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Aev Technologies and Club Car form partnership to expand all-electric utility vehicle innovation
AEV Technologies, Inc., manufacturer of compact, light-duty emissions-free electric vehicles, together with Club Car, a brand of Ingersoll Rand and a global provider of golf, consumer and utility vehicles, announced a partnership that will provide new, all-electric utility vehicle opportunities for both companies.
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Ricardo to launch VR app for global auto engineering collaboration at Vienna Motor Symposium
At the forthcoming International Vienna Motor Symposium (May 15-17th) Ricardo will be showcasing its advanced immersive virtual reality (VR) app. This enables collaborative simultaneous engineering design reviews to be carried out by multiple users in different geographical locations.
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Portugal’s Sonae IM invests in Cellwize for skills in telecom and connected car OEM network automation and orchestration
Sonae Investment Management (Sonae IM), has concluded an equity investment in Cellwize, a global provider of mobile network automation and orchestration. This funding will accelerate Cellwize’s growth and the expansion of its technology in automation and artificial intelligence, particularly towards supporting new 5G deployments.
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TrueCommerce acquires cloud-based supply chain collaboration and visibility platform ecUtopia
TrueCommerce, a global provider of trading partner connectivity, integration and unified commerce solutions, has acquired ecUtopia, a best-in-class, cloud-based supply chain collaboration and visibility platform powered by EDI and B2B E-Commerce methodologies.
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Volvo inks deal to adopt Vection’s VR and AR tech for marketing, automotive value chain, training & sales
ServTech Global Holdings Ltd reports that its wholly-owned subsidiary Vection Italy S.R.L (Vection) has executed a Framework Collaboration Agreement with global luxury automotive manufacturer Volvo Car Italia SpA (Volvo).
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Global semiconductor assembly and testing revenue to expand at 4.7% CAGR until 2027 partly driven by automotive industry
The global semiconductor assembly and testing services (SATS) market was valued at US$27,700 million (€24,759 million) in 2016, and is expected to register a CAGR of 4.7% from 2017 to 2027. Growing demand of consumer electronics, increasing integration of electronics and connectivity in automotive are major factors driving growth of the global semiconductor assembly and testing services (SATS) market.
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The compact BOXER-6405U: The gateway to Industry 4.0
Aaeon, a manufacturer of embedded PC solutions, has announced the BOXER-6405U, a turn-key rugged embedded PC built to be flexible and adaptable to a wide range of Industry 4.0 applications, including machine vision, Artificial Intelligence (AI) edge computing, and industrial IoT gateway.
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Video – the new fleet telematics killer app?
Cameras can be installed in commercial vehicle environments for a range of different purposes. Basic dash cams represent an entry-level type of application similar to conventional CCTV, says Johan Fagerberg co-founder at Berg Insight, primarily used for follow-up of incidents and to allocate blame for insurance purposes.Read More
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Case study: Sustaining a successful business with better fleet management
The Bradfords Group was established in 1770 and claims to be one of the largest independent supplier of building materials in the UK. It needed a more comprehensive telematics solution for its fleet of 700 vehicles and a year after installation has had quantifiable success with the system it chose.Read More