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VW e-Golf to be enhanced with improved infotainment, connectivity and range

Green Car Congress

It is also possible to drag the main area out to fill the entire home screen, displaying the full navigation map or smartphone integration platforms such as MirrorLink, Android Auto or Apple CarPlay, through Volkswagen’s Car-Net App-Connect interface. This feature significantly reduces the time it takes to recharge.

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Cadillac boosts performance of ELR plug-in hybrid for MY2016, cuts MSRP by $9K; $58,495 net after Fed credits

Green Car Congress

Cadillac has greatly enhanced the performance of its ELR extended range electric vehicle (plug-in hybrid) ( earlier post ) for the 2016 model year, and is also cutting the MSRP by $9,005, bringing the starting price down to $58,495 net after the $7,500 US federal tax credit (MSRP = $65,995). 2016 Cadillac ELR. Personal technology.

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EV charging is changing, Part 1: How automakers’ disappointment in Electrify America drove them into Tesla’s arms

Charged EVs

The last year has seen more change in the EV charging landscape than at any time since the VW Group agreed in June 2016 to pay $2 billion to set up a nationwide fast charging network in the US to settle its Dieselgate scandal. Now comes the hard work of making it all happen. No further details are known as yet.

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A New Treatment for Arthritis: Vagus-Nerve Stimulation

Cars That Think

Koopman led a landmark 17-person trial that tested whether modulating the nervous system’s electrical-signaling patterns could tamp down inflammation and joint pain in RA. Robroek was one of only a handful who achieved appreciable and sustained reductions in disease severity, according to the 2016 paper.

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Arizona State University Professor’s Work to Stabilize the Grid Pays Off

Cars That Think

By 2016, fast-acting power electronics were being introduced to the grid, and their characteristics differed from the rotating machines used nearly a decade before. Membership has allowed me to interact with people from all over the world, make connections, and network,” Vittal says. I like working with students,” he says.

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Bionic Hand Gives Amputees Sense of Touch

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That was the first time he had met a person with a limb difference. Akhtar earned an additional master's degree in electrical and computer engineering and a doctorate in neuroscience in 2016 but has not completed his medical degree. Its battery recharges in an hour, the company says. and a Ph.D.

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My journey to and on the Mauritanian Iron Ore Train

Plug Me In

It started in 2016 when I set myself a small challenge: how do you travel without money and in an electric car from the Netherlands to Australia ? Two trains a day connect Paris with the Catalan capital. Ideally, I would have liked to continue to Madrid on the same day, but there’s no late connection. Incredible.