Mexican Media Brands
Volvo, Autoliv Finalize Autonomous Tech JV
Volvo Car Corp. and Autoliv Inc. have finalized their agreement to jointly develop software for autonomous driving and driver assistance systems (ADAS). The 50:50 venture will be called Zenuity and based in Gothenburg, Sweden.
South Korea Broadens Sales Ban to BMW, Nissan, Porsche
South Korea’s environment ministry has fined BMW, Nissan and Porsche for falsifying emission test data for about 4,500 vehicles.
Tesla Begins Software Update for Second-Generation Autopilot System
Tesla Motors Inc. has begun wirelessly updating the software in its newest electric cars to improve their Autopilot semi-autonomous driving systems.
ZF in the Oasis
What you’re looking at is the “Intelligent Rolling Chassis” ZF has developed for the Rinspeed Oasis, a concept vehicle.
Silicon Valley Meets Detroit
One of the things that the tech companies that are entering the automotive space as though they are like the prospectors who came rolling into California back in the mid-19th century (“Thar’s gold in them there cars!”) perhaps don’t understand clearly is that the auto companies are very, very, very cost sensitive.
HERE, Mobileye Partner on High-Definition Mapping System
Vehicle vision and mapping experts Mobileye NV and HERE have agreed to partner on crowd-sourced high-definition mapping for self-driving vehicles.
Auto & Creative Destruction
“Creative destruction,” or “schöpferische Zerstörung,” is an idea from Joseph Schumpeter, an Austrian-American economist, who had it that there are profound changes that occur when there are new product and process innovations.
Ford Expands Fleet of Self-Driving Cars
Ford Motor Co. is adding 20 second-generation self-driving cars to its U.S. test fleet of 10 autonomous vehicles and says it will expand the number to 90 vehicles by the end of 2017.
Flex-N-Gate to Buy 7 European Plants from Plastic Omnium
Urbana, Ill.-based Flex-N-Gate Group has entered into exclusive talks with Plastic Omnium SA to acquire seven of the French company’s factories in Europe.
Autoliv’s Approach to Autonomy
Autoliv, the Swedish safety systems supplier, is launching a Volvo-based “learning platform,” a learning platform that the company hopes will bring it to the development of autonomous driving capability.