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Google heads to IBIS
- January 11, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: IBIS News
Richard Offermann, industry leader automotive at Google, and Tanja Hufschmidt, analytical lead at Google Automotive, will deliver the keynote presentation at the IBIS Global Summit 2016, on 23-25 May at the Hilton Diagonal Mar in Barcelona, Spain. Google is one of the largest and best-known companies in the world and the most visited website on [...] -
Lightweight materials under spotlight
- January 8, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Toyota and Ford are set to discuss strategies for modelling and material failure simulation of lightweight materials at a GALM series event in Detroit, USA later this month. The Modeling, Simulation and Crash Testing Summit 2016 features presentations and panels on modelling and simulation for aluminum, composites, magnesium, multi-material joining, lifecycles and more from some [...] -
Ford set to triple autonomous fleet
- January 6, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
Ford is tripling its fleet of fully autonomous Ford Fusion Hybrid test vehicles and will use a new-generation sensor technology as the company further accelerates its autonomous vehicle development plans. This year, Ford will add 20 Fusion Hybrid autonomous vehicles to the company’s autonomous fleet, bringing the total number to 30 vehicles being tested on [...] -
GM invests in Lyft Inc
- January 6, 2016
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
General Motors Inc is poised to invest $500 million in Lyft Inc a sign of plans to develop an on-demand network of self-driving cars with the ride-sharing service. The move is the biggest single investment yet by a traditional vehicle manufacturer in a new mobility company, and is an acknowledgement by GM that the transportation [...] -
US report highlights $363m parts discrepancy
- December 3, 2015
- Posted by: Simon Wait
- Category: Industry News
The Quality Parts Coalition (QPC) has released a new report highlighting significant price gap between car company brand and independently produced auto collision repair parts. The report reveals that American consumers saved more than $363 million by using independently produced parts rather than parts sold under car company brand names during the past five years. [...]