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Valeo, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive parts, is showcasing its technologies for what it describes as the “autonomous revolution”.
In fact, at this year’s Paris Motor Show, Valeo is demonstrating its latest technological innovations that it says are “at the epicenter of the revolutions that are disrupting mobility as we know it”. [Read more…] about Valeo showcases technology for ‘autonomous, electric and digital revolutions’
ZF is working with truck manufacturers as part of the EU co-funded ENSEMBLE project to test programmes with the goal of introducing multi-brand truck platooning on European roads by 2021.
Truck platooning – when lorries move on motorways in a tightly spaced convoy – for trucks from numerous manufacturers requires exacting networking standards.
ZF’s current portfolio has the technology to enable platooning capabilities, including camera and radar sensors, the ZF ProAI supercomputer, the ReAx electrohydraulic commercial vehicle steering system as well as the transmission system.
As Morocco emerges as a competitive export-focused production base for global automakers, Magna and Altran Technologies SA have joined forces to create a new resource for vehicle engineering services.
Magna’s complete vehicle engineering and manufacturing group and Altran, a global leader in engineering and R&D services, each hold 50 percent of the joint-venture company.
The joint venture – located in Casablanca, Morocco, under the name MG2 – brings together Magna’s complete vehicle know-how and process competence and Altran’s strengths as a locally established partner. Approximately 500 engineers from the two companies will initially staff the joint venture.
[Read more…] about Magna and Altran form joint venture to create auto engineering centre in Morocco
At the Paris Motor Show, Groupe Renault unveiled EZ-Ultimo, its robo-vehicle concept, an autonomous, electric, connected, and shared mobility service solution offering a premium travel experience.
Available on-demand, for a single trip, for an hour or for a day, EZ-Ultimo caters to people looking to enhance a special moment through a private trip in a city, a premium tourist experience or businesses looking to offer premium journey services to its clients.
“As consumer trends change and people are enjoying ride-hailing services more and more, a new paradigm for mobility will emerge,” said Laurens van den Acker, Renault’s SVP Corporate Design.
[Read more…] about Renault unveils its latest autonomous vehicle concept at Paris Motor Show
At the BMW AG Annual General Meeting in May 2018, Harald Krüger, Chairman of the Board of Management at the BMW Group, described iNext as follows: “The iNext project will provide our building blocks for the future, from which the entire company and all of its brands are set to benefit.”
iNext addresses the big question that is at the heart of the BMW Group’s day-to-day work: “How will we be moving around in future?” iNext builds on the idea that first took shape in 2007 with “project i” and evolved into the launch of the BMW i3 in 2013.
The BMW Group has already achieved a great deal on this front: it now has over ten years of experience with electric mobility under its belt in both small-scale and large-scale production, the BMW i models are being improved all the time, and their technology is being employed to gradually electrify models from the BMW and MINI ranges.
[Read more…] about BMW to build entire future around iNext autonomous electric concept
DowDuPont Specialty Products Division is launching AHEAD – a new initiative designed to bring customers solutions and material capabilities from across the new DuPont.
Utilising adhesives, high-performance elastomers, engineered thermoplastics, fluids/specialty lubricants, electronic materials, high-performance fibres and safety materials, AHEAD will provide innovative solutions for automotive applications.
These include: lightweighting; Battery pack components and assembly; Thermal management/safety; Electric motors; Powertrain/chassis; Electrical/electronic applications for improved automation including driver assists and self-driving capabilities; and Support infrastructure (plug-in and induction charging stations, etc.)
[Read more…] about Dow DuPont groups its offer to automotive industry
Renault has demonstrated its vision of autonomous logistics of the future. The company has unveiled “EZ-Pro”, which it describes as a “a robo-vehicle concept for last mile urban delivery that includes a concierge, in a robo-vehicle scenario with human touch”.
In a world where fast-paced urbanisation means that more than 60% or 70% of the population, depending on the region, will live in towns and cities by 2030, moving people is not the only task that needs to be rethought.
A new era is also beginning for transporting goods: rapidity, flexibility and reliability are the watchwords of the new requirements for consumers at a time that is also seeing a rapid rise in online purchasing.
Mercedes-Benz Vans and BASF plan to collaborate on mobility topics and work together to forge ahead with innovations.
The two companies are starting their cooperation with the optimisation of individual mobility at BASF’s plant in Ludwigshafen, where they will shortly introduce an on-demand ridesharing system.
Beyond individual transport on the factory premises, the partners also want to test solutions in electric mobility, digitalisation and autonomous driving.
[Read more…] about Mercedes partners with BASF to develop autonomous vehicles
JTEKT Corporation recently held a ground-breaking ceremony to celebrate the construction of its new steering system production facility in Tangier, Morocco.
Production at JTEKT Automotive Morocco is set to begin in 2020 with a target annual capacity of 230,000 electric power steering systems for local plants of international carmakers.
The 11,300 sqm plant in the heart of Tangier Automotive City will also accommodate production lines for Fuji Autotech Morocco, a JTEKT subsidiary which produces manual columns.
[Read more…] about JTEKT builds new car-part plant in Morocco
NXP Semiconductors N.V., the world’s largest supplier of automotive semiconductors, and Hitachi Solutions, Ltd., a V2X software platforms specialist, have announced a partnership to develop a new V2X solution targeted at the Japanese market.
V2X technology allows vehicles to “see” around corners and communicate with other cars and infrastructure. It is instrumental in safety critical applications such as platooning and emergency braking and delivers low latency for real-time communication.
The technology also operates in a range that exceeds one mile, even in areas where cellular network connections are not available.
[Read more…] about NXP and Hitachi team up on V2X for autonomous driving
