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Photo The Renault Formula 1 team was testing at Silverstone this week ahead of the Suzuka Grand Prix in Japan in October - crucial now that with three races left rival Ferrari driver Michael Schumacher has closed the gap on... [20 Sep 2006]
Radioactive: Today a jam, tomorrow the open road?
Comment The Network on Wheels project is a spin off from the wider Car-to-Car Communications Consortium (C2C CC), a pan-European initiative involving the German car manufacturers along with Fiat, Honda, Opel and Renault, to... [21 Jun 2006]
QinetiQ gears up for £6.2m wireless pact
News The technology could potentially dovetail with the aim of Car2Car, a consortium established by car manufacturers such as Audi, BMW and Renault, to agree a brand-agnostic European industrial standard for "future... [06 Jun 2006]
Renault signs outsourcing deals worth €625m
News Renault has awarded three key IT contracts totalling €625m over five years to Atos Origin, CSC and HP Services. The auto giant will use Atos for applications management, paying the French service company to develop and... [11 Mar 2005]
Covisint e-hub acquired by FreeMarkets
News While Covisint was founded by DaimlerChrysler, Ford and General Motors many other car giants were quick to join in, notably Renault/Nissan, Toyota and even eventually Volkswagen. Covisint, set up by the Big Three US auto... [02 Jan 2004]
Thieves make off with Pentiums in £6m Heathrow haul
News Most were transferred by thieves to a second van, a white Renault, which was driven to the nearby town of Feltham, where it was later found. Thieves have stolen around £6m of Intel chips from a van parked near London... [13 Jan 2003]
Ford's change of gear signals boost for B2B
News The 4,200 suppliers and 42,000 end users on the private Ford Supplier Network (FSN) will now conduct business with the motor giant over the public exchange it co-founded with General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Renault and... [31 Aug 2001]
Why Ford won't break the bank with B2B
Comment It helped co-found Covisint along with rivals General Motors, Daimler Chrysler, Nissan and Renault a year and a half ago. Ford has just given a $90m stamp of approval to auto industry exchange Covisint.m is the estimated... [31 Aug 2001]
Hackers screw-up Formula One performance
News His said the Benetton team - now owned by Renault - had been forced to change the designs as a result. Hackers have severely hampered the Benetton Formula One team's results for this season, according to the outfit's... [17 Jul 2001]
VW gives Covisint the cold shoulder
News The company also managed to entice Renault and Nissan to join up. Volkswagen has snubbed automotive e-marketplace Covisint in a deal to increase the automotive company's number of internal online auctions. [12 Jul 2001]
Ford's boasts not all they appear
News Covisint members also include Daimler Chrysler, General Motors, Nissan, Peugeot and Renault. Ford's multi million dollar B2B savings bonanza has been slammed as 'insignificant' by industry pundits who claim Covisint... [03 Jul 2001]
Covisint drives a hard bargain for Ford
News General Motors, DaimlerChrysler and Renault are the other partners in the exchange. Ford claims that its investment in B2B exchange Covisint has already been paid back. Dramatic cuts in its tendering costs have been... [03 Jul 2001]
Model Management: Why not ask the staff?
Comment Worried business leaders point to Renault's experiences in Belgium a few years ago, when the proposed closure of the Vilvoorde plant led to mass unrest and industrial action. But look at Renault and... [26 Jun 2001]
End of the road for car makers' inhouse IT
News Covisint has been live since September 2000 and counts Ford, General Motors, Nissan and Renault among its founding members. Web-hosting company Exodus will now manage all of Covisint's global infrastructure and... [22 May 2001]
Oh Lord, won't you buy me a Mercedes-Benz (online)
Comment In a reverse auction that took place last week, this founding member of Covisint, the online exchange for the car industry jointly established with Ford, GM, Renault and others, made orders worth E3.5bn for two of its... [16 May 2001]
