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TTTech Auto expands in China with MotionWise software platform for automated driving

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TTTech Auto , the Vienna-based provider of automotive safety software, is expanding its operations with a dedicated subsidiary in China. TTTech Auto already has a presence in the Chinese market through its joint venture Technomous operated together with SAIC Motor, China’s largest automotive manufacturer.

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Foxconn partnering with Thailand’s PTT to build EVs; MIH open EV platform

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The new platform will entail an ecosystem combining technologies across the EV value chain, including auto parts manufacturing. It will build on Foxconn’s recently-established MIH industry alliance , an open network that enables developers and manufacturers to offer a complete software and hardware platform to build electric cars.

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Volkswagen lays out its NEW AUTO strategy: transforming from manufacturer to software-driven mobility provider; Scalable Systems Platform

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Volkswagen Group executives laid out the basics of the new Group strategy “NEW AUTO – Mobility for Generations to Come”, which will see the Group realign from being a from vehicle manufacturer to a leading, global software-driven mobility provider. Like the MEB today, the SSP will be open to other auto manufacturers.

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Ford to build new EV and battery plants in Tennessee & Kentucky; $11.4B total investment in two mega-sites; 129 GWh/year total

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Ford Motor Company will build two new massive, environmentally and technologically advanced campuses in Tennessee and Kentucky that will produce the next generation of electric F-Series trucks and the batteries to power future electric Ford and Lincoln vehicles. billion BlueOvalSK Battery Park—creating 5,000 jobs. Ford Blue Oval City.

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TTTech Auto launches Electronic Controls Design House for safety-certified hardware design & engineering; software-defined vehicles

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TTTech Auto has launched the Electronic Controls Design House (ECDH) to help automotive manufacturers transition to the software-defined vehicle. —Friedhelm Pickhard, Chief Growth Officer at TTTech Auto. —Horst Willburger, Director Electronic Controls Design House at TTTech Auto. the brake signal).

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TTTech Auto and ZettaScale Technology partner to advance flexible and reliable software-defined vehicle development

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TTTech Auto and ZettaScale Technology are partnering to provide advanced communication technologies for software-defined vehicles. The partnership includes an investment by TTTech Auto in ZettaScale Technology as part of TTTech Auto’s growth strategy after its funding round earlier this year.

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Volkswagen to build MEB EVs in Chattanooga beginning in 2022; $800M investment in plant

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In addition to Chattanooga, Volkswagen is building the first dedicated EV production facility in Zwickau, Germany, starting MEB production by the end of 2019. Volkswagen is building up the production capacity needed to sell more than 1 million electric cars per year by 2025.

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