Solus, the nationwide network of accident repair centres owned and operated by Aviva, is working with Thatcham Research and Emergent Network Intelligence (ENI) in developing artificial intelligence to speed the repair process. The Intelligent Vehicle Inspection (IVI) software developed by ENI, a Verisk Analytics business, uses state-of-the-art image recognition and analytics data to identify when [...]

Chinese internet giant Baidu has said it will share much of the technology it has created for its self-driving cars to other carmakers, with some technologies available as early as July. Called Apollo, the project will make a range of software, hardware and data services available to other manufacturers. Baidu, described as China’s Google, has [...]

Chinese start-ups are gearing up to challenge Tesla’s mass-market Model 3 sedan. Companies such as Future Mobility, WM Motor and Singulato Motors will all have the advantage of producing cars locally, giving them a potential price advantage over the Tesla, which could retail in China for near $45,000. Tesla’s Model 3 is clearly the car [...]

Volvo Cars will build its first fully electric car in China. The all-new model will be based on Volvo’s Compact Modular Architecture (CMA) for smaller cars, and will be available for sale in 2019 and exported globally. The decision to make its first electric car in China highlights the central role China will play in [...]

AkzoNobel has forecast a €100m increase in operating profit for 2017, as well as revealed plans to separate its chemicals unit. The Dutch firm, which has been the target of a PPG takeover, revealed first quarter earnings before income tax rose 13% year-on-year to €376m, while sales were up seven per cent at €3.7bn. It [...]