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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.

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.

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.

Here Lonnie Miller, Principal Automotive Industry Consultant, at SAS shares his thoughts on the direction connected vehicles will take in this new year.

Two new part numbers have been added to Mark Water Pumps’ PROFLOW range of automotive water pumps, boosting support for modern Land Rover and VAG Group applications. As a major water pump supplier to OEMs, users can be confident of a component that offers a long service life and OEM levels of performance.

The European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT)has announced the winning teams that will set up Innovation Communities: EIT Manufacturingand EIT Urban Mobility. These two pan-European partnerships bring together leading organisations from business, education, research and the public sector to tackle challenges through innovation and contribute to sustainable growth and job creation across Europe.

According to research from MoneySuperMarket, human drivers on the road could soon become obsolete.Driverless vehicles are growing in capability and popular among firms that traditionally employ large numbers of drivers, including food delivery and bus companies.Automation of driving jobscould trigger large-scale redundancies by as early as 2020.

Many new electric vehicles were on display at the IDTechEx Show on 14th-15th November in Santa Clara, California. However, that was the tip of the iceberg. The event had a hidden message - the future enabling technologies for electric vehicles (EVs), from buses to cars to mining vehicles.

Volvo Trucks has presented a new transport solution consisting of autonomous electric commercial vehicles that can contribute to more efficient, safer and cleaner transportation. The long-term goal is to offer companies that need continuous transport services between fixed hubs a complement to today’s offerings.Growing world population and increasing urbanisation are leading to significant challenges to solve environmental issues such as co...

Global computer technology company, NVIDIA has announced rFpro as a software partner at the GPU Technology Conference Japan 2018. rFpro will provide the virtual environment used to develop autonomous vehicles (AV) in NVIDIA DRIVE Sim and NVIDIA DRIVE Constellation.