All articles by Arjen Bongard – Page 88
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ArticleRenault-Nissan to open Silicon Valley research office
The fully electric Nissan Leaf is the first of many EVs Nissan and its partner Renault plan to market (Photo: Nissan)The Renault-Nissan alliance is opening a research office in Silicon Valley to make sure it is in touch with automotive IT and other mobility-related research carried out there.The two companies, ...
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ArticleVDI/VW electronic safety conference - Berlin
Germany's industry federation, the VDI, and carmaker Volkswagen are jointly organizing a conference to look at the safety of electronic vehicle systems.The "Automotive Security" conference will take place in Berlin Oct 11 and 12.Presenters will not only focus on functional security of electronic systems, but will also look at the ...
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ArticleVW starts 2nd phase of EV tests in Berlin
At a ceremony in Berlin, government and private-sector representatives received the keys to several electric Golfs (Photo: VW)Volkswagen has delivered a second batch of electrically propelled Golf blue-e-motion cars to test customers as it gets ready to start selling electric vehicles.The automaker now has a test fleet of 80 electric ...
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ArticleVDA quality management - Berlin
Germany's auto industry association, the VDA, is organizing a new event focusedon automotive electronics in Berlin, July 5-6.The two-day conference, titled the International Conference on Quality Management for Automotive Electronics, will focus on quality management of modern car electronics. Presentations and discussions will deal with new regulations on functional safety ...
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ArticleMontaVista, Rightware to build in-car infotainment using embedded Linux
Montavista wants to adapt its consumer-electronics and mobile expertise to the car (Photo: MontaVista)MontaVista and Finland's Rightware Oy are developing a GENIVI-compliant in-car infotainment platform that uses the Linux operating system.The two companies said in a press release that the product uses Rightware's 3d user interface product, which is called ...
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ArticleVolvo turns attention to collisions with animals
Volvo’s new technology is a further development of pedestrian-detection already available (Photo: Volvo)Volvo has developed a safety system that helps avoid collisions with animals.In Sweden, where the carmaker is headquartered, there were 47,000 road accidents involving wild animals, according to the Swedish Advisory Council on Accidents Involving Wild Animals. And ...
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ArticleFord plans more N. American EVs; C-MAX will be hybrid-only
From 2012, Ford will sell the C-MAX in North America, but only as a hybrid (Photo: Ford)Ford is getting serious with its plans for electric vehicles.The U.S. carmaker announced Thursday it is tripling its production capacity of electric vehicles in North America by 2013. And it will bring to North ...
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ArticleSurvey: Germans want EV incentives
Germans want a cash incentive to buy an electric vehicleBuyers want a cash incentive if they are to buy electric vehicles, according to a survey of 1,116 car drivers conducted in May.The survey, which was carried out by German used-car portal Autoscout24, showed that Germans wouldn't buy an electric vehicle ...
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ArticleNew App keeps Volvo driver in touch with his car
Volvo has launched a new App that lets a driver stay connected to his car even when he is not driving it.The Swedish carmaker said the new App, which is a development of the existing Volvo On Call App, features a car locator, remote door lock and heater starter, access ...
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ArticleBosch's Bohr: Autonomous driving in 20 years
Bosch and Samsung SDI started production of a lithium-ion battery in their SB LiMotive JV in late 2010 (Photo: Bosch)With in-car assistance systems gaining in sophistication, the day is coming that drivers are no longer in charge of their car."Over the next 20 years, technical advances will lead to autonomous ...
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ArticleFord improves Crew Chief fleet management system
Ford says its new Crew Chief fleet management system will allow fuel savings of up to 20% (Photo: Ford)Ford Motor has improved its U.S. Crew Chief fleet-management system by giving it direct access to proprietary Ford data contained within a vehicle's onboard computers.The U.S. car and truckmaker said Crew Chief, ...
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ArticleNew European research project aims at boosting EV efficiency
Bosch says worries over driving range are a big concern for electric vehicle buyers (Photo: Bosch)A group of automotive companies including Robert Bosch and PSA/Peugeot-Citroen hopes to find ways to expand the driving range of electric vehicles without increasing battery size.The European Union sponsored "OpEneR" project, which stands for "Optimal ...
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ArticleMaine is 33rd U.S. state to ban texting in cars
Maine Governor Paul LePage signed the anti-texting bill with several supporters in attendance (Photo: Maine govt)Maine on Friday banned texting while driving, in a move to improve safety on the roads of the northeastern U.S. state. Violators will face a 100 dlr fine."All too often we see drivers with one ...
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ArticleChina's Lenovo to buy Medion
Chinese PC maker Lenovo, continuing its global expansion, said it is buying Medion, a large German maker of personal computers and consumer electronics.Lenovo, which acquired IBM's PC business in December, 2004, said the addition of Medion will double its market share in Germany and make it the third-largest PC company ...
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ArticleFord steps up quality drive, using laser robots for inspection
Laser robots inspect the quality of a new Ford Focus built at the company’s Michigan Assembly plant (Photo: Ford)Ford hopes to boost quality through a major investment in robots that can check for problems using laser technology.The U.S. based carmaker said it is investing $100 million globally to install laser ...
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ArticleSolar power at Renault plants to make big cut in CO2 emissions
Solar panels will cover roofs and some parking lots at Renault’s French plantsRenault is putting solar panels on several of its French car plants in a move aimed at lowering conventional power consumption and cutting CO2 emissions by 30,000 tons a year.The French carmaker said it has begun a program ...
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ArticleBMW Financial Services interview: IT as a success factor
Ebner von Eschenbach: IT helped BMW Japan cope with the aftermath of the Fukushima earthquake and tsunamiBMW Financial Services depends for all its IT needs on the group's internal service division. IT at BMW is run by Karl-Erich Probst, CIO, while financial services at the German premium carmaker is headed ...
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ArticleFrom Munich, a better and cheaper virtual reality technology
Researchers can get into the FRAVE for a total-immersion experience (Photo: TUM)Researchers at the Technical University Munich (TUM) have developed a virtual reality system that is more flexible, costs less and doesn't take up as much space as previous technologies.The so-called Flexible Reconfigurable Cave (FRAVE) allows full immersion by an ...
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ArticleBosch's Tyroller extends term as CLEPA president
Bosch’s Peter Tyroller will head CLEPA for another 2 years (Photo: Bosch)Peter Tyroller will continue for another two years as president of Europe's supplier association, CLEPA.The general assembly of the supplier group, which met in Istanbul last week, unanimously elected the Robert Bosch board member for another term. Tyroller, 53, ...
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ArticleT-Systems provides Cloud services to Magna
T-Systems will provide a range of Cloud-based IT services to Magna, as part of the Canadian supplier group's effort to modernize and upgrade its global information and communication technology.T-Systems, a subsidiary of Germany's Deutsche Telekom, said it is providing Magna with a Cloud infrastructure that allows the supplier to connect ...
