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Vecna Robotics, a leader in autonomous material handling solutions, is teaming with UniCarriers Americas (UCA), a leading manufacturer of material handling equipment and part of the family of one of the world's largest manufacturing companies, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries. Vecna Robotics and UCA are collaborating on a line of autonomous material handling vehicles for warehouses, distribution centers, and manufacturing environments. Vecna Robotics is integrating its state-of-the-a

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UL, a leading global safety science organization, announced that it is establishing a large-scale electric vehicle (EV) battery laboratory to support the growing EV market.  To be fully operational by April 2020 and located in Changzhou, China, the facility will be one of the most advanced in the world and provide comprehensive EV battery testing and advisory services for EV automotive and battery manufacturers as well as top suppliers. With continued growth in the EV sector, d

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About two years after the announcement of the world's first hybrid LED "Eviyos," Osram is starting a new chapter in multi-pixel solutions for car headlights. With more than 25,000 individually controllable pixels, the LED has a footprint of just 40 mm². The individual light pixels are brought together to a pixel pitch of only 40 µm, creating a particularly space-saving component. This not only emphasizes Osram’s innovation leadership in the automotive sector, bu

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INEOS Automotive has announced that its utilitarian 4x4 will be named ‘Grenadier’ after the pub in which it was conceived, with over 6,000 international fans and followers responding to an online poll to choose the vehicle’s name. INEOS also confirmed that the Grenadier will be built in a bespoke new manufacturing facility on a greenfield site in Bridgend, South Wales. This will create 200 jobs initially, and up to 500 in the long term.  Site development is no

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Siemens Digital Industries Software has partnered with Tianmu Lake Institute of Advanced Energy Storage Technologies (TIES), a major Chinese energy storage research and development center, to build an Advanced Battery Technology Innovation Center. The Innovation Center, to be located at the 500 million-yuan, 51,000 square meter TIES facility in Liyang, China, will be dedicated to transforming and upgrading the advanced battery industry, including nurturing advanced battery technology research

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StradVision has partnered with a leading European OEM and a Korean Tier 1 supplier on a front-camera project that will be a key component of ADAS systems in vehicles that will begin hitting the roadways by late 2020. Development on the project is scheduled to be completed by early 2020. The project will be centered around StradVision's deep learning-based SVNet External vision processing software. StradVision CEO Junhwan Kim said this project is an exciting development

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Through its commitment to the manufacture of vehicles where they are sold, Toyota makes an investment of $ 391 million in its truck assembly plant in San Antonio To better serve your customers. Once completed, the total investment in the plant will exceed $ 3 billion . Today's announcement is part of Toyota's broader commitment to invest $ 13 billion in its operations in the United States for five years until 2021. This new investment also brings with it a commitment from To

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ExxonMobil today announced the global release of its Mobil EV ™ product at the 2019 IAA. This full suite of fluids and greases meets the evolving drivetrain requirements of battery-powered electric vehicles. By 2040, bra-ins hybrid cars, battery-powered electric vehicles, the sum of the fuel cell vehicles, has been predicted that more than 20 percent of lightweight vehicles in the world 1 . “We are pleased to announce that this is the case,” said Lass Green, vice p

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Jolywood (Suzhou) Sunwatt Co ("Jolywood"), China's leading PV modules manufacturer, unveiled today its solar energy storage system with the launch of the full electric heavy truck manufactured by Breton. Fueling the emerging electric trucks sector, Jolywood has driven substantial growth in the Internet of Energy (IoE) sector, making renewable energy more accessible. Together with Breton, Jolywood presented the full-electric heavy truck and its smart energy system at th

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Blue Devil Products of Charleston, SC announces the purchase of PJ1 Corporation of Phoenix, AZ.  According to company sources, the buyout is effective immediately. The significance of the buyout is that it enables customers in more markets worldwide to access a range of leading-edge lubrication, corrosion control, weather protection, coating and sealant technologies, from a single source.  Most notably both PJ1 and Blue Devil products are recognized as best in class both b

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Maxion Wheels, the world's largest wheel manufacturer, today announced its collaboration with ZF OPENMATICS to develop a fully integrated wheel connectivity solution, the first of its kind sector. Originally intended for the commercial vehicle market, the multiservice sensor will collect, analyze and disseminate key data such as tire pressure and temperature, wheel load and other measurements indicating wheel and tire performance. drivers, fleet managers and infrastructure authorities.

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Garrett Motion Inc., a leading differentiated technology provider in the automotive industry, has developed a new turbocharger boost control software that can significantly enhance turbo performance and health and help unlock optimized energy management in hybrid vehicles. The company's unique expertise in advanced controls and automotive engineering resulting from more than six decades of OEM engagement, is helping OEMs enhance and speed up powertrain development, optimize perf

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Milrem Robotics, the leading European manufacturer of unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) and developer of robotic warfare solutions, introduces the fifth generation THeMIS UGV at DSEI 2019 in London designed to assist warfighters and enhance combat effectiveness. “In 2015 we exhibited the first THeMIS concept here at DSEI in London. Now, four years later, after extensive testing with industry partners and NATO forces in very demanding environments we are proud to be back here and

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ExxonMobil expands its global business and technical partnership with Porsche and partners with the German luxury car manufacturer on its Formula E Series car for the 2019/2020 season. The new partnership is the first entry of ExxonMobil into electric motor sport. From the first race in Saudi Arabia at the end of this year, ExxonMobil will supply Porsche with high-performance electric drive fluids of the brand Mobil, which were developed especially for the special requirements of el

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BlackBerry Limited  and Jaguar Land Rover announced today that they have deepened their partnership in developing the automotive manufacturer's next generation vehicles. The collaboration between the companies has expanded to include: BlackBerry Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning technologies for Automotive. Leveraging BlackBerry QNX and BlackBerry Cylance, the companies are working on transforming vehicle safety across a range of capabilities, i

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