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Toyota Moves on Connected Cars, R&D JVs, Takeovers
The latest developments come as Toyota is once again battling what is now a beleaguered, wounded Volkswagen Group for the world’s biggest car company title. The moves reflect a growing problem at all automobile companies. How do you pay for the cost of moving forward in a world with increasingly stringent safety and emissions regulations, web enabled cars, as well as the entire future of automobility and autonomous vehicles? Continue reading
Posted in autonomous cars, distracted driving, electronics, news analysis
Tagged Auto Industry JVs, autoinformed, autoinformed.com, honda, Ken Zino, Suzuki, toyota, Yamaha
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Porsche Opens Digital Lab to Explore IT Innovations
Car companies increasingly look like technology companies as the opening Porsche Digital Lab in Berlin shows. The Stuttgart-based automaker says it will be used to identify and test information technology solutions, in IT babble. Continue reading
Execs from Uber, Intel Speaking at SAE Convergence
SAE today announced that executives from Uber and Intel Corporation will provide their thoughts on the future of technology, and how personal mobility, the Internet of Things (IoT), and autonomous driving are “converging.” Continue reading
Honda, Daido Steel Neodymium Magnet Has No Rare Earth Materials
The problem with the currently used version of the neodymium magnet is that China is by far the largest producer of rare earth elements, universally used in electric motors in EVs and hybrids. However, China is thought to be a politically unstable, unreliable supplier. This is certainly with regards to Japan, which has ongoing disputes with the Communist nation that is now also part of the U.S. presidential debate. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, environment
Tagged autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, neodymium magnets
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Osram Buys Novità Technologies for its Auto LED Modules
Osram will acquire Novità Technologies, a U.S. manufacturer of automotive LED modules which are used in tail lights, fog lights and daytime running lights. Continue reading
HAL Comes to Honda R&D through Softbank
This will, allegedly, allow Honda and SoftBank to “enable mobility products to use conversations with the driver,” together with other information obtained from sensors and cameras to “perceive the emotions of the driver and to engage in dialogue with the driver based on the vehicle’s own emotions.” Continue reading
Google to Use Chrysler Pacifica Hybrids for Autonomous Driving Tests
This is the first time that Google has worked directly with an automaker to integrate its autonomous driving system, including its sensors and software, into a passenger vehicle. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, engineering
Tagged autoinformed.com, autonomous driving, Ken Zino
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Autonomous Drive Cars – Makers Targeting Wrong Groups?
Young consumers are much more trusting in automotive technology, paving the way for autonomous drive vehicles, according to the J.D. Power 2016 U.S. Tech Choice Study released today at the Automotive Press Association in Detroit. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, engineering
Tagged apa, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino, U.S. Tech Choice Study
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BMW Laptimer to Add More GoPro Camera Functions
“This allows us to provide BMW drivers the ability to safely capture and share their track experience,” said Christian Schmid, senior development engineer at the BMW Group Technology Office USA. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, racing
Tagged autoinformed.com, BMW M Laptimer App, go pro, Ken Zino
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DOJ: Cybersecurity, Hacking Urgent Issues for Automakers
Electronic innovations that revolutionize new vehicles create hacking vulnerabilities if not carefully deployed. Continue reading
Does Less CO2 = 3-Cylinder Engines?
As the quest to lower CO2 emissions continues two engineering approaches are emerging – down size engines and run them at lower speeds. This typically results in higher stress in the engine/powertrain. Engineers are looking closely at fundamental changes in combustion and parasitic losses, while monitoring material and component stress. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, engineering
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, fev group, Ken Zino
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OnStar Commercial Link – Vehicle Tracking and Management
Commercial Link can be customized around the needs of each user, allowing for personalization of account dashboards and the ability to set up text or email alerts around sensitive items, such as if a driver is low on fuel or requires vehicle maintenance. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, marketing
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, commercial link, Ken Zino
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Toyota Expands Autonomous Vehicle Program with Jaybridge Robotics Software People for Crash-Free Driving
First announced in November 2015, TRI is a research and development enterprise designed eliminate the chasm between fundamental research and product development, particularly to address the 1.25 million traffic fatalities each year, worldwide. Continue reading
Posted in electronics, engineering, safety
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Jaybridge Robotics, Ken Zino, tri
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New Semi-Autonomous E-Class Premiers at NAIAS
What E-Class does to the art of driving and distinctive vehicle character is subject to debate. Will driving fun still exist? Continue reading
Posted in electronics, new vehicle, safety
Tagged autoinformed, autoinformed.com, Ken Zino
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Chevrolet Bolt Debuts into a Moribund EV Market
The Bolt EV is said to have more than 200 miles of range on a full charge at a price below $30,000 after Federal tax credits. Continue reading
