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ArticleFormer Volvo boss sees "no major role" for EVs
Former Volvo CEO Jacoby shows the XC60 Plug-in Hybrid concept at the 2012 Detroit auto show (Photo: Volvo)Stefan Jacoby sees only a niche role for electric vehicles in the next 10 to 15 years.The former boss of Volvo Cars cited range anxiety and costs as the major factors that ...
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ArticleOracle modernizes Mazda's IT infrastructure
Mazda installed its original MDI system in 1996 (Photo: Mazda)Oracle has implemented an IT overhaul at Mazda that will reduce the carmaker's server operating costs by 40 pc and lower power consumption by 75 pc.The US-based hardware and business software group said it had modernized and consolidated the Mazda ...
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ArticleFor car retailers, a call to action
Audi opened its first virtual showroom in London last year (Photo: Audi)More people will buy their cars online in coming years, providing a business opportunity for IT service providers, according to a new study. The study also says that many traditional dealerships will have to either change or die.The ...
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ArticleOracle to buy Acme Packet
As mobile applications grow, Oracle wants to expand into telecommunications markets (Photo: GM)Oracle has agreed to buy Acme Packet in a move that will boost its expertise in secure data communications.The US-based IT group said it will pay 1.7 billion dlrs for Acme Packet, a company that specializes in ...
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ArticleCapgemini poll: Company IT will focus on efficiency and costs
Outsourcing of IT services will grow, according to a Capgemini poll of IT managers (Photo: Capgemini)IT managers will aim to boost efficiency, cut costs and offer stable services, according to a recent survey. Innovation and the support of other corporate business requirements will come second, according to the report.Consultants ...
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ArticleDaimler takes 12 pc stake in China's BAIC Motor
Daimler CEO Dieter Zetsche (l) and BAIC ChairmanXu Heyi formally agreed on greater cooperation Feb 1 (Photo: Daimler)Daimler will acquire a 12 pc stake in Beijing Automotive Group's (BAIC) passenger car division, the first time a western carmaker invests directly in a Chinese auto group.The two companies were already ...
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ArticleAudi grows in China
Audi's digital showroom in Beijing is the first of its kind in Asia (Photo: Audi)Audi opened a new r&d center as well as a digital showroom in China, underscoring the importance of the world's largest auto market to the German premium car brand.The Volkswagen Group subsidiary opened its first ...
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FeatureAutomotiveIT Newsletter: An interview with VW CIO Martin Hofmann
CIO Hofmann wants Volkswagen to have the best IT in the auto industry (Photo: Claus Dick)After a decade working for the Volkswagen Group in various positions, Martin Hofmann became CIO of Europe's largest carmaker a year ago.He took on the position at a time when VW is trying to ...
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ArticleCAR Symposium: Dudenhoeffer says European car slump far from over
Dudenhoeffer says Western Europe still won't have fully recovered by 2020BOCHUM --The slump in European car sales is likely to last a bit longer than many people expect or hope, car expert Ferdinand Dudenhoeffer said Tuesday."Europe will come back very slowly," Dudenhoeffer told reporters attending the CAR Symposium here. ...
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ArticleCAR Symposium: Conti CEO provides automated driving timetable
Conti CEO Degenhart: In future, drivers can watch a movie while sitting behind the wheel(Photo: Arjen BongardBOCHUM -- Partially automated driving will be possible in three years, Continental CEO Elmar Degenhart said Tuesday.The head of the major German automotive supplier said that by 2016 some form of automated driving ...
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ArticleCAR Symposium: Volvo Cars CEO wants to double sales
CEO Samuelsson says "intuititve functionality" will define tomorrow's Volvos (Photo: Arjen Bongard)BOCHUM -- CEO Hakan Samuelsson wants to nearly double worldwide sales ofVolvo Cars in the next seven years.To accomplish this, he wants to strengthen the Swedish car brand, reduce complexity in its vehicle lineup and boost sales in ...
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ArticleDaimler, Ford and Nissan plan fuel-cell vehicle by 2017
Daimler started leasing a Mercedes B-Class-based FCEV in 2010 (Photo: Daimler)Daimler, Ford Motor and Nissan said they are planning to launch a mass-market fuel-cell electric vehicle (FCEV) as early as 2017.The three automakers on Monday signed an agreement for the joint development of a fuel-cell system. The cooperation would ...
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ArticleGermany is site of Europe's fastest supercomputer
The Juqueen supercomputer has as much power as 100,000 PCs (Photo: Juelich Research Center)Researchers at the Juelich Research Center near Aachen in western Germany started work with a new high-performance computer that is the fastest supercomputer in Europe and the fifth-fastest worldwide.The computer, which is an IBM BlueGene/Q system ...
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ArticleBMW, Toyota sign binding cooperation agreements
Toyota's Toyoda (left) and BMW's Reithofer agreed in 2012 already to intensify cooperation (Photo: BMW)Germany's BMW and Japan's Toyota have signed binding agreements that underscore the long-term nature of their cooperation in the field of sustainable mobility.The two car groups already agreed in June 2012 that they would jointly ...
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ArticleT-Systems projects 1 billion euros cloud revenue by 2015
Like most IT service providers, T-Systems is selling more cloud services (Photo: Telekom)T-Systems expects to generate about 1 billion euros in annual revenue from cloud-based services by 2015, up 2.5 times from last year.The expected sales represent about one-seventh of total revenue at the business services division of Deutsche ...
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ArticleFord to hire 2,200 US workers this year
Ford Motor plans to hire 2,200 salaried workers in the US this year to support the planned rollout of a range of new vehicles.The US based carmaker said it added more than 8,100 hourly and salaried jobs in the US in 2012 as it increased production capacity and expanded its ...
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ArticleBosch sees gradual progression to autonomous driving
As driver-assistance technologies become more sophisticated, they will one day drive the car, Bosch says (Photo: Bosch)Increasingly sophisticated driver-assistance technologies will gradually make autonomous driving a reality, according to Robert Bosch."Fully autonomous driving will come about one step at a time," said Gerhard Steiger, president of the Chassis Systems ...
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ArticleGM to hire 1,000 staff for new US IT innovation center
GM CIO Mott plans to hire thousands of staff to bring IT services in-house (Photo: Larry Peplin)General Motors plans to hire about 1,000 IT specialists to staff a new Information Technology Innovation center near Atlanta, Georgia, in the southern part of the US.The hiring push will focus on software ...
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ArticleCES: Lexus research vehicle has next-gen driver assistance
Lexus has equipped the research vehicle with a broad array of sensors (Photo: Arjen Bongard)LAS VEGAS -- A research vehicle based on the Lexus LS showed the direction safety technologies are likely to take in coming years, Toyota said.The Japanese carmaker showed a vehicle that is equipped with a ...
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ArticleCES: Mercedes shows Siri integration
Mercedes' Digital DriveStyle app will feature Siri voice operation (Photo: Daimler)LAS VEGAS - Mercedes-Benz will have full Siri integration in its next E-Class starting this spring.The German premium car maker said during the annual CES consumer electronics fair that Apple's voice software will be available in the E-Class for ...
