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Jul
11th

Trump must meet Chinese official to stop trade fight, top House Republican says

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Rep. Kevin Brady, a Texas Republican who heads the powerful Ways and Means Committee, called on President Donald Trump to meet Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and hash out an agreement to settle their trade differences.
Jul
11th

VW systematically expanding its partnerships in China

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Volkswagen Group says it is expanding its successful business relationships in China.
Jul
11th

After Tesla deal, Shanghai to speed up cancellation of foreign ownership limits

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China said this year it would scrap foreign ownership caps for companies making electric or plug-in hybrid vehicles in 2018 and all automotive ventures by 2022.
Jul
11th

Toyota and Servco launch car sharing services in Honolulu

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Toyota is participating in the Honolulu (Hawaii, US) launch of a 'creative new mobility solution' called Hui - a round-trip, station-based car share service.
Jul
11th

Foresight wins QuadSight prototype order from Chinese EV manufacturer

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Foresight Autonomous Holdings has announced the sale of further prototype of its QuadSight quad-camera vision system targeted for the semi-autonomous and autonomous vehicle market.
Jul
11th

Daimler and Bosch select Nvidia AI platform

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In their alliance to put highly automated and driverless vehicles on urban streets, Bosch and Daimler have specified the computing power needed for their prospective system.
Jul
11th

Continental acquires Czech tyre assembly machines supplier VUK

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Continental has taken over the Czech machine tool manufacturer VUK.
Jul
11th

Bosch and Daimler select California for driverless shuttles test

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Bosch and Daimler are speeding up the development of fully-automated and driverless driving (SAE Level 4/5) and the partners have chosen California as the pilot location for the first test fleet.
Jul
11th

Tesla sharing tech with China ‘subject to negotiation’

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A Shanghai official responded to a question on whether Tesla will transfer technology to a Chinese partner after signing a preliminary agreement with the Shanghai government to build an assembly plant in the city.
Jul
11th

BMW Group joins Apollo, Baidu’s autonomous driving platform

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Baidu and the BMW Group have announced they have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under which the BMW Group will join Apollo, the open autonomous driving platform by Baidu, as a board member.
Jul
11th

CATL to build US$240m battery plant in Germany

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China's Contemporary Amperex Technology Ltd (CATL) has announced plans to invest EUR240m (US$282m) in a lithium-ion electric vehicle (EV) battery plant in Germany, as it looks to strengthen its presence in the European auto sector.
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11th

Audi and Huawei to develop intelligent connected vehicles

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Audi has signed a memorandum of understanding for a strategic cooperation with the Chinese information and telecommunications corporation Huawei in Berlin.
Jul
11th

Analog Devices and Baidu team on autonomous driving

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Analog Device has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Baidu to jointly advance autonomous driving.
Jul
11th

Valeo on tomorrow’s climate control systems

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Cabin comfort is a given for motorists nowadays. The trend for multizone air-conditioning systems enables automakers to offer more comfort features. Continuing just-auto/QUBE's series of interviews with tier one component suppliers, we spoke to executives of Valeo's Thermal Systems division to learn more about such trends, regulatory drivers and its recent climate control system innovations.
Jul
11th

Ecotap and Allego win Dutch public charging contract

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Dutch provinces, Gelderland and Overijssel have awarded EV charging operators, Ecotap and Allego the concession for installing and operating 4,500 public charging sockets in 43 participating cities.
Jul
11th

Criminal case sheds light on Apple self-driving car technology

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Apple has kept tight wraps on its ambitions for self-driving cars, declining to acknowledge them at all publicly until it wrote a letter to U.S. transportation regulators in late 2016 urging them not to restrict testing of the vehicles.
Jul
11th

Tata calls time on the Nano minicar

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Tata has said that the Nano, the world's cheapest car that was aimed at luring India's masses away from motorbikes, will be phased out by the end of the year.
Jul
11th

Tesla to build 500k plant in Shanghai

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US electric vehicle (EV) manufacturer Tesla Inc plans to build a 500,000 unit/year car plant in Shanghai, according to a memorandum of cooperation signed with Shanghai's  government.
Jul
11th

Continental, DiDi join forces on connectivity

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China's internet platform DiDi Chuxing has signed an agreement with German automotive components manufacturer Continental AG to collaborate in exploring and developing opportunities in the area of intelligent connected car technology.
Jul
11th

Top lawmaker urges talks as Trump ramps up China trade war

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The US has said it plans another round of new import tariffs on Chinese goods, in retaliation for Beijing's response to new US tariffs that came into effect earlier this month.
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