Daimler India Commercial Vehicles Pvt Ltd (DICV) of Oragadam, near Chennai, a subsidiary of Germany’s Daimler AG, has opened a Virtual Reality Centre (VRC) in Chennai.

Pune-based SCDE Solutions Pvt Ltd (Safe Cams Digital Eye Solutions) has launched a Driver Status Monitoring (DSM) system-based camera. The DSM functionality has been made available in three camera devices being sold by Safe Cams – SC 200 AI, SC DS02 and SC 400. While SC200 AI and SC400 models can be configured without a DSM camera, the SC DS02 has been designed exclusively as a ‘DSM-only’ camera.

Software specialist, BlackBerry Ltd of  Waterloo, Ontario, Canada has been selected by Volvo Group to provide BlackBerry QNX as the foundation software for its main domain controller of electronic control units in more than 300,000 heavy vehicles the company manufactures every year.

ZF Friedrichshafen AG says Big Data is fast becoming the new currency of global business.

Daimler AG and information technology company,  Infosys Ltd, have entered a long-term strategic partnership for technology-driven IT infrastructure development and transformation.

Volkswagen Caminhões e Ônibus is celebrating production of more than one million vehicles in Brazil; of this total, more than 850,000 have been manufactured by the VWCO industrial complex in Resende (RJ), which is celebrating 25 years of operations.

CNH Industrial BV, which has its official headquarters in London, is collaborating with Avanade of Seattle, Washington (a JV between Accenture and Microsoft) as well as the two parent companies, to enhance its digital capabilities and develop “smart” connected products and services.

Volvo Trucks Corporation is claiming to be the first manufacturer to introduce Amazon Alexa voice control to FH, FH16, FM and FMX trucks from March 2021.

The Mercedes-Benz AG truck manufacturing plant now has a fully implemented inbound truck supply chain to manage truck deliveries to optimise delivery times as well as optimising downtime.  

Tyre maker, Hankook Tire, is working with SK Planet of Seoul, a data and test subsidiary of SK Telecom, to develop smart tyre technology.

Workhorse Group Inc currently focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective electric drone-integrated vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector, has engaged both Hitachi America Ltd and Hitachi Capital America Corporation under strategic agreements to aid advancement in its company processes.

Global tyre producer, Hankook Tire, has developed a real-time facilities abnormality prediction system called Condition Monitoring System Plus for its tyre manufacturing plants around the globe.