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Tec team develops modular EV with Android-based control ecosystem

Green Car Congress

A team at the Monterrey Institute of Technology (Tec) in Mexico has developed an electric vehicle featuring modular design, multimotor, power source, digital control, autonomy, and connectivity—the EvTec project. Future work consists in the testing of Level-1 connectivity in various conditions, closer to real driving operation.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. This article may contain affililate links.

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Remembering the Legacy of Trailblazing Technologist Gordon Moore

Cars That Think

His original hypothesis, published in a 1965 Electronics magazine article , was that the number of transistors would double each year. To create MOS, they deposited aluminum wires connecting multiple transistors on the surface of a thumbnail-size piece of silicon. His projection came true over the decade that followed.

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DENSO invests in semiconductor laser technology startup TriLumina; speeding up LiDAR adoption for ADAS, autonomous driving

Green Car Congress

Each of the individual VCSEL elements that make up the array is formed by a mesa structure … The anodes of the individual VCSEL elements are connected to the common sub-mount anode pad via solder bumps that are reflowed to the anode metallization of the sub-mount. Warren; Richard F. Carson; John R. Joseph; Thomas Wilcox; Preethi Dacha, et al.

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Transport workers’ strike fails to disrupt bus operations – ET Auto

Baua Electric

On Tuesday, bus services operated as usual, although connectivity to rural destinations was slightly affected. The statewide protest seeks a revision of dearness allowance (DA) for TNSTC staff who retired since November 2015.

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Auto industry to invest USD 7 bn in 5 years to deepen parts localisation – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Projects are underway to reduce imports of airbags to 20% by 2028 from 26% in 2023 and 100% in 2012, those of electronic stability control units to 47% by 2025 from 63% in 2023 and 100% in 2015, and imports of ventilator fan systems to 10% by 2026 from 85% in 2024 and 100% in 2021.

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Windows 11 is Here, But Will It Run on Your PC?

Cars That Think

Windows 11 Home, the version installed on most consumer PCs, will require a Microsoft account and a connection to the Internet to complete setup. Windows 11's system requirements leave hundreds of millions of users stranded on Windows 10 ( global PC sales exceeded 250 million each year from 2015 to 2017). Windows 11 is a great upgrade.

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