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Daimler Trucks Sells Over Half a Million Trucks in 2015

Daimler Trucks Sells Over Half a Million Trucks in 2015

Despite partly difficult markets Daimler Trucks has increased its global sales to over 500,000 units in 2015 based on first December figures. In 2014 Daimler Trucks sold 495,700 vehicles worldwide under the Mercedes-Benz, FUSO, Freightliner, Western Star, Thomas Built Buses and BharatBenz brands. The final sales figure ... Continue reading

Global Auto Execs Now Embracing Autonomous And Connected Car Technologies, KPMG Study

Global Auto Execs Now Embracing Autonomous And Connected Car Technologies, KPMG Study

After years of skepticism among traditional automakers, the importance of self-driving and connected cars is now registering with global automotive executives, surging to new levels, according to the 17th Annual Global Automotive Executive Survey conducted by KPMG International. ... Continue reading

McLaren 675LT JVCKENWOOD Concept at CES 2016

McLaren 675LT JVCKENWOOD Concept at CES 2016

McLaren Automotive and JVCKENWOOD unveiled today an innovative design study, the McLaren 675LT JVCKENWOOD Concept, created for the CES® 2016 consumer electronics show in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Concept is based on the new McLaren 675LT Coupe and features a host of new technologies and celebrates the 25th anniversary ... Continue reading

Piloted, Electrified and Fully Connected -- Audi at the 2016 CES

Piloted, Electrified and Fully Connected -- Audi at the 2016 CES

At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Audi is presenting its latest technologies in the form of attractive solutions for today and visionary ideas for tomorrow. The world’s most important electronics show takes place January 6–9, 2016, in Las Vegas, Nevada (USA) and the focus for the brand with the four rings ... Continue reading

Bentley & Monster Debut 'Monster by Mulliner' Continental GT V8 S at CES 2016

Bentley & Monster Debut 'Monster by Mulliner' Continental GT V8 S at CES 2016

Handcrafted by Bentley’s Mulliner Division and inspired by Monster Spectacular limited production vehicle designed to appeal to young professional athletes and musicians CREWE, UK -- LAS VEGAS -- January 6 2016: Monster, the world leader in high-performance audio, has teamed up with Bentley Motors’ bespoke co ... Continue reading

Letv and Aston Marin Reveal the Autolink Rapide S at CES

Letv and Aston Marin Reveal the Autolink Rapide S at CES

LAS VEGAS January 6, 2016: Leading global technology company Letv and luxury sports car brand Aston Martin today revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show the first results of their collaboration – an Aston Martin Rapide S incorporating the latest Letv Internet of the Vehicle (IOV) system. Aston Martin and Letv si ... Continue reading

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Announces Future Engineering Developments

Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Announces Future Engineering Developments

In February 2015, Rolls-Royce Motor Cars announced the development of an all-new aluminium space-frame architecture that will underpin all future Rolls-Royce models arriving in market from early 2018. The company today announced that it has begun the testing phase of this new architecture, with early preparatory activi ... Continue reading

New Mercedes-Benz E-Class with Test License for Autonomous driving

New Mercedes-Benz E-Class with Test License for Autonomous driving

The new Mercedes-Benz E-Class is the world's first standard-production vehicle to be awarded a test licence for autonomous driving in the US state of Nevada. In a world first and also in time for the leading trade fair for consumer technology Consumer Electronics Show "CES" in Las Vegas, three standard-production E-Cla ... Continue reading

Daimler Chooses OT to Securely Connect Its Car Fleet

Daimler Chooses OT to Securely Connect Its Car Fleet

Oberthur Technologies (OT), a leading global provider of embedded security software products, services and solutions and Daimler AG, one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the world’s biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles with a global reach, today announce a new partnership to connect Mercedes-Ben ... Continue reading

Porsche Sets Record Year in 2015 with 51,756 Vehicles Delivered in the United States

Porsche Sets Record Year in 2015 with 51,756 Vehicles Delivered in the United States

U.S. Porsche dealers sell 3,936 vehicles in December Atlanta, Georgia. Porsche Cars North America, Inc. (PCNA), importer and distributor in the United States of Porsche 918 Spyder, 911, Boxster and Cayman sports cars, Macan and Cayenne SUVs, and the Panamera four-door sports sedan line-up, today announced December 2015 ... Continue reading

Consumers Say They Want A Steering Wheel in Autonomous Cars

Consumers Say They Want A Steering Wheel in Autonomous Cars

10,000 respondents worldwide have provided their insight into Volvo’s Future of Driving survey, the largest online conversation to date focused on autonomous driving. The results highlight what consumers currently want from autonomous cars and how they will embrace the technology. Based on the latest analysis of r ... Continue reading

The Future Is Now -- Volvo Cars and Microsoft Enable People to Talk to Their Cars

The Future Is Now -- Volvo Cars and Microsoft Enable People to Talk to Their Cars

More than 33 years after the popular American TV show Knight Rider showed David ‘The Hoff’ Hasselhoff talking to his car KITT, Volvo and Microsoft are launching a wearable-enabled voice control system. Volvo owners will be able to talk to their car via their Microsoft Band 2, allowing them to instruct their v ... Continue reading

MINI Hatch Awarded Best Supermini in The Sunday Times Top 100 Cars

MINI Hatch Awarded Best Supermini in The Sunday Times Top 100 Cars

Engine technology, comfort and style praised by judges FARNBOROUGH, UK -- January 4, 2015: It’s a New Year and a new win for MINI, as the British brand is named best Supermini in The Sunday Times Top 100 Cars of 2016. Fending off stiff competition in its category, the MINI Hatch was commended by The Sunday Times j ... Continue reading

2016 International CES - Volvo Cars and Ericsson Developing Intelligent Media Streaming for Self-driving Cars +VIDEO

2016 International CES - Volvo Cars and Ericsson Developing Intelligent Media Streaming for Self-driving Cars +VIDEO

With Photo Volvo Cars is looking ahead to when its drivers can sit back and enjoy free time in their car on the daily commute. At the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Volvo revealed that it is developing intelligent, high bandwidth, streaming capabilities with its technology partner, Ericsson, that will ensure driv ... Continue reading

Mercedes-Benz at the CES 2016: "It's all about me": Next Level User Experience

Mercedes-Benz at the CES 2016: "It's all about me": Next Level User Experience

Mercedes-Benz is the pioneer when it comes to digitalisation in the automotive industry. Under the motto "It’s all about me", visitors heading to the Mercedes exhibition stand are able to immerse themselves in the individual world of Mercedes me. They discover just how Mercedes-Benz combines the requirements of mo ... Continue reading

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