• VW targets a million EVs

    • May 31, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen Group has set its sights on a million units of electric and plug-in hybrid sales by 2025 in order to meet increasingly strict carbon dioxide emission limits. The car manufacturer has nine electric or plug-in models at the moment, but want to expand the range with 20 new launches by 2020. Thomas Lieber, VW [...]
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  • GOOGLE OPENS NEW SELF-DRIVING TEST CENTRE

    • May 31, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Industry News
    Google is opening a self-driving car technology center in Detroit to ‘further develop and refine self-driving technology’. The new 53,000sqft site will open in Novi, Michigan, trialing cars provided by Fiat Chrysler in what is Google’s first direct collaboration with a car-maker to develop autonomous vehicles. Earlier, Google said it intends to double the size [...]
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  • Vibranium developed for Hyperloop construction

    • May 26, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Jumpstartfund’s Hyperloop Transportation Technologies Inc (HTT) has announced the base technology of the Hyperloop System will be Vibranium. Vibranium is a smart material specifically developed for the Hyperloop application. Made of sensor-embedded carbon fibre, this new smart material is eight times stronger than aluminum and 10 times stronger than steel alternatives, and transmits critical information [...]
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  • ‘Technology is a blast!’

    • May 25, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: IBIS News
    Solera founder, chairman and CEO Tony Aquila signed off IBIS2016 by delivering a thought-provoking and far-sighted presentation on the way technology is evolving business – and the need to embrace it rather than fear it. ‘Technology is a blast!’ he said at the outset, setting the tone for the rest of his session. ‘Technology is [...]
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  • Technology needs to be embraced

    • May 25, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: IBIS News
    Neil Atherton, sales and marketing director, Autoglass UK told IBIS Global Summit 2016 delegates, ‘We are now in a world where technology complexity is growing exponentially.’ In his session, ‘ADAS technology: the importance of calibrating with confidence’, Neil highlighted the road to autonomous vehicles with the various technologies representing different levels of development. Video clips also demonstrated LED [...]
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