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ArticlecarIT Congress - Hanover
The annual carIT Congress, organized by the automotiveIT Group, will take place September 30 at the Hanover fairgrounds during the IAA truck fair.The event, which has as its theme "Connected Car; the Future of Mobility," will bring together around 500 decision makers from the automotive and IT industries.Speakers include Audi ...
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ArticleLos Angeles auto show
The Los Angeles auto show, which will start Nov. 18, will feature nearly 60 world and North American vehicle debuts, the organizers said.The annual event will, once again, kick off with a Connected Car Expo, which will be enhanced with a "Connected City Summit."The connected-car event, which will take place ...
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ArticleSiemens receives green light for California e-highway test
Siemens e-highway concept uses overhead cables to power trucks (Photo: Siemens)Siemens has received the green light from California authorities to test a so-called e-highway concept near the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach.The German electrical and electronics conglomerate said it will fit a section of highway with overhead ...
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ArticleTesla, Panasonic build US battery plant
The Tesla Model S electric sports sedan outsells traditional premium competitors in some markets (Photo: Tesla)Tesla and Panasonic, seeking to lower costs for a core component of electric vehicles, will jointly build a large-scale battery plant in the US, the two companies said in a press statement.Tesla will prepare, ...
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ArticleToyota's fuel-cell car to cost around 7 million yen
The Toyota FCV will go on sale in early 2015 (Photo: Toyota)Toyota unveiled the exterior design of its first hydrogen fuel cell vehicle and said the car will cost 7 million yen or roughly 50,000 euros when it goes on sale in Japan later this year.The sales price, which ...
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ArticleAutomechanika - Frankfurt
Automechanika is held every other year in Frankfurt (Photo: Messe Frankfurt)The Automechanika trade fair, which will  take place in Frankfurt Sep. 16 through 20, will have a special focus on tomorrow's mobility.The fair, which is organized every other year at the Frankfurt fair grounds, will dedicate its Hall ...
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ArticleAn electric Harley-Davidson?
Harley hasn't decided yet whether it will sell start selling an electric motorbike (Phoro: Harley-Davidson)Harley-Davidson, maker of iconic motor bikes, is piloting an electric motorcycle to see whether bike riders are interested in a different kind of propulsion.Consumers across the US will be able to ride and provide feedback ...
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ArticleVW opens electric-mobility competence center
VW's new competence center will bundle group electrical and electronic development activities (Photo: VW)Volkswagen Group has opened a new R&DÂ center that will bundle all of the carmaker's development activities in the area of electric mobility.The new center is at the heart of Volkswagen's so-called "E-Campus," where Europe's largest ...
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ArticleGM demonstrates EN-V 2.0 in test of city driving
Four of GMs small EV fit into one parking space (Photo: GM)General Motors is starting tests of its Chevrolet EN-V 2.0 electric vehicle to find out how the small networked vehicle functions in a simulated future urban environment. The tests of the fully networked EV are conducted in the ...
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ArticleToyota, Panasonic develop cloud to link cars and appliances
Toyota and Panasonic want to connect cars and home appliances (Photo: Panasonic)Toyota and Panasonic are jointly developing a cloud-based service to link cars with home appliances. The product will be ready for launch in the second half of 2014.Toyota, the world's biggest carmaker, said the new service aims to ...
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ArticleTesla opens up patents to give boost to electric-vehicle market
The Tesla Model S is one of the best-selling electric sports sedans (Photo: Tesla)Electric-vehicle maker Tesla is giving away all its patents in a move to accelerate the global electric-car revolution."Technology leadership is not defined by patents, which history has repeatedly shown to be small protection indeed against a ...
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ArticlePoint of view: Germany slow to move into digital traffic age
Germany is moving too slowly when it comes to adapting its economy to the digital age.The country's Ministry for Traffic and Digital Infrastructure writes on its homepage: "The digitalization of all areas of our lives and the economy is moving at breathtaking speed. We need to use the opportunities for ...
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ArticleStudy: Ethernet in the car set to grow
Connected vehicles are expected to boost demand for ethernet in the car (Photo: NXP)Connected vehicles are expected to boost demand for ethernet in the carAutomakers in Europe and North America are set to use more ethernet in their cars, as automotive architectures adapt to the demands of more consumer ...
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ArticleNvidia GPU Conference, San Jose
Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang is one of the keynote speakers at the GTC (Photo: Nvidia)Nvidia is hosting its annual GPU Technology Conference (GTC) in San Jose, California, March 24-27. The event is billed as the world's biggest and most important conference for GPU developers.Nvidia is a leader in graphics ...
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ArticleautomotiveIT Congress, Hanover
About 500 executives attended the 2013 Congress (Photo: Claus Dick)The automotiveIT Congress will take place during the CeBIT high-tech fair in Hanover Thursday, March 13, with discussions set to focus on how IT is helping the auto industry adapt to new business realities.The one-day conference will feature a range ...
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ArticleCES: Audi wants to close gap between science fiction and reality
Audi's CES concept car is a hybrid whose power plants produce a combined 700 bhp (Photo: Audi)LAS VEGAS --Audi reaffirmed its intentions Monday to be a driver of change as the global auto industry moves toward a new connected model."If mobility used to be about connecting places and people, ...
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ArticleFord Motor, Audi to show concept cars at CES
Audi's hybrid concept has a 700 bhp e-tron powertrain (Photo: Audi)Ford Motor and Audi will show two concept cars at the international CES in Las Vegas this year, underscoring the growing importance to the car industry of the annual consumer electronics gathering.Ford will unveil the C-Max Solar Energi Concept, ...
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automotiveIT International Congress, London
Connected mobility will be the focus of the automotiveIT International Congress, which will be held in London July 1-2, 2014. It will be the first international event staged by the automotiveIT Group, which publishes German and English-language print and online publications, including the automotiveIT.com Web site.The automotiveIT International Congress has ...
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ArticleJaguar's Ziebart to speak at London automotiveIT Congress
Wolfgang Ziebart, engineering director at Jaguar Land Rover, will deliver a keynote address at the inaugural automotiveIT International Congress in London.As the former CEO of German chip maker Infineon, Ziebart is ideally placed to discuss the strengthening ties between automakers and the high-tech industry. Since Ziebart joined JLR in July, ...
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ArticlePoint of view: Whose data?
Hilmar Dunker is editor-in-chief of automotiveIT and carIT magazineAs connected cars start generating more and more data, one important and central question is: Who owns these data? It's a legitimate question and. so far, no one has come up with a truly satisfactory answer.Experts warn that, from a legal ...
