NVIDIA has announced a series of new automotive collaborations which will help bring artificial intelligence to the automotive market. NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang, who described AI-based deep learning technology as ‘spectacular’ for autonomous driving, has announced that Volvo Cars and Swedish tier 1 supplier Autoliv plan to put NVIDIA AI-based cars into production [...]

Axalta Coating Systems delivered the opening address at the 24th annual DFO European Automotive Coating conference, held recently in Braunschweig, Germany, for automotive and paint industry experts. Sven Radek, application technology manager for Axalta Coating Systems in its Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) region, described Axalta’s selection of Harmonized Coating Technologies as a line [...]

Service King Collision Repair Centers has announced the upcoming release of its latest advertising campaign with a new 30-second digital broadcast spot. The piece, set to begin running in markets across the US in July, continues the company’s campaign messaging of ‘Trusted Collision Repair’ and features local Service King teammates. It will appear on several [...]

Tesla is in exploratory talks with the Shanghai municipal government over the opening of an electric vehicle (EV) manufacturing plant in China. Tesla has said it wants to build EVs in China to avoid a 25% tariff on imported vehicles. China’s central government requires foreign companies such as Tesla to have a Chinese partner in [...]

Japanese airbag maker Takata Corp has filed for bankruptcy protection in Japan and the US. Takata faces billions of dollars in liabilities after its faulty airbag inflators caused the biggest recall in automotive history, with 16 deaths and more than 180 injuries being attributed to the defective airbags. US supplier, Key Safety Systems Inc (KSS), based out [...]