Boosting electric revolution with tools to beat range anxiety 20th August 2019

Innovative solutions for automotive lighting with a focus on interior lighting will be presented by Inova Semiconductors at ISAL 2019 in Darmstadt (September 23-25). The "International Symposium on Automotive Lighting 2019" is aimed at designers, engineers, scientists and decision-makers from the automotive lighting industry.

A new chapter in the Chinese automotive industry has begun as electric vehicle specialist AIWAYS joins forces with Jiangling Motor (owner of the Lufeng brand) and Changan Automobile to form Jiangling Holdings. The three companies formally announced the agreement at a joint signing ceremony held in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province.

Recognising the importance of entwining technological advancements and environmental sustainability, Distrelec has added the UnitedSiC range of high-performance, energy-efficient SiC FET, JFET and Schottky diodes to the web shop. The UnitedSiC vision is to enable their customers to deliver industry-transforming levels of efficiency to society's most advanced power applications.

Renault Trucks is rolling out its innovative remote mentoring solution, ‘Optiview’ in its workshops across the country. Equipping technicians with RealWear HMT-1 headsets will enable them to significantly speed up repairs and maintenance for its customers. 

Vecow has announced an achievement in the Japan market. After passing critical real driving tests, the driverless shuttle buses and driverless trucks in Japan, powered by Vecow embedded engines, ECX-1400 RTX2070, ECX-1400, and ECS-9200M, are ready to serve you on the way to airport, station, highway and warehouse in 2020.

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are going to transform our driving habits, the transportation industry and wider society. We’ll not only be able to hail a car to our doorstep and send it away once used, but AVs will also challenge the concept of car ownership and have a positive impact on the environment and congestion. However, one topic remains high on the agenda: security.  By Marc Canel, Vice President of Strategy, Security, Imagination Technologies

The Bloodhound Land Speed Record project today announced plans to run the Bloodhound LSR car for the first time on its dry lake bed race track at Hakskeen Pan, Northern Cape, South Africa, in October 2019. Following successful 200mph (320km/h) UK runway trials at Cornwall Airport Newquay in October 2017, the team will be targeting 500mph (800km/h) – a key milestone on the journey to setting a new world land speed record.

Nokian Tyres has produced the first test tire at its factory in Dayton, Tennessee, USA. The first tyre, a Nokian eNTYRE 2.0 in size 205/55R16, marks the beginning of trial production, as Nokian Tyres remains on schedule to start building tires for commercial sale in the early part of next year.