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Mar 6, 2019, 8:14 PM

Delhi Gets First Automated Driving Test Centre; To Be Maintained By Maruti Suzuki India

Delhi today got its first ever fully Automated Driving Test Centre (ADTC). Developed in collaboration with Maruti Suzuki India, the test centres will be maintained by the carmaker for three years.

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  car&bike Team | Mar 6, 2019

  Avan Motors To Launch Range Of New Electric Scooters

  Avan Motors already has the Xero + which was launched last year and comes with a price of Rs. 47,000 (ex-showroom).

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  car&bike Team | Feb 28, 2019

  Porsche Is Testing Autonomous Driving Technology In Its Workshop

  Porsche is testing autonomous driving in the companys own workshop. This project involves Porsche working with start-up Kopernikus Automotive to install a test field on the companys premises in Ludwigsburg. Kopernikus Automotive specialises in technology for self-driven cars, and the aim of the joint project is to enable vehicles to drive from their parking space to the lifting platform and back again, fully autonomously. It is intended that mechanics will be able to manoeuvre the sports cars to the correct position in the workshop, quickly and automatically, using a tablet. The technology shall provide vehicle orientation and independently detect objects.

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  AFP | Feb 28, 2019

  BMW And Daimler AG Joins Hands To Develop Self-Driving Cars

  German high-end car giants BMW and Mercedes-Benz maker Daimler AG said on Thursday they would work together to develop automated driving and driver assistance systems, the latest cooperation for the historically fierce rivals. The two manufacturers have sealed a "long-term, strategic co-operation to make next-level technologies widely available" by around 2025, they said in a joint statement.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 27, 2019

  Zero Unveils New Electric StreetFighter

  The new Zero SR/F streetfighter is a completely modern electric motorcycle and claims 110 bhp of power and is claimed to be the first fully "smart" motorcycle.

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  car&bike Team | Feb 22, 2019

  BMW Motorrad May Be Working On Hybrid Boxer Engine

  Recently published patent images suggest that BMW Motorrad may be working on hybrid boxer engines for motorcycles.

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  Shubham Parashar | Feb 4, 2019

  Ever Imagined Your Car Packing-In Your Luggage All By Itself?

  Life would have been so much easier there would be a Robocop along to assist us in our daily tasks. Well! That always had been an unreasonable childhood fantasy, however, one such thing now seems possible if automakers could pursuit the idea which Evan Kirstel shared in his tweet captioning it - "Well this is handy". And indeed it is, specially for an easy-going (read: laid-back) person like me who wouldn't mind a robot to fill his car's boot for him.

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  Sameer Contractor | Jan 31, 2019

  Hero MotoCorp Sets Up New R&D Centre In Germany

  World's largest manufacturer of two-wheelers, Hero MotoCorp has set up its new research and development (R&D) centre - Hero Tech Center Germany GmbH. The new facility is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hero MotoCorp and is located in Stephanskirchen near Munich. The new German R&D centre will be working on collaboration with Hero's Centre of Innovation and Technology (CIT) located in Jaipur, Rajasthan. The Hero Tech Center Germany will be under the direct supervision of Dr. Markus Braunsperger, Chief Technology Officer (CTO) at Hero MotoCorp and will be the epicentre for the company's motorsport activities.

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  car&bike Team | Jan 30, 2019

  MG Motor India Ropes In Adobe To Create Digital Solutions Platform

  MG Motor India has appointed tech giant Adobe to chart out its entire customer journey from initial expression of interest to purchase. With a focus on digital media for MG, the mandate encompasses a gamut of Adobe Experience Cloud products, making MG among the first automobile brands in India to adopt the entire suite of Adobe's digital marketing products.

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