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Junkyard Find: 2001 Oldsmobile Alero Sedan With Manual Transmission

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By 2001, the only members of the N-Body family (now renamed the GMX130 for its final generation) available with manual transmissions were four-cylinder-equipped Pontiac Grand Ams and Oldsmobile Aleros. Air conditioning and an AM/FM/CD radio were standard equipment on all 2001 Aleros. Connect to the road like a punch to the jaw!

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Audi, the city of Ingolstadt and Telekom cooperate on 5G technology

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The future 5G cellular network standard will allow significantly higher bandwidths and virtually real-time network responses. 5G is thus an essential technological basis for communication between different road users, automated driving and connections to the Internet of Things (IoT).

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2020 Ford Escape to offer hybrid and PHEV variants

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Escape, which debuted the world’s first hybrid SUV in 2005, brings back two hybrid choices for 2020—a standard hybrid and a plug-in variant—and introduces technologies ranging from drive modes and driver-assist features to electric vehicle ingenuity and on-board connectivity. The all-new 1.5-liter

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Ford targeting smart parking as element of Smart Mobility; vehicle sensors, connectivity and big data

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At CES 2015 in January, Ford CEO Mark Fields announced “Ford Smart Mobility”—a plan to use innovation to take Ford to the next level in connectivity, mobility, autonomous vehicles, the customer experience and big data. Big Data Connected vehicles Mobility services Sensors Urban mobility' Earlier post.) —Dave McCreadie.

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Audi deploys Microchip’s MOST150 technology in new Audi A4 sedan’s Virtual Cockpit

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interface (PHY/HSIC), to seamlessly connect with the virtual cockpit’s System-on-Chip processor. To date, approximately 200 million MOST interface controllers have been installed in 194 car models since 2001. The MOST150 standard also provides Ethernet or Internet-protocol networking capabilities. Audi Virtual Cockpit in the A4.

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NIRA Dynamics, InfoCar expand availability of Road Surface Information software with OBD plug-in

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By connecting RSI to a cloud service, road data can be distributed to other vehicles, enabling drivers to adapt their driving style or change routes as they receive information about upcoming hazards or dangerous situations.

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Meet Mr. Internet: Vint Cerf

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For the past three months, Vint Cerf and Bob Kahn had been working together on a problem Kahn had been pondering for some time: how to connect ground-based military computers seamlessly to communications satellites and mobile radios. The diagram helped me to see where protocols would need to be standardized.” It was June 1973.

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