Nissan has announced new technologies and partnerships it hopes will take it towards its target of zero emissions and zero fatalities. In his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nissan chairman and CEO Carlos Ghosn unveiled the Nissan Intelligent Mobility blueprint, which included five key announcements. The first was to accelerate [...]

Audi has partnered with NVIDIA to unveil a concept car that is able to learn from its human driver. The Audi Q7 features deep neural networks (similar to the human brain) designed specifically for autonomous driving and traffic signal recognition. By observing how a human driver reacts to certain signals such as red lights, it [...]

Japanese insurance firm, Fukoku Mutual Life Insurance is set to make 34 employees redundant and replace them with IBM’s Watson Explorer artificial intelligence. Reports claim the insurer believes it will increase productivity by 30% and see a return on its investment in less than two years. The firm said it would save about £1m a [...]

Connected technology developer Harman International has released a suite of solutions it claims will make autonomous driving safer and more intuitive. Unveiled in the new Rinspeed concept car, Oasis leverages Harman’s LIVS (Life-Enhancing Intelligent Vehicle Solution) suite of technologies. It offers portable personalisation with the complete Microsoft Office suite and voice-controlled virtual assistant, enabling advanced [...]

Solera Holdings Inc has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Autodata for a consideration of £340m. Autodata provides technical information and knowledge solutions for the automotive service, maintenance and repair (SMR) industry. Powered by data from 136 vehicle manufacturers covering over 40,000 models worldwide, Autodata’s solutions are deployed by over 90,000 repair shops in [...]