• Automotive HUD Market Worth $1.33 bn by 2021

    • April 26, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The report ‘Automotive Head-up Display (HUD) Market by HUD type (Windshield & Combiner), Application (Premium, Luxury & Mid Segment Cars) and by Geography (Asia-Oceania, Europe, North America & RoW) – Industry Trends and Forecast to 2021’, The global market is projected to grow at a CAGR of 21.67%, to reach a market size of $1.33bn [...]
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  • Volkswagen electrifies China

    • April 26, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    Volkswagen pushes forward the development of fully or partially electrically powered vehicles. Volkswagen plans to launch seven new electric and plug-in hybrid models on the Chinese market in the next three to four years. Each of these vehicles will also be made in China. In addition to this, a new design and development centre in [...]
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  • EV sales underpin Volvo’s sustainability pledge

    • April 22, 2016
    • Posted by: Alan Feldberg
    • Category: Industry News
    Volvo Cars is aiming to sell a one million electrified cars by 2025. The Swedish company plans to achieve this aim by offering at least two hybrid versions of every model in its range and releasing its first all-electric car in 2019. ‘It is a deliberately ambitious target,’ said Håkan Samuelsson, president and chief executive [...]
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  • Global trade fairs team up

    • April 21, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    From 2018, Messe Essen and Messe Frankfurt will jointly stage their premier global trade fairs as a co-located show in Frankfurt. From 11-15 September 2018 both the fair companies will stage, tyre exhibition, REIFEN in Frankfurt for the first time parallel to Automechanika in the new Hall 12. In addition, exhibitors at REIFEN will profit [...]
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  • First pedestrian detection ratings revealed

    • April 20, 2016
    • Posted by: Simon Wait
    • Category: Industry News
    The Toyota Prius is the first car to have undergone Euro NCAP’s newest test of autonomous emergency braking (AEB) technology for pedestrians. In the tests, the standard fitted Toyota Safety Sense effectively recognised potential crashes with pedestrians and cars, helping it to achieve the first five star rating in 2016. By including this test as part [...]
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