Robot 3000, Apple and Tesla, Events.

Video tip: German Paravan has fitted a Tesla Model S with one of its Robot 3000 – an automated arm that can lift a wheelchair out of the car’s boot and move it all the way to the driver’s door. The arm can even open and close the boot automatically.
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Reading tip: Apple CEO Tim Cook is not without controversy. U.S. Marketwatch therefore spins the idea of Apple buying Tesla a little further, imagining that Elon Musk would take over the reins of the IT giant.
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Events for the upcoming week: Conference on Diagnostics in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems (May 10-11; Dresden, Germany) ++ Intercharge Network Conference (May 12-13; Berlin, Germany) ++ E-GO (May 13; Poreč, Croatia)

You can find a complete list of upcoming industry events at electrive.com/calendar