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Molly Brookshire

GM to split engineering into 2 divisions with new leaders; Calabrese to retire - 0 views

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GM ignition-recall

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  • GM said it will divide vehicle engineering into two organizations: Global Product Integrity and Global Components and Subsystems.
  • The product integrity organization will include the new global vehicle safety group that GM created in February, led by Jeff Boyer. That unit also will oversee supplier quality and include vehicle, powertrain and electrical-systems engineering; vehicle performance; industrial engineering and validation, GM said.
  • GM said the product integrity organization will use "advanced analysis tools and processes to flag and prevent issues during vehicle development." It also will analyze field reports "to react quickly to safety and product quality issues customers may experience."
Molly Brookshire

Big chipmakers struggle to connect with automakers - 0 views

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chips intel intelligent vehicles integrated Hyundai Genesis

shared by Molly Brookshire on 01 Jul 14 - No Cached
  • Consider the new 2015 Hyundai Genesis, a luxury sedan brimming with semiconductors that handle everything from automatic braking and lane-keeping sensors to blind-spot detection. Other chips enable the car to open the trunk when it senses the owner’s arms are full, and to sniff for carbon dioxide to decide if the cabin needs more fresh air
  • While the Genesis represents the forefront of the auto industry’s use of chips, only a handful of the vehicle’s thousands of semiconductors is provided by Intel. Qualcomm and NVIDIA don’t even make the list.
  • The main hurdle is the industry’s safety and reliability standards, which far exceed those for computers or phones. Instead, most of the electronic components are provided by longtime suppliers, like Freescale Semiconductor Ltd., Renesas Electronics Corp. and STMicroelectronics NV, which have proven track records.
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  • The market for automotive chips is projected to grow 6.1 percent to $27.9 billion this year, according to IHS Corp. Within that business, sales of chips for automated driver-assistance systems, or ADAS, will increase an average of 13 percent a year through 2020, making it the fastest-growing area.
  • Intel, Qualcomm and NVIDIA, which make some of the fastest processors available. All three say they’ve got products in the market or coming that meet the most stringent automotive requirements.
  • NVIDIA said its processors are now powerful enough that they can be partitioned -- devoting part to functions that must work no matter what, and others to information and entertainment, where hiccups are less dangerous.
  • Qualcomm
  • has won the majority of orders to add the latest wireless modems into cars, and expects that by 2017 as many as 60 percent of cars will have cellular connections.
  • It all comes from the cloud,” Singh said. “Otherwise you have to put terabytes of data into the car’s trunk.”
  • Top-of-the line Audi models use more than 6,000 semiconductors.
  • “Make no mistake -- my objective is to drive this into volume, not just luxury German vehicles,” said Elliot Garbus, Intel’s vice president of automotive. “We need to drive it into entry-level vehicles.”
  • Intel is aiming to win more orders by offering carmakers whole systems -- software and computers built on its chips -- that it says can cut the time and cost it takes to build features into cars. New functions such as tracking eye movement to monitor a driver’s attention will require faster processing, he said.
  • Qualcomm
  • is working on chipsets that provide multiple functions for cars, including cellular connections, and expects that to be the basis for an expansion of its revenue in the industry
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Redesigned Mercedes-Benz C-class sedan packed with new tech - 0 views

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Mercedes safety

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  • The C class looks like a smaller version of the S-class sedan, and it has the optional $2,800 Intelligent Drive package of integrated safety features. They include adaptive cruise control, rear-end collision protection, Pre-Safe braking and steering, and cross-traffic and lane-keeping assist.
  • With the frame and body structure made of aluminum, it will be more agile and handle better than today’s model,
  • The C class will have Collision Prevention Assist Plus as a standard feature
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  • The system senses if a collision is imminent, and if the driver doesn’t respond, it autonomously brakes the car at speeds up to 124 mph. It also can brake to avoid a stationary vehicle ahead and to prevent rear collisions.
  • The C300 all-wheel-drive goes on sale in a few weeks and will cost $41,325, including shipping.
  • The more powerful C400 4Matic starts at $49,515, including shipping, and also debuts later this month. It is a new model.
  • In the next two years, a C-class coupe, convertible and plug-in hybrid will be rolled out in the United States
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