Tag: Autonomous driving
Autonomous driving from 2024 also for mass models
Hands off the steering wheel At less than 60 kilometers per hour, the S-Class can drive itself on autopilot. (Photo: dpa) Munich Emotional outbursts are actually alien to Markus Schäfer.…
These 20 tech trends will shape the year 2022
Near future Several innovative products and solutions will be launched in the current year. (Photo: Smetek) The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas is considered the most important preview…
Around 60,000 additional jobs by 2040
Assembly of a Porsche engine The construction of electric vehicles is less labor-intensive than that of combustion engines. (Photo: dpa) Berlin If the desired mobility turnaround becomes a reality, around…
Metaverse, giant TVs, autonomous driving: the trends at CES
San Francisco It could have been the first major trade fair since the beginning of the pandemic. But the rapidly increasing numbers of infections in the USA have at least…
Sony shows second car prototype – Hyundai relies on robots
Sony’s Vision-S 02 At the CES, Sony presented the intended type of car. (Photo: AP) Las Vegas Sony is serious about entering the auto business: the Japanese electronics giant has…
Sony shows second car prototype – Hyundai relies on robots
Kenichiro Yoshida The Sony CEO introduces the company’s second prototype car. (Photo: AP) Las Vegas Sony is serious about entering the auto business: the Japanese electronics giant has already presented…
Which car manufacturers will suffer from the chip shortage in 2022 – and which will not
Dusseldorf Once again all hopes rest on the new year. Twelve months ago, most automakers were betting that the worst time would be behind them and that the corona pandemic…
Remote-controlled taxi start-up raises $ 84 million
Dusseldorf With remote-controlled cars that move through city traffic, the Berlin start-up Vay wants to invent a completely new type of taxi. To this end, the company has found new…
Daimler receives Level 3 approval: S-Class drives partly autonomously
No hand on the wheel In the future, S-Class drivers will be able to have the Drive Pilot drive them over the autobahn. Munich Daimler Head of Development Markus Schäfer…
Buses are supposed to replace your own car
Shared taxi provider Moia in Hamburg The Volkswagen shuttle buses are designed to take the strain off the road. (Photo: dpa) Hamburg It’s teeming like an anthill: A simulation shows…
Knorr boss Jan Mrosik relies on growth without Hella
Munich It was a very turbulent year at Knorr-Bremse. In March, Heinz Hermann Thiele, the patriarch and major shareholder of the supplier company, died. In July, CEO Jan Mrosik failed…
That was it with digitization in Germany
Traffic light coalition The Greens, FDP and SPD apparently want to do without a digital ministry. (Photo: imago images / Chris Emil Janßen) Unless another miracle happens, the new government…
Now only digitization can help
Truck platooning in Indiana, USA Dusseldorf So far, it has resembled a playground for nerdy tinkerers. In April 2016, pairs of trucks from the manufacturers MAN, Scania, DAF, Iveco, Volvo…
The woman who represents Toyota’s change
Tokyo Sinead Kaiya has been globally active in the software world for a long time, including in Germany. From 2011 she worked directly as chief of staff with the then…
Smart solutions from the FDP and the Greens in demand
Speed limit road sign The SPD and the Greens are calling for a speed limit on German motorways. (Photo: dpa) The demand by the SPD and the Greens for a…
A grand vision keeps VW shuttle Moia alive
Christian Senger, Head of Autonomous Driving at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles According to a company alliance, Hamburg is to become the first city in Europe to have self-driving shared taxis. (Photo:…