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...Hota also supplies automotive transmission parts to Ford, GM, BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volvo and McLaren....
...Microsoft's new flagship features a big Xbox gaming lounge, a real-life McLaren Senna sports car plugged into the Forza video game, HoloLens headsets and lots of Surface devices....
...WPP will also reduce is planned capex from £400m to v£300m....
...Last year was exceptional for Europe Inc in terms of growth, profitability and business expectations....
...At one point, Apple considered acquiring McLaren Technology Group, the British supercar engineer, to accelerate its efforts, though no deal was completed....
...However, he said widespread adoption of additive manufacturing in mass automotive production was still some way off....
...In the age of the PC, it was all about Intel v Advanced Micro Devices, with the former supplying processors for four out of five computers sold and AMD mopping up most of the remainder....
...A version of this article was first published by the Nikkei Asian Review on November 27. ©2017 Nikkei Inc. All rights reserved....
...Smart reads David v Goliath Large consumer goods companies are starting to feel the impact of their smaller, more innovative rivals....
...The owners of McLaren Technology control 80 per cent of McLaren Automotive, which produced 1,654 vehicles last year, generating revenues of £450m....
...McLaren’s automotive division, which published more recent accounts than its parent, made £450m of revenues last year and would command a hefty multiple....
...Apple has approached sports car maker McLaren about a possible acquisition as it seeks to join other tech companies in the motor market. The scene: Frankfurt motor show. A huge darkened room....
...Apple could also recreate its relationship with Foxconn, which makes the iPhone, for automotive manufacturing at a much larger scale than McLaren’s existing processes....
...Apple has for years been working on self-driving vehicles and has approached British supercar maker McLaren about a potential acquisition. Google is also developing autonomous vehicles....
...This week’s revelation of the iPhone maker’s interest in McLaren Technology Group, the British supercar engineer and racing team owner, is the clearest sign yet of its intent to upend the automotive industry...
...Even in the traditional automotive industry, many believe this issue simply cannot be resolved....
...Tim Urquhart, analyst at IHS Automotive, said there was still space in the sports car market for cheaper models from McLaren, which remained an exclusive badge....
...The price tag of the AeroMobil is a “around a few hundred thousand euros” not a “around a few thousand euros” … Letter in response to this article: Jules Verne was there first / From John V Orth...
...The software sales were driven by an over 94 per cent increase in next-generation titles such as Activision’s Call of Duty: Advanced Warfare and Rockstar’s Grand Theft Auto V....
...This may complicate life for makers of driverless cars: because of legal uncertainties and hugely variable driving environments, “self-driving” is likely to be offered as an optional setting for decades...
...McLaren Automotive, the UK sports car manufacturer, builds its £900,000 P1 model with a carbon fibre interior body using techniques learnt while making Formula 1 cars....
...Even ultra-luxury sports cars such as the McLaren P1 or the LaFerrari boast hybrid powertrains, though transferring that technology to volume cars will be crucial....
...Conversely, companies such as Looxcie and V.I.O. are offering wearable video cameras designed to capture real-time point-of-view video clips....
...Frank Stephenson, design director at McLaren Automotive, remembers standing in a hotel lobby in the Caribbean and gazing at the arcing torso of a wall-mounted sailfish....
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