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Renesas and Cohda collaborating on V2V and V2I communications; V2X reference solution available in 2017

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Renesas Electronics Corporation and Cohda Wireless are collaborating in the fields of automotive vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communications. The Renesas V2X starter kit for the V2X reference solution comprises the R-Car W2R, a 5.9

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AvtoVAZ launches 3 concepts at Moscow Motor Show; collaboration with Renault-Nissan

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AvtoVAZ, the largest automaker based in Russia, a part of Rostec Corporation, introduced three new LADA concept cars at the Moscow International Motor Show 2014. Production is scheduled to start in 2016 in Togliatti. AvtoVAZ and its LADA brand have been active in the MENA automotive market for decades.

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Ballard Power subsidiary Protonex receives $5.8M purchase order for power manager units

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million purchase order for the supply of Squad Power Manager ( SPM-622 ) Special Operations Kits for end customer US Special Operations Command. All products under this new order are expected to be shipped in 2016. This order—the largest in our corporate history—represents an important customer milestone.

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ST Engineering launches several initiatives on autonomous vehicles in Singapore

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The Consortium will focus on two core areas based on respective domain expertise: to identify protocols and standards for the adoption of AVs in real-world scenarios; and to develop niche AV technologies such as automotive cyber security, advanced autonomy and platform-agnostic AV kits through a build-test-deploy spiral approach.

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Starlink is coming to Malawi; MACRA director: “Welcome to Malawi, Starlink”

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” “Our legacy laws and regulations, based on a 2016 act, finds itself in the traditional regulatory corner; innovation ahead of regulatory framework! Kazako noted that Starlink’s installation kit, excluding shipping, was lower than the average cost of internet installation for a corporate client in the nation.

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Volkswagen takes stake in German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI); autonomous driving and the digital factory

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In a joint project, Volkswagen and DFKI have started further to develop the software framework ROCK (Robotics Construction Kit) to allow direct, close cooperation between human beings and robots. The system was presented in a near-production scenario at the Volkswagen AG IT Symposium 2016. Intel Corporation. Deutsche Telekom AG.

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MAN Diesel & Turbo to convert 3 more coastal container ships to LNG

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Launched in 2016 after COP 21, the initiative has since found broad support within the shipping industry and German politics. The contract covers the design, development and testing of a first-of-its-kind dual-fuel kit, which will serve as foundation for the largest LNG conversion in North America.

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