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Hyundai plans solar charging system for cars

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Hyundai Motor and Kia Motors have announced plans to introduce solar charging technology on selected Hyundai Motor Group vehicles.

Electricity-generating solar panels will be incorporated into the roof or the hood of vehicles, and will support internal combustion, hybrid and battery electric vehicles with additional electrical power, increasing fuel efficiency and range.

The solar charging technology is being developed to support the vehicle’s main power source, improving mileage and reducing CO2 emissions.

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ZF acquires stake in ASAP to boost autonomous driving resources

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG is taking over 35 percent of the shares of the engineering services provider ASAP Holding GmbH, located in Gaimersheim, Bavaria, Germany.

The move is in line with the company’s strategy of securing additional resources for autonomous driving and e-mobility in order to better meet the ever growing demands from customers in these areas.

“As an established development partner, ASAP Group has extensive expertise in the areas of autonomous driving, e-mobility, connected cars and vehicle software,” says Torsten Gollewski, general manager of Zukunft Ventures GmbH and head of ZF’s Advanced Development department.

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Festo unveils video tutorials for its automation technology

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Festo have unveiled a series of video tutorials for its automation technology on its “Festo Service” YouTube channel. Practical video tutorials explain how users can commission Festo products or carry out simple maintenance work themselves.

Users of electric and pneumatic automation technology from Festo can learn in just a few steps how to, for example, change a toothed belt on a linear axis or how to replace a set of wearing parts on a pneumatic drive, how to commission a valve terminal with bus system or how to assign functions for the Eplan project “Schematic Solution”.

These tutorials also include information on the degree of difficulty, the time involved, and the tools required along with illustrated comparisons that explain typical fault sources.

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B&R’s moving track slows down for human workstations

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The ACOPOStrak transport system and B&R‘s human-track collaboration uses intelligent safety technology to keep  workstations reliably risk-free without the need for safety barriers.

ACOPOStrak is a track system where parts and products are transported quickly and flexibly from processing station to processing station on independently controlled shuttles.

B&R has integrated safety features in its ACOPOStrak system which limit the speed and force of ACOPOStrak shuttles as they pass manual workstations and then continue around the remainder of the track with full dynamic performance.

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BMW Group enlists software development partners for autonomous driving

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The BMW Group has selected software development partners KPIT and TTTech to press ahead with the scalable Autonomous Driving Platform and to work together on the development of Level 3 and Level 4/5 functions (Highway Pilot and Urban Pilot).

This move bolsters the BMW Group’s development resources for automated driving and represents another step forward in its quest to expand the platform’s ecosystem and establish the technology in the automotive industry.

KPIT and TTTech will be well positioned to help roll out the software stack within the Autonomous Driving Platform to third parties. This will make it easier to integrate other OEMs and begin offering scalable software solutions across the industry.

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Honda demonstrates new ‘Smart Intersection’ technology

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Honda has demonstrated its “Smart Intersection” technology for vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication designed to reduce traffic collisions at roadway intersections, one of the first such deployments of V2X technology in a real-world setting.

Developed in partnership with the City of Marysville as part of the 33 Smart Mobility Corridor project, the pilot project seeks to address the limitations of on-board vehicle sensors in addressing traffic collisions at roadway intersections.

Intersection collisions account for roughly 40 percent of all collisions and 20 percent of the nearly 35,000 traffic-related deaths that occur in the U.S. each year.

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Renault and Brilliance sign deal with Liaoning province, China

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Groupe Renault and Brilliance China Automotive Holdings Limited (Brilliance) have signed a Strategic Cooperation agreement with Chinese officials from Liaoning Province to accelerate growth of light commercial vehicles (LCV) in China.

This follows the move in January by the two companies to form Renault-Brilliance-Jinbei Automotive Co., Ltd., a joint venture to manufacture and sell light commercial vehicles.

Renault also confirmed plans for three new electric light commercial vehicles (LCV) for China within two years.

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First China International Import Expo focuses on smart manufacturing

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The first China International Import Expo (CIIE), an important platform to promote bilateral trade relations between China and the world, will take place from 5 to 10 November at the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Shanghai.

The Expo, along with a series of related forums and activities, is poised to welcome over 3,000 firms from more than 130 countries and regions, including about 200 industrial leading companies, and attract over 150,000 domestic and foreign buyers.

Jointly hosted by the Ministry of Commerce and the Shanghai Municipal People’s Government, CIIE will feature more than 100 new products, technologies and cutting-edge solutions across a total of 270,000 m2.

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Tata Motors rolls out 500,000th passenger vehicle from its Sanand facility

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Operating at 100% capacity, Tata Motors has rolled out its 500,000th passenger vehicle from its Sanand factory located outside Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

The Sanand facility plays a vital role in the company’s passenger vehicles portfolio, manufacturing the widely popular models – Tiago and Tigor; the latter was recently launched in an all-new avatar.

Keeping up with the Government of India’s vision to bring Electric Vehicles in India, the Sanand plant produced the first electric passenger vehicle for commercial use in the form of Tigor EV and continues to support deliveries of the Government-operated Energy Efficiency Services Ltd. (EESL) order.

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Hyundai develops exoskeletons for industry

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Hyundai Motor Group has ventured further into the high-value robotics industry of the future by beginning development of Hyundai Vest Exoskeleton (H-VEX) wearable industrial robots.

Following the Hyundai Chairless Exoskeleton (H-CEX) demonstration conducted in the Hyundai-KIA North American factory last August, the company plans to verify H-VEX’s success through extensive testing at the end of 2018.

In early 2018, Hyundai selected Robot-Artificial Intelligence as one of five areas of future innovation growth. The company established a designated robotics team in its strategic technology headquarters to focus on the development of related tech, and is expanding its cooperation with associated sectors.

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