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FCA US to deliver thousands of Chrysler Pacifica plug-in Hybrid Minivans to Waymo’s self-driving service

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FCA previously delivered 100 Pacifica Hybrid minivans, adapted for self-driving, to Waymo during the second half of 2016 and an additional 500 in 2017. This collaboration between Waymo and FCA engineers enabled the teams to design a self-driving vehicle built on a mass production platform. Earlier post.)

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Audi of America expands Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA)

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In 2016, Audi, in collaboration with Traffic Technology Services (TTS), launched Traffic Light Information, an Audi connect PRIME feature that enables the car to communicate with the infrastructure in certain cities and metropolitan areas across the US. .; Phoenix, Portland, Ore.; —Mark Del Rosso, president, Audi of America.

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Antenna company Airgain joins 5G Automotive Association

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The 5GAA was established in September 2016. Airgain is headquartered in San Diego, California, and maintains design and test centers in San Diego, Phoenix, Arizona, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and Suzhou and Shenzhen, China.

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CMU team details impact of regional and drive-cycle variations on degradation of a PHEV battery pack

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Modeling a PHEV with an air-cooled battery pack comprising cylindrical LiFePO 4 /graphite cells, they simulated the effect of thermal management, driving conditions, regional climate, and vehicle system design on battery life. a) Capacity Fade in Phoenix, comparison of air cooling vs no cooling for two drive cycles. (b)

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New Audi R18 makes its debut; fundamental redesign of diesel hybrid racer with Li-ion battery storage

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Audi Sport has fundamentally re-designed the Audi R18 for the 2016 season. The 2016 R18 retains the 4.0L The 2016 R18 will race in the 6MJ class; the 2015 R18 raced in the 4MJ class, up from 2MJ the season before. Audi customer teams will be fielding the new Audi R8 LMS on four continents in the 2016 season.

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Google teaching autonomous vehicles to share road safely with cyclists

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The fleet is averaging 15K to 17K autonomous miles per week, with testing locations in Mountain View, California; Kirkland, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; and Austin, Texas. The software is designed to remember previous signals from a rider so it can better anticipate a rider’s turn down the road. Click to enlarge.

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3 AutoNation USA retail outlets obvious up to now this while

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Beneath then-CEO Mike Jackson, AutoNation in 2016 revived the AutoNation USA emblem, years nearest Jackson had closed lots of the team’s used-only retail outlets. Past the Albuquerque, Austin and Colorado Springs places, AutoNation USA has shops in Phoenix and Avondale, Ariz. Louis; Henderson, Nev.; Charlotte, N.C.;

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