AMN Executive Interview With Howard Laster, Head of Aftermarket – North America for Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket
Howard Laster is head of Aftermarket – North America for Continental Commercial Vehicles & Aftermarket (CVAM). He is responsible for overall business strategy, product quality and performance; as well as development of effective sales and marketing activities in North America for the Continental, ATE and VDO brands. In his 21-year tenure with the company, he has served in a variety of executive and sales management roles.
AAPEX 2016 To Launch ‘Let’s Tech’ Sessions
“Let’s Tech” will make its debut at AAPEX 2016 with several 20-minute or less presentations to quickly bring attendees up to speed on the latest technology in the automotive aftermarket industry.
Autoliv And Volvo Cars To Create Joint Venture For Autonomous Driving
Once finalized, the joint venture will be a new entrant in the growing global market for autonomous driving software systems. The two companies say this joint venture will mark the first time a leading premium carmaker has joined forces with a tier 1 supplier to develop new advanced driver assist systems and autonomous driving technologies.
Highly Automated Driving To Spark Adoption Of Centralized Advanced Driver Assistance Systems
As vehicles become highly independent and begin to drive and react to traffic on their own, autonomous systems will aggregate and process data from a variety of on-board sensors and connected infrastructure. According to ABI Research, this will force the industry to hit a hard reset on advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) architectures, which are currently dominated by distributed processing and smart sensors. The research firm posits that automotive OEMs will need to adopt new platforms based on powerful, centralized processors and high-speed low latency networking.
Ford And Baidu Invest $150M In Velodyne LiDAR
According to Velodyne, this investment will allow the company to rapidly expand the design and production of high-performance, cost-effective automotive LiDAR sensors, accelerating mass adoption in autonomous vehicle and advanced driver assistance systems applications and therefore accelerating the critical, transformative benefits they provide.
Workshops Available For Repair Specialists In English And German At Automechanika Frankfurt
Messe Frankfurt has again worked closely with exhibitors and trade associations to create a professional development program for attendees from the workshop sector, with 12 workshops for repair specialists from the collision-damage segment being held throughout the fair, from Sept. 13-17.
Consumers Crave Advanced Technology In New Vehicle Purchases, IHS Markit Survey Finds
IHS Automotive analysts sought to understand which services are must-haves for consumers intending on purchasing a new vehicle for personal use in the next three years, as well as gain an understanding on the propensity of consumers who would be willing to pay for these advanced technologies and assess how much they would be willing to spend.
Leading Automotive Manufacturers Are Competing Hard To Be First To Launch Advanced Autonomous Driving Technology, According To Navigant Research
Over the past decade, advanced driver assistance systems have begun to proliferate from high-end luxury cars into affordable, high-volume models.
Texas Congressman Michael Burgess Honored As MEMA’s 2016 Industry Champion
Burgess was a key supporter of the highway bill, known as the FAST Act, which included provisions directing NHTSA to update the New Car Assessment Program 5-Star rating to include collision avoidance technologies. He helped make the Research & Development Tax credit permanent, which is important as motor vehicle suppliers assume a greater role in the research, development, engineering and manufacturing of advanced technologies.
DURA Automotive Systems Selects Green Hills Software’s Platform For Advanced Driver Assistance
Automakers are racing to introduce automated driving features with stringent levels of security and safety. DURA’s Highly Automated Driving control system incorporates a dedicated control module, complete with software, vision, communication and range-based sensors. This module features sophisticated image processing algorithms and the necessary V2X hardware and software for the latest in vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications.