOVER -- Local Motors (LM) has set out to prove that, contrary to the common wisdom in the auto industry, scale is not a necessary requirement for becoming a successful carmaker.The Arizona-based upstart, which has already built ...
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ArticleautomotiveDAY: Progress cited on open PLM standards
Continental’s Hoeflich, BMW’s Probst and ProSTEP’s Vetterman (l-to-r) welcomed progress made on PLM openness (Photo: Claus Dick)HANOVER -- Automakers and suppliers reported major progress in creating common IT standards to be used in product lifecycle management (PLM)."We now have a common understanding with regard to the issue of openness in ...
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ArticleautomotiveDAY: Daimler adopts dual end-user device policy
As business and private lives merge for many workers, Daimler needs to allow private enduser devices for business use, CTO Schneider says (Photo: automotiveIT)HANOVER ”“Daimler has decided to adopt a dual approach to mobile end-user devices in recognition of the diversity of its employees.The German premium car group expects that ...
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ArticleautomotiveDAY: T-Systems exec says Cloud has grown up
Luz Mauch is responsible for the automotive sector at T-Systems (Photo: automotiveIT)A senior T-Systems executive said Thursday that Cloud computing is quickly becoming a mainstream part of corporate IT strategies."Cloud computing has by now grown up," said Luz Mauch, senior vice president automotive at T-Systems. The Cloud is no longer ...
