Automotive

Autotalks has successfully collaborated with seven consortiums and five car makers including Great Wall, Dongfeng and Brilliance Auto, a top US car maker and a leading European car maker, in China’s largest ever C-V2X demonstration, which took place in Shanghai. Autotalks demonstrated the interoperability and conformance of its V2X solution to the latest Chinese C-V2X standard.

Despite our obvious reliance on vehicles, manufacturers must continue to develop and embrace new technologies in order to remain competitive. As we move towards new ownership models, these differentiating factors will have an increasingly important influence on consumer choice.  Guest blog written by Fredrik Lönegård, Senior Product Marketing Manager, and Peter Karlsson, Head of Technology, Product Center Short Range Radio u-blox

There is one car for every five people on Earth, but the clock is ticking on petrol and diesel vehicles as the Electric Vehicle (EV) makes headway into the market. This means an estimated 1.4 billion cars will soon be obsolete, causing disruption to many of the accompanying industries. Here Neil Ballinger, Head of EMEA Sales at EU Automation, discusses the looming challenges that face automotive and adjacent industries.

Melexis has announced the introduction of the most powerful and cost-efficient version of its motorcycle fuel pump controller, helping manufacturers comply with tightening environmental regulation, including the BS-6 emission standards in India. The MLX80302 is a three-phase BLDC motor controller IC with a peak driving capability of 2.6A. 

Renesas Electronics has announced the launch of its online Market Place, which offers a one-stop source of solutions that help accelerate technical innovation for the future mobility market. Developers can download various solutions designed for Renesas’ R-Car automotive system-on-chips (SoCs) directly from the Market Place.

Motorists with smartphones could help highway chiefs maintain road quality by sending ‘crowdsourced’ data from their mobiles that would allow engineers to assess when carriageway repairs are needed, according to a new study.

Fyusion, which enables the creation of 3D images with deep AI understanding, has announced its entry into the vehicle inspection market with the launch of Fyusion Inspect, a fully automated vehicle inspections solution, damage analysis and condition reporting tool built on its pioneering ALIS AI platform.

The KPMG Autonomous Vehicle Readiness Index has provided a welcome stimulus to debate the development of Autonomous Vehicles (AV) technology. However, the index arguably understates the importance of testing. Here, Roger Brereton, Head of Sales at Pailton Engineering, discusses the importance of testing in allowing manufacturers to bring AVs to the market.

To differentiate their offering in a fiercely competitive market, e-micromobility brands continuously refine their services to make them more convenient, satisfying, fun, and, ultimately, the best way to get from one place to another. But there’s a lot going on behind the scenes - a lot of complexity to manage - to create the illusion of simplicity needed for customers to return to the same brand again and again. In this blog post, we ...

Excelfore has been chosen by Ficosa, a top-tier global provider to the automotive sector, to provide its eSync platform for over the air (OTA) updates.