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UK in pole position to win £62bn self-driving car race
The UK is in pole position in the global race to market for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs), with a £62bn boost to the UK economy by 2030 up for grabs, according to a major new report published today by the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) and Frost & Sullivan.Connected and Autonomous Vehicles:Winning the Global Race to Market, analyses the wide-ranging societal and economic benefits to be achieved bygradually ...
Visit us at Elektronik to win a Red Pitaya Starter Kit
Come and visit Electronic Specifer on stand D:12, at the Elektronik trade fair, for a chance to win a Red Pitaya STEMLad Starter Kit. The exhibition is being held in Gothenburg, Sweden, for the eighth year. This year Elektronik has been organised alongside the Advanced Engineering Fair, to emphasise this year’s focus on innovative and exciting solutions for the electronics issues of the future.
Electric driveline for fire engine being developed
An agreement to design and deliver an electric driveline for an industrial OEM has been signed by Volvo Penta. This strategic partnership follows the recent announcement that Volvo Penta is providing the propulsion system to Gothenburg’s first all-electric ferry, and demonstrates an important step in the journey to electrified power solutions to industrial and marine segments by 2021.
ADAS market set to witness over 12.5% CAGR
Stringent government regulations, requirement for compliance with emission standards, and increasing consumer inclination towards innovative safety technologies are transforming automobile industry. Rising public spending has resulted in increased automobile sales and road traffic, thereby enhancing the probability of accidents, property loss, and fatalities.
Partnership to develop smart surfaces for automotive brands
Geely Design, CEVT and TactoTek jointly announced that they have initiated projects to develop smart surfaces for multiple automotive brands owned by CEVT’s parent company, Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The current interiors project is the first of several anticipated by the framework agreement between the companies.
A success story of agile transformation
Ahead of the Agile for Automotive Summit, taking place on 15th-17th May in Detroit, we sat down with two of the keynote speakers, Dave West, Product Owner and CEO of Scrum.org (a provider of training, assessments and certifications to improve the profession of software delivery), and Nigel Thurlow, Chief of Agile at Toyota Connected, to discuss the following:
Automotive leading the way in AI
In 2018, only robotic vehicles could claim to possess in-car AI. The associated computing market, driven by computers equivalent to what is found in datacenters and associated with rather low volumes, brought the computing market to $156m in 2018. Over the next ten years, with the development of robo-taxis and shuttles, this market will remain the main revenue generator for AI in automotive.
Combining expertise for stretchable electronics technology
The technology start-up company Forciot has announced that Heraeus Holding and Volvo Cars’ Technology fund have made investments in the company as part of the Forciot’s Series A investment round. Forciot’s product is a stretchable electronics and algorithm solution that measures and reports accurately force, weight, balance and pressure and the system can also be utilised as HMI touch controller.
Strategic partnership to achieve 5G in Sweden
It has been announced that Tieto has entered into a strategic partnership with Swedish telecom operator Telia leveraging the new mobile technology 5G. The companies will cooperate to develop new use cases, products and services to the ecosystem around 5G and work together with customers to accelerate the development in Sweden.
What direction will connected vehicles take this year?
Here Lonnie Miller, Principal Automotive Industry Consultant, at SAS shares his thoughts on the direction connected vehicles will take in this new year.