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Daimler Truck Hits 1 Million Connected Vehicles Milestone: A Shift Towards Smarter, Safer, and Sustainable Transportation

(IN BRIEF) Daimler Truck has achieved a significant milestone by connecting over 1 million trucks and buses worldwide to its digital platform, marking a pivotal moment in its commitment to vehicle connectivity and digital innovation. Marcus Claesson, Daimler Truck’s CIO, … Read the full press release

SIXT Strikes Multi-Billion Euro Deal with Stellantis for Up to 250,000 Vehicles in Rental Fleet Expansion

(IN BRIEF) SIXT, the premium mobility service provider, and Stellantis, a major global automaker, have reached a multi-billion euro agreement, allowing SIXT to potentially purchase up to 250,000 vehicles for its rental fleet across Europe and North America over the … Read the full press release

Deutsche Telekom and Qualcomm Pioneer Next-Generation Emergency Call System for Vehicles

(IN BRIEF) Deutsche Telekom, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., and cetecom advanced are leading the charge in modernizing the mobile network infrastructure for automatic emergency call systems in vehicles. While eCall systems have been mandatory in new vehicle models since April 2018, … Read the full press release

Infineon launches industry-first LPDDR Flash memory for software-defined vehicles

(IN BRIEF) Infineon Technologies has launched SEMPER X1 LPDDR Flash memory, the first of its kind in the industry, to enable the next generation of automotive E/E architectures. The device delivers eight times the performance of current NOR Flash memories … Read the full press release

Stellantis invests €30 billion to meet electrification goals and produce vehicles on BEV-centric platform at Cassino plant

(IN BRIEF) Stellantis, the car manufacturing company, has announced that it will add production of vehicles based on the flexible, BEV-centric STLA Large platform at the Cassino Assembly Plant in Italy. The plant, which already produces Alfa Romeo and Maserati … Read the full press release

CUPRA Formentor a strong contender for the Car of the Year 2021 award

The Car of the Year 2021 is judged by a panel of 60 prestigious motoring journalists from across Europe, representing 23 countries The final winner will be announced on March 1st (PRESS RELEASE) MARTORELL, 8-Jan-2021 — /EuropaWire/ — Sports car … Read the full press release

Volkswagen sold 5.7 million vehicles between January and November 2018

Electric offensive: ID.1, ID. VIZZION1 and ID. R Pikes Peak provided important impetus on the threshold of a new epoch SUV offensive: With nine new models, Volkswagen has expanded its efficient SUV fleet more than ever before More 2018 news: the … Read the full press release

Voith presents 2nd generation of its telemetric system DIWA SmartNet at Busworld 2013 in Kortrijk

For over four years the Voith telemetric system DIWA SmartNet has been proving itself in more than 1,500 vehicles worldwide. At Busworld 2013 in Kortrijk Voith is now presenting the second generation of this automatic monitoring system for the DIWA … Read the full press release

Mercedes-Benz sold 116,566 vehicles in April, 11.7% more than in any previous April

Stuttgart, 8-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Mercedes-Benz delivered 116,566 vehicles to customers in April (+11.7%), more than in any previous April. Unit sales since the beginning of the year totaled 441,464 vehicles (+5.6%). The brand with the star was able to … Read the full press release

41 BMW 3 Series, 5 Series and 7 Series cars to participate in this year’s Allgäu-Orient Rally automotive adventure

Munich, 25-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Its organisers describe the Allgäu-Orient Rally as “one of the world’s last remaining automotive adventures”. The vehicles gathered for the eighth edition of this low-budget rally – which doubles as a fundraising event with a difference – … Read the full press release

BMW Group board members speeches at Auto Shanghai 2013

23-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ —  BMW Group Press Conference at Auto Shanghai 2013, speeches of board members Dr. Herbert Diess and Dr. Ian Robertson and Karsten Engel, CEO of China Mr. Karsten Engel: Good morning! 2012 was a great year for … Read the full press release