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Bowing to inevitable, Faraday Future scales back plant plans

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During a press conference at the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show, Faraday Future announced plans to build its first electric car within two years. Later in 2016, it selected a site for what it claimed would be a $1 billion electric-car factory to be built in North Las Vegas, Nevada.

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BMW Connected North America makes its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016; powered by Azure

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BMW Connected, a new personal mobility companion, made its world debut at Microsoft Build 2016, Microsoft’s developer conference, last week. Frequent and recent destinations are learned and stored for quick future access and estimated travel times are shown at a glance.

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GM to introduce at least 10 new New Energy Vehicles in China from 2016-2020; focus on autonomy, connectivity and sharing

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At a press conference in Shanghai, General Motors Chairman and CEO Mary Barra said that the company will introduce at least 10 new energy vehicles (NEVs) in China. It will first be rolled out this fall in the US in the Cadillac CT6 and introduced in a future Cadillac product in China.

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Volkswagen Group launches world’s first pilot project for traffic optimization with a D-Wave quantum computer in Lisbon

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Volkswagen is testing its traffic optimization system during the WebSummit technology conference in Lisbon from 4 to 8 November—during the conference, buses will carry thousands of passengers through the city traffic in Lisbon. In the future, Volkswagen plans to develop its traffic optimization system to market maturity.

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Toyota???s Carter: we???re on the cusp of the automotive hydrogen age

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Morgan Auto Conference in New York, Bob Carter, Toyota Motor Sales (USA) Senior Vice President, Automotive Operations said that the company in spending an average of more than $1 million an hour this year on R&D. News about the East Coast may be coming in the future, Carter suggested. In his talk at the 2014 J.P. —Bob Carter.

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Volkswagen Group selects LG as FAST partner for high-voltage batteries

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Volkswagen Group Procurement is responding to the challenges currently facing the automotive industry by working together with its suppliers under the “Future Automotive Supply Tracks” initiative (or FAST for short) and will implement technical innovations even faster. The first nomination phase will come to an end in spring 2016.

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UC Riverside team developing nav system that uses signals of opportunity; support for autonomous vehicles

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Led by Zak Kassas, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering in UCR’s Bourns College of Engineering, the team presented its research at the 2016 Institute of Navigation Global Navigation Satellite System Conference (ION GNSS+), in Portland, Ore., Kassas (2016) “ Signals of Opportunity Aided Inertial Navigation ”.

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