Climate protection, sustainability and the responsible use of existing resources are the major challenges of the 21st century. One approach in the fight against climate change is being pursued by eco – Association of the Internet Industry. With its #JOINTHESOLUTION campaign, it focuses on green IT and renewable energies to…Read More
Articles by Ralf Schädel
Ralf Schädel is an IT editor, speaker, and project manager at eco - Verband der Internetwirtschaft e.V. in the field of cloud services and Gaia-X. For more than 20 years, the publishing editor has been publishing and speaking in the area of editorial communication of daily newspapers such as the Bonner Rundschau and the Kölner Stadtanzeiger, publishing houses such as Medienhaus, where he was the content-responsible editor for the trade magazine IT-Mittelstand and to whose sister publication IT-Director he contributed. He also handled editorial topics at agencies such as Kernpunkt, the digital agency i22 and PR Partner (now Palmer Hargreaves) as well as in corporate communications at Deutsche Telekom. At eco, Ralf is responsible in particular for the communication of the projects Autowerkstatt 4.0 and Service-Meister. His professional profile: LinkedIn, Xing.
The Stuttgart and Neckar-Alb regions are considered hotspots for the automotive and mechanical engineering industries, employing over 200,000 individuals ranging from startups and SMEs to major players. The project “CARS 2.0” (Cluster Automotive Region Stuttgart 2.0), launched in July 2022 and funded by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs…Read More
The “Sunrise” conference room of the DE-CIX MeetingCenter in Frankfurt was filled to capacity. The Who’s Who of the automotive and supplier industry had accepted the invitation of eco – Association of the Internet Industry and Car Repair 4.0: At the workshop “How data and AI transform car repair shops”,…Read More
Practice and theory combined – that was the experience of around 20 independent car repair shops who made their way to Rastede near Oldenburg. At the VIEROL Academy, they had the chance to learn more about artificial intelligence (AI) in maintenance and repair as well as about the latest research…Read More
Being able to plan maintenance and servicing in advance, improve service and reduce costs – that is the future of car repair shops. What this can look like in concrete terms when different Gaia-X data spaces such as Gaia-X 4 Future Mobility and Car Repair 4.0 combine their technology for…Read More
Live, online and in colour, automotive experts discussed current trends, challenges and the future of the car repair shop at Cars & Bytes last week. During the virtual event, Juan Hahn, Partner and Business Development Consultant at Car Repair 4.0, spoke about his experiences with AI and discussed how companies…Read More
Workshop operators and experts from the field of automotive diagnostics met at the eco –Association of the Internet Industry in Cologne for an exchange at a technical workshop initiated by the Car Repair 4.0 consortium. This was an opportunity to learn about error diagnosis with a lambda sensor, get more…Read More
René Glitza, Chief Project Officer (CPO) at consortium partner Auto Intern, along with Sales Director Mario-Andreas Stahl from the manufacturer of PC-based hardware for electronic vehicle diagnostics, showcased the latest outcomes of their project at this year’s Hannover Messe. Together with the Gaia-X Hub Germany team at the Industry 4.0…Read More
Introducing the Consortium: In our interview series, the consortium partners of Car Repair 4.0 answer questions. This interview: Georg Agricola University of Technology. Profile About the author: Lukas Jakubczyk has been a research associate at PROLAB Produkt+Produktion, an institute of the Georg Agricola University of Applied Sciences, since its foundation,…Read More
The cars of the future will be fully connected. Advanced technological capabilities such as autonomous driving, convenient driver assistance systems and environmentally friendly powertrains like those of electric vehicles are forcing OEMs and suppliers to rethink. Find out what strategies are possible and how data ecosystems and new collaborative networks are changing the industry.
The increasing prevalence of connected cars and advanced driver assistance systems makes vehicles more than just means of transport. They are computers on wheels that collect and transmit huge amounts of data. This data can include everything from location information and driving behaviour to biometric data and even personal preferences….Read More
The procedure initiated at the EU level for sector-specific regulation of the use of vehicle data is in danger of failing. Associations such as the German Automobile Club (ADAC), the German Federal Association of Manufacturers and Importers of Automobile Service Equipment (ASA) and the German Association of Motor Trades (ZDK),…Read More