General Motors is supporting their robotaxi company Cruise with a financial injection of USD $850m. This will buy time to finalize strategic considerations regarding Cruise’s future, GM manager Paul Jacobson said at a conference. Cruise was among the pioneers in autonomous driving and had ambitious expansion plans. But then a Cruise driverless car in San…
Ferrari has opened a new production plant at their Maranello headquarters. They plan to build their first electric car there on 42,500 square meters, with over 300 employees, as well as vehicles with combustion engines and hybrid drives. In the ‘E-building’, Ferrari is building cars with all types of drive under one roof. High-voltage batteries,…
Suede is known for its soft texture and luxurious appearance. It’s a popular choice for adding elegance to a vehicle’s cabin. Suede and suedelike materials are increasingly popular in the automotive industry for reasons including: • Aesthetic appeal: a luxurious look and feel that enhances the interior design of vehicles, with the aesthetic and feel…
The fourth generation of the BMW 1 Series has launched, with upgrades in interior design and infotainment systems to enhance the driving experience. The new BMW iDrive system with QuickSelect, based on BMW Operating System 9, provides what is said to be an intuitive user interface and features a redesigned home screen with vertically arranged…
The interior centers around a circular infotainment screen, toggle switches, and a slim HUD. Innovative materials create a versatile cabin with a modern look, featuring a panoramic glass roof and space for three rear passengers. The central feature is a 9.5″ OLED display with touch and voice control via Mini Operating System 9. It displays…
Hyundai Motor Group’s main automotive components unit, Hyundai Mobis, has unveiled their latest cockpit display. The M.VICS 5.0, the latest version of the M.VICS display originally launched in 2021, is a 27”, pillar-to-pillar panoramic multiscreen display providing dashboard, navigation information, and media content. It includes a 7” screen for vehicle status information and button controls.…
A new type of artificial leather was developed in a project of the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations, carried out in close cooperation between the German Institutes of Textile and Fiber Research Denkendorf (DITF) and the Freiberg Institute (FILK). In this artificial leather, both the fiber material and the coating polymer are identical; varietal…
Nio has revealed their new six-seat EL8 SUV, and they plan to market it in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Norway (where the previous EL8 paved the way for the brand’s entry into Europe). Nio says the EL8 is ‘packed with class-leading innovations such as the most powerful mass-produced mobile computing platform to date,…
What car companies have been promising for a long time, the ‘smart cockpit’ is now being embodied with large language model (LLM) technology, hailed by someas the next technical automotive leap. In any case, more and more Chinese automakers are integrating ChatGPT-like software into the cockpits of their cars. Changan, Geely, Great Wall, Leapmotor, Jidu,…
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