Tag: porsche

  • Porsche Engineering developing ‘intelligent vehicles’ with computer games engines

    Porsche Engineering developing ‘intelligent vehicles’ with computer games engines

    Porsche Engineering, technology service provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Porsche, is using games engines from the computer games industry to develop the intelligent vehicle of the future. Game engines – popular examples include Unity and Unreal – generate photorealistic images and ensure the physically correct behavior of objects in computer and video games. Among…

  • sharetoo – mobility by Porsche Bank supported by MOQO

    sharetoo – mobility by Porsche Bank supported by MOQO

    Porsche Bank expands its sharing for companies and communities Under the brand “sharetoo – mobility by Porsche Bank”, the Austrian financial services provider for motor vehicles has been involved in the car sharing market for several years. Currently, sharetoo services are available in Austria, Romania and Serbia. Porsche Bank plans to add to its portfolio…

  • The best car collections of NBA stars

    The best car collections of NBA stars

    A top NBA star earns enough to buy whatever flash vehicles catch their eye. So what cars do the best basketball players in the world drive just now? 

  • Grenzebach contributes to award-winning intralogistics at Porsche in Leipzig

    Grenzebach contributes to award-winning intralogistics at Porsche in Leipzig

    In February of 2020, Porsche‘s production plant in Leipzig was awarded a logistics award by the German Association of the Automotive Industry.  A Grenzebach automated guided vehicle solution for automated goods transport is part of the award-winning logistics concept. In the complex sequential production for the Macan and Panamera models, 30 Grenzebach L1200S AGVs reliably…

  • Porsche selects DB Schenker to operate Canada distribution centre

    Porsche selects DB Schenker to operate Canada distribution centre

    Porsche Cars Canada has selected DB Schenker to operate its new Mississauga, Ontario parts distribution centre. Expected to ship about 282,000 orders during its first year in operation, the new facility joins two other DB Schenker-Porsche parts distribution centres that are already operating in China and Korea. Known for making some of the world’s best-known…

  • ABB and Porsche forge exclusive partnership to drive forward e-mobility

    ABB and Porsche forge exclusive partnership to drive forward e-mobility

    ABB, an industrial technology leader, and the automobile manufacturer Porsche have agreed a new and exclusive partnership to jointly promote e-mobility. As part of a multi-level agreement, ABB is becoming an official partner of the TAG Heuer Porsche Formula E Team, with immediate effect. Porsche Motorsport is in its inaugural year of racing in the…

  • ABB and Porsche to jointly develop electric vehicle chargers

    ABB and Porsche to jointly develop electric vehicle chargers

    ABB has teamed up with Porsche to develop a dedicated high-power charger for Porsche’s electric vehicles in Japan. ABB has entered into an agreement to deliver its market-leading electric vehicle infrastructure for Porsche Japan’s EVs, including Taycan, the automaker’s first fully electric car, set to enter the Japanese market in 2020. Under the terms, Porsche…

  • MarkForged raises $30 million in new funding from Siemens and Porsche for 3D printing system

    MarkForged raises $30 million in new funding from Siemens and Porsche for 3D printing system

    A company called MarkForged has raised $30 million in Series C funding to further develop its additive manufacturing – or 3D printing – technology.  The company is said to use materials and methods which can produce components which are as strong as steel, and produce them 10 times faster. The latest backers of MarkForged include Next47,…

  • Volkswagen and Kuka research ways to use robots for future electric and autonomous cars

    Volkswagen and Kuka research ways to use robots for future electric and autonomous cars

    The Volkswagen Group is researching ways in which robots can be used in the future when cars become more electrified and computerised as a result of increasing demand for clean and autonomous vehicles.  The German automaker, which owns the Audi, Bentley, Seat, Porsche and Lamborghini brands among others, is working one of the world’s largest…

  • Consortium of car companies to build massive power network for electric vehicles

    Consortium of car companies to build massive power network for electric vehicles

    A consortium of companies which includes some of the leading automakers has agreed to build what they say will be an “ultra-fast, high-power” charging network along major highways in Europe.  The joint venture includes BMW, Daimler, Ford, and Volkswagen, which owns the Audi and Porsche brands. The group says it will build a direct current network…