Big automotive presence at CES highlights need for IT skills The fact that car manufacturers and suppliers are now must-see exhibitors at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) highlights the huge, high-speed collision currently occurring between transportation and technology. Take a step back from the dazzling lights in Las Vegas and the 3600-plus companies clambering … Continue reading Computers on wheels in Vegas
The global automotive HVAC market is expected to be worth $US22.12 billion ($A32.23b) by 2022 – up from $US11.68 billion ($A17.02b) in 2014 – with the Asia-Pacific region providing the backbone for future growth, according to a new study by Californian-based Grand View Research. Ongoing vehicle sales growth in all-important developing markets such as China … Continue reading Strong automotive HVAC sector growth forecast
French automotive parts supplier Valeo has forged a deal with private equity firm Deutsche Beteiligungs to acquire global air-conditioning systems specialist Spheros. According to Valeo, the acquisition – the cost of which was not disclosed – will enable the company to capitalise on an anticipated annual growth rate of more than five per cent in … Continue reading Valeo to acquire bus HVAC maker
Delphi is among a number of leading automotive component suppliers investing heavily in 48-volt electrical systems for hybrid cars in the quest for improved fuel efficiency and lower carbon dioxide emissions. Citing figures from Global Insight IHS predicting that 48-volt systems are expected to be used in more than 95 per cent of the world’s … Continue reading 48-volt auto-AC systems coming
Australia needs to act swiftly to avoid the risk of cyberattacks on increasingly computerised vehicles in readiness for the impending arrival of self-driving vehicles and intelligent transport systems, according to academics from QUT in Queensland. Presenting his paper entitled Security Issues for Future Intelligent Transport Systems at the recent Australasian Road Safety Conference on Queensland’s Gold Coast, … Continue reading Act now or face hackers taking control of cars: QUT
Tesla is known for producing desirable electric luxury cars, and now home energy storage systems using its battery technology, but it caught VASA’s attention when unveiling the new Model X SUV because ts cabin filter has a ‘bioweapon defence mode’. Enigmatic Tesla founder Elon Musk spent some time talking about cabin air filtration during his … Continue reading Tesla Model X has the best cabin filter you’ve ever seen
The working group considering a review of the 2008 Australian Automotive Air Conditioning Code of Practice has been discussing how the CoP is used and by whom, plus the issues for consideration during a review. Why and who uses the Code of Practice? Uses for the Code of Practice Who uses the Code of Practice … Continue reading Automotive Code of Practice update
We may take safe refrigerant destruction for granted in our part of the world, but Cuba has joined a handful of nations in the Caribbean region capable of safely destroying ozone-depleting substances (ODS). According to Granma (the official voice of the Communist Party of Cuba Central Committee), Cuba destroyed 258.4 kilograms of ODS in the first nine … Continue reading Cuba gets into refrigerant destruction
The British Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has admitted that a loophole in ‘F-Gas’ regulations that make up part of European HFC phasedown legislation makes it possible for people without refrigerant recovery qualifications to purchase refrigerants for the service of passenger car air conditioning systems. In June DEFRA issued a notice to … Continue reading UK confusion over refrigerant licensing
But AAAA doesn’t consider it necessary or desirable Down Under The United States Government has amended the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to allow owners of passenger cars, commercial vehicles and agricultural machinery to legally modify onboard computer software, providing these changes do not result in the breach of any Department of Transport or Environmental … Continue reading US legalises deeper access to car computers
