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Renault and Geely establish HORSE Powertrain Limited for hybrid and combustion technologies
On May 31, Renault Group established HORSE Powertrain Limited (HORSE) with Geely Holding Group, and Geely Automobile Holdings Limited (collectively referred to above as Geely) based on the joint venture agreement on July 11, 2023. Each company will hold a 50% stake, and the JV will be headquartered in London, UK.
HOR
Karsan, Otokar and Bozankaya present product lineup at Busworld 2024, Turkey
On May 29, Karsan, Otokar, and Bozankaya, leading Turkish bus manufacturers, showcased their fleet of new buses and next-generation services at the 11th edition of Busworld Türkiye.
Otokar showcased its product lineup, ranging from 6 to 21 meters in length, including the new e-KENT electric public transportation bus
Einride, Sweden to purchase electric trucks from Peterbilt, US
On May 29, Peterbilt Motors Company won an order of 150 units of Model 579EV from Einride, the market leader in designing, developing, and deploying digital, electric, and autonomous freight technology. This order will strengthen electric heavy-duty fleets across the US as they are deployed with Einride’s customers.
Foresight, Israel and KONEC, Korea partner on autonomous technologies
On May 29, Foresight Autonomous Holdings Ltd. signed a co-development collaboration agreement with leading Korean Tier One automotive supplier KONEC Co. Ltd. (KONEC), sponsored by the Foundation of Korea Automotive Parts Industry Promotion (KAP), founded by Hyundai Motor Group, to integrate Foresight’s ScaleCam 3D pe
Universität Zürich, Switzerland developing bio-inspired camera with AI for autonomous driving
On May 28, Universität Zürich announced that its researchers from the Department of Informatics have combined a novel bio-inspired camera with AI to develop a system that can detect obstacles around a car much quicker than current systems and use less computational power.
Most current cameras are frame-based. They c
TTTech, Austria introduces “Activity Sequencer” for ADAS/AD applications
On May 29, TTTech Auto announced that its latest feature Activity Sequencer is now available in its MotionWise Schedule and MotionWise Safety Middleware software products. It stands as the solution for orchestrating execution based on the data flow, a critical component for ADAS/AD applications.
The Activity Sequenc
South Korea’s Kanavi Mobility to develop next-generation controller for SDVs with Fescaro
South Korea’s Kanavi Mobility Co., Ltd. has agreed with South Korea’s Fescaro to develop next-generation controllers for software-defined vehicles (SDVs) jointly.
Kanavi Mobility is an electronics company that develops instrument clusters, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) systems, and LiDAR sensors for autonomous drivin
Lattice, US introduces advanced 3D sensor fusion reference design for autonomous applications
On May 22, Lattice Semiconductor announced a new 3D sensor fusion reference design to accelerate advanced autonomous application development.
Combining a low power, low latency, deterministic Lattice Avant-E FPGA with Lumotive’s Light Control Metasurface (LCM) programmable optical beamforming technology, the referen
SAIC Motor releases seven next-gen base technologies
On May 24, at the SAIC Motor New Energy Technology Conference, SAIC Motor released the following seven next-generation base technologies:
1. A plan based on the “New Automobiles” innovative product concept to make intelligent electric vehicles high-speed mobile intelligent robots: For this plan, the Galaxy inte
Hyundai expands EV investment to parts and chips in U.S.
Mitchell Yun, from Mobis Ventures Silicon Valley, announced during the Mobis Mobility Day event that Hyundai Mobis would expand EV investments in auto parts in 2024.
Yun clarified that Hyundai Mobis’ EV parts investments would make up 70% of the company’s total investments this year.
Hyundai Motor Group is also inv
ZF and IIT Madras, India partners for global mobility digital infrastructure
ZF Commercial Vehicle Control Systems India Limited signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IITM), focusing on the ‘Mobility and Intelligent Transportation’ (MInT), to build the Bharat Multi-Modal Mobility Stack (BM3S). The BM3S is a digital mobility infrastructure
dSPACE opens software development site in Trivandrum, India
On May 22, dSPACE opened its software development site in Trivandrum. dSPACE India Software and Technologies Pvt. Ltd. (dSPACE India S&T) will immediately support the global software development of providers of simulation and validation solutions. With initially around 25 employees, it aims to expand the dSPACE devel
Arbe, Israel updates about new business development
On May 22, Arbe Robotics Ltd. announced that a large Japanese automotive client is working to complete a massive data collection initiative with Arbe radar solution this year, as part of the development of an advanced ADAS/AD architecture.
NVIDIA has brought together a select group of advanced digital sensors from in
hofer powertrain opens expanded eDrive engineering and technology hub in Austria
On May 21, hofer powertrain announced that it had opened the newly expanded eDrive Development Center in Vienna in April 2024. The new facility currently covers 451 square meters with fully equipped workspaces, designed to support up to 40 engineering professionals, scalable to up to 1,400 square meters for any big e
Pony.ai granted Guangzhou’s first license for testing ICVs on expressways, highways
On May 21, Pony.ai was granted Guangzhou’s first license for testing intelligent connected vehicles (ICVs) on expressways and highways, with one Robotaxi and one autonomous truck involved, namely, the Toyota Sienna Robotaxi with the Pony.ai 6th-generation autonomous passenger vehicle system and a Sany truck with the