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Former VW boss Herbert Diess elected as chairman of chipmaker Infineon

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Its primary clients come from the auto industry, which Diess is also intimately familiar with, making him a good candidate for chairman. Engineers designing advanced electric vehicles or sensor fusion can use the hardware support package, even before silicon is available. The Munich-based chipmaker purchased U.S.

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BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye bringing Delphi in as partner in autonomous driving platform work

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The common platform is intended to address level 3 to level 5 automated driving and will be made available to multiple car vendors and other industries who could benefit from autonomous machines and deep machine learning. The partnership between BMW, Intel and Mobileye continues to break new ground in the auto industry.

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Delphi Automotive launching coast-to-coast automated drive

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Delphi Automotive is launching a US coast-to-coast automated drive—the longest automated drive ever attempted in North America—to showcase its technology capabilities and to gather data and further advance the company’s active safety technology development in this rapidly growing segment of the auto industry.

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Ford enters 2 new European research collaborations for innovation in mobility and autonomous vehicles

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Without question, we are embarking on one of the most transformative eras in the history of the auto industry—and in the history of Ford. This can be a threat or an opportunity. We see it as an opportunity to provide real solutions and exciting new products for millions, and ultimately help change the way the world moves.

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Researchers develop high-speed friction stir welding technique for aluminum joining at high volume production speeds

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Although laser welding has effectively enabled the welded blank market for steel, the unique metallurgical challenges associated with fusion/laser welding aluminum have prevented the adoption of laser welding technologies for aluminum blanks. For more than a decade, research related to the production of aluminum TWBs has been available.

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Top 10 Green Cars revealed

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Green cars are definitely the in-thing in the auto industry and now consumer website kbb.com (part of the Kelley Blue Book) has named its Top 10 Green Cars for 2010. Now before you wonder where the likes of the Nissan LEAF and the Chevrolet Volt are on the list – they are not yet available and [.].

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Ford to sweeten scrappage deal – but is it green?

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This additional help is only available on Ford’s larger vehicles - not its most fuel efficient models. The so-called Scrappage Plus discounts will be available over and above the Government and industry’s shared £2,000 subsidy. Well, there is a catch.