ation test area and an office area. Five companies will initially reside in the facility, including i Labo Co., Ltd, (Chuo Ward, Tokyo), a startup that researches and develops hydrogen engines. Niterra will also support startup companies in terms of investment through its corporate venture capital (CVC) fund jointly established with Global Brain Corporation, an investment company. Mr. Takeshi Kawai, president of Niterra, stated that the new facil...

News  Updated at: 2025/02/05

igence technology company, with branches and R&D centers in the cities of Hangzhou, Beijing, Shanghai, Wuhan, and Dalian in China, and in Gothenburg, Sweden.It is reported that in 2020 and 2021, ECARX had already received strategic investments from Baidu, SIG (Susquehanna International Group, LLP), CVC (Corporate Venture Capital) and Hubei Changjiang Jingkai V2X Industry Fund LLP.From Geely Holding Group’s WeChat platform press release and info...

News  Updated at: 2021/09/10

Industries’ fluorine resin and OCSiAl’s carbon nanotubes to accelerate their capabilities to support increasing demand for lithium-ion batteries and functional improvement with proliferation of electric vehicles. In November 2019, Daikin Industries established a Technology and Innovation Center CVC Office to promote collaboration with startup companies, and set a total investment amount of JPY 11 billion for 5 years through 2024. (From an art...

News  Updated at: 2021/08/06

Macnica and Aptpod to form business alliance Macnica, Inc. (Kita Ward, Yokohama City) and Aptpod, Inc. (Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo) announced that they have agreed to form a capital and business alliance. Aptpod will issue new shares to Macnica’s corporate venture capital (CVC) through a third-party allocation. By combining Macnica’s artificial intelligence (AI) technologies with Aptpod’s Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, the two companies a...

News  Updated at: 2021/04/21

of objects in high horizontal and vertical resolution to a long range in a wide field of view. By achieving high-resolution object separation in both azimuth and elevation, Arbe supports safer and more accurate decisions for all levels of autonomous driving. It got funding from existing, new, and CVC investors Catalyst CEL, BAIC Capital, AI Alliance (Hyundai, Hanwha, SKT), and MissionBlue Capital, and from earlier investors Canaan Partners Isra...

News  Updated at: 2019/12/17

Ericsson and Volvo Cars sign five-year Connected Vehicle Cloud worldwide deal On November 29, Ericsson informed that it has been selected by Volvo Car Group (Volvo Cars) to provide the industrialized Ericsson Connected Vehicle Cloud (CVC) platform to further enable its digital vehicle services in more than 120 markets worldwide for the next five years. The deal - which will enable Volvo Cars to provide car owners and drivers with its latest devel...

News  Updated at: 2018/11/29

Toyota’s AI subsidiary supports R&D organization in Spain Toyota Research Institute (TRI, located in California, U.S.), a Toyota R&D subsidiary on artificial intelligence (AI), announced that it will support the Computer Vision Center (CVC) at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) in Spain by donating USD 100,000 (approximately JPY 11 million). TRI will support the development of an open source simulator for automated driving, Car Learn...

News  Updated at: 2018/07/02

Toyota Research Institute supports CARLA open-source automated driving simulator On June 21, Toyota Research Institute (TRI) announced that it is furthering its support of open source platforms by donating USD 100,000 to the Computer Vision Center (CVC) to accelerate its development of an open source simulator for automated driving, Car Learning to Act (CARLA).The open source CARLA simulator offers a multitude of environmental conditions used for...

News  Updated at: 2018/06/22

based in San Francisco, California. The seed investment will be used by Dellfer to build out its development team and create cybersecurity “zero day” safeguards for connected IoT devices and autonomous vehicles.Denso opened a Silicon Valley office in 2011, created its Corporate Venture Capital (CVC) group in 2014, and also supports Prospect Silicon Valley and NextEnergy technology incubators.Denso continues to focus on advancing connectivity,...

News  Updated at: 2018/02/23

Delphi to start production of lightweight compact variable compressor Delphi Automotive LLP developed a newly redesigned five cylinder compact variable compressor (5CVC) that is significantly lighter than its predecessor. With a die-cast aluminum shell, this compressor provides improved comfort, fuel economy and dehumidification. Delphi's 5CVC will be on the road in 2014. (From a press release on August 25, 2011)...

News  Updated at: 2011/08/25

Korea Delphi announced that the volume of compressors that it directly imported over the period between January and November, 2007 was worth 100 million USD. The company, which supplies V-5, V-7, SP, and CVC compressors to the global auto industry, received honorable certifications from GM, Ford, and Toyota in recognition of its high level of product quality and short delivery lead-time. On a 2007 full-year basis, its compressor sales are expecte...

News  Updated at: 2007/12/04

stem is managed by an electronic control unit and receives and processes data on external and internal temperature through newly enhanced software and a solar load sensor. The system components include a carbon anti-pollution and anti-particle filter and a compact variable displacement compressor (7CVC) modified to meet the car's high performance needs. (From a press release on Mar. 1, 2006)...

News  Updated at: 2006/02/27