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With software and all things digital arguably the single most important factors in the successful transformation of the auto industry, isn’t it about time to appoint a tech guy at the head of a car company?
The cancellation of the New York Auto Show, scheduled for August 20-29, was not unexpected, but it sends a message to the organizers of IAA Mobility, the successor to the Frankfurt Auto Show, still on the calendar for early September in Munich. That message is clear: Think carefully whether the current phase of the Corona […]
A senior German auto industry analyst warned this week that most global carmakers are not in good shape for the coming connectivity and autonomous-driving revolution. “Very few auto manufacturers have the overall strategic and technical competence,” said Stefan Bratzel, head of Germany’s Center of Automotive Management (CAM). Without that competence, he said, they will be […]
Ford Motor CEO Jim Farley says the company will need to change the way it sources semiconductors and other key components for its cars, as supply disruptions continue. Speaking at a Deutsche Bank automotive conference, Farley said that, in the face of major shortages of semiconductors, the US carmaker held extensive talks with chipmakers and […]
Volvo Cars and Volkswagen Group are the only automotive groups in Europe ready for the electric mobility revolution, according to a new study. The electric vehicle (EV) readiness index, published by Transport & Environment (T&E), puts the two automakers ahead of the pack by a sizeable margin. Most other carmakers are ranked around the middle […]
Over-the-air (OTA) updates of automotive software will soon be standard for most new cars, but automakers are aware that the newest software may have difficulties running on aging vehicles. That would require a hardware upgrade as well. Cars built today easily have a lifespan of 10 years or more, but software tends to be updated […]
Renault and Volvo Cars this week presented their vision of future mobility, marked by all-electric vehicles and an increased dependence on digital technology. Renault said that up to 90 pc of the vehicles it sells will be electric by 2030. And, to make EVs more affordable, it hopes to halve battery costs in the next […]
