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Toyota to invest $243m in its Brazilian plant to produce new model

autherAutocar Professional Bureau     calendar19 Sep 2019

The Sorocaba plant in Sao Paulo, which already produces the Etios and Yaris models, will manufacture a new model slated for rollout in 2021.

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Infineon and Nichia to develop HD light with over 16,000 micro-LEDs for automotive application

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

The partners say the new HD light can also contribute to reduce design and production complexity for car manufacturers...

BASF and STR bring lightweight components for serial production

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

BASF and STR automotive claim that in the set of components from Elastolit R 8819 Lightweight

EVs need paying and charging conformity, says Tarak Mehta

By James Attwood, Autocar UK calendar18 Sep 2019

ABB's boss of electrification says competition between large-scale manufacturers is delaying mass EV adoption

Infineon and Synopsys collaborate to accelerate AI for automotive 

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

Infineon's next-gen AURIX microcontrollers will integrate a new high-performance AI accelerator that will employ Synop...

Kistler to focus on connectivity and resource efficiency at Motek 2019

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

Kistler is to showcase a host of innovations at the Motek 2019 fair in Stuttgart next month, paving the way for Indust...

Ducati Multistrada sales hit the 100,000 mark

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

A 1260 Pikes Peak will be the 100,000th Multistrada built by the Bologna-based motorcycle manufacturer Ducati.

Toyota makes $391m new investment in San Antonio assembly plant

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

Total investment in Toyota Texas to exceed $3 billion; car maker commits to further fund local workforce development

ROHM develops LED driver compatible with 3- to 12-inch in-vehicle displays

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

The new LED driver supports LCD panels of up to 10-12 inch class using its 6 channels of output. This way it is possib...

Hyundai's new centre side airbag can prevent front row passengers from colliding

autherAutocar Professional Bureau calendar18 Sep 2019

Airbag expands into space between driver and passenger to prevent front row passengers from colliding; Hyundai says it...