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

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Audi of America announced an expansion of Traffic Light Information to include Green Light Optimized Speed Advisory (GLOSA), another industry first in vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) technologies from the brand. Phoenix, Portland, Ore.; —Mark Del Rosso, president, Audi of America. San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.

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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. 15 June 2016: Another Google AV in Austin was rear-ended. More than 100 riders pedal around autonomous car near Google’s campus. Click to enlarge.

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Molycorp to increase supply of rare earth materials to Hitachi Metals; the two call off US joint venture plans

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Molycorp’s Mountain Pass facility (Project Phoenix). Source: Molycorp. Click to enlarge. Under a new agreement, Molycorp, Inc., Molycorp reportedly wanted the partnership to include rare-earth magnets for consumer electronics applications, while Hitachi Metals wanted to focus primarily on hybrid vehicles and electric cars.

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How Self-Driving Cars Will Accelerate Electric Vehicle Adoption

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Though we’re still several years away (at least) from robots taking the wheel, some cities in America—Las Vegas, Phoenix and Pittsburgh, to name a few—have already seen self-driving vehicles in action. In fact, from 2014 to 2016, battery prices fell by 50 percent, allowing EVs to gain some traction.

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Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

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billion) worldwide plus an additional €14 billion (US$19 billion) in China during the period to 2016. Phoenix Solar Inc., the US subsidiary of Phoenix Solar AG , provided engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services in building the solar park. These included: The Volkswagen Group will be investing €62.4

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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Furthermore, their results suggest that the incentive is larger for light trucks than for passenger cars, which could increase traffic safety risks. The CAFE standards for 2011-2016 are footprint-based—i.e., L/100km) by 2016. Carbon-dioxide emissions from these larger vehicles are 5–15% higher as a result (4.69×10

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Mercedes-Benz launching capacitive steering wheel in E-Class this summer

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In 1900, Daimler-Motoren-Gesellschaft also equipped its Phoenix racing car with a steering wheel. These direction indicators, which seem bizarre from today’s perspective, were replaced by orange-yellow flashing lights which were activated by turning the ring via a central control unit.

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