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Honda opens new Silicon Valley facility to advance connected mobility; refreshed 2016 Accord; Honda Xcelerator

Green Car Congress

Honda’s Silicon Valley operation, which was first established in 2000, is charged with researching and prototyping innovations and harnessing new ideas and technology. Advanced Technology Demos. The demo uses a virtual reality headset to transport passengers into a virtual world featuring Honda products on the land, sea and air.

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SwRI D-EGR gasoline demo vehicle delivers diesel efficiency at lower cost; potential for LEV III/Tier 3 emissions

Green Car Congress

D-EGR brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) at 2000 rpm 2 bar BMEP dropped 14.3% The schematic of the turbocharged 4-cylinder engine in a D-EGR configuration (left), and the D-EGR engine under the hood of the demo vehicle showcased at SAE World Congress in Detroit. from 385 g/kWh to 330 g/kWh in the D-EGR engine. Click to enlarge.

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BYD's Auto Expo Presentation - Our Thoughts

Plug In India

We know that BYD already has showrooms in 24 cities, they have sold more than 700 units of the BYD e6 MPV - this guy (point to car) and have 2000+ bookings of the BYD Atto3 Globally they have sold more than 2 lakh Atto3’s in 2022 - Way more than Hyundai Ioniq5. What do we know about BYD India electric car operations so far?

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Justine Bateman's Fight Against Generative AI In Hollywood

Cars That Think

And frankly, a lot of the demos that I’ve seen, you just can’t tell the difference. And then what’s up on their television through internet connection, on Netflix or Amazon, whatever, is secondary. And that stopped in about 2000. And then you look at the amount of CGI that we just put on regular faces or plastic surgery.

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Flight Simulator Gave Birth to 3D Video-Game Graphics

Cars That Think

The hard work came to fruition in Flight Simulator 2000 , which reached a technical milestone: It mapped the entire planet in 1-kilometer blocks. Scot Bayless, the studio manager overseeing the team, says an early demo left Bill Gates stunned. Microsoft worried that some consumers might view it as a low-cost PC alternative.

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Udaipur to Himachal : 923 km in an electric car

Plug In India

The power was still on as the dashboard and LCD screen so the auxiliary battery was still connected. The computer of the car is connected all the time, even when you push the power off switch. We had to run a diagnostic tool after connecting a Panasonic laptop provided by Tata Motors to the dealer. Was 2000 hrs by then.