First-Ever Sustainability Roundtable at Köln Workshop
Drive for Sustainable Car Interiors
Harman’s Connectivity Solutions at MWC 2024
MyRadar Launches on Apple CarPlay, Android Auto
MyRadar, an app with more than 15 million active users, has launched on CarPlay and Android Auto. By leveraging data and forecasting technology, the app helps users reach their destinations safely and efficiently. MyRadar can also be used in cars with built-in Google technology. RouteCast, a feature of MyRadar, is designed to calculate drive times…
Microban for Cleaner, More Durable Interior Surfaces
Microban International has been working on incorporating antimicrobial technologies into car surfaces, materials, and components to improve their sustainability.Car interiors offer ideal surfaces for microbial growth, and the average steering wheel has been shown to contain more bacteria than a public toilet seat. One of the most important trends is of course the need to…
Škoda’s Green Roadmap and the New Octavia
Like most automakers, Škoda is making great efforts in achieving sustainability goals. In fulfilling their ‘Green Future’ strategy, they are launching six new all-electric models over the coming years, aiming to increase the all-electric share of European car sales to over 70 per cent by 2030. Besides electrification and green fuel, Škoda is also introducing sustainable…
Tactotek’s Munich Innovation Center is Company Milestone
Printed-electronics expert company Tactotek is taking a significant step in their global expansion by opening a new office in Munich. The opening ceremony took place on 26 February, one day before the DVN workshop there in Munich. The Munich office will serve as a strategic hub for the German-speaking region, and as a central hub…
Car Control With Honor Phone, Eyes
Honor’s car control experiment is a glimpse of your future phone – see video It’s no trick: Honor really did this recently at the MWC exhibition in Barcelona. By tracking which bit of the screen you look at, the phone enables you to send commands to the car instantly: engine on, engine off, move…
Car Theft
Porsche Taycan with headlamps ripped out (cdn-motor image) Jesse James, when put in front of a judge and asked why was he robbing banks, said, “because that’s where the money is”. While we do not know all facts, the tale is descriptive of the circumstances. This was the time and place when a set of…