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In some BMW and Ford models, it’s OK for the driver to take their hands right off the steering wheel. In the BMWs, they can also change lanes with a glance. It’s all down to a camera inside the car, monitoring the driver. A BMW representative explains: “When the driver looks in the wing mirror,…
1982 Talbot-Matra Murena 2.2 (Niels de Wit image at Wikimedia Commons) Yes, Elon musk has sent a car to the space—a Tesla roadster, with a mannequin dressed in a spacesuit occupying the driver’s seat. The car became an artificial satellite of the sun, as well as a possible depiction of the space age for cars.…
The Dacia Manifesto has won the Concept Car Design of the Year award in the Car Design News People Awards, voted for by a global panel of professional car designers. This year’s judging group included the heads of design at Audi, Ford, Lamborghini, Lucid, and Mercedes; judges could not vote for their own designs or…
Chinese automaker Nio will use radar technology from NXP Semiconductors in future models. According to NXP, this involves components for 4D imaging radar systems. The technology is suitable for use on highways and in urban environments. The front radar detects and classifies objects up to 300 meters away from the vehicle. The imaging radar from…
Wipro has acquired a stake in Spartan Radar to get access to Spartan’s 4D radar technology, which will be used to develop advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) on the Wipro Cloud Car platform. The end product will be offered to both car manufacturers and tier-1 suppliers. According to Spartan CEO Nathan Mintz, the aim is…
Imbalance between the most important divisions is forcing Continental CEO Nikolai Setzer to take structural measures, yet there is growing resistance—from employee representatives and the executive board alike—to the supervisory board chairman’s plans to spin off the automotive business. Shareholders expect Continental CEO Nikolai Setzer to finally clarify the future of the company. Setzer will…
TomTom has announced what they’re calling a “fully integrated, AI-powered conversational automotive assistant” which should start showing up in dashboard infotainment platforms soon. The company claims it will offer better voice interaction and allow users to converse naturally to navigate, find stops along a route, control onboard systems, open windows, and do just about anything…
DVN-Interior went to Burgos, Spain, to visit Antolin’s headquarters and talk and listen with their Executive VP of Technology Solutions – Lighting, HMI, and Electronics, Jorge Juárez, and their marketing chief Rosalía Arribas, shown here near a photo—printed on a modern headliner! — of one of the company’s workshops in the 1950s.
Leadership and management of Inova Semiconductors is being taken on by Robert Isele and chief technology officer and Inova cofounder Roland Neumann. Their appointment was unanimously approved at the shareholder meeting on 30 November. Following the unexpected death of Robert Kraus in September, Hans Weilnhammer took over as interim CEO/CFO to lead the company through…
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