While an industry group prefers the adoption of a wifi-based technology for next-gen cars, others, including Intel, Vodafone, Ericsson, Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm, Samsung, Daimler, Ford, PSA Group, and Huawei are pushing for an alternative 5G standard. BMW, Vodafone and Ericsson have reportedly made a last-ditch effort to persuade the European Commission to open the doors…
The consortium, of more than 130 partners, is aimed at developing self-driving car technology for the Chinese market. The European Union’s biggest carmaker, Volkswagen AG, stated it would join China’s Apollo autonomous driving consortium so as to develop self-driving car technology in the world’s biggest car market. In 2017, Baidu created the Apollo consortium to…
BMW’s Oxford plant in southern England, which produced 60% of its vehicles in 2017, will take a significant hit. On Tuesday, BMW’s CEO Harald Krueger stated, he sees a 50% chance of Britain leaving the European Union without a trade agreement. In the case of a disorderly exit, BMW will be forced to shift more…
South Korea’s transportation ministry has stressed that the ban is more in the nature of safety checks rather than punitive action. Following its own internal investigation into the root cause of the engine fires, it said it could take legal action. On Tuesday, South Korea’s transport ministry stated, it will ban nearly 20,000 BMW vehicles…
With China slowly loosening regulation on foreign investments, investments and more JV are expected. The trade war with the U.S. is pushing Beijing to play nice with foreign investors. On Thursday, BMW disclosed it was in the process of developing a joint venture with a Brilliance, a Chinese firm. The German carmaker did not confirm…
Global automakers including Volkswagen’s Audi, Mercedes-Benz, BMW and Jeep are tapping into this market. Of the 1.5 million cars sold in Mexico in 2017, only a tiny fragment were armored. In an interesting turn of events, high levels of violent crimes in Mexico is acting as a growth engine for the country’s car-armoring business, with…
Within 4-5 years, it will be commonplace to see on our roads autonomous cars drive alongside human-driven ones. Here’s the lowdown on how of the leading players in this industry is making that happen. An official from Mobileye, Intel’s autonomous driving unit, stated it has signed a contract to supply 8 million cars with self-driving…
In total Mobileye’s autonomous driving tech will be deployed in more than 2 million vehicles. Brian Krzanich, Intel’s CEO stated 2 million vehicles comprising those from the stable of Volkswagen AG, BMW and Nissan Motor Co Ltd, would be using Mobileye’s autonomous vehicle technology to crowd source data for building maps that enable autonomous driving.…
Although lagging slightly behind rivals, the company has earmarked a record $6.84 billion for R&D purposes and has acknowledged that producing smart cars is central to its survival as a car manufacturing company. Honda Motor Co has now spelled out its autonomous vehicle development strategy with which it will take on rivals for the first…
Today’s hi-tech cars have huge advantageous. The thief found out first-hand the capabilities of BMW 550i. It turns out electric cars will not help our environment but they can also be used to house dim witted thieves. In the Seattle-area, the owner of a BMW 550i lodged a complained with the police stating that the…
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