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Avant de s’envoler pour le salon de Genève, Carlos Ghosn a fait un détour par Barcelone, où le Mobile Word Congress (MWC) a démarré ce lundi 2 mars. Le patron de l’alliance Renault-Nissan a notamment […]

Actus Reuters Le principal sujet de conversation dans les allées du 85e salon de l'automobile de Genève cette semaine devrait probablement être un véhicule qui pourrait ne jamais voir le jour : une voiture […]

Pour Toyota, qui faisait pourtant partie des premiers partenaires des écosytsèmes Android Auto de Google et Carplay d'Apple, ce sera finalement ni l'un ni l'autre, affirme un article du New York […]

D’après Business Insider, les applications d’assistance à la conduite généreront 44 milliards de dollars (quelque 39 milliards d’euros), et celles du divertissement, 13 milliards de dollars (11,5 […]

Actus Reuters Un fabricant de batteries pour voitures électriques, A123 Systems, a engagé des poursuites contre Apple qu'il accuse d'avoir débauché quelques-uns de ses meilleurs ingénieurs, nouvelle preuve de […]

Pionnier dans le véhicule connecté, BMW s’affiche beaucoup ces derniers temps avec Samsung. L’allemand utilise désormais la montre connectée du coréen pour commander à distance sa sportive i8. Faire […]

Apple et Google ne sont pas les seules géants de la Tech à être intéressés par les voitures autonomes. C'est au tour de Sony de faire un nouveau pas vers les technologies destinées aux véhicules […]

Whatever got into John Rogers Jr in 2007 to make him decide to start manufacturing cars? The answer is digital technology. The founder of Local Motors, in Phoenix (USA), wanted to manufacture small […]

The French company Drust, set up by former PSA employees, has developed a connector fitting directly into vehicles’ on-board diagnostics (OBD) plug to intercept engine function data. This data and its […]

“Tesla’s mission statement was to make the best car in the world. This has resulted in a car not quite like others,” says the former vice-CEO of Tesla, which has been shaking up the automotive […]

Mark Fields, dressed in blue jeans, perfectly tanned and relaxed on stage, looked more like Mark Zuckerberg than Sergio Marchionne during the keynote opening of the 2015 CES. Ford’s president and CEO […]

Since the Volkswagen Group was focused on its goal of becoming world number one by 2018, it seemed to be steering clear of digital technology. Its only technological development was a partnership with […]

“We’re setting our sights on autonomous cars,” says Marc Vrecko, director of comfort and driving assistance systems at Valeo. At the 2015 CES in early January, it seemed as though they had almost […]

Somewhat after the event, Bosch presents its entry into the digital era as a logical progression. “We made car radios, then navigation devices. Real-time navigation then meant we could connect up […]

Brigitte Courtehoux, head of vehicles and connected services at PSA, sees cars as internet boxes. PSA has produced various short films showing vehicles of the future, which could be connected objects […]

Users were the first to open their car doors and let Google in. Carrying around their smartphones, they used Google maps to find their route. They then started checking traffic in real-time using […]

In 2004, well before iPhones appeared, the French start-up Covoiturage.fr put car owners in touch with potential passengers online to share long-distance journeys. The company has now become […]

Open data is also an issue at Renault, which is currently looking into using open source. The launch of R & Go on the new Twingo is interesting. Rather than an R-Link system on car screens, R & Go is […]

How are digital players impacting the technologies, the uses and the very industrial model of car manufacturing? How are traditional automakers reacting to these disruptions of their historical […]

"Le cahier des charges de Tesla est de faire le meilleur véhicule du monde. Le résultat, c’est une voiture qui n’est pas tout à fait comme les autres", résume un ancien vice-président de la marque […]