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Fujitsu, Toyota Systems leverage Fujitsu’s quantum-inspired Digital Annealer to streamline automobile production sequence

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Fujitsu Limited and Toyota Systems Corporation launched a new automobile production instruction system at Toyota Motor Corporation’s Tsutsumi plant leveraging Fujitsu’s Quantum-Inspired Digital Annealer technology. The processing technology was developed by Fujitsu Research based on its long-time expertise in the manufacturing industry.

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Volkswagen bringing additional partners to Industrial Cloud; 11 in first step

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Volkswagen, together with Amazon Web Services (AWS) and integration partner Siemens, is opening up the Industrial Cloud ( earlier post ) to other manufacturing and technology companies. This way, a rapidly growing range of industrial software applications for Volkswagen’s plants will be created. At the same time.

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In Europe, industry and environmentalists call for binding targets for infrastructure for zero-emission trucks

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The European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association (ACEA) and Transport & Environment (T&E) made this call to the European Commission in a joint letter. The common industry/NGO request comes ahead of the expected review of Europe’s Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive (AFID) this year.

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DOE to award up to $42.3M to support manufacturing innovations, including Li-ion battery manufacturing

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million funding opportunity ( DOE-FOA-0002553 ) to support manufacturing innovations for high performance clean energy technologies to drive economy-wide reductions in carbon emissions, including: Topic area 1: Manufacturing Process Innovation. Topic Area 1c: Sustainable Chemistry Practices in Manufacturing.

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Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services to develop Industrial Cloud; open industry platform

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Volkswagen and Amazon Web Services (AWS) will develop the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud together. In the future, the Volkswagen Industrial Cloud will combine the data of all machines, plants and systems from all 122 facilities of the Volkswagen Group. Open Industry platform. Volkswagen continues to innovate and lead.

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Volkswagen lays out its NEW AUTO strategy: transforming from manufacturer to software-driven mobility provider; Scalable Systems Platform

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Volkswagen Group executives laid out the basics of the new Group strategy “NEW AUTO – Mobility for Generations to Come”, which will see the Group realign from being a from vehicle manufacturer to a leading, global software-driven mobility provider. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers.

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Volkswagen Group’s new Future Tracks program targeting digitalization era in auto industry; “James 2025”

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At the Geneva Motor Show and now at the IT trade fair CeBIT in Hanover, Germany, Volkswagen Group executive management has begun to outline its “Future Tracks” program which will address, among other things, what Chairman of the Board of Management Prof. Information technology has been a key component of the automobile industry for some time.