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ORNL researchers use stop-light cameras to reduce fuel consumption of less-efficient vehicles via traffic management

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Approximately 6 billion gallons of fuel are wasted in the US each year as vehicles wait at stop lights or sit in dense traffic with engines idling, according to US Department of Energy estimates. The team’s first step in February 2018 was to use GRIDSMART cameras to create an image dataset of vehicle classes.

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Hyundai introduces 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at Chicago Auto Show

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Hyundai unveiled the redesigned 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at the Chicago Auto Show. The 2018 Hybrid and Plug-in will be produced in Asan, Korea, with Hybrid availability in the first quarter of 2018 and Plug-in availability in the second quarter of 2018. The heart of the 2018 Sonata Hybrid is a 2.0-liter

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This Startup Uses the MIT Inventor App to Teach Girls Coding

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Code Girls United Founded 2018 Headquarters Kalispell, Mont. What began as a class of 28 students held in a local restaurant is now a statewide program run by Code Girls United , a nonprofit Smith founded in 2018. After she made the curriculum available for anyone to use via Google Classroom , it increased in popularity.

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How the Huawei Fight is Changing the Face of 5G

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Data is going to travel along that edge at the speed of light," said a former US official involved with the issue. In 2018, a U.K. With US companies barred from doing business with Huawei, Google could no longer license its Android operating system—the operating system that runs most of the world's phones—to Huawei. So the U.S.

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Tesla’s child-saving wave sensor granted, FSD driver monitoring takes new focus

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It’s not perfect but workable with street lights and whatnot (as suspected). Google was granted the use of a device “under the same technical parameters” by the FCC in 2018. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says that 105 kids were killed in 2018 and 2019 because of being left in a hot car.

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Testimony: Why I like my electric vehicle

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In light of the current spike in gasoline prices, the savings on fueling costs with EVs are even greater. My Model 3 has many capabilities today that it did not have back in 2018 when I bought it, such as a Sentry Mode dashcam system and a comprehensive advanced driver assist system which recognizes traffic lights and stop signs.

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Volkswagen outlines a range of near-term technologies for reducing fuel consumption and emissions; stop-start 2.0, 10-speed DSG

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Volkswagen AG has set the goal of becoming the world’s most sustainable carmaker by the year 2018. VW’s “Strategy 2018”, earlier post.) system does not just deactivate the engine when the car is stationary at a red light; it already deactivates the engine at speeds below 7 km/h (4.4 Mild hybrid: stop-start 2.0 The start-stop 2.0

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