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Sprint using IBM MessageSight in connected vehicle platform

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Sprint is the first mobile carrier to use IBM MessageSight, a full-featured messaging appliance specifically designed for machine to machine (M2M) and mobile environments, to deliver a more personalized, responsive connected car experience. The connected car is part of the M2M space being targeted by mobile carriers such as Sprint.

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Continental to demonstrate dynamic eHorizon technology during CES; Connected Energy Management and Blind Curve Warning

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Continental will show with two use cases based on dynamic eHorizon technology—Connected Energy Management and Blind Curve Warning—how data from the cloud can predict the road ahead, ultimately reducing fuel consumption and making vehicles safer. 48 Volt EcoDrive with Connected Energy Management.

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GE Energy launches fully networked Wattstation and Wattstation Connect software; pay by smartphone

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GE’s WattStation Connect for mobile device users. GE Energy’s Industrial Solutions business unveiled the new WattStation and WattStation Connect software at the SAE 2012 World Congress in Detroit, Mich. WattStation Connect provides owners a user-friendly method to manage, monitor and maintain their EV charging ecosystem network.

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NEC introduces Li-ion household energy storage and control system

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The system, installed outdoors, connects to a home’s distribution panel and enables interactive coordination with a power company’s power supply system and a household’s electric devices, solar power systems and other equipment. This reduces both the demand on power companies as well as household electricity charges.

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Volvo enhances mobile app to support V60 plug-in hybrid

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Volvo Car has enhanced its mobile app, Volvo On Call, with a new design, extra features and added vehicle connectivity. The app also enables users to connect with the plug-in diesel V60 Hybrid. Detailed data of each trip during the last 40 days can be downloaded and stored. New features include: Enhanced driving journal.

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GKN to supply 500 electric flywheel hybrid drive systems to Go-Ahead Group for buses

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Useable stored energy is 1.2MJ, with peak power of 120kW. The Mk4 eFES has a separate inverter so that the flywheel and inverter combination connect directly to the vehicle’s DC bus. million) grant from the UK Technology Strategy Board (TSB), awarded in 2012. The motor is a three-phase permanent magnet motor.

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BMW applying predictive driving technology to increase fuel savings

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At the same Innovation Day 2012: Efficient Dynamics event at which it introduced its new EfficientDynamics engine family ( earlier post ), BMW also discussed its approach to Predictive Power Management as an element in its toolkit for fuel savings. Excess braking energy, if any, is recovered and stored in the battery.

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