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Ford and Volkswagen team up on self-driving and electric cars

eszter — Fri, 12 Jul 2019 15:20:00 +0000

New York (CNN Business)Volkswagen and Ford announced plans Friday to work closely to develop electric- and self-driving vehicles, the latest automakers to partner in the face of massive changes rocking the auto industry.

Ford (F) CEO Jim Hackett and Volkswagen (VLKAF) CEO Herbert Diess appeared together on Wall Street Friday, building on a growing alliance between the two automakers first announced a year ago.

With this latest investment, Volkswagen has agreed to join Ford in investing in Argo AI, the autonomous vehicle platform company now valued at $7 billion. The company is working on developing self-driving technology for ride sharing and goods delivery services in dense urban areas.

Ford said it will become the first additional automaker to use Volkswagen’s electric vehicle architecture to build electric vehicles for the European market starting in 2023.

Source: CNN Business

Meet Moh from Jordan

eszter — Thu, 16 May 2019 08:59:03 +0000

Mohamad Shatanawi from Jordan is studying at the Faculty for years. Now he tells you why to choose the Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering here at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics!

Ford to build new factory in Michigan for autonomous vehicles

eszter — Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:06:37 +0000

Ford is building a new plant in Michigan for autonomous vehicles as the company realigns some
factories to focus on its future lineup of self-driving and electric cars.

The new facility, scheduled to open in the next two years, will take new commercial-grade hybrid models and incorporate the self-driving technology needed to turn them into autonomous vehicles. Ford is still considering where to build the AV finishing center and has not said how many people will work there.

Source of article and image: www.cnbc.com

Continental opens Artificial Intelligence Development Centre in Budapest

eszter — Sun, 24 Feb 2019 16:42:12 +0000

German-owned automotive industry supplier Continental AG opened its Deep Machine Learning Competence Center in Budapest on Thursday.

Key factors in selecting the location of the centre included the availability of AI experts, a sound environment for the automotive industry and a proper infrastructure, Jens Bruening, head of the centre, said.

László Palkovics, Hungary’s minister of innovation and technology, said the choice was also motivated by trust between Continental and the Hungarian government.

Source of article and image: dailynewshungary.com

Meet Hakan!

eszter — Sat, 26 Jan 2019 12:21:36 +0000

Hakan Başargan PhD student, researcher came to us from Turkey for his MSc studies. Since then, he has been working in the Research Center for Autonomous Road Vehicles

He is especially interested in AI based fault tolerant trajectory planning and tracking control.

In this video Hakan tells us about how he heard about us and what is his opinion about the Faculty of Transportation Engineering and Vehicle Engineering!

LG partners with Microsoft to accelerate an automotive revolution

eszter — Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:48:34 +0000

LG Electronics (LG) and Microsoft entered into a memorandum of understanding to enhance and further grow LG’s autonomous vehicle and infotainment system business. Under the terms of the partnership, LG will accelerate the transformation of its existing digital platform for the vehicle industry, seen as key growth engines for the company, by leveraging Microsoft’s Azure cloud and artificial intelligence technologies along with LG’s future self-driving software.

LG will apply Microsoft’s AI knowhow to its Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), Driver-Status Monitoring Camera (DSM) and Multi-Purpose Front Camera products and incorporate Microsoft’s Virtual Assistant Solution Accelerator in LG’s infotainment systems. And with Azure Data Box service, data captured on the road can be uploaded automatically to create a library that helps the self-driving software grow even smarter.

In addition, LG plans to build innovative digital development and testing grounds employing state-of-the-art technology. High performance computing (HPC) and graphics processing unit (GPU) supported by Microsoft Azure will drastically reduce the time required for LG AI self-driving software to learn and evolve. Road and traffic patterns in cities that would normally require more than a full day for self-driving systems to comprehend would take only minutes with Azure.

And Azure can help AI self-driving software learn diverse patterns displayed by drivers as well as recognize and distinguish between pedestrians and other objects. By embedding AI self-driving software enhanced by Azure within the ADAS, performance of the DSM and Multi-Purpose Front Camera can be dramatically improved.

Source: https://news.microsoft.com

Image: autopro.hu

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