Research and Markets has released their latest strategic outlook on the Automotive Ethernet Technology in Europe and North America. The study focuses on a strategic analysis and the comparison of European and North American OEM and supplier benchmarking.

The Second Annual Women in Manufacturing STEP Awards will be held on February 6, 2014 in Washington, D.C and will recognize 160 recipients who have had accomplishments in manufacturing.

A study from IHS Automotive has predicted that by the year 2035, there will be approximately 54 million self-driving cars on the road. They also project that by 2030 cars that are purely autonomous with no driver controls will be available.

According to a market research report by MarketsandMarkets, the total automotive sensor market is expected to reach $33.59 billion by 2022 at a CAGR of 7.8%; and the volume of sensors is expected to reach 8930.00 million units in 2022 from 2,965.37 million units in 2012, at an estimated CAGR of 11.7% from 2013 to 2022.

Toyota Motor Corporation spoke to the House Energy and Commerce panel overseeing technology that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should not move forward with a plan to allow expanded parts of the wireless spectrum for Internet access until testing can ensure that it won’t threaten auto safety advances. 

A team of three researchers from University of Pittsburgh’s Swanson School  of Engineering, Harvard School of Engineering and Applied Sciences and the University of Illinois received a $855,000 grant from the U.S. Army Research Office to take advance 3D printing further.