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ArticleCAR Management Briefings - Traverse City
(Photo: CAR)The Center for Automotive Research will host its annual Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Michigan, August 3 to 6.The gathering features a series of briefings and presentations focusing on some of the top issues facing the auto industry. This year, these include manufacturing, connected and automated vehicle ...
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ArticleIAA - Frankfurt
(Photo: IAA)The Frankfurt auto show, which takes place every second year, will officially open September 17. On the two preceding days, Sept 15 and 16, there will be two press days.The world's biggest auto show will have as its theme "Mobility Connects," a reference to the biggest change sweeping ...
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ArticleBMW, Porsche come out first with Apple Watch apps
(Photo: Apple)BMW and Porsche were among the first to come with Apple Watch applications for their cars, but other brands are expected to follow shortly.Last week already, BMW's DriveNow car sharing brand announced a function that lets drivers open and close DriveNow vehicles with their Apple Watch. This week, ...
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ArticleNokia: no plans for new phones
Nokia's Lumia phones are being rebranded Microsoft (Photo: Microsoft)Nokia, commenting on media speculation, said it doesn't have any plans to get back into the smartphone market."These reports are false, and include comments incorrectly attributed to a Nokia Networks executive," the Finland-based network equipment and mapping software maker said in ...
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ArticleIFA - Berlin
(Photo: Messe Berlin)The annual IFA consumer electronics and home appliance trade show will take place in Berlin Sept 4 through 9.The show, which attracts trade visitors from more than 100 countries, provides an overview of new products and trends in all segments of the consumer electronics industry.Several automakers have ...
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ArticleSurvey: Cloud security moves up the priority list
Policy violations often lead to security breaches (Photo: Netskope)Security concerns are growing over cloud-based applications used by industrial companies and other businesses, according to a new Netskope survey.The cloud security specialist said that, following recent security breaches at major corporations such as Sony and JP Morgan, a growing number ...
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ArticleGhosn reaffirms Renault-Nissan roadmap for autonomous driving
Nissan and Renault cars will be able to change lanes autonomously from 2018 (Photo: Nissan)Carlos Ghosn reaffirmed his commitment to have "a complete package of autonomous drive technologies" on Renault and Nissan vehicles by 2020, but repeated his expectation that driverless cars are at least a decade away.The Renault-Nissan ...
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ArticleSharp growth seen for Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
The survey shows that car radio continues to be one of the most popular infotainment features (Photo:GM)Apple and Google are set to take a sharply bigger chunk of the automotive connectivity market in the next five years, according to a study by market researchers IHS Automotive.The report projects that ...
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ArticleVW board committee confirms Winterkorn as CEO
Martin Winterkorn (Photo: VW)Volkswagen CEO Martin Winterkorn is "the best possible chairman of the board of management," the Executive Committee of the carmaker's Supervisory Board said in a statement Friday.The announcement comes after Supervisory Board Chairman Ferdinand Piech last week expressed reservations about Winterkorn's leadership. Piech is head of ...
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ArticleGerman companies under (cyber) attack
(Photo:Symantec)More than half of all German industrial companies have been the object of industrial espionage, sabotage or data theft in the past two years, according to a study by the country's high-tech association, Bitkom.The study, which polled senior managers at 1,074 companies, found that car companies are most frequently ...
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ArticleNew US industry group calls for smarter transportation
The coalition says smarter transportation can address infrastructure proboems (Photo: US Administration)A newly formed group of industry executives called on the US Congress to step up efforts to forge a smarter transportation infrastructure in the country."For the United States to stay competitive in today's global economy, it is critical ...
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ArticleNokia, Alcatel-Lucent to create new connectivity mega-player
Nokia, Alcatel-Lucent see demand for combined product offering (Photo: Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent)Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent, citing complementary product portfolios, said they are planning a merger that aims to create a new company that is well positioned for "an IP connected world.""Together, Alcatel-Lucent and Nokia intend to lead in next-generation network technology ...
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ArticleEU formally accuses Google of abusing strong market position
EU Commissioner Vestager moves to counter possible "anticompetitive constraints" (Photo: EU)The European Commission sent a so-called "Statement of Objections" to Google, alleging that the technology company has abused its dominant market position in internet searches. The executive arm of the 28-nation bloc has also formally opened an antitrust investigation ...
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ArticleNissan technology enters the deep sea
Japanese deep-sea research vehicles plan to use the 3D features of Nissan's AVM technology (Photo: Nissan)Japanese researchers will use Nissan's Around View Monitor (AVM) technology to improve deep-sea exploration techniques, the Japanese carmaker said.AVM, which is available on Nissan's entire range of crossover models, provides a 360-degree view of ...
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ArticleOpenAutomotive Congress - Stuttgart
(Photo: Genivi)Genivi is hosting "OpenAutomotive '15," a two-day conference focusing on cybersecurity issues in the auto industry. The event will take place in Stuttgart April 21-22. The main conference day is April 22nd.Genivi is a non-profit industry alliance of automakers and their suppliers. The group drives the broad adoption ...
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ArticleStudy sees connected-car focus shift to business model
Most companies' connected-car products are still in the planning phase (Photo: PAC)Automotive companies are shifting their connected-car focus from making the technology work to defining how to generate actual revenue, according to a study by Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC)."More and more companies are now going to focus on the ...
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ArticlePoint of View: Germany needs Industry 4.0
Hilmar Dunker (Photo: Claus Dick)Industry 4.0 is the new buzzword and rightly so. The term attempts to capture the comprehensive change that is sweeping the global industrial landscape. It's therefore no exaggeration to use "4.0" to define the fourth industrial revolution that is upon us.But dig a little deeper ...
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ArticleAudi, Mercedes: Better maps important but not crucial for autonomous driving
STUTTGART - Better maps will help improve autonomous-driving technology, but they aren't crucial for the realization of the driverless car, two top automotive executives said Thursday.Ulrich Hackenberg and Thomas Weber, R&D chiefs at, respectively, Audi and Mercedes-Benz, said the premium car makers have developed autonomous test vehicles that can navigate ...
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ArticleWorldDMB Conference - Brussels
WorldDMB will host an automotive conference and exhibition in Brussels, focusing on the prospects for digital radio in today's and tomorrow's car.The event, which has as its theme "Radio - the best connection in the car," will take place May 20 at the Autoworld Museum in Brussels. The conference will ...
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ArticleJaguar Land Rover invests in advanced engineering
Jaguar unveiled its new XF model during a dramatic 'high-wire' water crossing in London (Photo: JLR)Jaguar Land Rover is expanding its advanced engineering and design center in Whitley, England, in a move to speed up the development of technologically sophisticated premium vehicles.The British carmaker, which is owned by India's ...
