R&D

BMW to build new R&D centre in South Korea

BMW’s South Korean distributor, BMW Group Korea, announced it had agreed to build a new research and development (R&D) centre…

Hon Hai plans EV chip and software R&D

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Industry Precision plans to establish a new semiconductor and software development centre, in the New Taipei City…

Tesla completes Chinese R&D and data centres

Tesla said it had completed construction of an R&D facility and data centre in Shanghai, China, both set to become…

Mercedes opens full-fledged R&D centre in China

Mercedes-Benz has begun operations at its newly-built CNY1.1bn (US$172m) R&D tech centre China in Beijing, designed to boost the company’s…

Hyundai opens new digital R&D centre in China

Hyundai Motor Group opened a new digital R&D facility in Shanghai as it looks to strengthen its capacity to develop…

Automakers, suppliers, form Japan Automotive Model Based Engineering centre

Five Japanese automobile manufacturers, Subaru, Toyota, Nissan Motor, Honda and Mazda plus five parts manufacturers (Aisin, Jatco, Denso, Panasonic and…

Porsche to establish R&D centre in China

Porsche announced plans to set up a research and development centre in Shanghai as it wants to design products that…

Lexus SUV used for Australian connected car trial

Lexus Australia will become the first automaker to join the Australian Integrated Multimodal EcoSystem (AIMES), a testing environment for vehicle-to-vehicle…