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Study finds ride-sharing companies biggest contributors to growing traffic congestion in San Francisco

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Using data scraped from the application programming interfaces of Uber and Lyft, combined with observed travel time data, the researchers found that between 2010 and 2016, weekday vehicle hours of delay increased by 62% compared to 22% in a counterfactual 2016 scenario without TNCs. Erhardt et al.

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LCA study finds connected and automated vehicle subsystems could enable net reduction in vehicle energy use and GHGs by up to 9%

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Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have found that using a Level 4 connected and automated vehicle (CAV) subsystem could increase vehicle primary energy use and GHG emissions by 3–20% due to increases in power consumption, weight, drag, and data transmission. —Gawron et al. Gawron, Gregory A. 7b04576.

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BMW Group introduces MINI and Rolls Royce centenary concepts; individual mobility based on megatrends and projections

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To mark its centenary year in 2016, the BMW Group is looking further ahead than usual with a series of Vision Vehicles designed to anticipate and respond to future mobility needs. The Vision vehicles embody, from the perspective of the different brands, the Group’s vision of personal mobility two or three decades from now.

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Autonomous electric car technology: Why should a self-driving vehicle be all-electric?

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Artificial intelligence and connected vehicles are interesting inventions in the field of vehicles. An autonomous vehicle acts as a personal assistant who can go to the shop and bring some vegetables for you. There are possibilities to hack into the software of a connected vehicle and intruder software control the vehicle.

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Medal of Honor Goes to Microsensor and Systems Pioneer

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He is also a faculty Fellow at the UCLA Institute of Transportation Studies and the university’s Connected Autonomous Electric Vehicle consortium. Before starting his career in academia, Madni served as chairman, president, and chief executive of Systron Donner and president, chief operating officer, and chief technology officer of BEI.

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

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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. For convenience, the term NACS may be used in this article to refer to the Tesla charging system.

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BMW to introduce BMW 530e iPerformance plug-in hybrid at Detroit show

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In certain situations, particularly in stop & go traffic, the system also uses the vehicle in front as an additional reference point. BMW Connected onboard. With the launch of BMW Connected in the USA and Europe in 2016, BMW has introduced an all-encompassing digital concept designed to aid personal mobility.

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