AUTO

July 15, 2019

TRIGO Group was selected by Toyota to be their sole provider in quality control, inspection, and management activities.

For more than 20 years, TRIGO has been offering quality management solutions focused mainly for the automotive and aerospace industries and is now considered one of the leading quality providers worldwide. Beyond"... Continue Reading

July 11, 2019

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. (Booth #501) will showcase its smart, powerful lidar solutions for autonomous vehicles (AVs) and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) at the Automated Vehicles Symposium, July 15 to 18 in Orlando. The Velodyne booth will highlight the Velodyne Alpha Puck™, a lidar sensor specifically made for autonomous driving and advanced vehicle safety at highway speeds, and the directional view Velodyne Velarray™, an integral component for ADAS. Velodyne’s lidar sensors deliver an industry-leading combination of long range, high resolution, and wide field of view. Velodyne is a high-volume supplier of lidar sensors to the automotive industry and has more than 250 customers globally....... Continue Reading

July 10, 2019

Velodyne Lidar, Inc. today announced that Idriverplus, one of the first companies in China to launch the commercialization of driverless technology and realize mass production, is using Velodyne’s groundbreaking lidar sensors in a range of autonomous driving products. Velodyne has strategically teamed with Idriverplus to help Idriverplus with its efforts for mass production of commercial autonomous vehicles, which include street cleaners, passenger cars, and logistics vehicles. Velodyne lidar sensors are being used in all Idriverplus self-driving vehicles, providing rich computer perception data that allows real-time object and free space detection needed for safe navigation and reliable operation. “We...... Continue Reading

June 30, 2019

Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt

Dealing with the responsibility and jealousy from inheriting wealth is a misunderstood burden, according to Susanne Klatten and Stefan Quandt, the billionaire siblings who together own almost half of BMW.

“Many"... Continue Reading

June 23, 2019

Kuwait Authority for Partnership Projects (KAPP), the entity responsible for supervising the country’s public-private partnership (PPP) initiatives, is reportedly in the final stages of inviting bids on PPP basis for developing a mega car auction market in the Al-Ahmadi governorate.

According to local media reports, bids"... Continue Reading

June 23, 2019

Summer has arrived and we witness sizzling temperatures above the 40-degree mark. The hot summer months are extremely taxing for vehicle tires and overall, more than 5% of road traffic deaths in the UAE are linked to poor tire maintenance. Abu Dhabi police for example stated in 2018, that 17 fatalities (out of a total of 199) were attributable to underinflated or damaged tires.

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June 22, 2019

The State of Kuwait took precedence in many fields within the region including the introduction and usage of automobiles. Kuwait introduced cars over a century ago, when camels, horses and donkeys were still used as means for transportation. In this context, Bassem Abdulaziz Al-Loughani mentioned in his book ‘Cars in Kuwait’s history’ that first car appeared in Kuwait was in 1911 and Bahrain"... Continue Reading