) Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. announced on March 2 that it had held a ceremony to mark the opening of its new plant in Karnataka in the south of India. When the vibration rubber supplier established Tokai Rubber Auto-Parts India (TRI) in 2008, the subsidiary inaugurated its operations by using a rental facility and equipment. However, as its operations expanded, it decided to build its own plant at a cost of about 1.3 billion yen to supply pro...

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uato, and will be the second plant operated by Furukawa Automotive Systems Mexico S.A. DE C.V. (FASM), a subsidiary of Furukawa Electric. Mass production is slated to begin at the new plant this fall. Although Furukawa Electric has not revealed its Mexican facilities' production capacities, the new rental plant has a floor area of 9,000 square meters, similar to that of the FASM plant that is currently in operation. The new plant will hire 1,200 ...

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st time in Japan. (From a press release dated October 14, 2020) Alps Alpine Co., Ltd. (Alps Alpine) announced that it has developed a location monitoring system, packaging together a vehicle positioning application, mobile devices containing the application and a location management console for car rental operators. With the system, operators lend a portable device equipped with a vehicle location positioning application to users along with the r...

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d other European countries later this decade. Riders will be able to access the service via the Moovit app as well as the SIXT app.  The autonomous robotaxi offering will be included in SIXT’s holistic mobility platform ONE, which combines in just one app products for ride hailing as well as car rental, car sharing and car subscriptions. By integrating the services of cooperation partners like Mobileye, the ONE mobility platform gives SIXT cus...

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plans and develops a cloud business, to strengthen its development structure and expand its digital key operations. Tokai Rika has invested JPY 80 million in Tanaakk. With this investment, Tokai Rika intends to improve its Bqey company car management system, expand services offered by its Uqey car-rental application, and commercialize software-as-a-service (SaaS) products using its digital keys. Tanaakk was established in 2013 and has abundant h...

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July 8, 2019) WABCO Holdings Inc. and TIP Trailer Services, an equipment service provider, announced the start of their innovative collaboration to fulfill TIP’s digitization strategy by connecting its fleet. TIP operates a fleet of 70,000 trailers which are available for full-service leasing and rental to transportation and logistics customers across 16 European countries and Canada. The agreement with WABCO will see TIP trailers upgraded with...

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damage events, and utilization history in real-time. In the next 2 years, carValoo’s scaling of the business model and the development of new markets are expected to triple the number of customers. It currently supplies around 10 fleet operators from Germany and Europe, predominantly providers of rental cars and car-sharing services. (From a press release dated February 7, 2023) thyssenkrupp announced it will build an automotive components plan...

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users and fleet owners as well as for road infrastructure maintenance. ZF is already developing the necessary software for this advanced data analysis. In addition, ZF could integrate further sensor functions into smart chassis components in the future and thus document the technical condition of a rental vehicle. (From a press release on August 31, 2021) ZF announced that it has developed a latest generation of the ZF ProAI supercomputer and wil...

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vehicles. Valeo InBlue is compatible with Android or iOS based smartphones on any mobile network. Authorized users can remotely register new connected devices for use with a vehicle and receive vehicle information such as car location and fuel level, enabling easy secured car sharing and simplified rentals. (From news releases issued by multiple sources on September 22, 2016) U-Shin Ltd. announced that it has decided to cancel acquiring stakes in...

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-Used for adaptive control -Used for lane keeping, around view and other purposes -Prevents vehicle skidding -Keyless entry system -The location of the smartphone can be detected and the lock can be opened. Cabin left, front, cabin right -Solutions for car sharing and car rental -Able to detect smoking inside the car and scratches on the car body due to impact. Used in passenger vehicle for ADAS Used for L4 automate...

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we see that many people are excited to book their next road trip,” said Andre Haddad, CEO of Turo. According to Turo, its hosts can earn money to offset the costs of their vehicles, and guests can choose from a unique selection of nearby cars at more affordable pricing compared to traditional car rental agencies. (From a press release on June 8, 2020) Goodyear and Lordstown Motors announced a strategic relationship in which both companies will ...

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icle and for the seat to move into the correct position. Automatic pre-adjustment of the seat position is especially useful when more than one person drives the same vehicle. This applies to family cars that are driven by more than one family member as well as to vehicles in company fleets and from rental companies and car-sharing service providers. (From a press release on January 15, 2014) Johnson Controls Inc. announced that it will partner wi...

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easures the position of the pneumatic actuators to optimize boost pressure. (From a press release on November 18, 2009) BERU, in cooperation with BMW, has developed a PTC heater for electric and hybrid vehicles. Around 500 MINI E feature the electric cabin heaters. They are currently being used as rental vehicles in a pilot project in the USA, Great Britain, Germany and other countries. The heaters were produced in Germany - the BERU site in Bre...

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tc. The photo taken at Aachen Colloquium 2024 24 V / 48 V capability for commercial vehicle This last mile delivery solution combines high-efficiency cooling technology with state-of-the-art real-time cold chain monitoring. The cube is tailored to fit various vehicles and available through rental subscription. Patented technology: five times more precise than competitors; accuracy over a wide frequency range. The sensor helps calibration...

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It will verify fleet vehicles in the Kyushu region. The experiment will aggregate Information through sensors attached to tires, which it will retrieve from the cloud, to reduce the maintenance workload. It will verify a total of 530 vehicles, including 30 leased vehicles from Shin-Idemitsu and 500 rental vehicles from Idex Auto Japan. It will maintain proper air pressure by remotely accumulating tire information through sensors to allow constant...

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assistance systems and autonomous driving systems. At the connectivity area, the glass antenna for 5G communication will be exhibited. The product can be installed on the inside of an existing window glass to turn it into an antenna. Las Vegas-based Halo.Car deploys a 5G-powered, driverless EV car rental service that uses a glass antenna to reduce 5G communication disruptions. In the field of comfortability, the cover glass for in-vehicle displa...

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g task arises, requiring the operator to take over control of the vehicle. Secondly, the teleoperator controls the vehicle the entire time directly from an operator’s stand, enabling the operation of vehicles, especially for longer distances, logistics, first mile/last mile as well as delivery of rental cars and car sharing vehicles. An initial trial for demonstrating and evaluating realistic customer models is currently taking place in the ind...

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lligent Chassis) technology to address the pain points of vehicle energy efficiency and user anxiety over vehicle range and recharging and meet the requirements of advanced autonomous driving solutions for intelligent chassis redundancy. (From a CATL press release dated December 3, 2024) DST Car Rental (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. -Contemporary Synland Technology Co., Ltd. (CATL Synland) signed a strategic cooperation agreement on commercial vehicle ...

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lows users to remotely and securely control the lights and make changes faster and easier. The ability to store lighting configurations of the LightOpen platform also allows multiple profiles per vehicle. It also enables these profiles to be used on different vehicles such as for car sharing or car rental services. (From FORVIA HELLA social media updates on June 21, 2024) Coolant Control Hub max for automotive thermal management -The Com...

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2015) Camel Group Co., Ltd. announced that the company and Hebei Yuedi New Energy Technology Group Co., Ltd. have signed a strategic alliance agreement. The two companies agreed to collaborate on the following areas related to development of new energy vehicles, supply of lithium-ion batteries, and rental car business: 1) Hebei Yuedi will supply batteries for Camel vehicles2) The two companies will enter into a formal contract after deciding on w...

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