Jaguar Land Rover has appointed the company’s head of UK operations, Rawdon Glover, to oversee the revamped Jaguar brand.\nGlover’s title will be \"Brand Managing Director, Jaguar,\" JLR said in a statement.\nGlover’s former job as managing director of JLR's UK operations will be managed on an interim basis by Paddy McGillycuddy, currently the head of sales and marketing in the UK, JLR said.\nHe was initially appointed director of global customer service for JLR, before moving to the UK position in June 2018, according to his Linkedin profile.\nThe Jaguar brand has seen its vehicle sales decline as JLR directed scarce semi-conductors toward its highly profitable Land Rover models, including the Range Rover, Range Rover Sport and Defender.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"U.K. to unveil battery plant strategy in bid to retain automakers","slug":"u-k-to-unveil-battery-plant-strategy-in-bid-to-retain-automakers","publishDate":"2023-03-17 10:46:01-04:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:59.605991","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"The U.K. is poised to unveil plans to boost green manufacturing, as it seeks to lure investment in a new battery plant from Jaguar Land Rover parent Tata Group.\nThe government’s “Advanced Manufacturing Plan” will form part of the U.K. response to U.S. President Joe Biden’s $369 billion package of green subsidies and tax credits, three people familiar with the plan said.\nMinisters including Energy Secretary Grant Shapps have expressed concerns that the American plan — and the European Union response to it — risked triggering protectionism.\nThe Indian conglomerate is nearing a decision to pick Spain or the U.K. for a battery plant that will supply Jaguar — a British automaker.\nU.K. officials have also raised fears that Drax Group may divert 2 billion pounds ($2.43 billion) of planned investment in carbon capture to the U.S.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Mobility: What the automotive industry can learn from high-tech, CIO News, ET CIO","slug":"mobility-what-the-automotive-industry-can-learn-from-high-tech-cio-news-et-cio","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:58.844125","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Earlier, the automotive industry was tightly controlled with limited customer feedback systems and minimal buyer interaction with the OEMs.\nThey transform the vertically integrated automotive value chains into a horizontally structured ecosystem with new rules.\nAutonomous vehicles are equipped with advanced recognition technologies such as AI-enhanced computer vision that help reduce accidents.\nBecause of its distributed, immutable, and transparent nature, blockchain technology benefits every process in the automotive value chain, including purchasing, manufacturing, distribution, and service functions.\nBlock chain technology ensures that the user’s data remains safe even as autonomous vehicles could access this data to provide convenience to the passengers.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Will Self-Driving Vehicles Ever Be Safe? An Expert Weighs In","slug":"will-self-driving-vehicles-ever-be-safe-an-expert-weighs-in","publishDate":"2023-03-17 21:38:00+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:57.346117","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"It remains a sharp rock in the shoe of developing a safe and effective self-driving system.\nHere’s how that model applies to autonomous driving systems.\nCummings brings up the fact that autonomous systems in the aviation world are more widespread than you might think.\nWhile it’s well-documented that the autonomous systems in modern airliners are incredibly safe, autonomous driving presents a whole new set of challenges.\nThankfully other mainstream automakers have been much more reserved in their approach to naming autonomous driving systems.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Baidu, Pony.ai win permits to offer driverless robotaxi services in Beijing","slug":"baidu-pony-ai-win-permits-to-offer-driverless-robotaxi-services-in-beijing","publishDate":"2023-03-17 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:56.585121","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"[1/2] A logo of Baidu is seen during the World Internet Conference (WIC) in Wuzhen, Zhejiang province, China, November 23, 2020.\nREUTERS/Aly SongSHANGHAI, March 17 (Reuters) - Baidu (9888.HK), and Pony.ai said on Friday they have won permits to provide fully driverless ride-hailing services in the Chinese capital of Beijing.\nBaidu's Apollo service will deploy 10 fully autonomous vehicles in a technology park developed by the government of Beijing, the Chinese ride-hailing giant said in a statement.\nBaidu will now operate driverless robotaxi services in three Chinese cities including Wuhan and Chongqing.\nIt already operates a robotaxi service in the southern city of Gaungzhou.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Stiga launches ‘world’s smartest’ autonomous lawn mower","slug":"stiga-launches-worlds-smartest-autonomous-lawn-mower","publishDate":"2023-03-18 00:00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:55.486412","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Stiga, a European manufacturer and distributor of garden machinery and equipment, has launched its Stiga A1500 Autonomous Robot Mower.\nStiga claims it is the “world’s smartest” autonomous law mower and the very first mower that combines RTK GPS with Stiga’s patented Active Guidance System (AGS) technology for a robust signal that runs sustainably, without stoppages and which delivers “faultless mowing accuracy”.\nLaunched recently, the Stiga Autonomous Robot Mower has been created by Stiga’s engineers to revolutionise lawn care with a completely intelligent, consistently-smooth, sustainable mowing system.\nSean Robinson, CEO, Stiga, says: “While new technologies such as barrier recognition systems, lawn mapping, and lawn memory have emerged in the global robot mower market, these don’t go far enough to guarantee excellent lawn maintenance.\n“The Autonomous Robot Mower, with its patented AGS technology, has been through an extremely rigorous process, with our green-fingered engineers questioning everything both Stiga and other manufacturers have done before.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Exclusive: How Huawei Is Leveraging TaaS To Provide A New World Of Autonomous Driving?","slug":"exclusive-how-huawei-is-leveraging-taas-to-provide-a-new-world-of-autonomous-driving","publishDate":"None","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:54.363789","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Although today's new-age drivers are willing to spend a little more on their car, they demand a smart, intelligent vehicle that provides them with a well-rounded driving experience.\nIn this context, Huawei is well-positioned to help transform the industry and provide an entirely new world of intelligent and smart driving.\nHuawei is focused to invest more in intelligent driving solutions, that will help car OEMs build better intelligent vehicles focusing on intelligent driving, e-cockpit, intelligent electrification, connectivity, and intelligent automobile cloud.\nSafety – Aside from saving time and money, autonomous vehicles (AVs) can also save lives.\nBringing intelligence to every vehicle will soon enable intelligent driving, intelligent places, intelligent services, and intelligent operations.
"}}}},{"node":{"postTitle":"Bobcat RogueX Concept Is Not Only Electric and Autonomous but Also a Little Bad-Ass","slug":"bobcat-roguex-concept-is-not-only-electric-and-autonomous-but-also-a-little-bad-ass","publishDate":"2023-03-18 10:24:01+00:00","createdLocal":"2023-03-18 14:30:52.725935","feedName":"Autonomous Vehicle News","postSummary":{"childMarkdownRemark":{"html":"Its name is Bobcat S7X, and it was unveiled at CONEXPO-CON/AGG 2023.\nNow let’s focus on the other Bobcat showcased on “the largest construction show in North America!” Because this concept should have been a star at SEMA Show.First of all, it’s named RogueX.\nBecause it’s an autonomous vehicle, it doesn’t need an operator cab.This has tremendous implications at the design level.\nCompared to similar vehicles, the RogueX is very low, so it can go places where other vehicles can’t.\nThe Bobcat RogueX concept is interesting because it’s said to not use any hydraulics.
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